Fifth Grade

After the research was all finished this year, 5th graders presented an oral report on their famous person. Their oral report was presented in front of a green screen. As an art project, students designed a background with a theme that went along with their person. In music class, they created the background music. They put all of the pieces together in a video using Adobe Premiere Elements. Click on the name of a famous person below and watch a final video project.

 Research involves students reading biographies and taking notes about their famous American. While reading their book, students look for the character traits that made their person succeed in life.

Positive character traits make people great. This project emphasizes the understanding and identification of those character traits. Students begin this project by working through the activities on the Real Life Heroes: Using Character Traits to Identify Heroism website. While doing this, their teachers share a selection of picture books with the entire 5th grade. They discuss the traits that students recognize book characters demonstrating.

After students learn about some of the character traits, they begin reading picture books. As they read, they identify the traits that the characters demonstrate. Some of these books are favorites from younger years and some are brand new to students.

Photo taken by Webographer Cameron