Fifth Grade
Fifth graders create board games
Fifth grade students in Monica Becker’s and Dee Anna Williams' classes have finished up their last novel of the year and have been creating board games to help review for their upcoming test. Students worked together to come up with many unique concepts.
See board game photos on Flickr
Shocking science
Megan Pollitt’s fifth grade science students are learning about static electricity and discharge. You can watch their shocking discovery in the video below, and some photos are up on Flickr.
Visiting author tells students "Imagination can take you places"
On Tuesday, March 30, fifth and sixth grade students were treated to a first-hand account of the life of author Branson Mull. Mr. Mull is the author of The New York Times' best-selling children's literature fantasy series Fablehaven.
The series embarks on a fantasy world of mystical creatures and the many adventures that happen there. Mr. Mull visited KCD to share the Fablehaven series and encourage young students to read and use their imaginations. The author had the students participate in imaginative games and gave them the five secrets of becoming a good writer. Later in the day, Mr. Mull held a book signing at Barnes and Nobles in the Summit for his latest book in the series, Fablehaven: Keys to the Demon Prison. For more information on the author and his books, visit www.fablehaven.com.
Fifth graders use blogs to explore literature
Fifth grade English students are using blogs to explore characters and themes in Theodore Taylor's classic novel The Cay. For their blog entries, students are asked to write journal entries from the point of view of the main character, an eleven-year-old boy named Phillip.
In the novel, Phillip begins to question his preconceptions about race and class after being marooned on a remote island with a West Indian man named Timothy.
