So today I had 2 Zoom meetings. The first was about the writing component and the second was a class meeting. In the first one there were only a few people as it was only for the people who are going to do fiction text for their writing piece. And in the second one we discussed different possible ways of presenting for Exhibition if it happened to be online (because of Corona 🦠😠). And since we all wanted to do something together we decided that we are going to do the song ‘One Day’ together. So different people can sing, play the instrument, dance, or do a combination. Then the different parts will be joined as a movie and it’s gonna be amazing! So here is the song: Today I also had a mentor meeting. It was a very brief one. Mr. Hutchinson and I just talked about what I was currently doing and if everything was going good. I was like yeah everything is fine. Then he said that next week we would meet at the same time and the meeting will be longer as this meeting was just to check if everything is fine. Then I obviously did research and experimented with art a bit. That is all I did today. Goodbye!
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Ok. So virtual school started today. Again. And now you must all know that school may as well be closed even after 5 April. Ugh 😫. It’s quite boring at home. 😞. I miss school. 🏫 Anyways... Today was a busy day. Not too busy though. So today I researched about my first LOI. I’ve added more info to my LOI 1 page. Check it out! I saw a few more reasons or causes of animal cruelty and the were sad. ☹️ I feel so bad for those animals... Then I worked with Eshal to make our petition. We have decided to make a petition to let the tortoises in school return to their natural habitat. So they can live a happy life. Good idea isn’t it? So we actually made a mini survey for it. Click here to answer!
After that I made an introduction for it so Mr. Hutchinson can add it to the newsletter which will be sent out tomorrow. But I still gotta make a few changes. I also finished the first draft of my writing component. It’s a narrative short story from the perspective of a dog. It’s like, ummm, yeah. So basically there is this dog living with his mom and two younger siblings. And one day these two people come and take the mom and two siblings somewhere. The dog was lucky enough and didn’t get captured. So that’s kind of like the main part of the story. And maybe I might add some pictures to it. So now I just have to finish the final draft of my math piece and I’m still waiting for supplies for my art material. That is all I did today and... Goodbye!
Anyways... today we also had a “before term break starts” Zoom meeting. We talked about the interesting stuff going on in our house. And we also had a pet parade. Ok not really a pet parade. So it was just like two of my friends were showing their pets so I was like why not show my hedgehog. And boy was Pepper (my hedgehog) super grumpy. And the reason why she was grumpy was because I had just woken her up while she was peacefully sleeping. I know that was mean.😁😁😁
Then yeah we said bye have nice holiday and then the meeting was over. So anyways everything was amazing this week and... Happy holidays!
Then I watched a video about finding reliable sources. It showed me how I can see if a website is a good source or not and which sources are reliable and which sources are not. Here is the video:👇🏻 After completing the activities, I had a video chat with my friend, Eshal. Since we are doing the same topic for exhibition, we decided that we would do our action together. And she told me she was thinking of making petition too! So I told Ms. Kesler and Mr. Hutchinson our plan and they agreed. Yay! Mr. Hutchinson suggested making a petition to let the tortoises in school return to their natural habitat. And obviously, we agreed. So we will be doing that for our action.
After that I experimented with my art piece. Unfortunately I failed. My painting turned out to be horrible and the elephant’s skin became too dark. I knew that was going to happen. I should have added more white... 🙄😒 Then I researched and updated my knowledge, bibliography and my photos page. I researched a bit about each of my lines of inquiry and I added it to my LOI pages too. Then I researched about some facts about animal cruelty and took notes. So tomorrow I’m probably gonna be remaking my survey and planning about my writing piece and petition. That’s all for today and see you tomorrow! Bye!!! Today was... I lost count as we’ve been doing school from home for so long. But if I’m not wrong then today was day 11 of virtual learning. Phew... All this counting has made me tired... So today wasn’t a busy day. We didn’t even have maths! That is quite surprising but kind of sad as math is very fun. Yes, I love maths. Anyways... Today I responded to Ms. Kesler on Flipgrid. She did give some feedback on my action video so I responded to that. Then I did research. After snack I did some more research. Then at ten forty we had a Zoom meeting with Ms. Gita. Ms. Gita just said “All the people who’s sketches I have approved may leave the meeting. But before you leave, I want to tell you what you have to do. You have to find some photographs of the things you have made in your sketch as send them to me so that you know how the object you are drawing looks like.” So that’s what I did for art today. The pictures that I looked at were very sad. Here are some of them: I feel so bad for these poor, poor elephants. So the I saved about five images and sent them to Ms. Gita.
Then I did my mandarin work and then research. So you see today was really a research day. And yeah I’m also very happy that I got to do everything on my to-do list for today. Alright... So that’s all I did today and... I’m hoping to do more tomorrow. Byeee!!!!! Today was the tenth day of virtual learning. Today we had our second meeting on Zoom too. In the meeting we discussed about ways to present our learning on exhibition as a class. We got lots of ideas like: - make a song - dance etc... Then after the meeting I also watched some videos about time management that Ms. Kesler suggested. They were very helpful. Here is one of them: Then I had snack. After that I did some research for my lines of inquiry but I didn’t find many resources.
