Dear parents,

For today's lesson (Lesson 19 - Task 2 - May 27 - Grammar), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Prepositions

2) Prepositional Phrases

3) Commas - Introductory words

4) Proofreading strategies 

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please independently complete the following:

1) Lesson 20: May 27 - Weekly Test - Homework (G3U6W5)

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to our lesson next Friday.

My very best regards are with you all, always.

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

For today's lesson (Lesson 19 - Task 2 - May 27 - Grammar), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Prepositions

2) Prepositional Phrases

3) Commas - Introductory words

4) Proofreading strategies 

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please independently complete the following:

1) Lesson 20: May 27 - Weekly Test - Homework (G3U6W5)

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to our lesson next Friday.

My very best regards are with you all, always.

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

Today's lesson was curriculum rich with the focus on poetry, in English and Chinese (Lesson 17 - Task 1 - May 26 - Literature Book). 

We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies

2) Genre: Poetry/Narrative Poems

3) Literary Elements - Story

4) Point of View Chart

5) Elements of Poetry

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For HOMEWORK, can your children ONLY complete the following pages, from the following lesson:

1) Lesson 17 - Task 2 - May 26 - Your Turn

page291, pages 293-295, & pages 297-298

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to our lesson next Thursday.

My very best regards are with you all, always.

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

For today's lesson (Lesson 18- Task 2 - May 20 - ReadWrite - F3U6W5), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies

2) Key Vocabulary

3) Genre: Poetry - Narrative Poems

- Stanza

- Rhyme

- Rythm

4) Reading strategies - Expression

5) Point of View

6) Idioms

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete the following:

1) Lesson 18 - Task 1 - May 20 - Spelling Practice - Homework

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to our lesson next Friday.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

Today's lesson was an in-class test (Lesson 16 - May 19 - Weekly Test - G3U6W4). Your children used the hour very wisely, focused on the task at hand. My instructions were very clear on the high standard of assessment they are all now at, especially at the level and stage of learning they've achieved with the G3 Wonders program, Unit 6. Your children listened to these instructions very well and they all completed their tests on time, with success. Well done to them all!

If you would like to know your child individual mark, you can Message your request to me through the ANEE portal. 

Thank you.

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete the following:

1) Lesson 18 - Task 1 - May 19 - Spelling Practice - Homework

Thank you very much once again.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to our lesson next Thursday.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

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Dear parents,

For today's lesson (Lesson 15 - Task 2 - May 13 - Grammar) we covered the following literacy concepts:

* Adverbs (Compare)

* Proofreading strategies

* Reading strategies 

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete the following:

1) Lesson 15 - Task 1 - May 13 - Your On-Level Reading

(Read, Record, and Submit)

 - pages 2-14 ONLY

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to you all and I look forward to seeing your children at our next Friday's lesson.

Very best wishes,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

Today's lesson (Lesson 14 - Task 2 - May 12 - Your Turn) was focused on knowledge accuracy with key vocabulary definitions and their usage. The lesson was also focused on high level construction of a Venn Diagram. All your children worked very hard and participated very well on these activities throughout the lesson. Very well done to them all!

We covered the following literacy concepts today:

1) Key Vocabulary Definitions

2) Building level 4 Sentence Frames

3) Building level 4 Compare & Contrast Graphic Organizers (Venn Diagrams)

4) Finding Key Details in a Text and recording them in Point Form

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please ONLY complete the following pages from the above listed lesson:

p.285 part A

p.286-288

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to our lesson next Thursday.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

For today's lesson (Lesson 13 - Task 1 - May 06 - R&W (G3U6W4), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies

2) Key Vocabulary

3) Reading strategies

4) New Words

5) Compare & Contrast

6) Genre: Expository/Informational Text

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please INDEPENDENTLY complete the following:

1) Lesson 12- May 06 - Weekly Test

2) Lesson 13 - Task 02 - May 06 - Spelling Practice

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family. 

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

All your children were on time to class today and they all participated exceptionally well throughout the lesson. Wonderful! Thank you very much for your excellent support of your child's learning.

For today's lesson (Lesson 11 - Task 2 - May 05 - Grammar), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Adverbs (How, Where, & When)

2) Adjectives

3) Proofreading strategies

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please independently complete the following:

1) Lesson 12 - May 05 - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to all your families and my very best wishes to you all.

Mr. Grande

Dear Evan's parents,

Evan worked very hard today throughout today's lesson (Lesson 18, Task 2 - Apr 29 - Grammar). He was fully engaged and determined to learn the challenging curriculum that this lesson entailed. Really great work today Evan! I am very proud of you and your very positive approach to your English language learning. Awesome! We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Singular/Plural Possessive Nouns

2) Apostrophes

3) Proofreading strategies

4) Text Features

5) Suffix and Prefix

6) Syllables

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For HOMEWORK, can Evan please complete and submit the following:

1) Lesson 18, Task 1 - Apr 29 - Your On-Level Reading - pages 2-15 ONLY

- Read, Record, & Submit

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to our next Friday's lesson.

