Feb. 18-22

Lead 21 – Literacy: Outdoor Explorers Unit theme “What can I learn when I explore the outdoors?”  This week we focused on the question, “How can we take care of nature?”

Writing: We read the book When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang.  The students had the opportunity to write about and share  a time when they were angry.

Math: This week the children were able to use a magnifying glass to examine pennies and nickels.  They also discovered that counting nickels was easy, just count by 5’s.

Social Studies: To help us learned about President’s Day we read the book Just Like Abraham Lincoln by Bernard Waber.

The children discussed what they want to be when they grew up.

Science: We started exploring wind by making whirly choppers.  The fifth graders will be our partners working on the STEM KidWind project . They will be our partners while we strive to learn about wind energy and build wind turbine blades over the next couple of weeks.

School Spirit: The children created they own “Crestwood Cadet “ people to promote sportsmanship and show their support for all activities at Crestwood.  Their Cadet people line the elementary hallway using mega phones to shout supportive words to all.

Important Dates:

Feb. 27^th – 3hr. early out

Mar. 1^st – Read Across America – Celebrate Dr. Suess’ birthday