Then we had another Zoom meeting with Ms. Gita. We discussed about our art piece. So Ms. Gita asked everyone what they would be doing for art. She told me that she liked my elephant sketch and that I should probably make that a painting with acrylic on canvas. So that is what I would be doing for my art. Maybe... Then I did maths. In maths I played a Kahoot about mode, median, mean, and range. I was doing so well but unfortunately on the last question I got it wrong as I did it too quickly. 😢 After maths I did my Indonesian studies work and some research. I have to say, my research sure is going pretty well and I am as happy as a dog playing with its favorite ball. Ok not that happy. But I sure am glad I have collected a lot of facts. Then I had my mentor meeting. Mr. Hutchinson and I talked about my progress until now. I told him that I want to make a painting for art and that I had kind of started my infographic and I also finished my survey. He told me that maybe for art I could make a painting but I should also make something digital. I said I’ll think about it because I don’t know if I would be able to make a digital art piece. 🤔 Then we talked about how my research is going. I said it’s fine. He checked my website and asked if I had trouble researching about my lines of inquiry. I said that I am having trouble finding facts for my LOI 2. He told me to just like think about how animal cruelty is connected to our life. And yeah that is my LOI 2: How animal cruelty is connected to our life. Ok so that’s all I did today. Bye! And now I can relax... Today was the start of Week 6 and the ninth day of virtual learning. Wow. So many days passed by already. 😯 And guess what... Virtual school will be going on probably until the end of March. Just what I needed (I’m being sarcastic). I know staying home is fun but I miss school.
Anyways... Today we got introduced to a new app called Zoom. It’s going to be used if we have a full class meeting. That’s what we did today and it was fun. It wasn’t so crazy and that was good. I also started my infographic. Well I’ve started thinking of what to put in it. I also made a sample that turned out to be too long. I would have to work on making that shorter. Today I had a look at my survey. I did get some responses, not many, but I still would need more. So I might ask Ms. Kesler or Mr. Hutchinson to send it around the school. Then maybe I’ll get more responses. But I’ll still have to figure out a way to put all the responses in a chart or something. Then in Maths I watched some videos about graphs and statistics and answered the quizzes. Then I did my mandarin work and my music audio. Then guess what I did! I continued my research! Hehehehe... Got you didn’t I. 🤣 So that’s all I did today. Bye. I’m getting tired. This week I really liked the way I finished things on time like I finished my survey, my rough draft of the math component, my Flipgrid video about action, and a few sketches for art. Click here to answer my survey. Here is my other sketch for art. I wish I could have done more research as I didn’t do that much research this week. But I still have a lot of notes. I also wish I could have made more sketches. This week I found my teacher student conference with Ms Kesler very helpful. She helped me decide what I should do for my math piece, how I can make my math piece, how I could take action etc. So that was the most helpful thing this week. I am most proud of my rough draft of my math component and my action video on Flipgrid. Oh and my sketches. I never knew I could draw this good. But yes I did get a lot work done this week so I guess I’m proud of all that I’ve done. The trickiest part of this week was deciding on my math component. If it wasn’t for Ms. Kesler I would not known what to do. I actually decide what I would be doing like yesterday. So yeah that part was quite tricky. I can now explain the number of cases of each type of animal cruelty. If you don’t get it here is my pie chart. I changed it from the one I made before. You can also see the data. Next week I need to get more research done and probably all five of my art sketches done.
Thank you and have a great weekend! Bye! Today was the fourth day of virtual learning. No wait, hold on... Oh right. Today was the seventh day of virtual learning. Today was basically a research day. We didn’t have anything to do other than research and exhibition stuff. Today I finally decided what I would be doing for my math piece. Ok I know I’ve said that before. But now I’m completely sure. I wanted to do a pie chart but Ms. Kesler said that it would only focus on a small topic. So she said to make an infographic and also add the pie chart in it. Sounds like a pretty good idea. So I made the pie chart today and tomorrow I’ll make my rough draft of the infographic. Here is my pie chart: Yeah sorry for the blurry numbers. But I can’t do anything. 😐
Then she asked me about how my research is. I told her I still couldn’t find many resources. So she told me to do research and do math tomorrow. So that’s why I haven’t finished my math yet. Then she asked me how I could take action. I told her the same ideas that I told Mr. Hutchinson. She told me that I should do a petition rather than making a poster because making a poster is below my level. I said sure I’ll think about it. And since we have to make a Flipgrid video for our action she told me to think of it and make the video tomorrow. So that’s one thing I’ll be doing tomorrow. Oh if your wondering how we discussed so much, I had a teacher student conference with her today. Then in Maths we had to find the mean, median, mode, and the range of some sets of numbers. That was pretty easy. So that’s basically it. That’s what I did today and I’m hoping to do more tomorrow. Bye!!! (From the hedgehog too 😉) So today was the sixth day of virtual learning. It was a very busy day too. We had a lot of work to do. Phew... I’m already tired. So today in art I saw yesterday’s video and today’s video. In yesterday’s video we had to make a mind map and in today’s video we were told to make some sketches for our art piece. They did not have to be perfect, they just had to give us an idea for our final piece. Here is my mind map and sketch: Then in maths we did activities about mean, median, and mode. It wasn’t so easy but it sure was fun. They will probably be helpful when we make surveys. Speaking of surveys... Sorry I still haven’t finished thinking about the questions yet. Then there also was a lesson about how we can take action. I wasn’t able to watch it as my iPad died down. But how would I take action? I’ve already talked to Mr. Hutchinson about this and I guess I could take action by: - making a petition - making a mini poster and asking my parents to post it on social media etc... So maybe I might be doing that. Then I finished my mandarin work and I continued my research. I haven’t finished researching yet but I’ll be doing that now. That is all I did today one hopefully I be able to do much more tomorrow. This little hedgehog thinks I did a good job too. Hahaha
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