My Year in Grade 5...
My year in Grade 5 was full of many many different things. First, at the beginning of the year, I was doing still above average in math, but I did not know many of the things I know now in math. Now I know how to simplify algebra expressions. In Writing, I wrote an essay at the beginning of the year called Tea Rock Lane, which was a short story. And at the end of the year, I wrote an essay about why animals should not be used for entertainment. I improved in vocabulary and my claims. In Reading, I jumped up 3 reading levels and I learned how to write much deeper post-it notes. In Science, I learned the habits of a good scientist, and at the beginning of the year I did a variable project with Zain using a slingshot, and at the end of the year, I did an experiment with Camilla about cleaning up Oil spills. In Social Studies, we only did one unit, but we did a unit about the Columbian Exchange, and the Aztecs. I learned mostly about how to take notes in a more organized way.Parent Questions:
1. How do you think your writing has improved?Answer: I think my writing has improved because I now have a better vocabulary, and I now know the structure of all 6 paragraphs in an argumentative essay.
2. Do you participate actively in class?
Answer: Kind of?
3. Do you work well with your peers?
Answer: Yes. I do work well with my peers, but I prefer
Pieces of Evidence:
1. 'A story or essay that you wrote.'Answer: Saturday The 14th, Animals Should Not Be Used For Entertainment
2. 'A science project that you made.'
Answer: Slingshot Project
-Reading
Growth: I became better at writing post-it notes because I now talk about the traits of the characterEvidence: I explain what happens in the story much more deeply and I write a long post-it every few chapters and a long write every 1/3 of a book.
Next Steps: I find writing post-its enjoyable very hard and I find writing them every 5 pages hard because mostly nothing that important happens every 5 pages.
-Writing
Growth: I learned better vocabulary in essays.Evidence: I use better word choice while writing my transitions, and run-on sentences.
Next Steps: I want to improve on writing Narrative stories.
-Math
Growth: I improved a lot in percents.Evidence: I became a lot better in everything in Math because I now take 7th Grade Math.
Next Steps: I want to become better at geometry.
-Science
Growth: I learned more about how to clean up oil spills.Evidence: Camilla and I did an experiment with cat fur and cotton to see how much oil the fur and cotton soaked up in an amount of time.
Next Steps: I want to improve on note-taking.
-Social Studies
Growth: I have learned a lot about the Aztecs during our unit and I made an iMovie about it. Also, I learned how to take notes better.Evidence: In the movie, I talked about the good and bad thing that happened during The Columbian Exchange and I researched a lot about Cortez and his men and what diseases they gave the Aztecs.
Next Steps: I want to improve on reasons when we have debates.
-Citizenship-Core Values
Growth: I have learned to be more compassionate to other people and I have much more integrity than at the beginning of the year.Evidence: I now think before I speak, and before I tell someone something I always recite what I am going to tell them before I talk to them.
Next Steps: I want to become more responsible by not losing my things and forgetting them.
