Mrs. Ewing’s 5th Grade

Our feature with Kingsport Times-News reporter Jeff Bobo went well today.  I was impressed with how well you all handled the interview process.  You could have knocked me over with a feather (idiom) when I realized that it was a VIDEO feature.  I thought it would just be a regular newspaper feature.  You can take a look at the video here.  Go down on the left side until you get to the Video Reports section. 

Here’s the link to the full newspaper article.

Mr. Bobo did a great job editing the video!  However, I was shocked and dismayed to hear how completely “countrified” I sound!  Wow….totally Southern!  I do love the South, but I had no idea how strong my Southern accent is!  I also found out that (on average) I use the phrase “you know” every 2.8 seconds!  I will totally do better next time!

The story was also wired to the NEA’s (National Education Association) publication, The Opening Bell.  Now, if you’re not a teacher (or politician) that may not seem very big, but they have over 3 million members!!!! 

It was very exciting to share our project!  Keep writing and learning!  I’m so proud of your work!

Okay, okay, okay…back to the real world!  You should finish up research for your Science Fair projects this week.  I’ve been going through the wiki, and a select few haven’t been gathering research as you should.  We don’t want to “hog the lab” much longer!  Make good use of your lab time this week.  Let me know if you’ve run into a brick wall!  I’ll help!

Love,

Mrs. Ewing

Happy New Year!!!

Welcome back!

As you know, we are in “heavy-duty writing mode” right now, and your blog is a big part of that. Last week, I showed you a few examples of class blogs. I want you to spend some time exploring those sites and reading what those kids have written. There a few entries that I definitely want you to read so I’ve put links to them below:

Read carri0708’s entry on Friendship. (You’ll have to scroll down to the bottom).

Allwyn.  Something tells me we’ll all be reading novels by her one day.

Both of those students are 6th graders at Trinity School.  The student blogs on that site are awesome.  Pick a few and scroll down to the entry on their “Creed”.  Amazing! 

“Uh…..Mrs. Ewing, what’s a creed?”

“I’m glad you asked, Sugarplum.”  Click here for the definition.

More “Must-Read” Blogs:

Wow, I had to include this one.  A boy named Grant writes about his sister being a bad boyfriend picker!  It’s hilarious!

Mr. Seufert’s Fifth Grade – Read AC’s post  “What Is Happiness?”  (scroll down a bit).

Mr. Brune’s 5th grade class in NY regularly writes about current events.  Check out JoJo’s and BalletGirl’s.  Notice how they respond to the news article and then place a link to it in the post.

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In other news….I re-posted the survey, so make sure you take it this week!!!  The link is to the right.

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And finally…..if you don’t mind……pray for S-N-O-W!!!!!  LOL!!!I’ll let you in on a little secret:  Teachers want snow as much as the kids do!