Egypt

I think the pharaohs created monuments so that when someone can go inside a peaceful place and remember the people who died and what they did. They also might of built the monuments for memories and drawings also ceremony's of there family or Kings or Queens. One of the other reasons that I think they could build monuments is when there is a new civilization. The archeologists these days could find the monuments and find the pharaohs then they could be remember by us and what they did in there lives.

Some of the monuments we have that they have is pyramids. The pyramids that held important people who have died such as pharaohs or important people. They also hold gold, statues of gods or pharaoh is well as sarcophagus with someone in it that is important. They put all sorts of stuff in such as gold, food games and other stuff.

It helps because we can share it with our partner and work together quicker instead of writing the notes and script. We can do our notes and script and edit each others mistakes.

I learn't you can work with anyone or work with someone different that you have never really worked with. I found that it is a fun way to share information about anything. This is a great way to share information because you can use your imagination.

I found the pictures the hardest because you have to make sure there not fuzzy. It was really hard for me and my partner to get the right pictures that was not fuzzy. Our other problem was saving it right. We ended up mixing our project with someone else's project do we had to started again. But in the end we finished.

I think I would chose think creatively because we made it funny and with good information and you can do anything we went out side the box and thought hard.

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How Well We Think We Did and How We need to Improve on Our Power Point

I think I did well on my power point because I explained everything good. It took me a while to get all my facts because I had no internet and I did it all at school. I am proud of myself because I got a great grade. I also had a peer helper editor which helped me so they could see any mistakes that I missed. I had 12 slides instead of 6 and much more information. I also added a bit about my city. Over all I think I did great.

I would improve my facts make them more detailed and more interesting and also be prepared to answer questions. I think I need to be a bit louder and site my sources properly. We are learning in class to site our sources properly. I could focus more on the information instead of focusing on the pictures.

I learnt lots of things about city's. Power points are a great way to show someone a lot about something. they are interesting because if you just read off a pice of paper it would be boring but if you had a powerpoint you could show pictures and information. The information on the powerpoint is easier and better to under stand because the person presetting could give you a summary of the page that your on while the ordnance is reading the information there self. so you have double the understanding. What I learnt about my presentation is if you make a mistake you always have the powerpoint on the screen behind or beside you you can look back at the screen and read it off until you get the next bit. I found that I forgot a lot but I had the screen to back me up.

This post explains what I think of Power points including mine

New Years Resolution

This year my goal is going to be A's or b+'s in every subject because the better grades, the better university I will get into and that will lead to a good job and so on. You need a good job so you can do more things in life or you could just get a decent job. I am going to try really hard to get good grades.

My other goal is going to be to help new kids in 6th grade. This year I am a peer helper. I want to be a peer helper because I want to help new people to feel like they fit in, to help them to make friends, show them around so they know where all there classes are. I believe I can be a peer helper because I have had experience in 5th grade and I am respectful, kind, bright, helpful, always on time and caring. I think that I can make school fun for all the new kids. I get a green top, get to go to meetings and get to go to a pool party at the end of the year. But most of all I get to be proud of my self.

My last goal is to read lots of books so I can get my reading level higher. I feel that I need to do more reading. I try hard to find books I like. Reading will help me in life when I am in university to get a good job. It is important goal because if my reading level was a year behind i wont get such a good job. If I had a reading level that was one year higher I would get a better job. Read is one of the most important skills that you need in life.    

Last year I went to NZ. My main highlight is going to Mt Manganui to go surfing with my friends for 3 days. Jack and I were in the water out back were the waves were big. There was a wave coming towards us; suddenly I paddled as hard as I could. In a flash I was up on my board and surfing. I was losing control and my legs were wobbly like a person had no bones. I fell into the water and was tumbling all around. I got back up and paddled out again. I was getting lots of waves but later on in the day the waves were small so I could not surf. Jack and I went back up to the batch and ate dinner.




I hope I achieve these goals by the end of this year!!!

My Learning Profile

1. I learn best when......

I am a kinesthetic/visual learner. I learn best when I am moving and focusing on the whole picture. I also do best when the learning is relevant and meaningful to me. For example in Health we got into partners and acted out different types of behaviors. I feel that I really understood the different behaviors when I acted them out.

2. I need to .....

 In order to learn best I need to see the whole picture and physically do what is being learned. I need to move, especially my hands and feet to process new learning.

3. The strategies that would help me in my learning....

 I need to have encouragement and good modeling from those teaching me. I need to sit close to the front on the left hand side and be able to move around without disturbing others. Some activities that help are reading aloud, doing the thinking caps from brain gym, eye hand coordination play, double doodles, walking and soccer. When I have a balance of art, music, movement and intra-personal skills combined with language arts and math it is beneficial.

4. I would like my teachers to know this about me.....

My teacher puts me at the front and doesn't really allow me to move around that much. I hopes she understands that I need to move and will move me back further in the class so that I don't bother others. I want my teacher to know that i need to do activities that involves putting my hands on things It also helps if i sit on the floor.

I hope my teacher understands me and lets mr do most of these things.

Lit circle

Three of the benefits of working with a classmate is that you can discuss about the chapter and the passage, also you can edit each others work and give feed back to them. When you discuss with a partner some times they give you ideas and good questions. When i worked with Jake he helped me by talking about pictures and then it gave me the idea of putting a picture on my passage. I think it is a good idea to edit other peoples work. Then you can get feed back, so you can change your sentences to make them better or if they saw a spelling error.


Me and Jake had a challenge that we had to overcome it was that we had to find out if the plant was called sticky plant or just a plant. First we went back and found the chapter it was in. Next we found out what page it was in. Third we found out that it was called plant not sticky plant. Finally we discussed why it didn't say sticky plant because the dust stuck to Jacob. That was our main problem/challenge.


The novel helped me understand the life in Kenya. It talked about how Kenya is a poor country and they have low food supply which makes food more expensive. I think the book has made me learn a lot about Kenya because in Kenya a lot of things is happening. It also showed me how the people live in the jungle and survive by rolling around in red dust and blend in with your surroundings, not killing nature by letting animals kill each other and take the meat so you don't have to kill nature.


These were some reasons why i think you should work with a partner and what challenges my partner and i have to get through, and what life in Kenya was about.

LIt Discussion

1. How your groups discussion helped your understanding of the novel.


My group discussion help me under stand the novel because you get to hear everyones opinion and what they think is going on in the book. If it is only your opinion you cant really get the best idea of the story. If you hear 2 or more opinions you will have the best understanding of the book you are reading. You also get a feel of what other people think about the book and get to share your ideas with the group. It mainly helped my understanding of the novel by getting to know other peoples ideas and what they think about the book.


Connections that you made during your discussion?


I made some connections in the book. These are some of the connections. The zoo in the book and the zoo in NZ and how Jacob didn't want to go Nebraska and that i didn't want to go to Malaysia.
In the zoo in the book it reminded me of the NZ zoo i remember going up to the meerkats and seeing them. When i got their and there were people looking at them they didn't really come out of there burrows. When everyone left and there were less people the meerkats would come out just like when Jacob went to the zoo and told how he only really saw the animals when people were'nt around they would come out. When Jacob found out he had to go to Nebraska he was mad. When i got told we had to move to Malaysia i was mad.


Predictions
I have two predictions they were i think JAcob will try to find his dad but then end up on the wrong flight and bill will come with him to Africa.