Dear Siyuan and Siyuan's parents,

Siyuan had another strong English language lesson today.

Siyuan explained about the family's moving situation. Moving is challenging so if Siyuan is unable to do his homework, we will do his homework during his lessons.

Just in case he can do it, I will assign Siyuan the following lesson as homework: 

Lesson 29 - Task 2 - U2L10 - July 19 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

I wish the family all the very best with your moving challenges. Good luck!

With high regard,

Mr. Grande

Dear Siyuan and Siyuan's parents,

Today's lesson was focused on Siyuan's prior knowledge of Grammar he has been taught during these past few lessons.

Although there were a few Grammar concepts that he still had a little difficulty with, overall, his improvement in understanding, communication, and application of today's specific Grammar knowledge, is truly outstanding.

He has been working very hard to do better with his Grammar. He uses his Anchor Charts without prompting and he takes his time and thinks deeply before responding, and he is usually correct! Fantastic! He is such an intelligent boy.

Siyuan is making excellent progress with his Grammar and he should be very proud of himself. I know I am!

Keep up your great, hard work, Siyuan!

For today's lesson, we worked on Lesson 20 - Task 2 - U2L4 - In Class - Grammar Review.

We also covered some of Lesson 23 - Task 2 - U2L8 - July 12 - In Class/Homework - Grammar.  

We covered the following Grammar concepts and strategies:

1) Singular and Plural Nouns

2) Singular and Plural Pronouns (1st, 2nd, and 3rd Person)

3) Collective Nouns

4) Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns

5) Proofreading Strategies

6) Appositives

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please complete the following:

Lesson 23 - Task 2 - U2L6 - July 12 - In Class / Homework - Grammar (G5U2W3)

Thank you.

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

Good luck with all your packing and renovations for your new home!

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

Mr. Grande

Dear Siyuan's parents,

Once again, Siyuan worked hard throughout today's lesson. He was very proud of his Anchor Chart binder which he organized himself and completed. Well done, Siyuan!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Siyuan's excellent Grammar homework as well as his newly completed Anchor Chart binder! I also checked his Grammar knowledge by reviewing today's homework assignment: Lesson 17 - Task 2 - U2L2 - Jul 05 - Homework - Grammar Review.  

We covered the following literacy concepts and strategies:

1) Nouns: common, proper, concrete, and abstract

2) Proofreading: skills development

3) Sentence Types: complex, and compound

4) Run-on Sentences

5) Sentence Fragments

6) Conjunctions: coordinating and subordinating

7) Punctuation: commas and semi-colons

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please complete the following 2 Lessons:

Lesson 17 - Task 2 - U2L2 - Jul 05 - Homework - Grammar Review (G5U2W1)

Lesson 20 - Task 2 - U2L4 - Jul 05 - Homework - Grammar Review (G5U2W2)

Thank you.

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

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

Mr. Grande

Dear Siyuan and Siyuan's parents,

Firstly, thank you so much, Siyuan's mother, for starting the lesson with us and for making it clear what our learning expectations for Siyuan are during our lessons (paying attention and NO online games during class). Wonderful!

Also, thank you very much for having Siyuan apologize for last week's lesson. That was very nice of you to do that with him. 

For today's lesson (Jun.28th), we reviewed Siyuan's homework assignment:

Lesson 11 - Task 2 - U1L8 - Jun 21 - Homework - Grammar Review (G5U1W4)

Siyuan is beginning to demonstrate 'Understanding', 'Communication', and 'Application' for some of the challenging Grammar concepts he has had difficulty with:

1) Conjunctions: coordinating, subordinating, and coorelative

2) Sentences: simple, complex, compound, and complex-compound

3) Punctuation: commas

My recommendation for Siyuan is to continue to take his time, think carefully about what the instructions are asking of him, and focus on the Grammar component he is being asked to focus on.

Siyuan should REREAD difficult rules and instructions if he continues to not understand what is being asked of him.

