*NOTE FOR PARENTS*

***PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD HAS THEIR ACTIVITY NOTEBOOK IN CLASS EVERYDAY***

**PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD BRINGS A FOLDER JUST FOR ENGLISH CLASS EVERY DAY***

Dear Parents,
First, I want to say a warm hello.  Second, I want to thank you for being wonderful parents. I know that it is not easy for your child to adjust to a new foreign teacher, or to not be able to speak Arabic during English class in the classroom.  However, I can assure you that, within my first month of teaching I am seeing a huge improvement in students ability to speak English!  I am adjusting to the system here also, and I want to keep clear communication with you, so that we can work as a team for the success of your child.

I will post what we do in class daily.  It is very important, I feel, that to be an English learner, students must not only be able to read and write in English, but also have good understanding of English and be comfortable speaking it! We do many speaking exercises in class so that students feel comfortable asking questions and answering questions in English.  Practice, practice, practice is key!

Class time is very important.  To learn a language, students must be able to hear what is being said in English in class.
IMPORTANT NOTE : CLASS BEHAVIOR is an important part of your child's grade! Please tell your child to behave in class.  I will take off points for any fighting, shouting and screaming, throwing, running and talking in class.  PLEASE REMIND YOUR CHILD that they must listen in class! If they have problems understanding, they need to ask me and I will help them.

For the last 3 weeks, I have used many worksheets to help students with their grammar, comprehension, and English writing.  We will be using the Pupil's Book, the Workbook, Grammar worksheets, Reading passages and doing short writing exercises in class.  Students should expect at least one short quiz every week.  Dictations will also be once a week.  When I give UNIT TESTS to students, it will also have the grammar that we studied in class.  I will ALWAYS provide the student with a review sheet before the Unit Test to help them with studying.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Kind regards,
Ms. Fahmida