5th Grade Begins

I've had two days of fifth grade, already, and they've been great.

My teacher's name is Ms. Gaine. I think she is really nice. She lets us play games a lot.

She gives us rewards when we deserve them. When we don't, she can take them away. On the first day of school, she put out a bowl of Hot Tamales. I'd never had them before but when I tried them, I liked them a lot. I think all that is very good and nice.

She tries not to give too much homework. So far, she's kept that promise. The first homework assignment she gave us was to find items to describe ourselves. The items were supposed to be 3-D and unique and had to fit into a small brown paper bag.

A talent or special ability I have is wood-
carving. I brought a rocket ship I'd made in the wood shop at the Planet to share with the class. I think woodworking is fun because you get to create your own things. Here are some things I made. I'm also working on a sword.

I brought a statue of the Sears Tower to represent something special about my family.

I talked about how we have lived in Chicago and gone to the top of the tallest building in the United States.






To share one of my future plans or goals, I brought in a tiny toy dog. I might like to become a veterinarian someday. I like animals and think that they are fun to be around. (photo credit)







I told my class that the best part about my summer was that my Uncle John came over to my house. We would sword fight and have a whole bunch of fun.

Something that I dislike is homework. I brought a math page from last year. I really, really, hate boring homework but not this type of homework.

A place that I would like to visit is outer space. I think it would be really fun to just float around in mid-air, not supported by anything. So, someday I would like to go there.

Something that I would like to improve at is writing. I would like to be able to write quicker, better, neater...

To represent a memorable event in my life, I brought in the medical bracelet that I wore in the emergency room when I hurt my face and had to get stitches.

It still fits on my wrist but it is hard to get on and off.






An activity I enjoy is cooking. I like to cook eggs for my family because I think learning to cook is fun and I think I would like to improve on that too.

My favorite color is silver, I brought a silver ball from my Magnetix to represent the color silver.

During recess, I've had fun playing with my friends. Some of my friends are Sean, Jake, Matthew, Eric, Aeddan, William, Jarred, Cameron and Ram.

Most of my friends were able to come with me on my first birthday hike over Ring Mountain but some of them weren't so we had a second party where we hiked over Ring Mountain and had dinner. That was fun. I think it will be a good year.