Holiday Card Exchange

Holiday Card Exchange

We participated in a holiday card exchange with jenuinetech.com (organizer of the O.R.E.O. Project).  We were matched with 30 other classrooms from across the United States and Canada.  The theme was snowman.  We made cards to send the other classes. We have received nine cards from other classes so far.  Most of them have a snowman on them.

To make our cards, we used paint chip strips.  (Mrs. Hojnacki saw it on Pinterest.) We used sequins for the buttons. The rest was made from paper scraps. To make the card, we ripped blue paper to look like a snow pile. Then we glued it on a white card. Then the snowman went on the card.  Finally, we wrote a holiday message inside.  The back of the card has information to share with the class. We finished the cards today so they can go in the mail tonight.

--Jacob B. 

Geometric Tree

My name is Dathan.  I am going to tell you our math competition.  In math class last week all the fifth graders made a geometric tree.  It is a Christmas tree that uses different geometric shapes and terms to decorate it. Our math teacher, Mrs. Lewis gave us different colors of paper.  When we were finished we were going to vote for the neatest tree.  The trees were going to count as test grade, so we wanted to make sure we made and labeled them correctly. On Monday, we made last minute fixes on our trees. On Tuesday we voted for the winner of the trees. Kiley won the neatest tree. My tree wasn't the favorite, but I earned an A- on it. I think I did a good job on it. What do you think?

--Dathan