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• Monday, January 11th
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• Tuesday, January 12th
• The Lion King Jr. will be presented through Friday! See it at the LHS Auditorium at 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm (2 shows each evening). 
• Wednesday, January 13th
• Flyer Family Time, wear your Family shirts!
• Early Release @ 1:40 pm
• PTO Meeting @ 6:30 pm
• Thursday, January 14th
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• Friday, January 15th 
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• Sunday, January 17th
• Bowling @ Crestwood Bowl, 3:00-5:00 pm, Sign up here. 
• Monday, January 18th
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day, No School  

• ...to parents and Crestwood adults who attended our Writing Celebration on Friday. Students enjoyed reading each other's work and feeling supported by the grownups who were able to attend. Special thanks to Mrs. Pascua for providing apples for us to snack on as part of the fun.  

Miss Catherine, from the NCADA, teaches us about the importance of making decisions based on our values and beliefs vs. conforming to others'.  

Monissa, our new Reader Leader, reads from Who Was Sacagawea?. 

Social Studies

     Mrs. Jardon, a retired teacher and Lewis & Clark expert, spent the week teaching us more about the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark Expedition, and more.

C.J. & Parker feel a fox fur to learn how explorers' clothing might feel.  

Iqra & Haylee examine bones Native Americans might have used to scrape meat from buffalo hides.  

Katelyn passes a dried gourd to students from Mrs. Branding's class. 

Mrs. Jardon speaks to students about the personality of President Thomas Jefferson. 

Kids get active in P.E.  

Math

      This week, we studied patterns.  A numeric pattern includes numbers, while a nonnumeric includes figures, shapes, or letters.  Patterns can be repeating or growing.  Students practiced making t-charts and tables to organize information from story problems to help observe an extend a pattern.   

Writer's Workshop

     We learned all about formal and informal language.  Students practiced speaking and writing in both ways.