Kathryn817

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This year at Sargent Park has been great so far. I learned many things in all of my subjects. The two things I’m good at are doing Explore response and finding volume of an object. However, there are two things I need to improve on. These are composing a summary and order of operations. My goals for the next 6 weeks of school are to complete all my work and hand them in on time. Also, to keep my self from slacking off. Lastly, my goal for the next 6 weeks of school is to get ready for exams at the end of the year.

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Term 1 Reflection
Term 1 is a great start for me. I first learn how to use simple sentence, math information, and outrageous answer.It helped me organize things while solving a problem. Next, we learned about ratio, rate, and proportion.On a pink sheet of paper, Mr.Harbeck asked us to write the definitions and do work for each one of them. Plus, we did a Sesame Street video about ratio, rate, and proportion. Though it was a bit frustrating because of all the video taping, it was a lot fun too because I was doing it with my friends. In fact, we did it in two languages, Filipino and English version are both available. So far, it is the most exciting project I made for the whole year. We also talked about square roots and squaring a number. I learned different formulas on finding a square root. Textbook works made it easier. In addition, Mr.Harbeck taught us how the Prime factorization works. To be honest, I was a bit confused on how it works. But as I put my effort in learning how it works, it gets easier and easier. Pythagoras and its formula are one of our lessons too.Triangle is made up of 2 legs and a hypotenuse. The shorter lines are called legs and labelled A and B, and the longest line is called hypotenuse which is labelled C. Labelling is easy.But solving a problem is quite challenging.Lastly, I learned about percent. For me, using a ratio table makes everything easier.But work should be done too.

All the work Mr.Harbeck asked me to do are finished. My scribe post, textbook work and projects were handed in on time. As for quizzes, I did not do as well as I could have.But I tried my best though. I used my notes and assignments as reviewer. When I make a scribe post I always try to include a video, pictures, links and the most important part, the right information. Finally, I read and sometimes leave a comment on how my classmate did regarding to his/her blog post. My goal for term two is a better mark and more effort in learning mathematics because sometimes I get frustrated and procrastinate. I also want to hand my assignments on time and try to leave comments on my classmate’s scribe posts. Plus, study more to get higher marks and to do my best in every way I can because its all I can do right now.

Proportion, Ratio and Rate
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Pythagoras
My Pythagoras Scribe

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Percent
[|My Percent Scribe]

Term 2 Reflection
For term 2, I think I did well on Total Surface Area. I think did well on it because I did all my home works and I got high grades in the quizzes Mr.Harbeck gave us.Also, because I listened in class and apply all the math work needed. For this term, I struggled a bit in drawing nets for 3d objects.However, after asking questions and a bit of practice, I got better. For next term, I will try to not procrastinate, finish all my work, and comment frequently on the blogs my classmates will make. Also, I will ask questions if I am not certain of something.

I learned a lot about Percent, Total Surface Area, and Volume. I learned how to find and combine percents. I also learned how to know which stores have better deals and save more money. I got confused at times and made mistakes but I learned from them. For TSA, I learned how to draw nets for different prisms and cylinder. Plus, I learned how to find the total surface area by using variety of formula. At first I struggled so much on drawing the nets. However with the help of my friend, I learned how to draw them without any help. I also learned how to find volume of shapes.Though it’s quite confusing at first, with practice, I started to solve problems independently. media type="custom" key="8593588"

Total Surface Area Scribe
My Total Surface Scribe

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Volume
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**INTEGERS**
I have made some silly mistakes in my Integers test, one was I got confused where to put the squared brackets. Another was I got confused wether the - sign is a negative or is it telling me to subtract. Also I screwed up on the multiplying part and I also added instead of subtract or vice versa. Lastly, for questions 15 and 18, I just counted the signs immediately, instead of doing the brackets first. I was really upset because I believe this is the test I had most mistakes and the saddest thing is that they are all silly mistakes. Though having a lot of mistakes upsets me, I think it just made me a better learner because now I have something to learn from. I did all my home works and showed my work for most of them. GREAT BIG BOOK OF INTEGERS

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Fractions
Parent Quiz =Language Arts=

**Man Who Planted Trees **
3. How does The Man Who Planted Trees relate to us, to you, to the school, and to the local community?

**ANSWER:** The Man Who Planted Trees relates to me because when I was in the Philippines I have also planted some plants on our school's backyard .It relates to the school because we always help organizations, people, and charities by donating some money to them and not wanting something in return. It relates to the local community because there are some messages that says "re-use, reduce, and recycle".

5. What motivates people and organizations in their approach to the environment? Consider the following factors: money, publicity, votes, community benefits, prizes and awards? What limits their ability to be “green”?

