Monday, May 28, 2018
Sunday, May 20, 2018
Tia's End Of Year Reflection
Over this year in grade five I have learned so much and grown so much. I have improved in so many ways and still need to improve in somethings. In the beginning of the year I wasn't a horrible student but iI did have many places of improvement. Like in writing or math. I also had places to improve as a person like my growth mindset. I used to think that good grades are all I want from my out come of school yet know I have learned to realize that I want to have agency for my learning and self.
- Reading
In reading I have improved because in the beginning I wouldn't think deeply with books and figure out small easy parts that could have helped understand difficult parts in the story. Yet now I am able to comprehend and synthesize my texts. I am also able to notice sign posts that lead to deeper parts in the story. I have also improved in m jots I now think about what the story is telling me and create it in to a jot where I show my abilities of how I think of the book. I also know how to look at the book in different perspectives and angles. I put my self into different characters shoes and feel the character.
- Writing
In writing I have improved in a really dramatic way in the beginning of the year my writing was very plain and boring and this year I took many small and simple strategies to help me improve my writing. An example would be said is dead like not using said and using other words like blurted or commanded. Also I have learned to show and not tell, cause if I just give away the answer of how the character is feeling in the book whats the point of reading it. In poetry I improved by writing about deep concepts involving human social issues and phycological human perspectives.
- Math
In math I believe that I have improved not only academically I learned to like math as a fine subject. I used always be confused in many different equation and problems but now I am learning to use efficient strategies and to check my answers. I have also grown to like math and I like to put all my potential in to my math work and problems. I have learnt to look at what I know and use what I know to figure out what I don't know. Sometimes problems would get tough but I have learned to persevere and use several perspectives and strategies to solve the problem.
- Science
I have grown in science by learning to investigate and observe more and more. I usually never used to question really important things and never to figure out the unknown. Really I never used to be interested in what the outcome of an experiment would be and my reviews and observations wouldn't be elaborate. Now I have learnt to put my full potential in my projects and observations. To talk about the cause and effect of the variable or so.
- Social Studies
During this year in social studies I have learned about many different civilizations and groups of people. Earlier in the year we were learning about the aztec empire. during our unit we learnt about how the aztec empire was fierce and strong and were a strong empire. It also talks about how the aztecs social systems and and ways and strategies of doing things helped them be successful.
Now we are learning about science and technology and its impact on the world.
- Citizenship
During my year in 5th grade I have grown to become a better CAC citizen. I have learnt to have a growth mind set and to never give up. I think that these core values that I use in CAC are making CAC a fun and safe environment. An example would be how I would respect everyone around me and everyone does the same for me. The most important core value to me is compassion cause I believe if we are compassionate to everybody around us than we will not have troubles in he future with self esteem and group work and school.
Most proud of...
This year I am most proud of how I have grown to love learning. Many kids always say "school is so boring" "I hate school" "school is dumb" but I think why do kids take learning as a joke. I believe that school is a privilege and students must take it seriously which is what I have learnt is to enjoy it and like it cause not all kids get to go to school. Learning is fun and I have grown to put all my effort into my learning and I have learnt to appreciate it and use it wisely.
Most enjoyable...
In grade five I think the most enjoyable thing we did of all was the trip to el mouezz street, Because the whole class got a chance to explore different traditions and life style the early arabs had. In addition we got to explore the architectural buildings and homes made in this time. Further more the grade fives got a chance to explore khan el Khalili which is a bazaar in old Cairo.
Most challenging...
During my time in grade five I think the most challenging thing we did all year was probably in math cause this year in math I improved so much but that did not all happen in a second. I would practice almost every day for half an hour and every week for two hours. And all that work did take me somewhere for example my MAP test score in the beginning of the year was 217 and in the end of the year it was 234. I think all the dedication and challenge took me to a point where I improved a lot. The challenge was to face stress and tests and to find time to practice.
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Monday, April 30, 2018
World Development
How is science and technology changing the world... past... present... future?
Are these changes good? Why or why not?
My thoughts so far are that technology has made a huge impact on people. An example of this would be how cell phones were an invention the that impacted people so much and now we have smart phones. Every day scientists and engineers working to find the new phone the new machine the new medicine. Every day improving to make our daily objects more powerful and and have more on there than us. Like blenders blend fruits for us before people would stop on fruits to make juice. Technology is making medication be more convenient and food fresher and easier to store. Technology is making people connect with people from huge distances around the world. Like now people have invented speaker like objects that you can talk to and instruct . Some people couldn't get cured from many diseases back in the 19's and now we have so much advanced technology in the medical industry. I believe that technology has bettered the world on a dramatic way.
