Dear Jeff's parents,

Jeff worked hard throughout today's challenging lesson. The curriculum was advanced with many extension activities. Well done, Jeff!

For today's lesson, we covered Lesson 3 - Task 1 - U1L3 - The Mostly True Adventure of Homer P. Figg.  

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: Poetry

5) Theme (standing up to bullies)

6) Critical Thinking strategies: 5Ws and H questions

7) Summarization: Sequence Chart - Problem and Steps to the Solution

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For HOMEWORK, can Jeff please independently complete the following:

Lesson 3 - Task 2 - U1L3 - Homework - Weekly Test

Thank you.

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Have a wonderful week and I look forward to seeing Jeff next Wednesday. 

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

Mr. Grande