We had a lot of fun today with our first set of genius hour presentations. We saw web sites, books, video games, shoes with springs on them, a foosball table, tessellations, and a wide variety of other projects.

You can find some of the projects at:

http://dalekfan.edublogs.org by Anton
http://slatesfosterfoundation.edublogs.org/ by Mary Austin
http://mythicalcreaturestoo.weebly.com/ by Parker
http://funnyblog2.weebly.com/ by Mercedes
http://tupacaliveornot.weebly.com  by Brice and Alijah
http://msesposreading-logs.weebly.com/ by Reid and Autumn

On another note, I told most of my classes today that I will be moving to sixth grade next year. The sixth grade schedule is a little different than the fifth grade schedule. Language arts classes are 90 minutes long so I will have only 3 classes. I will be working closely with any and all sixth grade reading teachers to ensure that gifted students and those reading above grade level continue to be challenged.