Also, he should research words, rules, and/or instructions that he does not understand ('Google' searches, 'Dictionary.com', etc.). 

Once he has done this careful 'thinking' process, then he can 'communicate' and 'apply' the knowledge learned, during class and for his homework, and do so with a higher degree of success.

Thank you.

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For HOMEWORK #1, can Siyuan please complete the following Grammar lesson:

Lesson 12 - Task 2 - U1L10 - Jun 28 - Homework - Grammar Review (G5U1W5)

Please refer to your ANEE portal or the link below.

Thank you.

Homework: file:///C:/Users/Domenic/Downloads/ReadingWonders.Practice.GrammarPracticeReproducibles.G5U1W5%20(4).pdf

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For HOMEWORK #2, I have asked Siyuan to finally please organize his Anchor Chart binder.

1) Get Plastic Page Protectors

2) Place Anchor Charts into Page Protectors

3) ORGANIZE and place Protected Anchor Charts into his Anchor Chart Binder

ORGANIZE - Anchor Charts should be categorized into the same Grammar concepts (Siyuan says he has binder 'Dividers' to help him with organization) -

Examples: Punctuation Anchor Charts are together; Conjunction Anchor Charts are together, etc.

The disorganized Anchor Charts, which are piled all around Siyuan's desk, are causing him significant interruptions and scaffold challenges, which are detrimental to his learning success.

Organizing his Anchor Charts will increase the probability of learning success if he is able to quickly and efficiently find the resources (Anchor Charts) that he needs to reinforce his learning.

Thank you. ____________________________________

Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Siyuan next Friday.

Enjoy the first week of the Summer Holiday!

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Ms. Ling. 

Very best regards to the whole family.

Mr. Grande

Dear Siyuan and Siyuan's parents,

For today's lesson (Jun.21st), we covered some challenging Grammar concepts that Siyuan worked hard to understand.

We reviewed Siyuan's two submitted Grammar homework assignments:

1) Lesson 3 - Task 2 - U1L2 - Homework - Grammar Review

2) Lesson 5 - Task 1 - U1L4 - Homework - Grammar Review 

We covered the following components:

1) Sentences: simple, compound, and complex

2) Run-On Sentences and Sentence fragments

3) Punctuation marks: periods, commas, and semi-colons

4) Simple and Compound Subjects (Nouns)

5) Simple and Compound Predicates (Verbs)

By the end of the lesson, Siyuan had a better understanding of these concepts however they are still challenging for him. I will continue to reinforce these Grammar concepts in Siyuan's future lessons.

Please Note: Siyuan had difficulty focusing during his lesson today because he was doing another unrelated activity on his computer. This inattention significantly interferes with his learning of these very important Grammar concepts that he will need for success in Grade 7.

My recommendations for Siyuan are to focus on the lesson, take his time, think carefully about what the instructions are asking of him, and focus on the Grammar concept(s) he is being asked to work on. 

Once he has done this careful 'thinking' process, then he can 'communicate' and 'apply' the knowledge learned, during class and for his homework, and do so with a higher degree of success.

Thank you.

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please complete the following Grammar lesson:

Lesson 11 - Task 2 - U1L8 - Jun 21 - Homework - Grammar Review

Please refer to your ANEE portal as well as the link below.

Thank you.

Homework Link: 

file:///C:/Users/Domenic/Downloads/ReadingWonders.Practice.GrammarPracticeReproducibles.G5U1W4%20(4).pdf

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Siyuan next Friday.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Ms. Ling. 

Very best regards to the whole family.

Mr. Grande

Dear Siyuan and Siyuan's parents,

For today's lesson (Jun.21st), we covered some challenging Grammar concepts that Siyuan worked hard to understand.

We reviewed his two Grammar homework assignments:

1) Lessoncompleted his first Grammar Review lesson (Lesson 3 - Task 2 - U1L2 - Jun 07 - Grammar Review) and some components were challenging for him, especially with the 'application' of knowledge learned. 

