Dear parents,

It is always a joy to teach your children. They are such hard working, intelligent students, and they very effectively and positively engage in our lessons, as they did for tonight's class.

For today's lesson, we reviewed your children's Anchor Chart binders and we also covered Lesson 3 - Task 1 - U5L3 - In Class - Apples to Oregon.  

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: articulation & enunciation, inflection, intonation, pace, fluency, decoding, context clues, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Tall Tale (Folktale)

5) Text Feature: map (title, labels, diagram, key, compass rose, cardinal directions)

6) Cause and Effect

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

Lesson 3 - Task 2 - U5L3 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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

My very best regards are with all of your families, as always.

Mr. Grande.