5th+Grade

5th Grade in Action Miss Lewis ~ // " The TRC grant has given my students the ability to utilize 21st century skills to enhance their learning and think critically about the standards they are studying. At the same time, the TRC grant has given me the necessary tools to make learning meaningful to my students and create a sense of excitement about learning in my classroom." //Mrs. Searcy ~ //" Implementing the TRC grant has broadened the educational opportunities available to both, the students and me. The excitement of utilizing technology tools is evident in our classrooms. Higher order thinking skills are essential for implementing most of the projects and assignments. The TRC grant has changed my way of teaching and the students’ way of learning." // 

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**Endangered Species** ~ Glogster

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Students were studying ecosystems, habitats, and causes for endangerment of species. They designed their own glog about an endangered species. The glog had to include the species’ habitat, niche, reason for endangerment, pictures, and fun facts.

**Creative Writing** ~  Newspaper



Using the application, Pages, students were challenged to write a newspaper depicting events from the book, __Dying To Meet You.__ They utilized creative thinking in both their writing and illustrations.


 * Native American Brochure **



<span style="color: #c90d0d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">During our social studies unit on Native American tribes, students worked in groups to create an informational brochure about a specific region and tribe. The brochure included information such as the type of housing from that region and what the day-to-day life of the tribe was like.

<span style="color: #c90d0d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">**Narrative Elements** ~ <span style="color: #c90d0d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">ToonDoo

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<span style="color: #c90d0d; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">To tie research skills, social studies and reading together, students created their own interview with Christopher Columbus. They developed their own questions and then researched the answers. They also used information from our social studies unit on explorers and from reading __Pedro’s Journal__.