Last week’s Science Experiment board was a hit. Students did such a great job choosing an experiment, forming a hypothesis, planning what to do, and drawing conclusions. Not everyone shared pictures, but here are a few.
Best Part of Me!
Another beginning of fifth grade tradition is The Best Part of Me writing. Inspired by the book, Best Part of Me, students read the poems in the book then choose their own favorite body part. They took pictures and wrote about them. These turned out cute 🙂
Class Rules Brainstorm
Today we tried out a new online tool called Padlet. We brainstormed our class rules by putting our ideas on the Padlet board. Tomorrow we will narrow these down to our top 3-5 rules. We generated some great ideas!
Flags!
Normally we start every new fifth grade year with the kiddos making flags. We use the Jasper Johns flag painting as our inspiration for creating our own unique but similar flags. This year, we sent the pre-cut paper home with students, but asked them to use whatever they had available to create their flag. Some stuck to the traditional look and used paint and words from magazines, while others made theirs much more unique. Two students created their flags to represent the countries where their families are from. This flag project always teaches us so much about each student!
Welcome Back
I remembered about this old classroom blog this morning, when trying to think of a way to display student work during this crazy time! We just started back 100% virtual and as strange as it feels, the kids are doing amazing! My new group of super sweet 5th graders are rocking online school. They log in on time every day, ask questions, complete assignments, and are blowing my mind with the quality of work they are producing. We are trying as hard as we can to keep as many procedures in place that will transfer over to in-person school. This week we started watching the Morning Announcements, created by one of our teachers! They are fun and a great way to still allow kids to see other teachers and hear their birthday being announced! We are also still doing Morning Meeting every morning. This has been a great way for us to connect as a community, even though we are not physically in the same space.
View from the Chalkboard 