Dear Michael's parents,

It was so nice to see Michael and to hear all about his father's birthday party. He enjoyed it very much. Happy Birthday to Michael's father!

Michael had a very strong English language lesson today. He was speaking with more complex sentence structures and with more descriptive vocabulary and detail. His pronunciation is also improving when he is reading, especially when prompted to focus on specific enunciation challenges.

Well done, Michael!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Michael's homework and his anchor charts. We also covered Lesson 8 - Task 1 - U1L6 - In Class - Judy Baca.  

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: pace, fluency, articulation, enunciation, decoding, context clues, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Biography

5) Multiple-choice test-takiing strategies

6) Pronunciation focus: 'th'

7) Punctuation Intonation

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For HOMEWORK, can Michael please complete the following:

Lesson 8 - Task 2 - U1L6 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing Michael next Friday. 

My very best regards are with the entire family, as always.

Mr. Grande