Welcome 5th graders! It was great to meet so many of you at Open House the other night! I know we are going to have an awesome year together! You might notice that this classroom webpage is a blog. I use this blog for 2-way communication. Feel free to leave comments or ask questions. You can also send me an e-mail anytime. Throughout the year, I will use this blog to keep parents and students updated on what's happening in our classroom each week, upcoming events as well as homework, pictures and videos of things we do in class, and I even like to use it for homework. Last year my students really enjoyed having blog debates over articles they'd read! Please become a follower of my blog so you can catch all my updates right away.
In other news, welcome to the first days of 5th grade! There is one important date coming up which I'd like you to make note of. Parent Orientation will take place on Thursday, August 30th. I'd love to have as many parents as possible attend this because it's a great opportunity to gain an understanding of how I run my class and to ask any questions you might have.
Finally, I'd like to share with you my classroom mottos which are quotes I've stumbled upon in recent years that truly capture my beliefs about education. I believe that it does take hard work, but I am here to support all students in their endeavors. The quotes are: "Success is not coming to you; you must come to it;" and "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." In this classroom, I hope that each student will face reasonable challenges and work hard to overcome them. I want to help each child reach his/her highest potential as a learner and that will come with hard work from all of us. Let's enjoy the challenges we face together and refuse to give up! The video below is a moving video that will truly show that with hard work and a refusal to give up, you can overcome any challenge.
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