Focus Questions

1. What types of factors should we consider when analyzing a potential solution to a problem?

2. Is nuclear power a ‘good’ or better alternative to burning fossil fuels?

Everything we do in life, each decision we make carries a certain amount of risk with it. However, if we decide on a course of action, then we have decided, either consciously or unconsciously, that the benefits of the action outweigh the risks. Different individuals often perceive risks of varying types differently. In this activity, students have the opportunity to identify their perception of the risk associated with an activity, the opportunity to compare their ideas with their classmates, and then with actual accident data on these activities. This activity helps the students understand some of the factors (e.g., emotion, knowledge) that go into their perception of risk.

HOMEWORK:

Sunday, May 19th, 2024 

Goals: 

1. read about the life of Abraham Lincoln 

Discussion questions: 

1. What had the Missouri Compromise promised?
2. Why did Mr. Lincoln think slavery “broke” the assertion or promise made in the Declaration of Independence?
3. What were the most famous arguments about slavery?
4. How did these arguments help Mr. Lincoln?
5. Why were some people angry when Mr. Lincoln was elected President?
6. What important document did President Lincoln issue?
7. What did it do?
8. What did President Lincoln say that angered John Wilkes Booth?
9. What two things does Mr. Lincoln symbolize around the world?

Vocabulary:

- protest:

- registered: 

- fulfill:

- qualified: 

Concepts: 

- child labor: The term “child labour” is often defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development. It refers to work that: is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful to children; and/or.

- discussion question:

1. When does children's work become child labour?

2. Where is it a problem?

3. In which sectors of the economy does it exist?

4. Why does it exist?

Homework:

Today we covered the following:

Concepts: 

1. segregation: the policy of keeping one group of people apart from another and treating them differently, especially because of race, sex, or religion

2. slavery: the practice or system of owning slaves. "he was resolved to impose a number of reforms, including the abolition of slavery"

3. oppression: prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority.

"a region shattered by oppression and killing"

4. racism: the process by which systems and policies, actions and attitudes create inequitable opportunities and outcomes for people based on race.

5. boycott: withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest "we will boycott all banks which take part in the loans scheme"

Writing Task: 

- How can we stop the strong from taking advantage of the weak?

Vocabulary:

- fulfill: 

- qualified: 

- protest: 

Homework:

What is a narrator/point of view?

Third Person Point of View

Third person POV is by far the most common point of view in fiction writing. In this kind of story, the reader is a bystander, observing the actions of the characters as told by an ‘outside narrator’. This POV used third person pronouns (he, she, they, etc). But how much we learn as a reader depends on which style of narrator you choose. 

Third Person Omniscient

A third person omniscient narrator knows everything going down in the story. As a reader, we can learn the inside thoughts and feelings of all the main characters. The story unfolds in front of us, and we get to experience it through a variety of character lenses.

Third Person Limited

In this POV, our narrator has access to only one character’s inside thoughts and feelings. As the reader, we typically follow this one character as our main character, learning only what they know and seeing the world through their eyes and experiences.

Today, we read the story "Aguinaldo" in class. Evan was tasked with identifying the plot, theme, and other elements of storytelling. The following vocabulary phrases were reviewed: 

1. recess 

2. glanced 

3. and others...

We also discussed questions related to community, for instance: 

1. What does community mean to you? 

2. How can communities be strengthened?  

The homework has been uploaded. 

We watched a short video that discussed the concept of migration. Afterwards, we read a story about migration.

Visa de Interés Nacional - Nueva Opción 2024 (youtube.com)

Evan practiced writing by answering the following question in class: 

How would you feel if you went to a new school? 

During the class, he had many errors with "its" and "it's". We had a mini lesson in which we learned about the difference between "its" and "it's". 

The homework is below: 

Dear parents,

You have very hard working children. We covered a great deal of curriculum during our lesson today and your children remained focused and engaged in their learning, throughout. Very well done to them all! 

For today's lesson, we reviewed your children's Anchor Chart binders and we also covered Lesson 20 - Task 1 - U4L10 - In Class - Your Turn.  

We covered the following literacy concepts and strategies:

1)) Key / New vocabulary: definitions and synonyms

2) Reading strategies: fluency, decoding, context clues, text features, and comprehension

3) Genre: Poetry (narrative and repeating poems)

4) Literary Elements of Poetry: stanzas, lines, repetition, and rhyme (rhyme scheme)

6) Connotation and Denotation

7) Variant Vowels: vowel diagraphs, vowel blends, vowel teams, vowel pairs, and diphthongs

8) Frequently Confused Words: homophones

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete the following:

Lesson 20 - Task 2 - U4L10 - Homework - Literacy

Page: 191

Pages: 193-198

Thank you.

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

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

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

Today's lesson covered a very challenging curriculum unit on Poetry. This literay genre is one of the most difficult for students to comprehend and Anchor Charts are a key learning tool for this unit. All your children had the many Anchor Charts that I sent you to support today's lesson. Fantastic! I wish to thank you all very much for your wonderful support of your children's learning progress and of my extensive lesson planning for your children's English language academic success. They all work so hard and they do want to learn, which is wonderful, and much of that is thanks to you. Again, thank you!