We covered the following components:

1) Sentences: statement, question, exclamation, command

2) Sentence fragments

3) Punctuation marks: period, question mark, exclamation mark

By the end of the lesson, he had a much better understanding of these components and how to accurately apply the knowledge learned.

My recommendations for Siyuan is to take his time, think carefully about what the instructions are asking of him, and focus on the Grammar component he is being asked to focus on. 

Once he has done this careful 'thinking' process, then he can 'communicate' and 'apply' the knowledge learned, during class and for his homework, and do so with a higher degree of success.

Thank you.

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please complete the following Grammar lesson:

Lesson 5 - Task 1 - U1L4 - Jun 07 - Homework - Grammar Review

Please refer to your ANEE portal as well as the link below.

Thank you.

Homework: file:///C:/Users/Domenic/Downloads/ReadingWonders.Practice.GrammarPracticeReproducibles.G5U1W2%20(1).pdf

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Siyuan next Friday.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Ms. Ling. 

Very best regards to the whole family.

Mr. Grande

Dear Siyuan and Siyuan's parents,

For Friday's lesson, Siyuan completed his first Grammar Review lesson (Lesson 3 - Task 2 - U1L2 - Jun 07 - Grammar Review) and some components were challenging for him, especially with the 'application' of knowledge learned. 

We covered the following components:

1) Sentences: statement, question, exclamation, command

2) Sentence fragments

3) Punctuation marks: period, question mark, exclamation mark

By the end of the lesson, he had a much better understanding of these components and how to accurately apply the knowledge learned.

My recommendations for Siyuan is to take his time, think carefully about what the instructions are asking of him, and focus on the Grammar component he is being asked to focus on. 

Once he has done this careful 'thinking' process, then he can 'communicate' and 'apply' the knowledge learned, during class and for his homework, and do so with a higher degree of success.

Thank you.

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please complete the following Grammar lesson:

Lesson 5 - Task 1 - U1L4 - Jun 07 - Homework - Grammar Review

Please refer to your ANEE portal as well as the link below.

Thank you.

Homework: file:///C:/Users/Domenic/Downloads/ReadingWonders.Practice.GrammarPracticeReproducibles.G5U1W2%20(1).pdf

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Have a wonderful weekend to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Siyuan next Friday.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Ms. Ling. 

Very best regards to the whole family.

Mr. Grande

Dear Siyuan's parents,

Siyuan was a little tired today especially after a long week of EQAO testing. He said that the Math tests were challenging. Hopefully, he did well with the Language tests.

Good luck with all of your EQAO results, Siyuan!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Siyuan's homework, in detail.  

We covered the following literacy concepts and strategies:

1) Continued printing letter accuracy strategies

2) Dictionary Usage: comprehension of key / new vocabulary in homework or tests

3) Test-taking strategies:

a) Reading: reread, context clues, key vocabulary, and comprehension

b) Punctuation: commas

c) Capital letters for titles

d) Verb Tenses: uniform very tense (past, present, or future) throughout a writing sample

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please independently complete the following:

Lesson 30 - U2W5 - May 31 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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

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

Mr. Grande

Dear Siyuan's parents,

Siyuan had another very productive and positive lesson today. He is becoming very adept and proficient with the use of his anchor charts, which is very effectively supporting his Language learning. 

Wonderful hard work today, Siyuan! Very well done.

For today's lesson, we reviewed Siyuan's anchor charts and we also covered Lesson 29 - Task 1 - U2L10 - In Class - I Want to Ride!  

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, homonyms, homographs, homophones, antonyms, and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: context clues, text features, fluency, and comprehension

4) Genre: Realistic Fiction

5) Possessive Nouns

6) Dictionary Usage strategies

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please complete the following:

Lesson 29 - Task 2 - U2L10 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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

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

Mr. Grande

Dear Siyuan's parents,

Siyuan once again worked very hard throughout today's lesson. We spent all of today's class reviewing Siyuan's homework and addressing the learning gaps of knowledge he has. He did well overall in understanding the new knowledge I was teaching him. Really good hard work today, Siyuan.

