Dear Summer's parents,

Summer worked very hard today! We covered a significant amount of curriculum and he was engaged and active throughout the majority of the lesson. Keep up the great work, Summer!

For today's lesson, we reviewed Summer's excellent homework submission and we also covered Lesson 13 - Task 1 - U3L9 - In Class - Food for Thought.  

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: Persuasive Article (Informational Text)

5) Author's Point of View

6) Mind Map / Idea Web: 'Scientific Advances'

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For HOMEWORK, can Summer please independently complete the following:

Lesson 12 - U3W4 - Nov 28 - Homework - Weekly Test

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