This is a story I wrote called Dance Till Your Dreams Come True,

Today we were looking at the ladder of participation of action. We were brainstorming different levels of action and how deep you get. They were split into 8 different groups. The first group being the least. This was a little tuning into our new unit Sharing The Planet. We learned some new words like, tokenism and manipulation.Some kinds of action people do it making a bake sale to give money to charities. That could count as action but they are not really doing anything. They are getting money but they are not the ones who are doing the action. The people who they are sending the money are the people who are actually making the difference.

For tuning into the new unit we played a game where we got split into three different colors, yellow, blue and red. We were all given a worksheet, so all the yellows got the same one and so on. I think the point of the game was to teach us about racism because the red and blues were in charge. They could tell the yellows what to do. They yellows could not even sit down. I was in the yellow group and I felt it was un fair because we had to write down 20 words that related to the theme, sharing the planet, while the other groups had to write only 10. The other groups could ask us to give them a marker or a piece of paper. Most of the class was yellow and the others were either red or yellow. Halfway through the game the yellows could swap to red or blue but since most of the class was yellow there were no more people I could swap with so I stayed with yellow.

This activity connects to the theme, An inquiry into rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and with other living things; communities and the relationships within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution, because the world is full of people of all kind some people boss others around which is racism and don’t give them their rights.

I liked the game because it taught me about racism.

This video is about sharing and why we should share.

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The Me Thin is a tablet that is A6 size.With the Me Thin there is internet, you can download apps and do everything you can do with a i pad. There are 4 different colors you can chose from when you buy your Me Thin, baby pink, white, black and baby blue. Buy Me Thin before it is sold out.

I hope you like this product as much as I do.

For my bucket of learning I chose to practice my typing skills. I went on Mavis Beacon and I did a lesson to improve my typing speed.

This is what I got:

For my bucket of learning I chose to do read a newspaper article and I am going to reflect about it.

The article was about students who were late for their Chinese exam because of a MTR delay. This article was on the Young Post. They said that the students will be able to do the test again later since it was not their fault that they were late. This article was really interesting.

Magical Chalks

Magical Chalks are chalks full of magic they transform you sketches in to full drawings for example if you draw the basic shape of a bird the Magical Chalks with transform you sketch in to a beautiful art piece.

I would draw the basic shape of a horse and then the Magical Chalks will make my horse really beautiful.

You can buy Magical Chalks on my website (not real, fake): www.magical.chalk.com. Remember on thing that Magical Chalks only work on a flat surface and that if your drawing is already really good and nice Magical Chalks with not fix it for you.

I hope you enjoy Magical Chalks as much as I do.

This is a very magical and enchanted house.

First of all it is the shape of a shoe. It is way bigger than a normal house or any house at all.

The kids will love to swing on the shoe laces as swings and climb up the shoe.

The shoe (house) is really high up so it will be really fun to get out of the top and high window and swing down by the shoe laces and in front of the shoe !

I would really love to live in a house like this because it is really unique and seems really fun.

For my bucket of learning this week I chose to do a reflection in my process journal. I wrote about the exhibition meeting today and we got to chose our top three themes for the exhibition. These are some of the topics, female rights, human rights, language, education, culture, etc.

In class we watched a movie called Inocente, it was about a girl and she was homeless and she is a artist.

These are the poems our class made of her.

We watched part of a show in class called Switched At Birth. It was about a girl with brown hair, Bay and she feels that is is adopted because she looks so different from her mum and dad and brother having blond hair. There is also another girl with blond hair, Daphne and her mum has brown hair.  Bay’s parents find out that they picked up the wrong baby at the hospital and are trying to get their right child. Daphne is deaf so you need to use sign language or talk really slowly for her to know what you are saying. Bay’s parents are trying to get Daphne to join Bay’s school so she can get all the privileges Bay has and so she can have a normal life, be with normal kids and go to a normal school so she doesn’t have to go to a special school for deaf people. I feel empathy for Daphne because she is deaf so it is hard for her to communicate with other people because she can’t understand what other people are saying and I don’t know what I would do if I was deaf.

These are some of my questions:

1. Why does Daphne have a accent because her parents don’t?

2.Why does Bay acting really weird now that her parents found out that Bay is not their real child and that they are trying to get Daphne?

I am really excited to finish the movie because it is really interesting and exciting.

For a project at school, we had to pick a organization that somehow helps people. My partner Megan and I chose UNICEF. Here is our poster.