Siyuan's parents: It would be very helpful for Siyuan's learning success to have access to an online dictionary at home (Dictionary.com is my recommendation). Siyuan says he does not have access to the internet for dictionary usage.

His homework is challenging for him because he does not understand important key vocabulary, which affects his overall homework understanding and learning. This includes his weekly tests which are crucial for him to do well with as it directly relates to his test-taking success at school.

Thank you very much for your strong support of Siyuan's learning success.

For today's lesson, we reviewed Siyuan's homework in great detail and we also reviewed his anchor charts.

We did not have enough time to cover Lesson 28 - Task 1 - U2L9 - In Class - By Leaps and Bounds.  

We covered the following learning gaps of knowledge:

1) Test-taking strategies:

a) Multiple-choice questions

b) Short Answer questions

c) Context Clues

d) Text Evidence (page, paragraph, sentence)

e) Key / New vocabulary

f) Dictionary Usage

2) Possessive Nouns: 6 Rules

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please independently complete the following:

Lesson 27 - U2W4 - May 17 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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

Enjoy your fireworks (Siyuan said he can't wait for the fireworks!).

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

Mr. Grande

Dear Siyuan's parents,

Siyuan had an excellent lesson today. I challenged him to answer many literacy concepts that we've covered so far in his lessons. By effectively using his anchor chart binder and his notebook, he was able to answer ALL my challenges correctly! Really great work today, Siyuan.

For today's lesson, we reviewed Siyuan's anchor charts and we also covered Lesson 26 - Task 1 - U2L8 - In Class - The Riddle of the Drum.  

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, parts of speech, and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: fluency, context clues, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Folktale

5) Theme

6) Text Features

7) Figurative Language

8) Dictionary Usage: synonyms, parts of speech, and definitions

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please complete the following:

Lesson 26 - Task 2 - U2L8 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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

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

Mr. Grande

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

Dear Siyuan's parents,

Once again, Siyuan worked hard throughout today's lesson. He was engaged and motivated to understand all of  the literacy knowledge I taught today and he did very well. Really great job today, Siyuan!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Siyuan's anchor chart binder and his homework, in great detail. We also covered some of Lesson 23 - Task 1 - U2L6 - In Class - Norman Borlaug and the Green Revolution.  

We covered the following literacy concepts and strategies:

1) Context Clues

2) Key / New vocabulary: definitions and synonyms

3) Reading strategies: context clues and comprehension

4) Text Evidence Citations

5) Hamburger Paragraph strategy

6) Printing: letter structure improvement strategies

7) Greek and Latin Roots

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please complete the following:

Lesson 23 - Task 2 - U2L6 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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

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

Mr. Grande

Dear Siyuan's parents,

Siyuan had another strong lesson today. He was actively engaged and participated very well overall.

I am very proud of Siyuan. He is working very hard with his printing improvement skills and with his neatness of his work (using a ruler and a compass). Fantastic! Keep up the great work, Siyuan!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Siyuan's homework and we also covered Lesson 22 - Task 1 - U2L5 - In Class - Nature in Focus.  

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 (online dictionary)

3) Reading strategies: fluency, context clues, text features, and comprehension

4) Genre: Biography

5) Further Printing Improvement strategies

6) Nouns: uncountable, common, and proper

7) Graphic Organizer: mind map / idea web

8) Text Features: subtitle/subheading, bold text, highlighted text, label, illustration, diagram

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please independently complete the following:

Lesson 21 - U2W2 - Apr 05 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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

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

Mr. Grande

Dear Siyuan's parents,

Once again, Siyuan worked very hard throughout today's lesson. He needed to write a significant amount of information into his notebook; in order to reinforce his learned knowledge and to practice his printing improvement. He did very well and achieved a Level 4+ for his in-class work efforts. Really well done today, Siyuan. Keep up your really hard work and continuous improvement in knowledge communication, especially in your writing/printing. 

