You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
In the pickleball unit of PE, we learned to play pickleball.
We learned about the serving, kitchen and double bounce rule, and we practiced by playing birwin doubles matches with others. The low bounce of the ball was a little hard to get used to, but I eventually got used to it and started to play strategically. It was fun, but I still need to improve my consistency and defense when others hit the ball very fast.
My Vision Board:
My goals:
Transdisciplinary Transfer Goal (TTG):
Active Learner Habits
Strengths
-One strength I bring to math class is that I am always willing to challenge myself.
-Another strength I bring is that I am focused in class.
-A third strength I bring is that I try to contribute to class and table discussions.
Area of Growth
-One habit I want to improve this semester is asking the teacher for help when I don’t understand instructions.
-This is an area of growth for me because I usually try to ask my classmates or just guess.
Plan for Growth
– I will work on this habit by asking teacher for help when i don’t understand something.
Math Notation and Communication
early math notebook example
later math notebook example
Reflection:
Understanding Key Concepts
-Designing Your Story Problem
This example shows that I understand how to find the different properties of piecewise functions by using two different types of linear equations while using correct function notation. One strength in this work is that I listed out all of my steps and was able to show my understanding of both point slope form and slope intercept form. This work shows growth because I was able to make it much neater than my past work and I showed my whole process while exceeding the standards.
-Sticker Project
This example shows that I understand how to graph neatly and use transformations to create a good design. One strength in this work is I created a complex design that I worked very hard on that demonstrated my exceeding understanding of transformations.
-Final Reflection
Overall, my work shows that I can understand the key concepts of the things that we learn, and I can also often exceed the standards and challenge myself.
In this unit of PE, we played badminton. We learned about and practiced the forehand serves, backhand serves, drop-shots and forehand clear-shots. We played doubles birwin matches, first as two whole classes, but then in recreational and competitive groups.
I became much better at backhand serves, spiking, and strategy, and I was able to be on the top two or three courts each class with my teammate(s).
Part 1: Unit 2 Topic A and B Test Reflection (Functions & Statistics)
A. Evidence of Your Best Thinking
I chose Question 5 as evidence of my best thinking because it showed my understanding of scatter plots and residual plots and how they should be. I chose Question 2 as another evidence of my best thinking because it showed my understanding between the relationship of functions tables, graphs, and equations.
B. Skills Reflection
Throughout Unit 2, I improved the most at knowing how scatter plots and residual plots work and what correlation coefficients are. One skill from this unit that I still need to work on is working backwards from residual plots to scatter plots and identifying correlation vs causation in critical thinking. The biggest challenge for me on this assessment was graphing a scatter plot from the residual plot, but I got the scale wrong. One strategy that helped me on this test was checking my work.
Part 2: Goal Reflection & End-of-Semester Check-In
A. Looking Back at Your Last Goal
Last unit, I set this goal: Get a 4 on the summative. I worked somewhat towards this goal, by practicing more, but I was still unable to get a 4.
B. End-of-Semester Self Reflection
last semester, three of my strengths were understanding the math, challenging myself, checking my work. Three areas I still want to improve on are: be more careful on tests, read the standards, manage time better.
C. New Academic Goal Moving Forward
In the next unit I want to get a 4 on the assessment, but I may not be able to get everything right. If I get stuck or need help, I will ask the teacher to help me and sign up for teacher support during lunch or after school.
In unit 2 of math, we learned about piecewise functions and were required to come up with our own word problem, graph it, and solve it. I worked very hard on this project and got a 4.
1. Describe your story and what real-life situation it modeled?
my story is about two twins, Eric and James, playing Genshin Impact. Together, they climb a mountain to investigate something and complete a quest.
2. What part of your project are you most proud of? Why?
I am the most proud of the graph because the scaling of it to be easy to graph and look at while fitting in my math notebook was hard and took a long time.
3. What was the hardest part of creating your piecewise function?
The hardest part was probably finding the slope intercept equations for each line because it required some calculating and got quite big.
4. If you could revise one part of this project, what would you improve and how?
Because I got a 4 and did many things very well already, I might just try and improve the story and make it make more sense.
5. What did this project help you understand better about piecewise functions?
This project helped me understand how piecewise functions were much easier to graph using point slope form since most lines do not contact the y or x-axis. It also gave me lots of practice finding slope intercept and point slope equations with limited information.
In unit 2 of DT, we did robotics. To warm up, we made sumo bots, and my team added 2 extra motors for more torque and won. For our second and third challenges, we had to build gearboxes to make our cars go fast. We wanted to still include our 4 motor base, but our chassis ended up being too big and heavy, and we had to adjust our gearbox to increase the torque. Our car also wasn’t that straight, so our wall bumper code didn’t work either. For the final project, we had to make a stacking robot. We wanted to make a Huey, but we ran out of time and only had a fast chassis with a claw that couldn’t move up or down, but our car was fast and versatile, so we were able to get first even when unable to stack many blocks.
For the first project in DT, we had to design a tissue box for a theme and laser cut it.
In our process journal, I had to Emphasize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test. My design movement was art nouveau, and I themed it on jellyfish. I was kind of rushed, so next time, I would definitely try to work faster, and give myself more time to actually laser cut and put together my box.
In unit 3 of health, we learned about 3 main topics, gender norms and stereotypes, diversity, and healthy relationships. We learned about how society had expectations for how a gender should act, and how people had a gender identity, gender expression, biological sex, and sexual orientation that were each vastly different from each other. We also learned about the gender unicorn.
Finally, we learned a lot about healthy relationships, we learned about the importance of effective communication, respecting boundaries, and getting consent. For our final project, we had to analyze a relationship in media and what effects it could have on the people who see it and how it differs from real-life relationships. We decided to make a video on Lucy Gray and Coriolanus Snow from The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
The video:
For our relationship, it was unhealthy because it involved the risk of death of one person and manipulation that removed lots of the trust. Snow kept many secrets and did not respect Lucy’s boundaries, and they were in 2 very different risk levels and society levels that pulled them apart.
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