This week in 5th grade we made a lot of cool discoveries. First we learned about early humans and fossil findings. Second, we did an experiment called swingers and we tested the length of the string. We also started writing our own precepts. We talked with Stephanie about the social justice puzzle. Last but not least, we wrote an I am poem from a Wonder character's perspective. It was a great week!

We had a great second week of fifth grade!!! A highlight of the week was getting our i Pads. It was fun to see what it could do. In science we did two experiments. In the first we asked the question "Is this rock alive?". It was really fun but it wasn't a real question. It was just to get us used to experiments like this one. In the second, we built a pendulum and then recorded the data. In reading we got to go speed dating.  first we chose a character from the book wonder by R.J. Palacio but we didn't tell anyone. then we responded like that person in our notebook. our goal was to guess the other persons character. we rotated playing interviewer and interviewee. Overall it was a great week.

This first week of school we all had so much fun but there was a lot of sitting and learning the rules. The best part of the week was seeing all my old friends again and talking about our summer. It was hard to get back into school because we are still really lazy from summer. There were a lot of changes from fourth to fifth grade. For example, in Judaic Studies we're going to have homework and it's taught by a different teacher from our classroom teacher. We're looking forward to getting iPads next week which is going to be a big change from past years.
Have a great weekend!
Cole