Reading

This trimester I read the books When The Circus Came To Town and The Great Turkey Walk. My partner were Anna and Demitri. My book club group had 2 classmates in my group. My book club name was The Chocolate Scholars.

While reading I learned many different strategies to help me improve my skills. Some of the strategies I use are:

I use dictionary to look up the words that I donʼt understand. This helped me to understand more words. I also use post- it to write down important part like the mood, technology, setting, vocabulary, main characters and connection. This help me to understand more about the book and is easier todo my poster. The last things I use is the bookmark that Ms Frazier gave me. This book mark helped me to write down the words that I donʼt understand so I can look up later on the dictionary.

When I would meet with my book club friends after reading a designated number of pages we would discuss some of these issues.

My book club will discuss the setting, vocabulary, mood, technology and main characters. We also discuss the internal of the characters and the external of the characters.

Some of the information we learned when we used to make a poster.

The genres I enjoy the most are:

The genre that I like is historical fiction because I can learn about some history by reading a story. I also like poetry because I can find Literary Devices in some poem. This will help me learn how to use them and write them.

Some areas I feel I could work a little harder a attaining are:

In reading I think I can do better at using dictionary more often and learn more words.

Some things I feel I do my best at in reading are:

I think I do best at reading is to read quickly and understand the story very well (not the vocabulary).

I do read every night for at least thirty minutes and record this in my planner. I have been need to improve upon this homework assignment. My favorite place to read at home is:

I like to read in my bedroom because I get to sit on my bed and read quietly.

Writing

This trimester I wrote a realistic fiction essay. First I thought of ideas form ordinary moments to get my idea for my topic. These were some of my ideas:

1. I got a new Christmas gift form my mom. 2. I was new to SAS.3. I was talking to my best friend last night.

Next, I chose my topic. My topic was

My topic was about how to be a good friends.

After that I developed the main character of my story. My main characterʼs name are Scarlett. Some of their internal and external characteristics are:

(These are listed in my compositions book)

Later, I made a story mountain. A story mountain is a plan that tells the beginning, middle and ending to your story.

A story mountain is a plan for a story. It starts of describing a little bit about the main characters. Then it starts to build the problem as the mountain goes up. At the top mountain is the biggest problem. After it starts to solve the problem as the mountain goes down. The last box is a happy ending.

Once I had my plan I was able to write a rough draft. Iʼll show you my story mountain and rough draft.

Our class used a rubric to assess our writing. This rubric explains what is expected of a fourth grade writer. I went over this rubric with my teacher before and after I finished my writing piece.

The next thing, I learned in writing poetry. I learned there are many different styles of writing poetry. Some styles I learned are:

Haiku, Color poem, Emotion poem, Acrostic and Cinquain.

I will show you my poems on my blog that I uploaded using an application called ISSU. It is like a magazine or book with pages that turn.

Maths

In unit 7, I learned about Fraction

Some things I am very good at are:Use pattern blocks to find out answer.

I would like to show you how IHow to find out the area of triangle.

I was in Ms Coleʼs class for Unit 8. I learned about area and perimeter. I understand the formulaʼs for area and perimeter.The formula for rectangle is base times hight. The formula for triangle is first base times hight then divid by two.

I will be starting Unit 9 next week. I will be learning aboutPercentage, fraction and decimals.

Science

This trimester I learned about magnetism and electricity. First I read an article about Magnus that explained magnet was actually a rock called lodestone.

Then I did a experiments which objects sticks on magnet. Then I found out that magnet only stick to steel and iron. I also found out that magnet has different polarity, one polarity is north and one polarity is south. When different polarity came together, they will attract. But when same polarity came together they will repel.Now I even know how to make an electro magnet. First, use a wire to go around a steel rivet. Then let two ends of wire connected to the battery. Now the steel rivet is an electro magnet! I also know the series circuit and the parallel circuit. A series circuit is a circuit in which all components are connected and there is only one pathway for electricity to flow. A parallel circuit is whenever a circuit splits and does to more then one components. The bulbs are said to be in parallel.

Social Studies

I learned about the dynasties of China. The dynasties I studied were

Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Ming and Qing.

I went to Shanghai Museum for field trip. Some things I saw And learned about were:

At first, the words in China looks likes drawing, but now it looks more like words.

Next, I am learning about Modern China from the end of the last dynasty from 1912 to the present date. ( Share time line with parents. )

I am presently learning about how our economy works in China. I know that there are many factors that affect our economy. For instance,

I know economy means how people earn and spend their money. It is also system of making, give away and buying. Chinaʼs economic success is so big that the experts say it will soon become the biggest economy in the world. But many environmental expert are concerned the China is turning into the biggest polluter on the planet.