For today's lesson, we reviewed Siyuan's homework, identified areas for improvement, and we also covered some of Lesson 20 - Task 1 - U2L4 - In Class - The Talking Eggs.  

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: Fairy Tale (Folktale)

5) Capital Letters vs lower case letters

6) Cause and Effect: definition and identification

7) Figurative Language: simile

8) Compare and Contrast (Venn Diagram): definition and identification

9) Hamburger Paragraph: topic sentence and detail sentence

10) Printing Focus strategies

11) Context Clue strategies

12) Text Features: table of contents

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please complete the following:

Lesson 20 - Task 2 - U2L4 - Homework - Grammar

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful long weekend to the whole family and I look forward to seeing Siyuan next Friday. 

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

Mr. Grande

Dear Siyuan's parents,

Siyuan had an excellent English language lesson today! He worked very hard. He was fully engaged and active throughout the lesson. He followed my instructions very well and he was very polite and respectful. Siyuan is a joy for me to teach. Really well done today, Siyuan!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Siyuan's Printing homework and we worked on organizing his Homework binder and his Anchor Chart binder. We also covered Lesson 19 - Task 1 - U2L3 - In Class - Search High and Low.  

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: Fairy Tales (Folktales)

5) Compare and Contrast (Venn Diagrams: 2-Circle and 3-Circle)

6) Cause and Effect: make predictions

7) Figurative Language

8) Context Clues

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please independently complete the following:

1) Lesson 18 - U2W1 - Mar 22 - Homework - Weekly Test

2) REDO his Printing Sheets to match the excellent printing from his Master sheet that he worked on today.

Please submit all of Siyuan's homework and please contact Ms.Ling if you are having difficulty with submitting Siyuan's homework.

Thank you so much.

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

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

Mr. Grande

Dear Siyuan's parents,

Even though Siyuan is on his March Break, he quickly became engaged and successful in his language learning lesson today. He worked hard. Great work today, Siyuan.

I would like to ask you for your assistance. Siyuan needs a few more class materials for our lessons (plastic page protectors, white-out tape, multi-coloured pens, post-it notes, and binder dividers). 

I have asked Siyuan to give you his list of class materials that he does not have and hopefully you can take him to Dollarama, if you have a moment. 

I would very much appreciate your support and assistance with his request.

Thank you very much for all your help!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Siyuan's anchor charts. We also reviewed his homework and strategies for schoolwork/homework improvement and success.

We covered the following literacy concepts and strategies:

1) Proofreading Marks

2) Reading/Literary Genres

3) Text Features

4) Printing Practice

5) Context Clues

6) Online Dictionary strategies

7) Neatness: quality improvement of schoolwork/homework

8) 'Hamburger' Paragraph Writing

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please complete the following:

1) Lesson 17 - Task 2 - U2L2 - Homework - Grammar

2) Complete 10 Letter Formation Chart worksheets: Handwriting Improvement

Thank you.

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

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

Mr. Grande

Dear Siyuan's parents,

It was very nice to see Siyuan again. He worked very hard throughout today's lesson. He was engaged and motivated to succeed in the literacy knowledge exercises I administered and he succeeded! Really great job today, Siyuan.

For today's lesson, we reviewed lesson expectations and we also covered Lesson 16 - Task 1 - U2L1 - In Class - A Stitch in Time.  

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 (online dictionary usage)

3) Reading strategies: context clues, fluency, and comprehension

4) Capital Letters for Titles

5) Mind Map / Idea Web: Problem Solving

6) Graphic Organizer: usage

7) Lesson Focus: classwork and homework - neatness and detail

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For HOMEWORK, can Siyuan please complete the following:

Lesson 16 - Task 2 - U2L1 - Homework - Phonics/Spelling

Thank you.

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

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

Mr. Grande