The DOPE test is a test where you fill in your answers, Y or N to the questions and then you add them up and you will find out what your personal behavior is.

At the end you can either be a Dove, Owl, Peacock or Eagle. I was a Dove and a Peacock, meaning I got 50% on Dove and 50% on Peacock.

These are what they mean:

Dove: The dove is peaceful, loyal, hard working, you sometimes don’t try things that are dangerous and can risk getting hurt

Peacock: The peacock is in the centre of attention at loves to talk

I am peaceful and hard working and the part about not trying somethings that seen dangerous is try,  but I don’t think I am so talkative. So I don’t know why I am a peacock.

For my bucket of learning this week, I chose to find the history of the RipStick.

The reason why I wanted to learn more about the RipStick is because I just learned how to do it so I am really interested in it.

This is what I found:

History of Razor USA

• Razor USA, LLC was founded in Cerritos, California, in 2000. The company’s first successful creation was the Razor scooter. It has since developed a wide range of products, including the RipStik, Rip Rider and Pocket Mod.
• RipStik Creation
• Razor created the RipStik caster board to blend surfing, skating and snowboarding experiences into one. The RipStik has two platforms, one at either end, for the rider’s feet. Riders shift their weight to move themselves forward without having to touch the ground.
• RipStik Models
• The classic RipStik was one of 2007′s best-selling outdoor products, earning $70 million through September of that year. The RipStik now comes in several different models, including the G, the Air Pro and the RipSter.
• Pricing
• RipStiks were originally priced from $99 to $129. Some models now sell for as little as $49.Awards and Honors
• In 2007, Wal-Mart featured the RipStik caster board on its “Top 12 Toys for Christmas” list. In February 2008, the Toy Industry Association named the RipStik the Outdoor Toy of the Year.

The source of all this information is:     http://www.ehow.com/facts_5615087_history-ripstik.html

We just started learning about figurative language. Today we had to make a A3 poster with one poem and the poem needs at least three different types of figurative languages. My group did the task wrong and we chose three poems and two of the three poems had one figurative language. The third poem had three different types. We had to describe the authors purpose of where he/she put the figurative language. We also had to show where in the poem was the figurative language located.

We did the task wrong and did not do anything like that. We found three poems that had figurative language and just rewrote them on to the poster. We did not write the authors purpose.

I want to learn what some of the figurative languages mean because right now I just know what a simile means.

In PE class we talked about the central idea for team games, “Success in games depends on skills, rules, strategies and sportsmanship.” This post is to answer some questions related to the central idea.

1. What does sportsmanship mean to you/look like to you? Give some examples.

I think that sportsmanship is when you are playing a match, your team wins good sportsmanship would be to say good job and shake hands. Another example is that someone falls down or hurts them self good spotsmanship would be to go up and say are you alright.

2. Why is it important to follow the rules of a game?

I think that it’s really important to follow the rules of a game because if you don’t the game would be unfair and no one will have fun.

3. Why are good team strategies important to success in team games? Give examples of strategies for team handball. How would you create and or deny space in team handball. What is a strategy your team used in “Capture the Flag” to be more successful?

I think that team strategies are really important because without them no team will score any points. Some team handball strategies are some people stay near the goal so people can pass to you and you can shoot. Another one is to stay near the middle some your team mates can pass to you and you can pass to other people. A team capture the flag strategie is some people stay to guard the jail, some people guard the border so everyone guards and some people go to try to get the flag.

4. Describe why having strong skills helps your team be more successful? Give some examples of skills with a specific team sport in mind.

A skill you need to help your team in basketball is to be fast moving because at one moment you need to be blocking people and another moment you need to try to shoot.

5. Why does a team that is very physically fit have an advantage over a team that is not fit?

If your team is really good in the sport and the other team is not that good your team will of course win since your team is better in the sport.

For one of my bucket of learnings I chose to make a video with Megan on simplifying fractions.

To watch the video you have to copy the link and put it in the search bar.

This is the link:        http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nlu_ps3FsC4

For Bucket of learning I chose to do a math question. I thought that the question was really easy because you just had to find the least common multiple. You had to then change all the fractions so they all have to same denominator. Then you will have all the fractions with the same denominator and you can find the answer.

This is one of my math menu activities. These are some real life examples of fractions, decimals and percents.

