There is a minute left in math and you need to make eleven with four fours. What do you do, you finally figure it out four! divided by (the square root of four – four over four). You finally did it, you’re so happy. That’s how the first week of school has made me feel, really happy. It’s been so awesome and school just started. Great things have happened and there are great things to look forward to. I could not be more excited!

There are many things I enjoyed in the first week of school. For instance I really enjoyed the Danger of a Single Story Ted Talk. I learned the story of a Nigerian woman and her obstacles and strengths. I learned a story from a new perspective and it taught me so many new things. It was so awesome to see how a person that is very different from me grew up. I’d never seen something like that before. I also liked the identity map because I felt like I could express my traits and what I love most. The identity map was a great way to just unwind and have a little fun. I had unlimited options and wrote so many things that I love. In addition, I really enjoyed the Four Fours Challenge because I learned really good math that I didn’t know before. Also, I felt engaged in it while I was working because it was so fun. I couldn’t tear myself away from the paper, even though it was challenging. Finally, I think Ms. Cooper is really great because she’s really kind, fair, prepared, and organized which helps me learn really well. She is a perfect teacher for me because she not only helps me learn, but she helps me have fun while doing it. This is what I enjoyed in the first week of school.

There are so many things to look forward to during this school year. For instance, I’m really looking forward to the Bedford Ropes Course because I love obstacles.  I have done something like this before so I think I’ll be pretty good at it. It seems like it should be really fun. I’m also really excited for the student teacher volleyball game because every single time I’ve watched it, I want to actually play. I practiced just for this. I’m really excited and it should be fun. I’m also looking forward to Capstone because I’ve heard really good things about it. I love big projects with technology because I get to do some things I love and I’m good at it. Capstone is something in which I get to talk about something I love which would be so fun for me. There are so many things that I really like so that might be the hardest thing, to choose a topic. I am also really looking forward to the moving up ceremony because I am going to smile a lot. That’s what happens to me when I feel really good about myself. I also am going to enjoy the moving up ceremony because I want to end my year in a really good way knowing that my sister is going to be watching me. These are some things that I am looking forward to this year.

Overall, I loved the first week of school and hopefully you can tell. I’ll bet your first week of school wasn’t as good as mine, it would be impossible. I did so many things and there are so many to look forward to as you can tell. I really hope you learned all about my first week of school. How was your first week of school as a fifth grader? What were the awesome things that happened to you? What were you looking forward to? Think about it!