Mrs. Ulmer's Class

Welcome back to school! The fifth and sixth graders kicked off the year by celebrating their summer reading.  Some students chose to present a Wow! Project, and they certainly did wow us with their dioramas, slideshows, models, and presentations. Some students created an experience for the audience so that we could enter the worlds of their books. As audience members, we designed and conquered a ninja obstacle course, played a board game, looked through a lens to a different dimension, and even tasted a sampling of donuts!  These projects generated some real excitement about reading. The excitement continued at the unveiling of our classroom library, and the students have each selected a book from various genres to read independently. Some students had trouble choosing only one book, so we developed a basket of "books on deck" in which students can store the books they would like to read next. We are off to a terrific start building reading stamina and pra