Dear Michael's parents,

It was so nice to see Michael again especially after my lengthy time away on holiday and changes in my challenging summer schedule. Michael is certainly enjoying not being at school and being on his Summer vacation, lol! I look forward to hearing more of the fun activities he is taking part in this summer!

For today's lesson, we covered Lesson 28 - Task 1 - U6L9 - In Class - A Box of Crayons.  

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: pace, fluency, decoding, context clues, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Poetry

5) Chinese Poetry

6) Mind Map / Idea Web: 'Imagination'

7) Beats = Rhythm = Syllables

8) Rhyming Words

9) Message in a Poem

10) Figurative Language: Simile and Metaphor

11) Repeated Lines

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For HOMEWORK, can Michael please independently complete the following:

Lesson 27 - U6W4 - Aug 01 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful week and I look forward to seeing Michael next Tuesday. 

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

Mr. Grande