Dear Summer's parents,

It was so nice to see Summer today especially after my time away on holiday. On this first day of school, he seemed happy with his new class and teacher. Have a fun first week back to school, Summer!

For today's lesson, we covered Lesson 26 - Task 1 - U2L8 - In Class - Extreme Animals.  

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: decoding, context clues, text features, fluency, and comprehension

4) Genre: Expository Text

5) Genre: Trickster Tale (Folktale / Folklore)

6) Theme: research strategies for clarity

7) Connections: extensions (text-to-self and text-to-world)

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For HOMEWORK, can Summer please complete the following:

Lesson 26 - Task 2 - U2L8 - Homework - Grammar

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