This is a fraction real life example, for example if you had 10 chocolates an you gave 5 to a friend, you gave half of it, 5 of the whole, you started with 10 and now you have 5/10 which is 1/2.

This is a decimal real life example, when you write money, you write it as a percent for example you have 1.25 which is one dollar and twenty five cents.

This is a percent real life example, when you do a test or exam you get your score it will normally be a percent so like you get 50% correct on the test or you get 75% correct on the test.

1. How do you build a castle on Mine Craft?

• -Describe and Show where Russia is.

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Today was the SLLR, I walked my mum through the whole program. I explained to her everything that I learnt so far. She was so impressed with all the things that I have learnt so far – even I was impressed with how much I have learnt and was able to do on the computer Over all it was a very enjoyable day! A big Thank You to Ms. Cahusac because she has been a fantastic teacher.

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The artifact game is when we look at an artifact and make guesses about what it is and

write it down and discuss about what we wrote. When everyone has had a go at their guesses, then we find out what it really is. The guesses have to be serious, related to our UOI (unit of Inquiry) and not “goofy” guesses. This game is based on our UOI, which is history and perspective work. So by writing our thoughts about the artifact down we are telling people our thoughts and perception and how we look at things. Look at the photo above and write a comment about what you think it is, how old do you think it is, where does it comes from and what it was used for. Thanks for participating.

Hi again guys!

Photo of the day is when we look at photos together as a class, choose one that is our favorite, and write about it. Today we had photo of the day and I chose a photo of a carpet. I chose the photo of the carpet because last summer I went to India and saw how carpets were made. I found out that it takes about a few years to make a really big carpet. Some smaller carpets also took a year or more to make because of the details on them. The carpets I saw were so beautiful, they were like paintings, you could even hang them on the walls. If  a  customer wanted to use the carpet as a wall hanging, then leather strips will be sewn on the back of the carpet with rings attached to the leather strips. All the customer has to do is put a stick through the rings and hang it on the wall. My brother and I were having fun lying on the different carpets, feeling them and trying to tell which was the softest, and telling our parents which ones they should buy, sadly they bought none ! Here is the photo of the carpet I chose.

Remembrance Day is a day when we remember all the brave people who fought in the war. Remembrance Day is also known as Poppy Day. Remembrance day is on November 11th and people wear a poppy on Remembrance Day.

Why does it love Halloween??? CDNIS loves Halloween in a big way. We love Halloween because we all can get together as one BIG team, dress up, have amazing Halloween assemblies, sing spooky songs, have grade wide parties and have lots and lots of FUN. Our school has celebrated Halloween from the beginning (I think?). The teachers encourages everyone to participate. I guess it’s the built up and excitement towards Halloween, discussing and planning the costumes, waiting to see what your friends / teachers will wear that makes us love Halloween. Most of the Lower school teachers dress up in a theme – this year the grade 5 teachers dressed up in The Star Wars theme. They put up a funny “Star Wars” episode skit

This Halloween I am going to be a Leopard – Grrrr! The place where I live, Halloween is celebrated in a big way. Stickers with Halloween pumpkins / ghosts etc are distributed to residents. Residents who want to participate have to place the sticker on their door. At 4:30 most of the residents will come to the garden with a dish to share Then at 6:00 most kids start from the top floor apartments and work their way down – can’t wait as my dad would say, ” Trick or Treat, trick or treat, give me something good to eat, If you don’t I don’t care, I will pull your underwear!” Ha! Ha!

On Wednesday September 27th 2011, My class 5D along with 5A and 5E went to Art Jamming. Art Jamming is a art studio where they give us a canvas and loads of paint and we get creative. Our teacher said that we should paint a feeling like happy or exited and we had to select a theme color that we would use the most.
My picture is to show a feeling of peace. I painted a Buddha face and used bright colors. I wanted to use pink because I was thinking of Mr Dick, my Principle who died two years ago on that day. I was thinking of him, and hope he is in peace now.
I had bright pink, but my background on the canvas was yellow so ……. it turned to a shade of orange
I am actually having a bit of a difficulty uploading the photo of my painting, I’ll get my teacher to help me. So stay tuned, in the mean time try to imagine how it might be
Here is a video of us painting.

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I saw a website called building walls of wisdom, and I want to know how to help. So me and the students in class 5D thought of ways to raise money to help build schools for the children. The idea That I liked was that the class and me would organize a bake sale or a sale selling anything. So if you want to find out how you can help please click this website.