Dear parent's,

It was so nice to see your children for our first Wonders G3 Standard class yesterday (Feb 11th). They all worked hard and tried their very best throughout the entire clas.Great!

We covered the following literacy concepts from Lesson 8, Task 2 (Grammar):

1) Subject/Object Nouns and Pronouns

2) Proofreading Strategies

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

Lesson 8, Task 1 (On-Level Reading):

p.1-15 

Read, Record, and Submit 

Please note: if you have trouble recording and submitting using the ANEE system, vocaroo.com is another option for you.

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Thank you. Have a wonderful weekend to your dear families and I look forward to our class next Friday.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear Jamie's mother,

Jamie participated very well in class on Friday (Feb 11th). He tried his very best to answer the questions being asked of him and he honestly responded when asked if he understood new vocabulary, understood what I was saying, or understood what the activities were instructing him to do. This honesty will significantly accelerate his learning, and with Jaime's mother's strong, loving support and her immediate translation services, his learning will accelerate even more quickly. Great!

p.s.: I am so happy that Google Translate is accurate enough, confirmed by Jaime's mother, to assist Jaime with new vocabulary comprehension. Therefore, I don't have to rely so heavily on Jaime's mother's translation assistance and we (mother and I) both can provide comprehension support, in partnership. This is so ideal for Jaime's overall learning success.

We covered the following literacy concepts from Lesson 6, Task 2 (Beyond):

1) Variant Vowels

2) High Frequency Words

3) New Vocabulary

4) Reading Strategies and Comprehension

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

Lesson 6, Task 1 (On-Level Reading) -

p.2-11 

Read, Record, and Submit Jamie reading this text, to the best of his ability.

Please note: if you have trouble recording and submitting using the ANEE system, vocaroo.com is another option for you.

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Thank you. Have a wonderful weekend to your whole dear family. Mom, Jamie is such a sweet child and a joy to teach. Thank you for providing him with a safe and loving learning environment for him to succeed in his studies, here in Canada, in lovely Halifax. As each day passes, I know he will feel more and more comfortable and happy here, because of you and your wonderful care for him. Wonderful!

Have a really great weekend and all the very best to you all.

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

It was very nice to see your children for our first class of the Spring Semester. Your children are wonderful to teach and so very bright.

For today's lesson, we completed our in-class Grade 3, Unit 5, Lesson 7, Week 2 Diagnostic Assessment (to determine the English language Gr.3 Level they are currently at so that we can compare how well they improved by the end of the semester).

Your children all did very well. I will be sending each of you a personal message outlining your child's results.

Have a very good evening to you all.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

For our last class of the Fall Semester, we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Literary Elements

    (Lesson 2, Task 2, Your turn Practice)

2) Text Features

    (Lesson 6, Task 2, Your Turn)

It has been a real joy teaching your children during this Fall Semester. I hope to see them continue with their English language studies in the Spring Semester. 

I wish you all health and happiness as we enter into this Lunar New Year.

My very best wishes are with you and your whole family.

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

It has been a real joy to teach your children for this Fall Semester. I hope to see your children next week in out Spring Semester.

Have a wonderful Lunar New Year / Spring Festival celebration!

I wish you all good health and happiness in this New Year.

All the very best to you all.

Mr. Grande.

Dear Evan's parents,   

For today's lesson (Fri.Jan.28th), we worked on Lesson 5, Task 2 (R&W):

We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading Strategies

2) Key Vocabulary

3) Reading Strategies

4) Predictions

5) Theme

6) Genre - Historical Fiction

7) Similes

We also reviewed Evan's Lesson 4, Jan 28, Week 1 Test, with the focus on finding Text Evidence to support his answers (Question 21).

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For HOMEWORK, can Evan please complete the following:

Lesson 5, Task 1 (Spelling Practice)

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Thank you and have a wonderful New Year holiday celebration next week, to the whole family!

My best wishes are with you all!

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,   

For today's in-class lesson, I administered the Unit 5, Lesson 4: Jan 27th, Week 1 Test.

