Welcome to Fifth Grade!

We’ve had such a great year so far.  We’ve had many memorable events.  Our class did state presentations that were wonderful.  We also had some fun book report presentations where children had the opportunity to dress up as a character in their book, make a poster or diorama, or even to put together a game.  The book reports were very creative.  We also had some wonderful animal posters that showed how much the children learned as we studied inherited traits.  They came up with some wonderful made-up animals and learned how to describe what they would be like. 

We enjoyed a field trip to the Monte L. Bean Museum and learned so much that connected with our unit on animals.  Come to our art show at the end of the year to see the fabulous pictures that were created by our students under the guidance of our wonderful art teacher, Mrs. Lee. 

We enjoyed attending the Nutcracker Ballet.  We’ve also had some guest speakers:  Mr. Monson spoke to us about animals and their specialized structures and Mr. Holland spoke to us about United States history and things that led up to the Revolutionary war.  Both presentations were excellent.  We also had a fabulous simulation of the Revolutionary War.  It truly brought the feelings that we wanted to have the children understand. 

We have been privileged to participate in a program at the BYU Law School in their mentoring program.  Each student has their own law school mentor that has helped them with our social studies activities as well and working individually with their persuasive writing.  It’s been a program that’s been so enjoyable and very helpful. 

Each student has started working on a presentation on a specific president of the United States.  We look forward to enjoying the powerpoint presentations toward the end of the year.  We are also preparing to start learning the songs for the Hope of America.  We’re excited to be able to do this presentation. 

Last week we had Discovery Gateway do a science presentation for our fifth grades.  Ask your student about some of the exciting demonstrations that were presented!  They also had the students do a hands-on lab.  It was a great kick-off for our new science unit.

We have a wonderful class and are having a super year.  Keep watching for another update of upcoming activities!