Dear Summer's parents,

It was very nice to see Summer today. He can be such a joy to teach and he is such a knowledgeable and intelligent student. Keep up your strong learning strategies, Summer. You're doing great!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Summer's homework and his anchor charts. We also covered Lesson 4 - Task 1 - U5L3 - In Class - New Beginnings.  

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, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Folktale - Tall Tale

5) Types of Words: homograph, homonym, homophone

6) Figurative Language: similes, metaphors, hyperbole, onomatopoeia

7) Phonetics: different syllable stresses to change the meaning of a word

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For HOMEWORK, can Summer please independently complete the following:

Lesson 3 - U5W1 - Apr 29 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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

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

Mr. Grande

Dear Summer's parents,

Summer had another strong lesson today. His reading fluency is exceptional, especially when reading dialogue, using in-character voice. Also, his intonations, when reading punctuation, are excellent! Wonderful work today, Summer!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Summer's homework and we also covered Lesson 2 - Task 1 - U5L2 - In Class - The Perfect Present.  

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, text features, fluency, and comprehension

4) Genre: Realistic Fiction

5) Printing strategies for improvement

6) Problem and Solution strategies

7) Figurative Language: personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, similes, and metaphors

8) Sequence of Events - vocabulary

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For HOMEWORK, can Summer please complete the following:

Lesson 2 - Task 2 - U5L2 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful week and I look forward to seeing Summer next Monday. 

My very best wishes are with the entire family, always.

Mr. Grande

Dear Summer's parents,

My apologies for the late NOTE. I must have forgotten so I am very sorry.

Summer had a great lesson on Monday and he was focused and engaged throughtout the class. Wonderful! Thank you for speaking with him after last week's challenging lesson.

Summer is such an intelligent and strong student so it is surprising when he is a challenge to teach. He is usually an absolute joy to teach so Monday's lesson (Apr.15th) was the return of super Summer, the amazing student, lol! Thank you once again for speaking with him.

For Monday's lesson, we reviewed Summer's homework and we also covered Lesson 1 - Task 1 - U5L1 - In Class - Figure It Out.  

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, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Realistic Fiction

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For HOMEWORK, can Summer please complete the following:

Lesson 1 - Task 2 - U5L1 - Homework - Phonics/Spelling

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful weekend and my apologies once again.

I look forward to seeing Summer on Monday. 

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

Mr. Grande