Are these changes good? Why or why not?
My thoughts so far are that technology has made a huge impact on people. An example of this would be how cell phones were an invention the that impacted people so much and now we have smart phones. Every day scientists and engineers working to find the new phone the new machine the new medicine. Every day improving to make our daily objects more powerful and and have more on there than us. Like blenders blend fruits for us before people would stop on fruits to make juice. Technology is making medication be more convenient and food fresher and easier to store. Technology is making people connect with people from huge distances around the world. Like now people have invented speaker like objects that you can talk to and instruct . Some people couldn't get cured from many diseases back in the 19's and now we have so much advanced technology in the medical industry. I believe that technology has bettered the world on a dramatic way.
Thursday, March 29, 2018
My Whole Unit Reflection
During the time of my class learning about landforms and how their formed and how that happens, I learnt many things that fascinated me about the earths land.
EQ answering: Why does the earth look the way it does?
The earth looks the way it does due to several different things that shape it to what it is now. For example erosion, erosion is when water or ice, wind, chemicals shape the earth. An example of erosion would be when your at a beach and the water is putting a force on the sand and pulling it away with it back into the ocean. Some times the our earth changes its shape due to many different natural disasters. For example an earth quake can make a big crack or make a piece of land fall. A tsunami can break land apart or drift land away. Same as all kind of disasters like sink holes or hurricanes or acid rain which can also change the shape. Another three things do it like weathering, weathering is when rocks and other pieces of land break down due to exposure to the atmosphere and biological organisms. Weathering is caused by water, ice, acids, salt and plants. Some thing else that effects the earths shape is climate. Climate changes the surfaces by creating glaciers that can cut peaks of mountains. Also these glaciers can form erosion land marks. Also something called Uplifting. Uplifting is when two earth plates combine and one grows on top of the other and creates mountains. Also lakes and rivers that are in-between a canyon or valley are technically erosion. So our earth does change a whole lot in many different ways even right now as you read this article erosion is happening. Thats how our world evolved and changed.
Some fun things that I experienced are....
The wadi field trip, this trip gave me a visual explanation of erosion
The stream table experiment, this also gave me a visual explanation
Also all the videos that we saw in class gave good explanation
Virtual reality thoughts: In my virtual reality experience I felt like I was in the canyon and the falls. For the grand canyon I enjoyed seeing it in close ups. Also seeing the rocks and how they have been eroded. For the Victoria falls I much more enjoyed it. I enjoyed the Victoria falls more because I felt it was more adventurous and scary. Which in my perspective is more fun. I saw the cliff of the fall and the running waters.
Stream table thoughts: My thoughts on the stream table are the visual explanations they give. When I saw the stream table I got a connection to the outside world about erosion. Which helped me understand the processes and how and when erosion happens.
EQ answering: Why does the earth look the way it does?
The earth looks the way it does due to several different things that shape it to what it is now. For example erosion, erosion is when water or ice, wind, chemicals shape the earth. An example of erosion would be when your at a beach and the water is putting a force on the sand and pulling it away with it back into the ocean. Some times the our earth changes its shape due to many different natural disasters. For example an earth quake can make a big crack or make a piece of land fall. A tsunami can break land apart or drift land away. Same as all kind of disasters like sink holes or hurricanes or acid rain which can also change the shape. Another three things do it like weathering, weathering is when rocks and other pieces of land break down due to exposure to the atmosphere and biological organisms. Weathering is caused by water, ice, acids, salt and plants. Some thing else that effects the earths shape is climate. Climate changes the surfaces by creating glaciers that can cut peaks of mountains. Also these glaciers can form erosion land marks. Also something called Uplifting. Uplifting is when two earth plates combine and one grows on top of the other and creates mountains. Also lakes and rivers that are in-between a canyon or valley are technically erosion. So our earth does change a whole lot in many different ways even right now as you read this article erosion is happening. Thats how our world evolved and changed.
Some fun things that I experienced are....
The wadi field trip, this trip gave me a visual explanation of erosion
The stream table experiment, this also gave me a visual explanation
Also all the videos that we saw in class gave good explanation
Virtual reality thoughts: In my virtual reality experience I felt like I was in the canyon and the falls. For the grand canyon I enjoyed seeing it in close ups. Also seeing the rocks and how they have been eroded. For the Victoria falls I much more enjoyed it. I enjoyed the Victoria falls more because I felt it was more adventurous and scary. Which in my perspective is more fun. I saw the cliff of the fall and the running waters.
Stream table thoughts: My thoughts on the stream table are the visual explanations they give. When I saw the stream table I got a connection to the outside world about erosion. Which helped me understand the processes and how and when erosion happens.
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