Happy Friday! We had a quick, but exciting week!

Here's an overview:

Reading:

We worked really hard this week on picking "Good Fit" books for ourselves as readers. The only way your child will become a stronger, independent reader is by self selecting books that are appropriate for their reading level. This is a harder skill, and we'll continually work at it! We also started talking about how to expand our vocabulary through reading. Some students were disecting their books to find words that were hard to understand. We used context clues or the dictionary to try and figure out the meaning to a word. For next week, we will start another comprehension strategy called Activating Prior Knowledge.

Writing:

For writing we focused more on peer conferencing for the editing and revision portion of the writing process. We also started one on one editing and revision conferences with Mrs. Luehmann! We are starting to publish our personal narratives next week!!!

Word Study:

We had our first official word study test today! I will grade the tests over the weekend and get them back to your child on Monday. Please let me know if you have any questions about word study!

Math:

We are approaching the end of chapter 2. Your children worked this week on 3 digit addition and subtraction. There were a few new techniques taught for both addition and subtraction. I have been telling your children to choose the best technique for them and go with it! If your child wants some math review please check out the following link:

www.oregonsd.org/webpages/jamlong

then "Math Chats"
and then unit 2

You can choose any math chat from unit 2 for review. These are tutorials created by Mrs. Amlong to help review the math strategies taught in class. They are a GREAT way to review with your child!

Science:

We began our Human Body unit and are switching with Mrs. Amlong's class. Your child will be learning about the organs and their function in our body for the next 3 weeks!

We also had a great Physics presentation on Thursday, sponsored by the PTO. The kids loved it and learned a lot about physics while seeing some entertaining experiments. It was also the kick off to the science fair in November. Notes went home with your child yesterday about the science fair on November 13th.

I am very excited to meet with most of you next Thursday for parent teacher conferences. I have some great things to share and can't wait to tell you how hard your son or daughter has been working. Pat yourselves on the back, Mom and Dad, because you have all done fantastic jobs raising some wonderful kids! Have a great weekend! Hopefully the Badgers can pull off an upset this weekend!

Mrs. Luehmann :)