Dear James' parents,

James did well overall today. He still needs many prompts to engage in the lesson however after a long talk, he began to become more responsive and accurate in his communications, which is great. I will continue to work hard with James to help him build confidence and to be motivated to succeed. He is such an intelligent boy and I know he can do it. You can do it, James! I believe in you.

For today's lesson, we reviewed James' homework as well as his Anchor Chart binder. We also covered Lesson 10 - Task 1 - U3L10 - In Class - The Sound of Trash.  

We covered the following literacy concepts and strategies:

1) Pre-reading strategies: prediction, identification, text-to-self and text-to-world connections

2) Key/New vocabulary - translations, definitions, and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: context clues, fluency, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Expository Text

5) Text Features: table of contents, pictures (photographs, illustrations, diagrams), and comments

6) Main Idea and Key Details

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For HOMEWORK, can James please complete the following:

Lesson 10 - Task 2 - U3L10 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing James next week.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.