Dear Ryan's parents,

It is always so nice to see Ryan. He is such a fun, intelligent boy and he does try his very best when encouraged to do so. He has a great sense of humour!

It sounds like Ryan is having a good start to the school year. It is nice to hear that he has friends (Chinese speaking) to help him feel welcome and happy. It is also nice to hear that he has an EAL teacher to help him at school plus a computer device to help him with translations and research of subject topics he doesn't know. Wonderful!

You have lots of help at school, Ryan, so don't forget to ask for help and to use your computer device to help you with translations and research. Keep up the hard work! You can do it!

For today's lesson, we covered Lesson 10 - Task 2 - In Class - R&W - Happy New Year.  

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: pronunciation, fluency, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Realistic Fiction

5) Ordinal Numbers

6) Reading Genres

7) Compare and Contrast Charts

8) Figurative Language

9) Irregular Plurals

10) r-Controlled Vowels

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For HOMEWORK, can Ryan please complete the following:

Lesson 10 - Task 1 - Homework - Spelling Practice

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful week and I look forward to seeing Ryan next Monday. 

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

Mr. Grande