Respectfully,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

For today's lesson (Lesson 10, Task 1 - Apr 29 - Your Turn), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Key Vocabulary

2) Reading Fluency & Comprehension

3) Level 4 ('A') Sentence Frames

4) Text Features

5) Text Evidence

6) Key Details

7) Genre: Biography

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete and submit the following:

1) Lesson 10, Task 2 - Apr 29 - Literature book - pages 506-510 ONLY

- Read, Record, & Submit (vocaroo.com)

2) Lesson 8, Apr 28 - Weekly Test (G3U6W2)

* Independently complete.

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to our next Friday's lesson.

Respectfully,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

Today's lesson was focused on diagnostic directed activities which benchmarked where your children currently are in their English language learning with the G3 Wonders curriculum. All your children are currently At Grade Level or higher, which is ideal. Thank you for all the support you provide your children to succeed in their learning.

For today's lesson (Lesson 9, Task 1 - R&W [G3U6W3] and Lesson 9, Task 2 - Spelling Practice), we covered the following:

1) Pre-reading strategies

2) Key Vocabulary

3) Complex Sentence Frames

4) Reading strategies

5) Reading Fluency and Comprehension

6) Vocabulary Definition Challenge

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please independently complete and submit the following test:

1) Lesson 8, Apr 28 - Weekly Test (G3U6W2)

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to all your families and I look forward to our next lesson together.

Very best regards to you all,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

For today's lesson (Lesson 7, Task 2 - Apr 22 - Grammar), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Adjectives

2) Comparatives

3) Superlatives

4) Proofreading strategies

5) Articles

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete the following:

1) Lesson 7, Task 1 - Apr 22 - Your On-Level Reading

p. 2-15 ONLY

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to our next lesson on Thursday (Apr.28th).

My very best wishes are with you all, as always.

Mr. Grande

Dear Evan's parents,

Evan had a very busy and full lesson today. We covered many literacy components as well as learning strategies, using Anchor Charts, that will reinforce his learning and help him become more successful with his language results. He worked hard and did very well today. Great work today Evan, I am very proud of you!

For today's lesson, we did a homework review and covered the following lesson - Lesson 17, Task 2 - Apr 22 - R&W:

1) Reading Comprehension 

- Grade 5 Level Expectations

- Sentence Frames

- Proofreading for simple errors

- Text Features (Anchor Charts)

- Text Evidence strategies

2) Pre-reading strategies

3) Key Vocabulary

4) Reading strategies

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For HOMEWORK, can Evan please complete the following:

1) Lesson 17, Task 1 - Apr 22 - Spelling Practice

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to my Friday lesson with Evan.

Very best regards to you all,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

Today's lesson (Lesson 6, Task 1 - Apr 21 - Literature book) focused on the following literary concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies

2) Reading strategies

3) Respond to Reading

- Theme Chart

- Genre: Historical Fiction

- Idioms

4) Reading Fluency and Comprehension

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete and submit the following lesson:

1) Lesson 6, Task 2: Apr 21 -Your Turn

pages 261 & pages 263-267

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to our next Thursday's lesson.

Very best regards to you all,

Mr. Grande

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Dear Evan's parents,

For today's lesson, we covered the following literacy concepts from Lesson 15, Task 1 - Apr 15 - Literature Book:

1) Pre-reading strategies

2) Key Vocabulary 

3) Reading strategies

4) Respond to Reading

5) Genre: Expository/Informational Text

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For HOMEWORK, can Evan please complete and submit the following:

Lesson 15, Task 2 - Apr 15 - Your Turn Practice

p.81, p.83-85 Pt.A, p.86-88 ONLY

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful long weekend to the whole family.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

For today's lesson, we covered the following literacy concepts from Lesson 5, Task 2 - Apr 15 - ReadWrite:

1) Pre-reading strategies

2) Key Vocabulary 

3) Reading strategies

4) Predictions

5) Theme

6) Genre: Historical Fiction

7) Idioms

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete and submit the following:

Lesson 5, Task 1 - Apr 15 - Spelling Practice

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful long weekend to all your whole families.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

For today's lesson, we covered many literacy concepts to reinforce prior knowledge. Today's lesson encompassed 3 Unit lessons in total: (Lesson 1, Task 2; Lesson 3, Task 1; and Lesson 3, Task 2).

The literacy concepts we covered were:

1) Root words

2) Prefixes

3) Suffixes

4) Sequence

5) Introductory words

6) Commas

7) Adjectives

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For HOMEWORK, your children can INDEPENDENTLY complete and submit the following test:

Lesson 4, Apr 14 - Weekly Test (G3U6W1)

Thank you.

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Enjoy your weekend and I look forward to seeing your children at our next lesson together.

Very best wishes,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

We spent a lot of time in today's lesson (Lesson 2, Task 2: Apr 08 - ReadWrite) reinforcing your childrens' learning strategies and prior knowledge of the following:

1) Pre-reading 

2) Key Vocabulary

3) Reading

4) In-character voice

5) Genre: Drama/Myth

6) Root Words

7) Theme

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For HOMEWORK, your children can complete and submit the following:

Lesson 2, Task 1 - Apr 08 - Spelling Practice:

​​​pages 151-155 ONLY

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to our next lesson on Friday.

As always, my best wishes to you all,

Mr. Grande