Mrs. Ewing’s 5th Grade

5th grade is nearly over!  This school year felt incredibly quick to me.  Well, okay, those two weeks before TCAPs were kind of slow, but the rest flew by in a busy blur!  You’ll soon be on to 6th grade, and Mrs. Ewing will only be a distant memory.  Don’t worry about 6th grade.  I am very confident that you’ll be completely successful.  I will be here if you need me.  Just remember to be organized and disciplined.

You all have been a wonderful class, and I will never forget you.  You have been a pioneer class! 

• My first blogging class
• My first class to use a wiki
• My first class to incorporate technology into Science Fair projects
• My first class to have Webkinz!
• My first class to do a video news feature!  (That was pretty cool, wasn’t it?)

You all paved the way!  Be proud!  I sure am!  We have two more days left, and remember that I have resolved that I WILL NOT CRY THIS YEAR!!!!  No! No! No!  I’m going to be a brave soldier!!!!

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Teachers know that nothing quite compares to the last month of school!  It’s a chaotic, jubilant, stressful, crazy, bittersweet roller coaster ride to that final day.  It’s funny how, just when I’ve got them perfectly trained, I have to pass them on to the next teacher who’ll be part of their lives!  Year-end activities occupy our every moment, and TCAP no longer hangs over our heads!  May flies by, kids!  You’ll be 6th graders in the blink of an eye.

What’s Up?

Science Fair!  That’s what!!!  Most of you should be conducting your experiments this week.  I’m anxious to see the results!  We’ll also begin planning our display boards.  Be sure to check the Science Fair wiki to monitor your progress.  Let me know if your progress page hasn’t been updated properly.

The tech department has let us use 5 laptops from the mobile lab.  (Oh yeah!!!) This will really speed things along!   I will post a checklist on the Science Fair wiki to keep you updated on the technology stuff you need to do as your project continues.

I am absolutely amazed at how effortlessly you’ve incorporated technology into your project with the wiki!  I’ve got more ideas for you, so stay tuned!

We are in the planning phase of our Webkinz convention.  I have added a page on the wiki to post ideas for the convention.  I’m thinking possibly the 27th?  I’ll let you know.  It’s going to be a blast!

This week we go back to our morning blogging schedule.  If there are no glitches with the  laptops, then we’ll have two groups blogging every other day. 

Group 1 (starts Monday)

Kristopher, Monica, Chance, Eric, Madison, Shanna, Lauren, Teagan, Zack,

Group 2 (starts Tuesday)

Samantha, Alex Mo, Hannah, Becca, Ashley, Eryn, Brooke, Bronson, Elizabeth, Alex Ma.

More later….