Thank you to the parents that I had great conversations with last night at parent teacher conferences! I look forward to Tuesday night for more! It was another fantastic week in room 118! Check it out:

Reading:
We started the comprehension strategy of activating our prior knowledge. We are using what we already know about the book or topic to help better understand the story. Keep reading at home!

Writing:
We talked about how to write a good lead on a story, what a published piece in our classroom will look like and started creating our published narratives! I am very excited for you to see all the hard work put into these pieces!

Math:
We finished chapter 2 and began unit 3 on measurement. Practice with your child measuring the to nearest inch, half inch and quarter inch. Check your child's homework folder on Monday for their Chapter 2 math IPP.

Science:
We learned the names of our bones during the human body in Mrs. Amlong's classroom!

We also had a great conversation with Rachael, our UW Student in the Czech Republic. She will be skyping with us 3 more times and also sending emails before heading back to Wisconsin in December. She is hoping to come into school in January and meet the kids!

We have also started writing letters to 3rd graders in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan at Birchview Elementary School in Ispheming. We received our first set of letters from them earlier in the week so we have been talking about what a letter looks and sounds like.

Thank you for all of your hard work at home and for sending such respectful and happy children to my classroom each day! Have a relaxing weekend!

Mrs. Luehmann