Fifth grade is the year that we get to play lighting a lot in the gym. We will be playing a lot of games this year, but not as many as lighting. Lighting is a very good game for boys and girls. Sometimes Mr. Thorr will play with us, we will never be as good as him. I know that when the year is over with we will have to wail until next year to play again. ...Nick

The girls' basketball team is very fun. To practice we all go down to the basketball courts below the school. We practice on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We practice on dribbling, shooting, and passing. Our first game will be on Monday the 20th of September. We are going to ride the bus to Manistee and play against Trinity Lutheran. It will be fun. ...Stephanie

I really like Girls Basketball. At practice we always have fun. We meet down at the Basketball court by the playground. There are a lot of girls on the team that are really good. I can't wait until our first game. I hope we win and we have a lot of fun. ...Katie

Basketball is fun to play. I like doing lay ups. It's fun when we divide into four groups and two groups on each side of the gym. One person from two of the groups on each side comes out of the line. One person from the two groups on each side has a ball. Each person from the four groups runs to the basket and one of them has the ball and that person shoots the ball. ...Haley

In Girls Basketball we play against each other and it is pretty fun. But sometimes you fall and it hurts when you have to go inside and have someone clean you up like what happened to me. Sometimes you will make a basket. I am a forward, and I stand under the basket too. At the beginning of basketball we dribble up and down the court. ...Marlee

This year I am in Girls Basketball. I can't wait till the first game. It is fun but sometimes hard to do. I like to shoot hoops and travel. We have a good team this year. It is fun to do. ...Autumn

I played football for three years. This is my first year playing tackle. In our first game in the first quarter and our first play on defense I intercepted the ball. In the second quarter I handed it off to Matt and he ran into the endzone and scored the touch down. For the two-point conversion I all most ran it into the end zone to. ...Nathan

I played football for the first time this year. It is fun. You have to wear a lot of pads. On most of the plays you hear a loud noise. That means people are getting hit hard. Hitting is fun to do. ... Brandon

Football is fun, but you can get hurt badly. Our first game was Tuesday. We won 18-0 against the blue team. During the game I hurt my arm. I think another kid's helmet hit my arm. At first it hurt a lot, but it feels better now. It's interesting getting taped up. I like football. I don't mind getting hurt once in a while. ...Jake

I play basketball. I think it is fun. Ten other people play, and I think they like it too. These people are, Stephanie, Autumn, Meghan, Ronnie, Annie, Kristen, Danielle, Katie, Amber, Marlee, and myself. We have it every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Mrs. and Mr. Carlson are our coaches. On Monday the twentieth we are playing against Trinity Lutheran. I hope we will win. It will probably be fun. ...Kelli

I think basketball is fun because you can get good at throwing a basketball. It makes you get better at running to. Sometimes I fall but I get right back up and play again. My favorite sport is basketball Sometimes I mess up on double dribbling and traveling. ...Danielle

Harry is a little caterpillar. I found him on our porch. We hope he will turn into a butterfly. We are keeping him at school. We made him a carrying case and a house. We give him fresh leaves. I think he likes us. ...Kelli (Travis, Stephanie, Evan, & Meghan)

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We go to the computer lab every day at school. When we go to the computer lab we type a lot. I like to type when we get to. We play games that help us type. We all can type some words with out looking at the keyboard. It is fun to type. ...Lance

Fifth grade has been a great year so far. My favorite classes are computers, P.E. and art. My very favorite is computers. I really like computers. I like Hollywood the best. I like typing too. I hope computers will be this fun all year. ...Jesse

Band class is fun, but this year we are playing instruments. It will be a lot harder this year. I hope our class is great. I think I will do good in band. I can't wait until I get my instrument. Mrs. Schwarz is a great teacher. She believes in you a lot. ...Evan

I play percussion. It is especially fun. My band teacher is really nice. I want to play more percussion instruments. I have already played the snare drum for one year. I have played the bass drum and the crash cymbals. Last year I went to Chicago and played and we won a gold metal. I can't wait to start this year. ...Nicholas

This year we will be playing band instruments. They will be very hard to learn how to play. We have to rent or buy instruments. The place where most people rent their instruments is called Marshal Music. It is located in Traverse City. I want to play a Flute or a Clarinet. Band instruments will be fun to play. ...Katherine

In P.E. we play games. P.E. is really fun. I like Mr. Thorr because he is good at P.E. He know a lot of games. Mr. Thorr is funny sometimes. He tells us jokes. He is always happy except when we get him mad. He gets mad when we run around the gym instead of sitting down. ...Thomas

Recess is a lot of fun. Outside I play ball tag. Ball tag is where you use a flat ball to through at other players. If it hits them they are it and they try to tag you or other players. I've found that if the person that's it is on the equipment you should stay off of it. It's a really fun game. ...Todd

In computer class we type a lot. Typing is okay. So far my favorite program is "Hollywood". In Hollywood you make movies with sound effects, actions, and scripts. (you have to type them) I like a program called HyperStudio a little too. But I'll have to get used to it because we'll use it a lot this year. The difference between HyperStudio and Hollywood is in Hollywood you make movies and in HyperStudio you make books. I love computer class. I hope I'll like sixth grade this much! ...Tim

Everyday we go to the computer lab to type. When we get done typing we play games like Hollywood. Hollywood is a game that you make a movie and then watch it. The game gives you settings and characters to choose. You type in what the characters will say. The game is a really fun game to play. ...Trevor

Computers are fun. On computers we do Hollywood, Typing and HyperStudio. I like all of these things. My favorite thing to do is the games. That is why I like computers. ...Nathan

At recess we try to build a torch using a magnifying glass a a few dead dry leaves. We had a little fire started yesterday. We are on the cement so it will be just a little fire. Mrs. Eldridge said it was like a science project. The sun's energy makes the fire. ...Travis

We do lots of things in math. Most of the time we do our times table tests. We are starting to learn division. We are also turning fractions into decimals. Mr. Finan is our teacher. We have math in his class. We usually work in our math books. Math is fun! ... Meghan

In computer class we type. Our fingers had to be on the home row keys. You can not look at the keys. Then when we're done we go to file and quit or sometimes we save. Computer class will help us type in the future. When I am done with 5th grade I will be able to type fast. ...Jordan