In case you wondered where I've been since August, I'm here now to tell you. Fifth Grade. I really have spent most of my waking hours since August in my fifth grade classroom or planning for fifth grade classes or at least thinking about planning fifth grade related things. It's been delightful, really, but I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving, immensely. (If you are one of my students, please note the adverb I used instead of "very much".) I'm starting to dream about my lessons and conversations with other teachers, so I think a break is in order.
One of the most enjoyable projects we tackled so far was the mammal posters. This size poster was a first for them and I was proud of their efforts and results. They did the research and picture printing at home. Then they had class time to assemble them. I did breathe a sigh of relief when we were all done. I can't post pictures of the students, so I'll show a few of their projects instead.
