Fifth Grade

I appreciate the guest post, Jewel Rodgers

My son is in fifth grade, and this year has become what we’ve coined “The Year of the Term Paper.” I’m not sure what it is about the fifth grade, but evidently that’s the appropriate age to start assigning a new report to write once a month. So far this year my son has covered Dinosaurs, the Ice Age, Carnivores and herbivores, Baseball, and Exotic Animals. I am all for my child learning about new things, obviously, but we have one teeny problem. I don’t actually know anything about dinosaurs, or the Ice Age, or even much about carnivores, come to think of it. I’m no help when it comes time to dig up information to include in his report. And up until recently, doing research on the internet was really difficult. I had to drive him to town to use the computer at the library, and then find a way to busy myself for however long it took him to do his research. We live in a very rural area, and we did not have the option of getting internet, or at least that’s what we thought. My husband was at work on the internet when he discovered Hughesnet Packages, and we had it installed within just a few days. It’s changed our lives! No more hours-long library trips for me…I send my son to the computer room, he looks up what he needs, and the report is done. At least until next month.