5th+grade+laurels

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That was a podcast about my laurel projects.

Here is some more information about my fifth grade laurels. Here are some answers to questions someone might ask about my Laurels.

1. Which laurel project is your best work?

I think the laurel that is my best work is my Let's Go Traveling. I like this one the best because, first of all it's about one of my favorite subjects, social studies. In social studies we study ancient civilizations. I am very interested in that, so I think because I knew a lot about that topic I had some very informative facts, and they are all true. Also I got some great pictures to go with each civilization, and they were all labeled for reuse. (unlike some students I know) The only thing that I don't like about it was that there was some glue smudges, and a couple of the pictures were a little tilted. So all in all I think it is my best work.

2. How did you do on time management?

I was worried about this the most when we started the laurels. I have a history of doing everything at the last minute. So during the course of my laurels I tried to do everything. I was done at least five days before each out of school laurel was done. My only laurel that came in late was two days late, and it was because I forgot to bring it on Friday, so I brought it on Monday..

3. What was the most challenging part of these laurels?

I had two things that were very challenging. One of them I already mentioned, and it is time. Thankfully through a lot of hard work the time didn't really play a big role in my laurels. My second thing that was very challenging was my French laurel. We had to do a dialogue with partners. I am not very good at memorizing things, and when the time came to do it I messed up a little bit. Luckily I did Okay.

4. Please tell a little bit about each of the following: City-State, Author Study, Let's go traveling, Math, Friendship, french, and math.

For the city-state you had to make up a imaginary greek city with a patron god and a signature way of life. I thought mine was very good and was thoughtfully created. I could have been a little neater putting it together though. For the author study you had to do a brochure, and an essay about an author we read from this year in fifth grade. I thought my brochure looked great and had good information, but I could have added something to my essay. For the zine we had to choose a topic, and write a number of different kinds of writing pieces about it. I thought mine was great, I think it is second only to my Lets go Traveling. For math you had to fill out 15-20 pages of math and write two paragraphs about math topics. I thought mine was good, but I regret doing 19 and not 20 pages. For friendship you had to interview someone about there life and how they used good character traits in their life, then write a paragraph or two on it. I thought mine was good but I should have wrote a little more. For French you had to do a dialogue. I practiced a lot but I still didn't get it perfect. For music you had to memorize the olympic song on the recorder, and make a poster about ancient Greek instruments. Both ended up good, except I forgot my poster on Friday, and had to bring it in on Monday, so I was two days late.