Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Magic City Workshops

Lauren from BAM came into 5th grade classrooms to talk about the Magic City performance we will be seeing on February 9th.  She discussed basic puppetry, and student flash-wrote mini-plays to perform for their classes.









Friday, January 19, 2018

5th Grade Debates

The fifth grade has finished performing their debates. Topics included school uniforms, video games being considered a sport, assigned seats, plastic bag bans and Halloween celebrations.  We had some creative arguments and top-notch persuaders this year!







Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Secret Snowflake

307 had a terrific time making and receiving gifts for Secret Snowflake. We also said goodbye to our dear classmate, Jonah, who is making the move to Nashville!







Thursday, December 21, 2017

Publishing Our Essays

Students worked on their Persuasive Essays this week.  Students peer reviewed their writing pieces, and many chose to publish using Google Drive.







Friday, December 8, 2017

Mr. Ryan Returns...

Mr. Ryan stopped by on Thursday and left another amazing piece of artwork for the 5th graders.


Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Math Museum






















Green-Wood Trip

We had a great time meeting Steve and getting to know more about Green-Wood!






Sunday, November 19, 2017

Newsela Sign Ups

Use the following links to sign up for Newsela - a news site for our fifth grade current events studies.

302 - https://newsela.com/join/#/Z588YB

306 - https://newsela.com/join/#/9TCGNN

307  - https://newsela.com/join/#/BG2VEV

Thank You, Mr. Ryan!

We celebrated our last day with Humanities Teacher, Mr. Ryan, with an auction of his incredible drawings.  We will miss you so much, Mr. Ryan.