Wanted: Postcards

Well, we told you to stay tuned to find out what was in our treasure boxes, and we sure made you wait a long time!  Sorry about that.  So, back to the treasure boxes.  We opened one last week, and one this week.  Last week's box was full of artifacts that taught us about homes of the Plains Indians.  Native Americans in Kansas had one of three kinds of homes.  Some lived in tipis, some lived in grass houses, and some lived in earth lodges.  We saw models of all of these homes, and learned how they were built.  This week, our box showed us just how many things the Native Americans could make using buffalo.  They could make shovels, hoes, needles, toys, tipis, purses, and clothing!  They even used the buffalo's bladder as a "water bottle!"  We got to see one first hand.  Ew.

Today was the final day to turn in Early Bird Sunflower Reader forms.  Almost our whole class has met their goal of finishing Sunflower Reader.  If they haven't, they have until May to get it done!  Those of us who finished early get to attend a pizza party with the fabulous Mrs. Burgey. 

In math, we've been doing geometry.  Right now we're studying transformations.  A transformation occurs when a shape moves from one place to another.  One kind is a reflection.  This week we made reflections of ourselves using Photo Booth on the computers. Then we drew a line of symmetry to show where we reflected ourselves.  Now we're studying translations, which happen when a shape slides from one place to another but otherwise stays the same.  We're drawing tessellations to help us remember what they are!

Our biggest project right now is happening in writing.  We are writing a story for Time Magazine's Person of the Year in the year 2031.  We are writing the story as if we have won the award, and telling about what we did to earn it.

We've been stuck inside with the cold weather, and are feeling a bit  blue.  Do you know what would cheer us up?  POSTCARDS!!!  We are still missing 17 states, and are worried that we might not make our goal.  If you could help, please do!