I will send each of you a personal message with your child's Test Results. Thank you.

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete:

Lesson 3, Task 1 (On-Level Reading)

- Read, Record, and Submit

(You can use, https://vocaroo.com/, if it works better for your system).

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Thank you once again and have a wonderful weekend to you all.

Best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

For today's class, we covered Lesson 3, Task 2 (Grammar) and the following activities and concepts:

1) Singular Pronouns

2) Plural Pronouns

3) Proper Nouns

For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete the following: 

1) Lesson 3, Task 2 (Grammar)

2) Lesson 3, Task 1 (On-Level Reading)

a) 'The Golden Goose' - page 2-15 Only

Thank you.

Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family.

Best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear Evan's parents,

Evan had a very good lesson today. He was tired but he worked hard throughout the lesson.

For today's lesson, we worked on Lesson 3, Task 1 (Your Turn Practice).

We covered the following Literacy concepts:

1) Key Vocabulary

2) Theme Graphic Organizer/Planner

3) Comprehension and Fluency

4) Antonyms

5) Long 'i' and long 'u' sounds

6) Plurals

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For HOMEWORK, can Evan please INDEPENDENTLY complete, then submit:

Lesson 4, Jan 28, Week 1 Test

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Thank you and have a wonderful weekend to the whole family.

Best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,   

For today's lesson (Jan.20th), we worked on Lesson 2, Task 2 (Your Turn Practice).

We covered the following Literary concepts:

1) Vocabulary (meaning/sentence frames)

2) Point of View (narrator/author)

3) Text Evidence (clues from the text)

4) Graphic Organizer

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete and submit:

Lesson 2, Task 2 (Your Turn Practice)

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Thank you and have a wonderful weekend to you all.

Best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents, 

For today's lesson, we covered the following lesson and literary curriculum:

1) Unit 5, Lesson 1, Task 2 (R&W):

a) Pre-read strategies

b) Key Vocabulary Comprehension

c) Reading strategies

d) Summarization strategies

e) Genre - Fairy Tale

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete:

Unit 5, Lesson 2, Task 1 (Spelling Practice)

- Complete and Submit

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Thank you once again and have a wonderful week to you all.

Best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear Evan's parents,

Evan had a very strong lesson today (Jan.14th). He is a joy to teach.

For today's lesson, we worked on:

1) Reviewed Evan's Lesson 1, Task 1 (Grammar) homework.

2) Focused on Neatness and Organization of his Notebook and his Homework (e.g., spelling, margin, title and date, etc), for the best marks.

3) Reading Instructions carefully, for the best marks.

4) Story Telling: 'Immigrating to America' : a) Genre: Historical Fiction; b) Quotation marks and dialogue - character voice; and c) Text Features (e.g., photographs, etc).

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For homework please have Evan complete the following activity:

Lesson 2, Task 1, (On-Level Reading)

- Read, Record, and Submit

(If you need assistance with this assigned homework, please contact the Academy of New Echo Education).

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Thank you very much and have a wonderful weekend. 

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

For today's lesson (Thu.Jan.13th), we completed the Lesson 20, Week 5 Test, in class.

I will Message you, your child's Test results.

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For HOMEWORK, can your child please complete the following lesson:

Lesson 19, Task 1 (Your On-Level Reading)

           Read, Record, and Submit.

(Important - your child must read the story as it is written, e.g.: quotation marks must be in Character Voice, punctuation affects the intonation and pace of the reading, etc)

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Thank you. Have a very good weekend to you all.

Sincerely,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

For today's lesson, we worked on Lesson 19, Task 2 (Grammar)

We covered: irregular verbs, helping verbs, independent clauses, simple sentence, compound sentence, period, comma, semi-colon, colon, equal sign.

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For homework please have your children complete the following activity:

Lesson 19, Task 1, (On-Level Reading)

- Read, Record, and Submit

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Thank you very much and have a very good evening to you all.

