This Week in LL38....

It is a very busy week coming up!  We have 1/2 days for Parent Teacher Conferences on Wednesday and Thursday this week.  If you didn't sign up for a conference but would like to, please email me and I can let you know the times that I have available on my schedule.  On Tuesday and Friday this week we will be going to the Scholastic Book Fair.

Last week you should have received this questionnaire (link below) for preparing for your child's conference.  It would be very helpful if you could fill this out by Tuesday, so that I can make sure we make the best use of your conference time.  If you would like to email me the answers/questions/concerns, please feel free to do so.  

Parent Conference Questionnaire

Science
     We had a lot of fun learning about the different types of volcanoes last week.  We watched some videos on the types of lava as well as the two types of volcanoes, a cone and shield volcano.  After learning that there are 2 types of volcanoes, the class set out to experiment and determine what kind of lava flows from a cone (exploding) volcano and what flows from a shield volcano. Ask your child the steps that were taken to determine the lava that flows from each volcano.

Reading Workshop

     We continued to read poems from My Man Blue.  We talked about the character traits of Blue and Damon, and discussed the themes in the poems.  Students gathered evidence to back up their thinking about the theme of some different poems.  

     We also went into the computer lab to learn the different tools that will be on the MCAS computer assessment.  The students were feeling comfortable with many of the tools.  

Math Workshop

     We continued to focus on fractions in math last week.  We worked with both improper fractions and mixed numbers. This week we will be learning about line plots and how to place fractions on a line plot.  

I hope everyone has a great week.  I look forward to meeting with many of you this week at conferences.

~Jen