**ANSWER:**What motivates people and organizations in their approach to the environment is that they would feel good when they reach their goal, which is help save the environment. Though they can't do anything about natural disasters, at least they tried their best to be "green".

6. What are the different character’s attitudes towards the forest?


 * Jean- supportive
 * The charcoal burners- careless
 * Elzeard Bouffier- determined to plant more trees
 * Government Official- selfish
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10. How do trees affect climate at a local and a global level?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**ANSWER:**Trees affect climate at a local and a global level by giving off clean oxygen for us to breath in, helps prevent floods by soaking water to its roots, and create a place for some animals to live.

Subject: Language Arts Simile Cards TASK: What was I asked to do for this assignment?

I was required to define Simile, give an example and draw it

INTENT: Why am I completing this assignment? There are several reasons on why I completed this assignment. First, it helped me know what simile is. Plus, it helped me expand my learning because it made me think of my own example.

CRITERIA: How do I know what I needed to do to be successful in completing this assignment?

-heading -definition -example of simile(own) -drawing of the example

NEXT STEPS: I now know what a simile is and I also know how to make my own simile and draw them.

\ Subject: Language Arts Thank You Ma’am

TASK: What was I asked to do for this assignment?

I was required to draw a scene from Thank You Ma’am. INTENT: Why am I completing this assignment?

there are several reasons why I completed this assignment. First, it helped me improve my visualizing skills. Plus, I also learned how to follow the rubric given to us properly. Lastly, I was able to learn how to draw different point of views.

CRITERIA: How do I know what I needed to do to be successful in completing this assignment?

-detailed drawing -clear on what scene of the story you are representing. -outline and colour -follow rubric given

NEXT STEPS: I can now draw a visual based on what was described on the text. Plus, I can now draw a scene from a 3rd person’s point of view.



Subject: Explore Response TASK: What was I asked to do for this assignment? I was required to compose and complete an independent Explore Response.

INTENT: Why am I completing this assignment?

There are several reasons why I completed this assignment. First, I learned how to give explanation and example form the text for every statement. Also, because I learned what components should my response have. Plus, to know how to organize my thoughts and ideas on a organizer and putting them into paragraphs. Lastly, it helped me improve my summary because we had to make one in each response.

CRITERIA: How do I know what I needed to do to be successful in completing this assignment?

-Explore organizer filled with thoughts and ideas -clear topic sentence -different topic each paragraph -0give explanation and example from the text in each statement -summary -example,purpose,importnant names, places, or keyline, organization, relate, evalute paragraphs are all included -follow rubric

NEXT STEPS:

I now know how to give statements and back it up with an explanation and examples from the text. Also, I now know how to create a summary and organize my ideas and thoughts on an organizer

=Social studies= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> þ Is my cuneiform square? þ Did I include 2 offerings and a signature? þ Is my writing neat and easy to read? þ Does my symbol look how it supposed to? þ Are my symbols deep enough to make an impression, but do not break through my tablet? þ Does my writing flow from left to right?
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I gave myself a mark 8 out of 10 because of the flowing reasons. First, my cuneiform is square and I included 2 offerings and a signature at the end. Also because, my writing is neat enough and easy to read. Plus, my symbols looked like how it supposed to and they are deep enough to make an impression, but not too deep that it breaks through my tablet. Finally, my writing flow from left to right. The part I enjoyed the most in this activity was when we were planning what symbols to put on our tablet. I found it enjoying because it was my first tine seeing such symbols and actually knowing what each of them meant. In addition, it was also my first time writing and using the symbols. On the other hand, the part I found the difficult was when we wrere making impressions on the clay tablet. I found it difficult because the popsicle was too wide which made it hard to write with. Plus I found it hard writing the symbols because of the utensil I used which is the popsicle stick. However, since I got really frustrated, I decided to used the tooth pick instead and my problem was solved. If I were to do this activity again, I will not waste my time making the clay into a square like I did last time. Also, I will use different utensil for writing the symbols to try something new. Finally, I will try to write more complex symbols to challenge myself.
 * REFLECTION :**



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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">My topic for 2 Minutes to Make a Difference project is Gender Discrimination. Our big questions were // Do you think us teenagers can somewhat make difference about gender discrimination? Why or why not? // And // Do you think us teenagers can somewhat make difference about gender discrimination? Why or why not? // As I reaserched for this topic, I had encountered important key points. These are,you might think you're not affected by Gender Discrimination but, you really are. Plus, many girls around the world doesn't have any education because of this. Lastly, though women work more hours than men, they still earn less than men. I am currently working on making our difference to meet the deadline which is on May 29, 2011. media type="custom" key="8961718"