February is Black History Month, so we spent some time talking about a few famous African Americans and the contributions they made to our society. We discussed the various character traits they possessed and how they made a positive difference in America. We also talked about what it means to show integrity. We reviewed the importance of doing the right thing even when no one is looking and being honest.

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• Monday, February 29th 
•  Reading Celebration Week: Hats off to Reading; wear hats!
• Tuesday, March 1st  
•  Reading Celebration Week: Author Visit Jackie Polys comes to Crestwood; wear Cards gear to welcome her to St. Louis! 
• Yoga after school until 4:30 pm 
• Wednesday, March 2nd 
•  Reading Celebration Week: Reading is great exercise; wear workout clothes! 
• Thursday, March 3rd 
• Reading Celebration Week: Snuggle up with a good book; wear PJs! 
• Choir before school @ 8:00 am
• Friday, March 4th 
• Reading Celebration Week: Flashlight Friday; bring a flashlight for independent reading! 
• Flyer Families; wear t-shirts 
• Half Day; students released @ 11:50 am 

• ...to parents & Crestwood adults who were able to make it to our Writing Celebration. We love sharing our work with you and appreciate your attendance and support.  

Math 

  We practiced adding and subtracting like fractions (fractions with the same denominator) and mixed numbers. We learned that we operate with the whole numbers and numerators, but the denominator stays the same. We even created an Egyptian pyramid foldable to help us remember this procedure.

Reading

We reviewed how to answer literal and inferential questions after reading a passage. Students reviewed using F.U.N. and we came up with some sentence starters to answer these reading comprehension questions. Students had a great time making inferences about various pictures. We talked about using the text and our background knowledge to make an inference about a story or a picture.

Science

  Mrs. Branding introduced students to a new unit last week: Electricity. They studied protons, neutrons, and electrons, then completed an investigation about static electricity.