Best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear Evan's parents,

It was very nice to meet Evan for the first time today. He is a joy to teach and he is clearly an intelligent, hard working student.

Every lesson, I will be focusing on the four components of language learning: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. I will be formally and informally, evaluating and assessing Evan's English language progress (diagnostically, formatively, and summatively), during his lessons AND with his homework.

It is very important for Evan to complete his homework each week and submit it to me for evaluation, more than 24 hours before each lesson.

Homework is very important for a once-a-week class: to reinforce the knowledge learned in class as well as to evaluate what a student knows (strengths) and does not know (next steps or Learning Gaps). Evan's homework is very important for my lesson planning to address Evan's Learning Gaps. Thank you.

For each lesson, Evan will need his notebook, a pencil, an eraser, and a ruler. His note-taking written work is to be neat and accurate in spelling, copying, and presentation.

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For today's lesson, we worked on:

Lesson 1, Task 2 (R&W)

We covered the following Literary concepts:

1) Reading Strategies

2) Key Vocabulary

3) Predictions

4) Theme

5) Genre: Folktale

6) Antonyms and Synonyms 

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For HOMEWORK, please have Evan complete and submit the following work (more than 24 hours before his next class):

Lesson 1, Task 1 (Spelling Practice):

Phonics Spelling Reproducibles-G3-6.pdf

Evan is only to do the following pages:     p.31-35

If Evan does not understand any activities with his homework, please just write: 'I don't understand this' or 'IDUT' and then I will work on this activity with him, in class. Thank you. 

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Evan did very well today, in all four language components. He is an excellent conversationalist and he is also very respectful and polite.

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

My very best regards are with you all.

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

For today's lesson, we worked on:

Lesson 18, Task 1 (Literature Book)

We covered the following Literary concepts:

- Poetry, Rhyme, Rythme, Repetition, Narrative Poem, Free Verse Poem, Brackets/Parenthesis, Hyphen, Simile, and Metaphor.

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

Lesson 18, Task 2 (Your Turn Practice):

Practice Workbook-Your Turn-G3-20.pdf

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

My very best regards to you all.

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

For today's lesson, we worked on

Lesson 17, Task 2 (R&W).

1) We read a variety of poems.

2) We covered the following vocabulary: regular poems, irregular poems (free verse poems), narrative poems, repetition, rhyming, theme.

3) We reviewed Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes.

4) We reviewed Metaphors.

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

Lesson 17, Task 1 (Spelling Practice)

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Thank you and have a wonderful week.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

For today's lesson, we worked on the Unit 4, Lesson 16, Dec 16, Week 4 Test.

I will Message you your child's Test Results. Thank you.

Since we are now entering the holiday season, no homework will be assigned. Please enjoy your holiday and continue to keep healthy, safe, and in good spirits.

[For those parents who would like some homework for their child, you can complete the following homework and I would be more than happy to evaluate it:

Lesson 17, Task 1, Jan 04 (Spelling Practice)].

Happy Holidays to you and to your entire family.

Very best wishes,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

For today's lesson, we worked on the Unit 4, Lesson 16, Dec 16, Week 4 Test.

I will Message you your child's Test Results. Thank you.

Since we are now entering the holiday season, no homework will be assigned. Please enjoy your holiday and continue to keep healthy, safe, and in good spirits.

[For those parents who would like some homework for their child, you can complete the following homework and I would be more than happy to evaluate it:

Lesson 17, Task 1, Jan 04 (Spelling Practice)].

Happy Holidays to you and to your entire family.

Very best wishes,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

For today's class, we worked on Lesson 15, Task 2 (Grammar). We completed pages 91-92:

1) Independent and Dependent Clauses

2) Conjunctions

For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete the rest of Lesson 15, Task 2 (Grammar) - pages 93-95. 

Whatever they are unable to complete, we will cover in class.

EXTRA HOMEWORK, only if you would like your child to complete this as well:

Lesson 15, Task 1 (Your On-Level Reading)

          Read, Record, then Submit.

Thank you and Happy Holidays to you all.

Mr. Grande.