5th Grade Rocks the School

Today was performance day and did our 5th grade boys and girls do great! We were so proud of them and all the work they had put into the performance. From the "little people" to the big all had a wonderful time and were very impressed. The cafeteria looked fabulous decorated with the Black History banners, quilts and quotes the students worked on. What an awesome day!

Black History Unit

Over the last several weeks we have been working on our Black History unit. The kids have been studying a variety of famous African Americans from Martin Luther King to Jackie Robinson to Katherine Dunham. They did research, watched movies, wrote summaries and made time lines. For the last two activities, they were given quotes from their person and had to illustrate them. Also they made a banner with important events that occurred in their persons life. The whole fifth grade have also been practicing with Mrs. Jones for their Black History performance. They are singing songs, playing instruments and some have speaking parts. We hope you enjoy the slide show with pictures of their banners, quotes and freedom quilts.