We just finished our writing unit on determining the "BIG IDEA" in an author's text. Instead of using short passages or books, we decided to find the BIG IDEA in songs. We read the lyrics to the song, listened to it, determined the BIG IDEA, and finally thought about what emotion the author of the song was trying to evoke in us.

As the students reflected on the past week of work, they wrote a blog entry on their own blog. Read what the students thought of the unit, what they learned, as well as other information they decided to include. As always, be sure to comment on the blogs. The students and I look forward to hearing from you!

So, it's been awhile, huh?  We're getting ready to rip into blogs again and thought that it would be a great idea to write about something that just happened to us... HOLIDAY BREAK!

Read our latest blogs to find out what we did over our holiday break.  You might learn about someone's favorite activity they did, a place he/she traveled to, or maybe even just how much we all missed school!

Well, we're back for another exciting year.  We had a great run over the past two years and are sad to say goodbye to the former BEST FIFTH GRADE ON EARTH, but are happy to send them off as the current BEST SIXTH GRADE ON EARTH!  I am happy to have a new crop of fifth graders to work with this year.

We will again be using blogs as a form of communication, a way to express our thoughts in writing, and as a way to consume and critique other students' writing.  For your fist blog of the year, tell the world why you are excited to be in fifth grade, what you are looking forward to the year, and how you're feeling as you enter your last year in elementary school.  Be sure to tell everyone why you are eager to be a part of THE BEST FIFTH GRADE ON EARTH!

Whew!  Have we been busy or what?!?!?  In the past few weeks alone, we have had our 5th grade track meet, we went on a field trip to Cooperstown (Baseball Hall of Fame) and Howe Caverns, and finished our exit project, Famous Americans. 

During all that time, we kind of neglected our blogs.  But today, we are back in full force!    Check out our latest blogs regarding our aforementioned exit project, Famous Americans.

Our class has been working with blogs for quite awhile now.  Sometimes we work on them nonstop and other times, we take breaks - sometimes extended ones!  Our latest blogs will deal with the aforementioned title of this article.