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