Dear Serena's parents,

Serena worked very hard today! We reviewed her excellent test result and we also focused on Cloze Activity (Fill in the Blank) strategies in Lesson 4 - U3L4 - Jun 03 - Your Turn. 

We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Spelling of Unfamiliar Vocabulary:

- Context Clues / Text Evidence

'If the word is in the text - in front of your eyes - it should always be spelt correctly.'

- Dictionary (Chinese to English)

2) Cloze Activity strategies:

- know the meaning of every key word

- fill in the blanks of easy words first

- type of word (e.g.: noun, adverb, etc.)

- context clues / text evidence

3) Commas (with Quotation Marks)

4) Silent Letters

5) Open/Closed Syllables

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For HOMEWORK, can Serena please complete the following:

Lesson 4 - Task 3 - U3W2 - Grammar Worksheet

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For next week's (Jun 10) Lesson Plan, I propose to teach the following lesson: 

Lesson 5 - Task 1 - U3L5 - Grammar Worksheet

[HW: Lesson 5 - Task 2 - U3L5 - Homework Weekly Test]

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to our lesson next Friday.

My very best regards are with you all, always.

Mr. Grande

Dear Serena's parents,

As always, Serena was fully engaged throughout today's lesson (Lesson 3 - Task 1 - U3L3 - 'Aguinaldo') as well as through her homework review. She is such a joy to teach. 

We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Instruction Comprehension

2) Pre-reading strategies

3) Reading Fluency

4) New Vocabulary (Spanish)

5) Genre: Narrative Fiction

6) Report Card Evaluation Features for Student Progress

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For HOMEWORK, can Serena please complete the following:

1) Lesson 3 - Task 2 - U3L3 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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For next week's (Jun 3rd) Lesson Plan, I propose to teach the following lesson: 

Lesson 4 - Task 1 - U3L4 - Jun 03 - Your Turn

[HW: Lesson 4 - Task 3 - U3W2 - Grammar Worksheet]

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to our lesson next Friday.

My very best regards are with you all, always.

Mr. Grande

Dear Serena' parents,

Today's lesson was curriculum rich (Lesson 2 - Task 1 - U3L2 - Your Turn) and Serena was able to understand and communicate the knowledge learned, in an effective and successful manner. 

We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Key Vocabulary

2) Reading Fluency and Expresson

3) Reading Comprehension strategies

3) Genre: Fantasy

4) Narrator's Point of View

5) Context Clues to determine and reinforce unfamiliar vocabulary definitions

6) r-Controlled Vowels (Anchor Chart)

7) Closed Syllables (syllables with a short vowel sound)

8) Open Syllables (syllables with a long vowel sound)

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For HOMEWORK, can Serena please complete the following:

1) Lesson 2 - Task 3 - U3W1 - Grammar Worksheet

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For next week's (May 27th) Lesson Plan, I propose to teach the following lesson: 

Lesson 3 - Task 1 - U3L3 - Aguinaldo

[HW: Lesson 3 - Task 2 - U3L3 - Homework Weekly Test]

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to our lesson next Friday.

My very best regards are with you all.

Mr. Grande

Dear Serena' parents,

Today was a 'holiday' lesson for Serena so are work was at a thorough but relaxing pace and we covered all the curriculum points that were planned. As always, Serena is such a pleasure to teach.

For today's lesson (May.13th). We reviewed Serena's dictionary homework submission as well as worked on Lesson 1, Task 1 - U3L1 - The Cricket.

We covered the following literacy concepts:

1) Text Feature - Illustrations - Predicting Story Plot Details using careful analysis. 

2) In Character Voice - voice determination using illustrations, type of animal, and context clues.

3) New Vocabulary

4) Serena's Dictionary Addition: include Chinese translations in word and sentence.

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For HOMEWORK, can Serena please independently complete the following:

1) Lesson 1, Task 2 - U3L1 - Homework Weekly Test

Thank you.

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For next week's (May.20th), projected Lesson Plan, I propose to teach the following lesson: 

Lesson 2, Task 1 - U3L2 - Your Turn

[HW: Lesson 2, Task 3 - U3L3 - Grammar Worksheet]

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I wish Serena a fun and educational class trip to the zoo on Monday. I look forward to hearing all about it. See you next Friday!

Very best wishes,

Mr. Grande