Reminders

• Jump Rope for Heart takes place during our special class time next Wednesday & Friday!  
• Next Wednesday, February 12th, is an early release day.  Students will be dismissed at 1:40 pm. 
• Next Friday, February 14th, is our Valentine party from 2:00-3:00 pm.  Students will make Valentine bags early in the day.  Please feel free to send stickers, foam hearts, or any other items that might be helpful in decorating.  

Math

     We did some review of multiplication this week, then continued studying division.  We learned how to find compatible numbers to help us estimate quotients.  We also practiced dividing money and appropriately placing dollar signs and decimal points. 

     Students are encouraged to continue practicing multiplication and division facts at home using flash cards, playing cards, XTraMath, or other games or websites.  Building fluency with basic math facts helps us to have more success with our newer, more complex skills.  

Social Studies & Writer's Workshop   
     Mrs. Jardon, a former Lindbergh Schools teacher spent some time with us over the past two weeks teaching us more about the Lewis & Clark expedition. She was a wealth of knowledge and helped us to explore Thomas Jefferson, Sacagawea, different Native American tribes, and more. We used all of our newly acquired information to write Informational Chapter Books in Writer's Workshop.

We studied a map of the present United States to help us understand the size of the Louisiana Purchase; it doubled our country's size!  We also looked at the route Lewis, Clark, and the Corps of Discovery traveled.

Mrs. Jardon 

Students created Expedition folders to keep the artifacts we collected throughout our Social Studies Lessons.  On the front is a "peace medal," which serves as a reminder to work cooperatively with one another.  

We looked at several artifacts including dried corn and gourds.