Language+Arts

=5th grade wrap-up=

====One of the books I really liked was Maniac Magee. I was amazed after reading that book because of the deep meaning in it. I have never seen any childrens book have that kind of meaning. This book was written by Jerry Spinelli. I have read a few books by him earlier. However after reading Maniac Magee I got hooked onto Jerry Spinelli. I felt Maniac Magee couldn't be better written. Another book I liked was the adventures of Ulysses. There was a lot of adventure in this book. And I liked learning about the different adventures of Ulysses. One book that I really didn't like was Island of the blue dolphins. This book didn't really appeal to me. I think that this is a book with a lot of description. But again i didn't really like this book. One skill that I have really improved on is finding s different meaning. Now I can find the real or deeper meaning in the book. Earlier in the year I could find a meaning but this was not the big Idea. I have also improved a lot on writing essays. I can be a little more articulate. I also don't write in "awkward english". So people can understand the point I want to make.====

__Maniac Magee__ In __Maniac Magee__ I did my best work on my web. I think this because I could understand whet the author Jerry Spinelli tried to tell us, and presented it the best in my web. Although I had understood what the author had said I need to did a little deeper. I think my least successful work is on the blog because I didn't have good grammer. If I read over my blog posts that might have been better. Next unit I will try to dig deeper so I can improve the quality of my work. A habit I could improve is to reread my work. And the I made progress in is infrencing.

__Hatchet__ In Hatchet I did my best work on the essay. I think this because I gave multiple good comparisons Comparing the 2 books. But if I had tied it more to how it effects the character. That would have been better.I was the least successful in my edmodo work because I did not put enough time into it. If I put a set time to work on it, it could be better. Next time I do this I could take notes. And a habit I could change is read in a more appropriate position.

Island of the Blue Dolphins is my first book. I did my best work on my friendship essay. The friendship essay is when you talk about Karana's friendship with others. I put good details and compared her friendship with her other friendship and my friendship ideas. I also did good in class discussion and participated. I had done good on my webs and really put effort in them. I need to work on making better infrences. Also I need to read more carefully. I have made a lot of progress on the blog. I have started out writing.

This is Believe


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I feel I did really good on my this I believe. I gave a lot of effort in my work, and tried to make it good. I also have tried to be helpful to my peers I think I did my best work on my podcast on glogster. The reason I think this is because I could read my essay and really express how I feel about my idea. I could make it better by reading a little slower. I was least successful in the first draft of my essay because I had many silly mistakes. to improve this I will read over it multiple times. I see progress in my work by not repeating my idea multiple times.

Shirley temple Wong Essay.





We just finished a book about a girl who is from China and moves to America with her Dad and Mom. It is a book about a girl who is trying to fit in. She has to change her identity (who she is) to fit in like others.

The Year of the Boat and Rainbow people.

I feel that I did good work in the group. I think that I need to think deeper into what the author is trying to say. In my essay I feel that I caught some good ideas. In my shirley essay I did a good essay but I needed to shorten my thesis statement. In my rainbow people essay I feel that I could dig deeper. In the class quizzes I did okay. Just I needed to fix a couple of mistakes. I had tried to push people on the blog. I tried to ask some good questions on the blog. I think I did really good in my intro's and summaries. I felt I could really did deep. Also I think I gave thick questions and let people open up with their ideas. Also I liked my new section about listening. This was a good topic and was common in many things.