The Fifth Grade Friday Five

Here are a few bits and pieces from our first week back. It was great to reunite and get to work again. We are already very, very busy. 

We attempted to reflect the sun’s light through several mirrors and end at the target. They got 10 mirrors and still hit the target. 
Recording our results


Our first reading zone


Turning our first week read aloud into skits from another perspective


All for one, and one for all

We had a great first week, and we have even more plans for the weeks to come!

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