The tower is getting taller and taller then it falls and we have to restart.. 1 minute you have to keep going, 30 seconds. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz it was over. I just described the Index Card Challenge that we did the first week of school. Read my blog post to see what I enjoyed doing so far the first week of school and the things I’m looking forward to doing in fifth grade.
Two things I enjoyed doing the first week are the index card challenge and the identity map. The index challenge had a couple rules. The rules are you have 100 index cards, you have no materials, just index cards. You work in a group of four and you try to make the tallest tower of index cards and you have 15 minutes to do that. I liked the index card challenge because you had to think how to fold it and how to not make the structure fall over. I also liked it because you couldn’t make it too heavy or else it would fall over. My group used a strategy where you fold it then put layers on top but it wasn’t working so we tried a new strategy where you do even more layers and make it thicker and it worked 5 minutes left the teacher shouts 2 minutes 10 seconds 5,4,3,2,1 Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz it was over they go to the first grope they say 10 inches they go to the next group 12 inches then they go to my group 13 inches we won! . Another thing I enjoyed the first week is the identity map. I liked the identity map because you could put anything you wanted on it. I put my favorite sports teams, for example, the Eagles, Knicks and the Rangers. Another reason I liked it is you are allowed to put any drawing you want on it. I drew those teams because they are my favorite teams in sports.
Two things I am looking forward to are the hot dog field day and challenge course trip. Field day is a day at the end of the year where you do fun games outside like capture the flag tug-of-war and more. Classes compete against each other to see who is the winner. It is called hot dog field day because for lunch we get hot dogs. I like sports so I am excited. The challenge course trip is a field trip that has challenge courses. The challenge courses are courses that you have to get over obstacles. I’m excited because I’m getting over obstacles and figuring them out.
In summary there are many fun things we did this year and are going to do this year.
Do you think fifth grade is fun