Projects 2025-26
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My Habits of Mind
Successful people share certain habits. Students learned how developing these habits is essential to being successful in their lives. They learned about 9 of the habits and how to apply them in their lives. They wrote their ideas and created an e-book to share our reflections.
Driving Question:
How can we show our understanding of the habits of mind?
Guiding Questions:
What are the habits of mind?
How do others use the habits in their lives?
How do I show the habits of mind in my life?
How can I share my understanding of the habits?
How can I write a well-developed paragraph?
below is 2024-25 projects
As the 5th graders grow as writers, they need to be sure they are using commas correctly. They came up with a familiar jingle to make learning about one of the 8 rules fun.
Driving Question
How can we make learning about commas fun?
Guiding Questions
What are the 8 rules of using commas correctly?
How can I show respect while collaborating with my Comma Corral group?
What jingle can we come up with to help our classmates remember our group’s rule?
Ohhh...Say Can You See?
Driving Question
How can we inform our classmates about a branch of the U.S. Government?
Guiding Questions
What can the chosen branch of government do?
Who are the national and state leaders in that branch?
In what building does the chosen branch of government work?
Project Overview
To be an educated U.S. citizen, we need to understand our U.S. Government. By creating a project, students can inform their classmates about a branch of U.S. Government, so they are an educated U.S. citizen.
Web of Life
Driving Question
How do organisms depend on one another to form an interconnected ecosystem?
Guiding Questions
Why would a hawk move to New York City?
What do plants eat?
Where do fallen leaves go?
Do worms really eat dirt?
Why do you have to clean a fish tank but not a pond?
Why did the dinosaurs go extinct?
Project Overview
As we grow as 5th grade scientists, we need to know how organisms depend on one another to form an interconnected ecosystem.
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