For today's lesson, we reviewed your children's Anchor Chart binders as well as covered Lesson 19 - Task 1 - U4L9 - In Class - Swimming to the Rock.

We focused on the following literacy concepts and literary elements:

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

2) Key/New vocabulary - definitions and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: fluency, decoding, pace, intonation, inflection, rhythm, voice, and comprehension

4) Genre: Poetry 

5) Literary Elements: rhyme, repetition, rhyme scheme, stanza, and lines

6) Types of Poems: Rhyming, Repeating, and Free Verse

7) Connotation and Denotation

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

Lesson 19 - Task 2 - U4L9 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

_______________________________

Have a wonderful week and I look forward to seeing your children next week.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

Your children work very hard during their lessons. They are quite independent now with their computer information search strategies as well as their Anchor Chart binders. I am very proud of them and their progress. 

For today's lesson, we reviewed their Anchor Chart binders. We also covered Lesson 18 - Task 1 - U4L8 - In Class - Your Turn.

We focused on the following literacy concepts and strategies:

1) Key/New vocabulary - definitions and synonyms

2) Complex Sentences

3) Reading strategies: context clues, decoding, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Expository Text

5) Text Features: diagram, labels, and special print 

6) Cause and Effect

7) Context Clues

8) Diphthongs: /oi/ and /ou/

9) Digraphs

10) Greek and Latin Roots

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete the following:

Lesson 18 - Task 2 - U4L8 - Homework - Literacy

Page: 181

Pages: 183-188

Thank you.

_______________________________

Have a wonderful week and I look forward to seeing your children next week.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

It was very nice to see your children today, as always. They all worked hard and tried their very best to succeed in their learning, which makes teaching them a joy.

For today's lesson, we reviewed their Anchor Chart binders as well as covered Lesson 17 - Task 1 - U4L7 - In Class - Why Does the Moon Change Shape.  

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 - definitions and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: context clues, decoding, fluency, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Expository Text

5) Text Features: pictures (photographs), diagrams, labels, special print (highlighted text, bold print), captions, and subtitles

6) Cause and Effect

7) Paragraph/Context Clues

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

Lesson 17 - Task 2 - U4L7 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

_______________________________

Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing your children next week.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

Your children worked very hard throughout today's English language lesson. They were engaged, energetic, actively and effectively using their Anchor Chart binders, and writing significant amounts of detailed information into their notebooks. Really well done to all of them today!

For today's lesson, we covered Lesson 16 - Task 1 - U4L6 - In Class - Your Turn.

We focused on the following literacy concepts and strategies:

1) Key/New vocabulary - definitions and synonyms

2) Complex Sentence Structures: rich with detail

3) Reading strategies: context clues, decoding, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Historical Fiction

5) Narrator Point of View

6) Literary Elements

7) Words with Phonetic Distinction: 'u' sounds

8) Consonant + 'al'/'el'/'il'/'ol' Syllables

9) Answering Questions & Writing Stories strategy: 5 W's (when, why, where, who, what) + H (how) and Detail

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete the following:

Lesson 16 - Task 2 - U4L6 - Homework - Literacy

Page: 171

Pages: 173-178

Thank you.

_______________________________

Have a wonderful week to all of your whole families and I look forward to seeing your children next Thursday.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

For today's lesson, we worked on Lesson 15 - Task 1 - U4L5 - In Class - The Moon Over Star.

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

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

2) Key/New vocabulary - definitions and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: context clues, fluency, decoding, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Expository Text

5) Innovations/Inventions from the Space Program found in our daily lives

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

Lesson 15 - Task 2 - U4L5 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

_______________________________

Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing your children next week.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

Your children all had another strong overall English language lesson today. Their proactive and independent use of their notebooks and their Anchor Chart binders are becoming much more effective and efficient. Their ability to find relevant language specific information, in a timely manner, has increased significantly since the first introduction of their Anchor Chart binders and the independent learning strategies, which I have implemented.

Also, a significant amount of praise and gratitude rightfully belongs to you, as their parents. Thank you very much for your active support of your child's learning needs and for your partnership, with me, in guiding your children to greater academic success, through these newly implemented learning strategies. Thank you. 

For today's lesson, we reviewed your children's Anchor Chart binders and we covered Lesson 14- Task 1 - U4L4 - In Class - Your Turn.

We focused on the following literacy concepts and strategies:

1) Key/New vocabulary - comprehension and usage

2) Effective knowledge application strategies for school work, homework, and assessment completion success

3) Reading strategies: context clues, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Fantasy (Folktale)

5) Text Feature: title, special print, and illustration

6) Author and Narrator's Point of View

7) Inflectional Endings: '-y' to 'i' and add er/ed/est/es

8) r-Controlled Vowel Syllables

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete the following:

Lesson 14 - Task 2 - U4L4 - Homework - Literacy

Page: 161

Pages: 163-168

Thank you.

