Dear Siyuan's parents,

Siyuan worked hard today trying to understand the challenging Grammar concepts (see * below), that he is just beginning to develop comprehension of. We will continue to work on these concepts throughout his future lessons. Thank you.

For today's lesson, we reviewed Siyuan's Grammar homework and his anchor chart binder. We also covered Lesson 25 - Task 1 - U2L7 - In Class - Carving Out a Plan.  

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

5) Figurative Language: personification

*6) Punctuation Marks - Usage: commas, apostrophes, and periods

*7) Possessive Nouns

*8) Collective Nouns

*9) Irregular Nouns: singular/plural

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please independently complete the following:

Lesson 24 - U2W3 - Apr 26 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful week and I look forward to seeing Siyuan next Friday. 

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

Mr. Grande