Learning story (specials)

My learning story for specials is-

Chinese studies-

Chinese is a subject I find harder than most subjects. I think I need to work on understanding what the teacher is saying and also what she is asking when she talks in Chinese. I know this because during Chinese when my teacher talks I can't make out what she's trying to say, and when she points at me I don't understand what I am suppose to answer. I plan to listen to my CD more often so I'll understand better. I Think I'm good at reading Chinese characters and Pin yin . I know this because during the test there was a paragraph That we were suppose to read and I found it quite easy to read and understand. The next day I found all my answers were right.

Art-

Art is my favorite subject and I find it the easiest subject for me. I think I'm good at drawing and visualizing what My art work will look like if its finished. I know this because when I was doing my G.A.P. I could see what it would look like if I added the extra curls and hair and I added it and It did look exactly what I thought it would look like. I think I need to work on answering the art questions Ms. Baily gives us. I know this because when she gives us questions on shades and tones I can understand the question and I find it hard to put it in words. I will try to improve this by looking at art more often and trying to understand it.

Music-

I enjoy memorizing the notes in music and playing the instruments. I find reading notes very quickly hard in music. I know this because when Ms. Webster says its time to play the notes I haven't finished practicing playing them and I get confused half way through. I will improve this by reading more and playing indtrements more often. I find playing the right melody and beats easy and enjoyable. I know this because during music I had to hum the melody for others playing and I found that easy and fun.

P.E.-

In P.E. I love to run around and play games like tag or some others. I find Bumping in volleyball hard. I know this because when I was playing with my team and Me friend past the ball to me I tried to get it but I couldn't. I will try to improve by practicing more with my friends at home and playing more often. I find serving in volley ball easy. I know this because when I play volley ball with me friends I can serve high and far, it takes the other team a while to bump that ball.

Counseling-

I enjoy talking about counseling fun and enjoyable. I find solving my own problems with friends hard. I know this because when I have a fight with my friends no matter how hard I try I can't resolve it on my own. I will try to improve this because when I have a fight with my friend I won't go to a teacher unless I really need help. I find Answering questions easy and fun. I know this because when I answer questions about myself and others and about what I have heard that day I often get them correct and I understand them.

story of learning

Over the time period of last semester My class and I have made goals for ourselves and we have worked very hard to achieve them. My goals are set for writing, reading and math. Here they are-

Academic goals-Writing Goals
I have added similes and metaphors. I will look over my writing to check. I plan on completing it in a few months.
-Reading Goals I have read variety of genres I will look in my reading log to check I plan on doing it every week
-Math Goals I will try the math puzzler one a month I will record it when I try on a price of paper. I plan on doing it every month

I have achieved almost all of my goals, I will work hard to achieve the goals that i have not accomplished yet and I will make new goals for the ones I have accomplished.
The goals I have accomplished in writing is goal number 1, My writing uses poems, similes and metaphor. I have not achieved goal number 2, Before I hand in my writing I will always check for any spelling mistakes or over use of words. My new goal for writing is to use powerful transition words to get from paragraph to paragraph. My goal to transition into grade 6 is to Not have a over use of words and I will try not to repeat the word "I" more than a few times.
Writing is always enjoyable but I do find it hard to work with essays because I can't think of good topics or I don't know how to start, essays don't come easily to me like other forms of writing. But I have seceded in making some essays and I have focused on it.


I have achieved most of my goals, I will work hard to achieve the goals that I have not accomplished yet and I will make new goals for the ones I have accomplished.
The goals I have accomplished in reading is goal number 2, I will look in my reading log to check. I have not achieved goal number 1, I have read variety of genres. My new goal for reading is to read for fluent periods of time and to read for longer amount of time with out stopping for a break. My goal to transition into grade 6 is to read more and try and improve my reading level, I wish to read more often and read different styles and types of books.
reading is always enjoyable but I do find it hard to work with since fiction books because I cant think about them properly or I cant understand what part of it is since and which part is fiction. I have succeeded in reading some of the since fiction books and understanding them but I have had to read over them quite a while before I understood it.


I have achieved quite a few of my goals, I will work hard to achieve the goals that I have not accomplished yet and I will make new goals for the ones I have accomplished.
The goals I have accomplished in Math is goal number 2, I will record it when I try on a price of paper. I have not a achieved goal number 1, I will try to do the math puzzler once a month. My new goal for math is to do math problem more frequently and try different types or styles of math. My goal to transition into grade 6 is to practice often and practice different styles of math like division and multiplication, I will also try things like fractions and decimals.
Math is always enjoyable but I do find it hard to work with decimals and converting them into fractions or convert factions into decimals. I find this part hard because if you have 1/23 I won't know how to turn it into a decimal because 23 doesn't go into 100 and I don't know if it goes to 1000 and 10,000 and so on.

January 8th

1. What is one piece of important learning in reading or writing you have gained this week?
In reading and writing we have been doing a project, during this project we learned about writing essays for our science project. I learned that a essay involves many steps and to do them right you have to take your time.
I never thought about this before because I never expected that I would have to do a essay for something so big. So far all the essay's we've done have been simple types that you just do, but now It's different and I only now realize how hard a essay is.
In reading I learned about How hard research is to find. Before I was just reading making my research as I went along but now I made my research before and trying to find it is hard but fun.

2. Explain how this has helped you in your reading or writing.
It helped me because now I'm getting a little more into my reading and I'm really taking my time in writing a essay.

3. Explain what the difference is between a common noun and a proper noun.
A common noun is something that is not a name but is a type for example, river is a common noun and a proper noun is some thing that is a type but specific name of a type so river would be Jordon river.