The Lockwood Crew

Hello 5th graders! I am so excited to have you in class this year! I look forward to a great class. This year we will work hard towards common goals and strive to be the best! I hope you will all join me in this journey to be the greatest that we can be. In the comments section, please write your goals for this year. I would like you to tell me what they are and how you plan to achieve them. I look forward to hearing your responses!

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Here we go… New class, new teammates and new responsibilities. I am very excited for this year to commence as there are so many fun and exciting things to come. This year the focus will be on our students and staff being champions and putting an emphasis on the Hall of Fame in which are students and teachers fall. All of us have worked so hard and prepared for this year to be the greatest and the best. We are adapting a new framework this year called Beyond Textbooks and this will create a path for our school to succeed best. I am looking forward to big things happening this year and can’t wait for it to begin!

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The end is here! We have completed 5th grade! What was your favorite thing? What will you miss? What are you looking forward to?

The Lockwood Crew has completed 5th grade and is preparing for the 6th grade. They have commented below with advice for all 4th graders entering into 5th grade. Please feel free to look into their comments and comment yourself about what you remember about your 5th grade experience!

Photo Credit: dmmalva via CompfightMr. Lockwood’s class is ending the year with a puppet??

Although it may sound weird, the Lockwood Crew is tying up all of the standards from reading and putting it into a fun and exciting puppet play. They were asked to create a script with characters, setting, conflict, hero/villan, beginning, middle and end, as well as  a moral or lesson. They were told to make their own puppets and will perform in front of the class later this week.

Have you ever done a puppet show before? What was your favorite part? Ask the crew what they thought of this culminating activity to the year!

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Mr Lockwood’s 5th grade class has been reading “The Pinballs” in a lit study. The class has been very excited to read each day and we have been able to dive deep into the overall message. Have you read this book? Can you relate to this book? What was your favorite part?

The Lockwood Crew has been studying the American Revolution and its effects on our nation today. What can you tell us about the American Revolution?

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The 5th grade at SMES is taking part in their very first science fair! They are able to use the site sciencebuddies.org to help in their discoveries. What cool projects are your doing in your class? Have you taken part in a science fair at your school? How did it go? Please feel free to send your comments in. Who knows, it may help our 5th grade with some great ideas!

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Mr. Lockwood’s class has discussed the similarities and differences between E-Books and Regular old paper books. What do you think? Should we transition to all E-books in our public and school libraries or should we stick with tradition and stay with the large cases of the good old paper book?

                                        
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Mr. Lockwood’s class is participating in the Great Mail Race! We are corresponding with students and classes from all over the country. We have received one from Illinois to start and are excited to send and receive many more!

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