Dear Summer's parents,

It was reassuring to see that Summer was in better spirits today. Thank you very much for letting me know that he was having a difficult time with family issues. I hope you all are doing well and in good health.

For today's lesson, we reviewed Summer's homework and we also covered Lesson 1 - Task 1 - U3L1 - In Class - That's the Spirit.  

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

4) Genre: Fantasy

5) Text Features

6) Context Clues

7) Mind Map / Idea Web: 'Types of Welcome'

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For HOMEWORK, can Summer please complete the following:

Lesson 1 - Task 2 - U3L1 - Homework - Phonics/Spelling

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