Dear Chloe's parents,

Chloe was much more focused and engaged today and she did a great job with her English language learning. She is such an intelligent and sweet girl, and a true joy to teach.

For today's lesson, we reviewed Chloe's homework and her anchor charts. We also covered Lesson 28 - Task 1 - U4L9 - In Class - Nature.  

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) Alliteration poems

6) Repetition poems

7) Free Verse poems

8) Figurative Language: similes

9) Theme

10) Irregular Verbs

11) Mind Map / Idea Web: 'What excites me about nature!'

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For HOMEWORK, can Chloe please independently complete the following:

Lesson 27 - U4W4 - Aug 03 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful week and I look forward to seeing Chloe next Thursday. 

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

Mr. Grande