Language+Arts

This is my zine cover. I like it because it shows a lot about what is in the magazine, Soccer Weekly. The soccer ball in the middle is my favorite part. On the side I have Iain Munro, my soccer coach. I really like my ZINE cover.

the book Tuck Everlasting I think that I read the best that I have read in 5th grade. In the in class questions I did pretty well but need to answer them a little bit more detailed because I got a lot of OK's. On the blog I needed to write longer posts, they were good though, especially the final one that I fixed up. In the in class discussions I need to participate a little bit more. I think that I did a good job working with Alycia on the character project. My figurative language podcast was good.

Tuck Everlasting

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Our fifth book is Rainbow People by Laurence Yep. in the summaries I did pretty well but they would have been better if I would have taken my time more. My introductions were my best work and I thought that they were very good. My group of stories for Shirley was reasonable but it was my best work. When In was fasilitaiting on the blog I should have made more comments but it was still good. I should have done more commenting when I wasn't facilitaing.I particapated in small group disscusions but could have done more. In the twiducate small group disscusions I should ahve stayed on topic more. I did well leading the small group disscussions. When I was reading at home I did better than the llast book. My reading is improving.



Our fourth book is In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. In this book's quizzes I think that the questions that were in more detailed more difficult. My reflections were mostly accurate and I think that sometimes I thought I did better than I really did. In small group discussions I participated put could have said some more about the topic. I was a little quiet. Compare to the beginning of the year I am doing a lot better.





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Our third book that we read in 5th grade was __Maniac Magee__. I think that overall I did better than any other book. My best assignment was my essay. In the essay I took my time and did my best work. To make it even better I could have made my closing pharagragh longer. My least successful was my web. My web was not good because I was rushing. When doing my next web I will take my time. My work has improved in writing essays. When reading this book I found a quiet place to read. I have made very good progress on making inferences. Even though the quizzes were not my favorite best work, they were still very accurate. I enjoy looking at nor big topic not little details. I did very good on this unit. media type="file" key="Bela Maniac Magee.m4a" width="660" height="110"

This is my maniac Magee essy

A home is a place where you can walk in the door without nocking. A home is somewhere you are comfortable. A home feels good after a long day. When I am at hame I feel relaxed and cozy. In the book Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli there are many many different example of home. Maniac (the white kid) is trying to decide where to live. Should he stay with the black Beal family or the the white Mcnab family. Maniac thinks he knows what home is but he really doesn't. Maniac has never really had a home.

In the beginning when Maniac runs away to the East end Amanda Beale found him. He asked her if she was running away because she had a suitcase. He begged for a book out of the suitcase and he finally got it, but Amanda was late for school. The next day Maniac got beat up by Mars Bars (the bully). Luckily Amanda was riding on her bike and .decided to bring him home. He stayed in her room and before he went to bed he had to go look at the address: 728 Sycamore st. He stayed for awhile, the family loved him. The Beal's were Maniac first real home. I think that Jerry Spinelli is telling us how important homes are to him. But soon back at Sycamore Maniac was drawing to much attention to himself. First he was up at 6:00 walking the dog. Then he scored 49 touchdowns in one game of football. And lastly he untied Cobble's knot and any other knot you gave him. He was getting the Beal's in to much trouble. Soon he was sick of the trouble he was causing. He left.

Maniac stayed in the Bandshell for a while but Grayson (old man he was living in the Bandshell with) died. He then started to stay at Valley Forge. There he met to little white kids. Russell and Piper, two little white kids. They were trying to go to Mexico. Maniac brought them home to find John Mcnab. He needed a place to stay so he said,"Did you know your brother stuck me out with a stop ball, well he did and it was amazing!" I considered that Maniac's ticket into the house. This was not a regular home. It was a big trash pile if you asked me. He did not love this home but it was the best he was going to get. He knew that a home is a home. Know Jerry Spinelli is trying to tell us that even if a home is a mess it is a home. The house reminded him of the Beal's. It was a replica of the Beal's only a mess and know one cares about each other. Soon Maniac gets annoyed with this problem and leaves, again.

Now Maniac knows what a home is. He wants to have one and he does. In the end he goes back to the Beal's forever, his home. Maniac learned that no mater who you are with if your together for a while in one house you have made a home. Maniac was a nice guy. He liked having a home. Now finally Maniac will be happy.

= The second book we read in 5th grade was My Side of the Mountain. My best assignment was the essay because it had alot of detail and I took my time. It would have been even better if I would have watched out for run on sentences. My least best was my cause+effect assignment because I did not completly get it in the begining so I was a little confused. I would have understanded it more if I would have listened better in class. To improve my habits I will listen better in class. I think I did very well on my diarama because it had alot of detail. my character web and letter was very good too.

The first book we read in 5th grade was Island of the Blue Dolphins. My best assignment was my friendship pharagraph about Tutok and Karana. I could have made it better by making my self clear. My least succseful assignment was the questions about assignment #1 beacuse I was really unsure of what I was doing. It would have been better if I would have read the whole question and not just assumed but read the whole question. To inprove my work, next time I will read more carefully and take my time. To inprove my habits i will do my work in a better, calmer place. I see progress in my pharagraphs about friendship. Here is my example of my best work, I picked this pharagraph because I did my best work and I am inproving alot. " Another example of friendship in Island of the Blue Dolphins is Karana and Tutok, I can tell that they are friends because they are telling each other thier language and laughing. Tutok gave Karana a necklace and she gave a gift back. When they play gmaes I can tellthat theyare having fun. It shows my that they trust eachother when Karana tells tutok her secret name. At the end Karana is worried if she is leaving or not. Karana and Tutok are great friends." =