Dear parents,

Today's lesson was taught in the positive spirit of April Fool's Day (Apr.01st) - a day of good spirited fun for all to enjoy, with a smile. I hope they enjoy April Fool's Day at school tomorrow as well.

For the lesson itself (Lesson 20, Task 2: Mar 31 - On-Level Reading), we covered the following literary concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies

2) New Vocabulary 

3) Reading strategies

4) Decoding strategies (syllables, suffixes, and prefixes)

5) Text Evidence / Concept Clues

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

Lesson 20, Task 1: Mar 31 - Grammar

pages 122-125 (4 pages) ONLY

Thank you.

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Enjoy your week and I look forward to our next lesson together.

Very best wishes,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

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

1) Pronoun-Verb Contractions

2) Spelling Contractions

3) Possessive Pronouns

4) Proofreading strategies

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For Homework, your child can complete and submit the following:

Lesson 20, Task 2 - On-Level Reading p.2-14

Thank you.

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Have a very nice weekend to you all.

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

For today's lesson, I administered the last Weekly Test of Unit 5 (Lesson 19 - Mar 24 - Weekly Test - G3U5W5). 

I will send you a message for each of your children's individual results.

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For HOMEWORK, if your child has time, they can complete the following lesson:

Lesson 20 - Task 1 - On-Level Reading

Read, Record, and Submit p.2-14 ONLY

Thank you.

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Have a very good weekend to you all.

Best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

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

1) Pre-read p.386-387

2) Key Vocabulary p.388-389

3) Read p.390-393

4) Cause and Effect p.395

5) Homophones p.397

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

Lesson 18, Task 1 - Spelling Practice

       **** Pages: 1 - 5  ONLY ****

Thank you.

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Have a very nice weekend to all your families.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

Today's lesson (Lesson 17, Task 1 [Literature Book], was rich with literary conventions such as:

1) Detailed pre-reading strategies

2) A wide variety of text features

3) Key vocabulary

4) Challenging reading strategies

5) Fluency & Comprehension checks

5) Genre knowledge using Expository (Informational) Text

All your children worked hard, were engaged, and participated very well, throughout the lesson. Well done to them all!

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

Lesson 17 Task 2 - Your Turn Practice:

ONLY pages:  241-245 and 247-248 

Thank you.

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Enjoy the rest of your March Break and I look forward to seeing your children at our next class.

Very best wishes,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

For our Fri.Mar.11th lesson (Lesson 16, Task 2 - Grammar), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Possessive Pronouns (PP)

2) Stand Alone PP

3) Reflexive Pronouns

We also practiced our reading strategies with Lesson 16, Task 1 - On-Level Reading.

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please READ, RECORD, then SUBMIT the following lesson:

Lesson 16, Task 1 - On-Level Reading

pages 2-14 ONLY

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to you all.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Hello parents,

For today's lesson, your children were administered the Unit 5, Lesson 15, Week 4 Test.

As this is now Unit 5, the curriculum is more challenging as are the assessments. Regardless of their test results, all your children worked very hard to determine the correct answers and to write their paragraphs with strong organization of thought, correct structure, and excellent detail. I am very proud of all your children. This was not an easy assessment. Very well done to them all.

p.s.: If you would like your child to work towards a better mark on this test, please have them independently complete the test again and submit it to the ANEE portal for my evaluation. Thank you.

Note: I will be individually messaging you with your child's test results from today.

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For HOMEWORK, can your please Read, Record and Submit the following:

Lesson 16, Task 1 (On-Level Reading)

***PAGES 2-14 ONLY***

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to you all and enjoy your March Break!

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

For yesterday's (Fri.Mar.04th) lesson (Lesson 14, Task 2 [R&W]), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-read strategies p.372-373

2) Vocabulary p.374-375

3) Reading strategies p.376-380

4) Author's Point of View p.381

5) Genre: Biography/Autobiography p.382

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

Lesson 14, Task 1 [Spelling Practice]

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Thank you and enjoy your weekend.

My very best wishes are with the whole family.

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

Today, we covered a very important topic about Women's Rights. We read the story of Elizabeth Cody Stanton in Lesson 13, Task 1 (Literature Book). We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies p.432

2) Reading strategies p.433-449

- Text Feature: Illustrations

3) Respond to Reading p.451

- Point of View Chart

- Key Detail / Text Evidence.

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

Lesson 13, Task 2 [Your Turn]

- p.231, p.233-234, p.235 (pt.A), and p.236-238

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Thank you. Have a wonderful weekend to you all.

My very best wishes are with your whole family.

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

For today's lesson (Lesson 12, Task 1 - On-level Reading), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies p.1

2) Reading strategies p.2-14

3) Respond to Reading p.15

     - Summarize (Point of View)

     - Text Evidence (Genre/Expository; Sentence Clues)

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

Lesson 12, Task 2 (Grammar)

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Thank you. Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family.

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

For today's lesson, we worked on test-taking strategies using the following test:

Unit 5, Lesson 11, Week 3 Test (G3U5W3)

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For HOMEWORK, please have your children complete the above test and submit it for my evaluation. Thank you.

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Many of your children have almost completed the above test in class today. Therefore, you may wish for them to have EXTRA HOMEWORK to do. If so, they can complete the following lesson: 

Lesson 12, Task 1 (On-Level Reading):

p. 2-14 ONLY

Read, Record, then Submit

(This EXTRA HOMEWORK is optional).

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To all of you, please enjoy your weekend and continue to be in good health and in good spirits. 

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

Your children all had a very good lesson today. They were all motivated to succeed in their learning throughout the lesson and there was strong engagement with the literacy concepts being covered. Great job to all your children, thank you!

For today's lesson (Lesson 10, Task 2 [R&W]), we covered the following concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies

2) Key Vocabulary

3) Reading strategies

3) Author's Point of View

4) Genre: Expository Text

5) Sentence Clues

6) Key Details

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

Lesson 10, Task 1 [Spelling Practice]

- p. 133-137

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Thank you. Enjoy your weekend.

My very best wishes are with the whole family.

Mr. Grande

Dear parents,

For today's lesson (Lesson 9, Task 1 - Literature Book), we covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Reading Strategies p.416-427

2) Respond to Reading p.429

- Summarize (Point of View)

- Text Evidence

- Genre: Expository Text

- Text Features

- Context Clues

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete:

Lesson 9, Task 2 - Your Turn - p.1-10

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Thank you. Have a wonderful weekend to you all.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande

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 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 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 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.