_______________________________

Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing your children next week.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

All your children had another strong and fun English language lesson today. They actively participated in all the lesson activities and they worked very hard to be successful in all the language challenges I presented to them, especially the dictionary skills activities. Very well done to all your children today!

For today's lesson, we reviewed your children's Anchor Chart binders as well as their online dictionary skills. We also covered Lesson 13 - Task 1 - U4L3 - In Class - LaRue.

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

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

2) Key/New vocabulary - definitions and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: context clues, fluency, decoding, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Fantasy

5) Text Features: illustrations and special print

6) Author and Narrator Points of View

7) Idioms

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

Lesson 13 - Task 2 - U4L3 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

_______________________________

Have a wonderful week to all of your families and I look forward to seeing your children in class next week.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

Your children once again worked very hard throughout today's lesson (Lesson 12 - Task 1 - U4L2 - In Class - Your Turn).

We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Key / New Vocabulary

2) Reading: Fluency and Comprehension

3) Cause and Effect

4) Genre: Narrative Nonfiction

5) Text Features: Special Print (bold, big) and Title

6) Author's Point of View

7) Latin Roots

8) Inflectional Endings: '-ed' and '-ing'

9) Vowel Teams = Vowel Digraphs = Vowel Blends = Vowel Pairs

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete the following:

Lesson 12 - Task 2 - U4L2 - Homework - Literacy:

Page: 151

Pages: 153-158

Thank you.

______________________________

Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to seeing your children next Thursday.

My very best regards are with you all.

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

Your children were fully engaged and motivated to learn thoughout most of today's lesson. They were somewhat tired (all said they had a lot of work to do for school as well as for other extracurricular subjects) so I left time for them to play a reading game at the end of the class, which they seemed to enjoy. 

For today's lesson, we reviewed your children's Anchor Chart binders and we covered Lesson 11 - Task 1 - U4L1 - In Class - See How.

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

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

2) Key/New vocabulary - definitions and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: context clues, fluency, decoding, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Narrative Nonfiction

5) Latin Roots

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

Lesson 11 - Task 2 - U4L1 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

_______________________________

Have a wonderful week and weekend. I look forward to seeing your children next week.

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

Your children did very well during today's English language lesson. They worked hard and were engaged in all language learning activities.

During today's lesson, we were working with your children's Anchor Chart binders and they had well organized binders overall and I would like to thank you very much for helping them prepare these very important learning tools for our lessons, as well as school work from their school teachers.

Some of your children are missing one or two Anchor Charts still so I have reviewed these missing Anchor Charts with your children and I have informed Ms. Ling to please pass the missing Anchor Charts on to you. Thank you very much once again for helping your children become empowerecd in their independence as successful learners and for encouraging their continued high-achieving academic success.

For today's lesson, we covered Lesson 10 - Task 1 - U3L10 - Your Turn.

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

1) Key / New vocabulary - definitions and synonyms

2) Reading strategies: context clues, synonyms, and comprehension

3) Genre: Persuasive Article

4) Author's Point of View

5) Greek Roots (Affixes)

6) Compound Words

7) Root Words / Base Words

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For HOMEWORK, can your children please complete the following:

Lesson 10 - Task 2 - U3L10 - Homework - Literacy

Page: 141

Pages: 143-148

Thank you.

_______________________________

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

My very best regards are with you all.

Mr. Grande.

Dear parents,

Once again, all your children had a very good English language lesson today. They were engaged, motivated, and energetic throughout the lesson, especially when I challenged them with literacy questions, from today's reading, which required them to find the answers in their Anchor Chart binders. They are all becoming much more familiar and comfortable in using the binders, with developing success; in comprehension and speed to find knowledge, and accuracy in communicating that knowledge. I am very proud of their growing independence and accountability in their own learning success. Wonderful!

For today's lesson, we reviewed your children's Anchor Chart binders and we also covered Lesson 9 - Task 1 - U3L9 - A New Kind of Corn.

We focused on the following literacy concepts:

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

2) Key/New vocabulary - synonyms and definitions

***Dictionary.com*** (recommended)

3) Reading strategies: context clues, fluency, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Persuasive Article

5) Text Features: Special Print (bold, coloured, highlighted), Photos, Captions, Titles, Subtitles

6) Greek Roots (Affixes = Prefixes & Suffixes)

7) Parts of Speech

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For HOMEWORK, can Kaley and David please independently complete the following:

Lesson 9 - Task 2 - U3L9 - Homework - Weekly Test (G4U3W5)

Thank you.

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Since Jayden has already completed the above assigned homework, can he complete the previous week's test, which he still needs to complete. Thank you very much.

Therefore:

For HOMEWORK, can Jayden please independently complete the following:

Lesson 7 - Task 2 - U3L7 - Homework - Weekly Test (G4U3W4)

Thank you.

_______________________________

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

Very best regards,

Mr. Grande.