More and more Palms!  Handhelds seem to excite each and every fifth grade young lord and lady.  Today we set up our personal business cards in "Contacts" and beamed them to our classmates.  

Congratulations on a successful first homework challenge!  Every fifth grader brought their homework to school.  This included researching a topic dealing with the Middle Ages and sharing the new information learned with the class.  We heard and saw some great presentations- including PowerPoints, castle models, DVD clips, speeches, and posters.  We learned a lot about this amazing time in history, as well!

Next on our Quest of learning was the construction of small "catapults" from which we could successfully launch marshmallows, cotton balls, or beans.  No, this wasn't to aim at our teachers, but rather to "siege" the castle walls and try and prove the best aim.  The winning catapult from each kingdom will compete in tomorrow's Medieval Tournament against the other two kingdoms.  We were given instructions, but many of us experimented and tried additional tricks or methods to try to better our catapult.  5A's "Baby Canny" created by Michaela, Lizzie, and Andrew was the winner.  Good luck launching tomorrow!

A final, important task of today, was the looking ahead to next week and filling in our schedules.  Starting Monday, we'll need to know which class to go to and when to begin our apprenticeships in the various subject areas.  Our schedules should be kept in the front of our three ring binders real close to our planners.  

Beaming business cards

Medieval Research:  Games and Sports

Catapult Construction

Launching the Catapults