Miss Jackson’s Class Weekly News Central Avenue School What We Learned This Week… Math – This week we began our unit on multiplying and dividing decimals. First, we reviewed how to multiply whole numbers by powers of ten and then we learned how to multiply decimals by powers of ten. Reading – We continued our non-fiction unit by reading and taking notes on a variety of topics. We also read nonfiction articles to practice identifying the main idea and supporting details and finding textual evidence. 1/26 – 1/30 Dates to Remember Tuesday 2/3 Science Review 8:10 Simple Machines Unit Test Thursday 2/5 Delayed Opening 10:30 No Math Clinic Friday 2/6 Math Clinic 8:10 January Birthdays Writing – We continued working on our informational writing pieces by using powerpoints, posters, books, and songs to present the information we gathered. Then we began sharing our final projects. Doyle – 1/12 Sasha – 1/25 February Birthdays Science – This week we reviewed the six types of simple machines and continued working with our groups to build our Rube Goldberg contraptions. Next week we will take our unit test on simple machines. Please help support Central Avenue School by donating Box Tops for Education labels. Anthony – 2/11 Contact Information Phone: 973-593-3173 Email: jacksone@madisonpublicschools.org