Hi 5th Graders and Families,
Thank you everyone for such an amazing year. We learned a lot and had a lot of fun.
We took the 40 Book Challenge and read more than ever! Keep reading everyday and write about your summer and your books on our Google Classrooms (reading or social studies). Give book recommendations, tell about your summer adventures, tell us anything you'd like to share.
We wrote lots of essays, poems, fantasy stories, personal narratives, opinion/expository pieces, letters, etc... Keep writing this summer! Write emails to me and I will happily write back to you. Write on google docs and share your writing with me. I would love to read it! Be observant and creative and keep writing!
We did lots of projects like the Texas Hero Project, created battle flags for Texas, explorer projects, and tribe projects. We had fun visiting the Bob Bullock Museum. We researched Asian countries and customs, and we read traditional tales from Asia. We made projects, plays, and art using information learned about an Asian country. Create things this summer. Research and learn about something that is interesting to you and share your new knowledge with others.
We helped lots of people this year. We enjoyed time with our mentors and wrote letters and a book for them. We collected toys for kids at Dell Children's Hospital and raised awareness of OMS. We collected money and books for Libraries of Love and organized the Walk to Read Event. We wrote from the point of view of a child receiving a library and books from Libraries of Love. We researched and learned about Africa and schools around the world and completed iMovie trailers, slide shows, and posters to share what we learned and we even met Trudy Marshall, who created over 36 libraries in Africa. We raised money and had fun in our Kids Kicking Hunger Kickball Tournament and collected almost 400 flip flops for Honduras. We also wrote letters using Google Translate to some of the children at Copprome Children's home in Honduras. Find ways to help others this summer. Give and share your talents and time with others in need.
Go to iStation and do some reading work on the computer to keep your skills sharp.
Keep reading this summer. We read aloud Stone Fox, I Survived the Attacks of 911, most of Nightmares, and Number the Stars. We read in book club groups and discussed books together. Talk to your friends and family about books, characters, themes, etc... Read fiction, non-fiction, poems, magazines, etc... Participate in a reading program. Have fun and travel to new times and places with your books.
Have a wonderful summer. Enjoy each day. Spend time with your family playing games and talking together. Learn something new everyday and use your imagination. I will miss seeing you everyday, but look forward to hearing about your summer on Google Classroom and on my emails.
See you next year, 5th Graders!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Bartholomew
