5th+Grade+Laurels

media type="file" key="laurel podcast.m4a" I really enjoyed doing laurels. I worked hard and focused.

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Which laurel project was my best? The best laurel of mine would have to be my city-state. It was very colorful and creative. I chose my background colors very carefully and since I am very picky about that stuff and a bit of a perfectionist it looked really great. I spent time and effort on it. My map and map key was very detailed as well as my brochure. It all was really well done. Everything was all spelled correctly, I spell checked. I had a very fun time doing this project. I think it was the funnest laurel I got assigned.=====

How did I do with managing my time? My time was great. I got everything on time. I actually made a strategy to manage my time. The first day I got the laurel I would read over it and do a tiny bit each day. I did not think of the time managing that hard. I just couldn't procrastinate because there is not that much time. The longer you wait to do your laurel the harder managing the time gets.

What was the most challenging part of these laurels? I think the hardest part of these laurels were being organized. That is a skill that is very hard for me. I was unorganized in the beginning but towards the end I started keeping my things together and using my laurel folder. That made it easier for me. It is hard to do your work when you lose your notes. Keeping organized is very important.

Zine- This was a very fun laurel. We got to make our very own magazine. We chose a topic and wrote little essays about our topic, persuasive pieces, How-to pieces, etc. We wrote a dear reader letter just like a real magazine and created a cover. The cover was very creative and colorful. It says the title of your magazine.

Author Study- This was a very different laurel. We chose an author to study about. I chose Jerry Spinelli. It wasn't just any author. It was the authors who wrote books we read in class. We read three or four books of that author. Then we started learning more about the author and studying he/she. Once we had information we made a brochure and a essay or biography about the author. In the brochure we had to write summaries for the books that we read.

Let's Go Traveling- We studied five ancient civilizations in class. This laurel we made a book about what we learned in social studies. Each two pages were for one civilization. We had to write at least five facts.

Math- We got a math packet with nineteen math pages. we only had to solve fifteen pages. We also had to write a paragraph. WE had a choice of what to write about, Why Philadelphia should use the metric system or How do you use math in you everyday life. I chose the second one.

Friendship- This laurel was a lot of fun. We had to interview someone older than you. You ask questions like, what troubles did you face, what occupation did (do) you have, etc. I interviewed my grandma. You were suppose to bring in a picture but it was optional. Once you got your information from the interview you had to write a paper about the person you interviewed. You had to say the character traits you noticed too.

French- We made a french dialogue and recited it for the french teacher. It was very fun. There were thing you had to put in it though like, restaurant vocabulary, fundamental questions, etc. It was a very creative activity.

Music- For music we could do two things. We could make a poster that has six or seven ancient Greek instruments on it and a paragraph for each one or make your very own ancient Greek instrument and a paragraph about the instrument you made.