Thursday, 19 May 2011

May 18th

We had assigned groups to work for the talent show. At first I was working on the judges tables. One of our group members got an idea to put red paper and streamers on the table and a vase of flowers in the middle. I thought that would look professional. Then I worked on the banners for the talent show. There is a lot of things to work on the talent show as far as decorations. I wonder if we can finish by the time of the talent show . Everyone is really busy.
When I found out we are going back to PPCD,Iwas so happy, because I was enjoying working with the PPCD kids.

Wednesday, 18 May 2011

Reflection may 17th

On exhibition we are working on our action for our issues. The talent show had more things to think about than I thought. I hope this talent show and voluntary donations will help Om team to go to World Finals for the good. I could tell from how they are involved and working hard, they really want to go to the world competition.
For our H.E.L.P bully patrol, we needed a t-shirt and we are holding a t- shirt contest, I hope the designs are good.
For the essays of the future H.E.L.P patrol the essays were not expected. I was amazed with the variety, enthusiasm, creativity, and beliefs and values of the students expressed in this essay. This showed me about who they are.
When we work with the PPCD kids I will think of this as if this could have been my little brother. I could not go to the challenger league, so I hope I could make the effort I could have made at the challenger league be with the PPCD kids.

Monday, 16 May 2011

Reflections on the issues of Exhibition

H.E.L.P Bully Patrol- before starting the bully patrol we had to research. I was satisfied with the notes and information we had got from our sources. Yet I wish we could have got more information. I learned that there is more than one way you could have got bullied. I thought it was sad when I learned 60% of the boys who bully get a criminal conviction at age 24. I am glad that we were able to get to this topic in which I was passionate about.

Challenger League and PPCD- although I was not able to make it to the challenger league game , I was given that this event was a way of boosting the self esteem of others with disabilities and that they are not different than the kids without the disabilities. I hope for the PPCD class I will be able to help the kids with encouraging activities and learning and our class action will be a success.

Time management and Sleep- We are making a book with tips for time management. Each person will be working on a page making the whole book 25 pages of tips for time management which will lead to good sleep. I hope by this action that we will spread awareness so people know how to manage our time and have a good night sleep like Mrs. Z-hicks has taught us to. I myself had time management and sleep problems in the beginning of the year.

ADD, ADHD, dyslexia- We are planning to do a play about ADD, ADHD, and Dyslexia after we do the research to the disorders. I hope the play will prove that people with the disorders are not any different but are the same people as us. I hope this will spread awareness in a good way and help us understand the disorders of our friends to raise them up.

OM Talent Show- We are hosting a talent show because it will help raise money and is very attracting. I hope the world competition team in our class will make it to the world competition because I know the OM team was really working hard to work it to the world competition. I hope this talent show will help the Om team achieve their goal of raising 10,000 dollars. “ A lack of generosity would be tragic.” Bill Gates

Thursday, 5 May 2011

Exhibition of 5/5/11

we discussed things legacy lastingwe can do for topics we discussed on doing
such as bullying. We decided we can do a bully crew in search for cases of bullying .I thought of making slips for bullies to send to the teacher as a warning. We also disscussed of OM teams ,needing to earn 10,000 dollars.
we decided to hold a talent show to earn money. I thought that was a good Idea.If only Mr. Baker approves...

Issues

Next we had to choose issues that were personal to us. To me addiction was personal because in real life I was proved how easy it was to fall to addiction's trap, and how hard it is , to get out of it. Other issues were time manage ment because before fifthe grade I had a trouble managing my time , which led to Lack of sleep, another of the personal issues.
I thought for a lot of issues, we as a fifth grader can help little with issues and cannot stop many of the issues such as homelessness.
I thought me as a kid, I could maybe prevent me and wshare awareness of time management, being fit , and having more sleep.
we shared the disscussios in class and Made questions . My question about table #6 was about staying fit and it was , How are we to promote activities staying fit? we had a lot of thinking and discussion

What it Means to be Human

When we were talking of what it means to be human,
or human nature philosophy, we talked of ideas why we are here on
this world.We had many good ideas. when i found and article on a
TFK magazine,it showed one of the topics whih were : humans were meant to discover,
I presented it to the class. the article was called. Found: six lost frogs, I decided I should pick this because it explains how scientists were dedicated to find lost or rare frogs and succeeded to find the frogs.
when we were asked which of the ideas from the human nature philosophy were most used and was held on to , at first I could not see the pattern.Now that I looked at it I saw that many people did the idea we were meant to help other people discover.
I was ahaed by my classmate sophie's article because the article had shown the fierce determination of a woman without arms or kneecaps to earn a black belt .

Rights and Responsibilities

On this Descriptor I made a "T" chart .
I thought my rights are
Freedom of action
Freedom of speech
Freddom to choose what you please
Right of freedom
Right to choose religion

I thought my responsibilities are
to be honest
Getting education
Caring for the dog
doing homework
Taking care of my property
taking care of Myself
Choosing my actions
Being a leader
The words I choose