Blogging with Fifth Graders May 4, 2012
Posted by cchase in : Grade 5 , 1 comment so farThe fifth grade started blogging this year! Each class got a few lessons with Mr. 
Harte on how to make your blog, for example: a lesson on how to comment on other’s blogs, and a few more. The best part about blogs is that you can personalize them, put how you feel, and other things. When you personalize your blog, you use Widgets, Themes, and other things.
We interviewed a few students and asked these questions:
- “Do you like blogging?”
- ” Do you think blogging is a good idea?”
- ” What is your blog about?”
- ” What inspired you?”
Here are some respones to our interview questions.
When we asked our question “Do you like blogging?”, Mrs. Power, our teacher, said she “loves blogging, is new to blogging, and thinks it will be fun”. Other students in Mrs. Power’s class said, “It gives you a chance to write about your opinion of things and personal ideas”, “yes, it gives you a chance to tell people what’s on your mind, and it is fun to make comments, making the blog, making posts, and posting pictures” [but not of ourselves], and “yes, I think it is fun”.
Also when we asked our question “Do you think blogging is a good idea?”, Mrs. Power said “It is a great idea and students get to respond to classmates.” Other students said ” I think it is a time to learn to socialize on the web”, “yes, it gives students a place to express their ideas”, and “you get to tell about your life [at school]“.
When we asked our question of “What is your blog about?”, Mrs. Power said she “only writes posts to which students will respond.”
We asked the students what inspires them to write on their blog. Students said things that interest them such as “a bird called Cassowary”, “my random thoughts”, “Boston sports teams” are a few examples.
We think blogging is also a good idea because you can comment on other blogs and receive helpful ideas to help you write your next blog post. We also think that blogging is a good idea because there are many reasons to blog like to express your ideas, to convince people to do right things, and other things.
Soon we may start using our blogs to communicate with other schools around the world and we could comment on each others blogs.
Reported By:
Andrew and Jude
Principal for the Day May 2, 2012
Posted by cchase in : Grade 5 , 4 commentsHave you ever been in charge if the school? Well I have! I was the principal of the day on Read Your Heart Out Day,April 13, 2012.
Principal-of-the-Day is a fun activity that one fifth grader wins at the Dover PTO Auction. One student gets to walk in Dr. Nugent’s steps for the day, and be in charge.
My name is Lucy and I won the opportunity to be the Principal-for-one-Day on Read Your Heart Out Day, a day when all the students and staff are able to wear pajamas and slippers to school.
On Monday, 4 days before I was Principal, Dr. Nugent and I had a little talk about what we wanted to do during my special day.
These are the things I thought of for each grade,
- 1st, 2nd, and 3rd were read to by the Librarian, she was so nice that she dressed up as ViolaSwamp! (A character in a really good book.)
- 4th grade had the ability to sit wherever they wanted, (They usually have to sit by class).
- Lastly the 5th graders, they received popsicles. I wanted my grade to be happy with me since all the other grades had something great!
After this fun experience, I feel like I can do anything. Being a principal is like you are the Queen of your own Castle. In the morning I had to get there really early and I greeted all the teachers as they arrived to school. They were being really funny, by asking me for raises, giving me candy and just treating me like I was an adult. All the students thought I was an awesome Principal. At the end of the day I was sad, I did not want to give up being Principal. It was a fantastic day. The only downside to the day is that I never sat down, so my legs really hurt from all the walking!
FIT & LIT 2012 April 26, 2012
Posted by cchase in : Grade 5 , 1 comment so farFit and Lit is a program our school has been doing for about 7 years. Fit and Lit happens when the school gets back from winter break and ends right before February break. Fit and Lit goes on for about 6 weeks and by the time 6 weeks are over some people have 3 charms and some people have a bunch of charms in many different colors. The first year we come here as kindergartners, we received a necklace. Once we have completed 600 minutes of exercising or reading we obtain a charm in the shape of a sneaker (Fit) or a book (Lit). You earned a charm is by recording your minutes on a log. The logs are picked up every Friday.
We kick off Fit and Lit with an all school assembly. Everybody gets so excited to see the slideshow. When the kids see a picture of themselves or one of their friends, they yell out their names. The pictures show kids exercising or reading for Fit and Lit minutes. After the slideshow ends and the screaming ends, our librarian Mrs. Chase, explains the process of Fit and Lit. Then everyone is so anxious to hear what the prize is, and Mrs. Chase leaves us all hanging and doesn’t tell us until the ending assembly!
The last day of Fit and Lit, the whole school celebrates the completion of the program by having a Read Your Heart Out Day. During that day we read most of the day, and participate in Readers Theater and plays, plus read to younger classroom buddies and have snacks. On Read Your Heart Out Day we dress up in our PJs and we bring in stuffed animals and/or blankets. As you can imagine this is a fun day for all!!
At the celebration assembly we announced the grade level winners. Each classroom within a grade level competes against each other to see who can read and exercise the most minutes. This year the winning classroom, in each grade, received a special trophy and a charm for their necklace. To acknowledge all the work everyone did, our principal rewarded the entire school with a second Read Your Heart Out Day and an extra recess. After that announcement was made the student body let out a big, big, big, BIG cheer, this is how it sounded YYEEAAHH!!!
Here are the results of the Fit & Lit 2012 competition
Kindergarten: Mrs.Disch
1st grade: Ms Cronin
2nd grade: Mrs. Moran
3rd grade: Dr. Craft
4th grade: Mr. Keohane
5th grade: Mr. Wadness
We are proud of everyone who participated in this year’s Fit and Lit!
Please watch the video below to see the winners.
Reported by: Griffin, Matt, Lucy, Abby & Jay
