Refleção dos Lendas

Na aula de portuguese, temos um projeto sobre lendas.  Estamos usando o site Calaméo para ver outras lendas e na final aula de portuguese, nos tinhamos uma "Classroom Assignment" que nos ir por outras pessoas na aula e ler os historias deles.  A historia que eu gosta de mais era do Homem do Saco.  Essa lenda e um ensinamento por que ele fala que voce presisa ficar obiedeinte com adultos. O homem do Saco e um homem que quando vi crianças brincando na rua no meio noite, ele te pegaram ele trouxe para casa dele e fiz sobão deles.  Essa lenda e um ensinamento por que ele fala que voce tem que ficar obediente com adultos.

Science Reflection

In this past unit of science, we have been learning about matter and it's building blocks.  Before this unit, I knew nothings about it.  Here are the things I have learned about:

Atoms

• Democritus and his theory 
• Atoms and what it is made of (below)
• Neutrons
• Electrons
• Protons
• Their arrangement 

States of Matter

• Gas
• Liquid
• Solid
• Plasma

Throughout this unit, I have learned about the importance of atoms and matter.  This unit was very interesting too because we got to watch brainpops and see interactives.   We did labs to see things visually. This was also a good experience because we got to organize ourselves the way we liked, and work together in our study groups.  I enjoyed learning about this topic because it was new to me, and I got to dig deeper and find out more and more.  I wish we could have learned even more about atoms!   Below is a short clip that my study group made.   

November Reflection

I remember in the beginning of the year, when people asked me if I liked math I would always put my head down and say no, I am bad at math.  But over these past 2 quarters I have realized there is no such thing as being “good” or “bad” in math.  I have always had trouble with math, but that does not make me bad at it.  It means that I have to put extra effort into it and try to improve my understanding.  I have realized that there are parts in math that are strengths to me, like rounding decimals to certain place values or doing long word problems and I have even improved on multiplying and dividing fractions.  I want to work on being more organized in prime factorization because I made an easy mistake that threw off my whole problem.  For the future, I will try to work on what I have trouble with as a whole and not just do certain things I am proficient in.  I will also try to persevere through situations.

Bouncy! Reflection

In science, we did a lab called Bouncy!, in which we learned about editing recipes using ratios to make homemade silly putty.  We had a table on our worksheet that said how many tablespoons of glue or borax.  We had 4 cups, and the 4th cup was the most successful, 5 tbsp of glue : 1 tbsp of borax.  Then, we had to edit the other three recipes so that they would all become perfect slime.  We mixed it up into one glob.  To see if it bounced or just fell, I took a bit of it, rolled it up into a ball and dropped it onto the table.  It rapidly expanded until it was flat.  I thought that this experiment was really fun and the whole time I was fully engaged.

Projeto Infância

Nesse projecto nos presisamos escrever uma poema sobre nosso infancia.  Eu acho que esse projeto e muito  reflexiva por que nos escrevemos sobre nosso vida quando foramos infantil.  Eu acho que isso e um bom expirienso para mim, por que eu nunca usa iMovie, e agora eu sabe como usar essa aplicação.  Eu tambem aprendi mais vocabulairo quando foram escrevendo a poema.

"Somebody... Wants... But... So": Walk Two Moons

"Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech is about a 13 year old girl named Salamanca (Sal) whose mother leaves her at a young age.  All that Sal wants is to be able to be reunited with her mother.  She tries to put the pieces of the puzzle together, but is unable to.  When Sal is on a road trip with Gram and Gramps to find her mother in Lewiston, Idaho, she tells them about Phoebe, The Lunatic and Phoebe's theory about their blood thirsty neighbor.  When Sal, Gram and Gramps arrive in Lewiston, she is dismayed with secrets and loss.

Is It Just Old Faithful?

In chapter 34, Sal, Gram and Gramps are embarking on the 6th  day of their journey.  Sal is overjoyed because today she will see the geyser Old Faithful.  Even though Sal is so excited, she is able to contain her joy.  Gram, on the other hand could not.  Gram is so excited for when Old Faithful would erupt. She is counting down and asking Sal and Gramps "It it time yet?  Is it time yet?"  When Old Faithful erupts, she has a huge grin on her face, and when it is over, she seems so sad.

My Question:  Why is Gram so excited to see Old Faithful?  Is there something that happened when she was younger that excites her about the landmark?  Does it have something to do with Sal's mom?