5th Grade Guest Authors

Earlier this year, the 5th grade students wrote children's books with the theme "overcoming fear". Eight books were selected to have the author go and read the stories to all of Birch's first grade students. What fun! Nice writing and illustrations!

What Makes You Scream?

5th graders learned about Expressionism in art and the use of color to portray emotion. We explored Edvard Munch's famous Expressionist painting "The Scream", and then created their own works of art as a backdrop. Check out this project on things to make you scream.

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Coaster Thrills!

Fifth graders explored The Law of Conservation of Energy as they designed thrilling coasters! 5 points for loops, 3 points for hills, and 3 points for banked curves. Check them out as they go through the design process and present their final coasters.

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Thrills and Chills Vocabulary Game

Hey 5th graders - This is your chance to blast your way to a larger lexicon. Play the game to practice this unit's vocabulary words. Just click "start" to begin.

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And now. . . Introducing our first 5th Grade Unit

Students have been wondering what our first unit in GT will be. Take a look at the clues and see if you can figure it out!