Dear Marquis' parents,

Happy Holidays! I hope the whole family will enjoy this week together and I wish Marquis and his little brother success with their poetry reading and flag raising ceremony. Wonderful!

I would like to recommend that Marquis no longer have Spelling & Phonics as part of his G3 Wonders curriculum because he has mastered Spelling & Phonics at this grade level. Congratulations, Marquis! I would recommend that Marquis' homework consist of alternating weekly tests and grammar worksheets, from week to week. I hope that you are happy with this very positive change and celebration of Marquis exceptional Spelling & Phonics achievement - (p.s.: for your information: I will continue to monitor Marquis' Spelling & Phonics throughout our lessons and correct him as needed).

For today's lesson, we reviewed Marquis' homework plus covered Lesson 11 - Task 1 - U1L8 - The Amazing Ben Franklin. 

We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Pre-reading strategies: text-to-self and text-to-world connections

2) Key / New vocabulary

3) Reading strategies: Articulation & Enunciation and Decoding

4) Summarize Review: Cause and Effect

5) Metaphors

7) Genre: Biography

8) Text Features: Table of Contents, Pictures (Photographs/Illustrations), Captions, Labels, Timeline, Glossary, Index

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For HOMEWORK, can Marquis please independently complete the following:

Lesson 11 - Task 2 - U1L8 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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Here is my proposed Lesson Plan for Mon.Oct.10th:

Lesson 12 - Task 1 - U1L9 - A Natural Beauty

[HW - Lesson 12 - Task 2 - U1L9 - Homework - Grammar]

Thank you once again.

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Have a wonderful week and I look forward to hearing all about your holiday, from Marquis, next Monday. 

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

Mr. Grande.