Dear Jeff's parents,

Jeff is clearly excited this week as he will be celebrating his birthday as well as a long weekend, with a sleep over with friends on top of it all! Wow! What a great week for him! Happy Birthday, Jeff!

For today's lesson, we covered Lesson 5 - Task 1 - U1L5 - In Class - Journey into the Deep.  

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

4) Genre: Expository Text and Interview (Informational Text)

5) Phrasal Verbs

6) Synonyms

7) Text Features: photographs, captions, graphics

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For HOMEWORK, can Jeff please complete the following:

Lesson 5 - Task 2 - U1L5 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful week, an enjoyable family weekend, and an amazing birthday for Jeff! 

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

Mr. Grande