Introduction
The purpose of my conference is to reflect on my learning in semester 1, and share my glows and grows in my learning journey.
I’d like to share:
- What I’ve done and what I still want to achieve
- Some areas of growth, struggles, and some of my work
- My goals and how I plan to achieve them
My Vision Board
Some of the things included on my vision board are:
- Academics – math, AIME (math competition), and reading. I chose these because my main goal this semester is to be academically successful.
- Extracurriculars – programming, debate, golf. I am interested in these extracurriculars and it is important to be wellrounded.
- Habits – stop procrastination, sleep earlier, eat healthier. It is important to nurture these habits so I can be successful in the future.
My Goals Are:
- I want to improve my AIME score by at least 5 points by using online resources to learn math.
- I want to read at least 30 minutes everyday until the end of the school year to improve my reading and comprehension skills.
- I want to improve my time management skills by creating a weekly plan and sleeping before 11PM for at least 5 days every week until the end of the school year.
Transdisciplinary Transfer Goal (TTG)
The TTG I chose to reflect upon throughout the year is Effective Collaborator.
I have improved on my skill as an Effective Collaborator by effectively collaborating with my teammates to create the Science Endangered Species project (Artifact 1).
I have also improved on this skill by collaborating with a partner on the “Design a Story Problem” project in math, where we had to divide the work and check in with each other on the progress (Artifact 2).
Artifact 1: Math Design a Story Problem
Artifact 2: Science Endangered Species Project
Core Subject: Math 🧮
Active Learner Habits
Strengths
-One strength I bring to math class is that I actively participate in class and voluntarily answer questions.
-Another strength I bring is I help peers learn hard concepts they don’t understand.
-A third strength I bring is I am curious and I try my best to challenge myself and do hard math.
Area of Growth
-One habit I want to improve this semester is teaching other people how to do problems.
-This is an area of growth for me because my classmates need help and I don’t always help them.
Plan for Growth
– I will work on this habit by paying attention to groupmates to see if they are struggling_.
– One specific action I will take is asking my groupmates if they need help.
Math Notation and Communication
Unit 1 Preassessment:
Math notebook example that shows improvement:
Reflection:
- My math has improved as I can correctly identify different types of angles, including complex names such as alternative interior, alternate exterior, etc. Also, I can justify the relationship between different angles.
Understanding Key Concepts
Two examples of my math learning that highlight my strengths and growth:
Examples:
-This example shows that I understand how to use piecewise functions.
-One strength in this work is the accurate calculations of the slope and correctly written slope-intercept and point-slope forms.
-This work shows growth because at the start of the lesson I didn’t really understand point-slope forms.
-This example shows that I understand how to accurately use compound transformations and un-rigid transformations, such as dilations.
-One strength in this work is the use of negative scale factors for dilations.
-This work shows growth because at the start of the unit I didn’t understand how to dilate with a scale factor of -1.
Final Reflection:
-Overall, my work shows that I can justify and prove different math concepts.
-My examples show growth in my ability to reason and use accurate notations in reasoning.
Strengths
- Multiplying fractions
- Ratios
- Finding patterns
Areas of Growth
- Showing my work
- Using units
- Converting units
Core Subject: Science 🧪
vidence of Organization
My science notebook is a well-organized, carefully created artifact of my learning in science class this school year.
Evidence of Active Learner Habits
I have improved on my modeling skills.
I have improved on my time management skills.
I have improved on my ability to write CERs.
Something that continues to be an area of growth is my preparation-for-presentation skills.
Evidence of Understanding of Key Concepts
I have a good understanding a key concepts. This is shown in the screenshot as I only got one 2 and the rest are full score.
Evidence of Growth in Science Skills
- Standard 1: Developing and Using Models
- Standard 2: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
- Standard 3: Engaging in Argument from Evidence (CER)
- Standard 4: Asking Questions and Defining Problems
- Standard 5: Using Mathematics and Computational Thinking
- Standard 6: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
My skills in modeling changed from creating a simple poster/infographic to being able to code a program to represent the model by allowing players/others to get to be involved in the experience, which can strengthen the learning process.
Core Subject: Language Arts 📖
Artifact 1:
I picked this artifact because it shows my understanding of how literature can guide us through our internal struggles, and specifically for the story I chose, how it helps me better understand my moral dilemma and the three lessons I learned from it.
Artifact 2:
I chose this artifact because it shows how I am able to identify areas that need extension in a short story, and how to change it to develop a better one. This artifact also shows how I can use figurative language.
Core Subject: Social Studies 🌏
Encore Subject: Spanish🇪🇸
Artifact 1: Poster of ecological event
This artifact shows my ability in using future tense and how I can use the things I learned in spanish class to advocate for things like animal support/rescue.
Artifact 2:
This artifact shows my skills in using tú and usted commands and the ‘healthy habits vocab’ I have learned.
Goals for Rest of Semester
My goal for the rest of the semester is to expand my vocabulary and become more familiar with how to utilize different tenses and vocabulary (past, present, future, etc.) into my writing.
Encore Subject: PE 🏃♀️
Artifact 1:
This unit we learned how to serve a birdie (both forehand and backhand). We also learn how to hit a clear and drops. This unit was really fun because I got to play doubles with my friend and I really like badminton. We played bur-win and I teammed with Pinn Yi and we won 99% of the rounds (we were at top court).
I improved my effective collaborator skills as doubles required me to work with my teammate and communicate effectively when playing each match.
Artifact 2:
I improved on my endurance, coordinate, and balance, as seen in the graph.
Encore Subject: Band 🎼
Areas of Strength:
– Responding Tasks
– Identifying notes
– Upper register
This aligns with my semester 1 comments as I was able to complete the two octave chromatic scale with high accuracy, get an exceeding for responding tasks in my report card, and identify notes.
Areas for Growth:
– Obeying articulation markings
– Embouchure
This aligns with my semester 1 comments as the teacher also reminded me to obey articulation markings and have a tighter embouchure.
How to address these for the coming semester:
I will focus on these areas of improvement and search for videos online or seek support from teachers on how to improve my skills on these areas.
How did you extend your learning?
I challenged myself and extended my learning by learning two pieces, “On Wings of Song” and “Menuett in G Major”.
Photos:
Artifact 1:
I chose this artifact because this was one of the harder pieces I worked on, it was 6 pages (with 4 clarinet parts) which meant that it was very tiring and needed a lot of resilience. Therefore, this artifact represents a great accomplishment I achieved.
Artifact 2:
This artifact shows my ability in composing an 8 measure phrase using antecedent and consequent phrases. I also completed this in one class period, which demonstrated my ability in composing short pieces of music in a rather limited period of time.
Encore Subject: Design Technology 💻
Artifact 1:
This artifact represents how I can identify the ACCESSFM of different products.
Artifact 2:
This artifact represents how I am able to accurately describe what my vision of my product is.
