Thomas's Portfolio

1: I organize my time and plan ahead to make sure that I allow enough time to get
everything done.

2: When I have a problem, I take charge by creating a realistic plan and working
to solve it

3: I am satisfied with the impact my use/or non-use of drugs and alcohol has on
my relationships with my friends and family.

4: I am confident that the amount of time I spend connected to technology
such as video games, TV, computer, Facebook, and cell phone is good for
my overall well-being.

5: When I am feeling emotionally overwhelmed, I turn to others for support and help.

6: I have a clear sense of meaning and purpose in my life.

7: I am personally happy with my grades.

8: Most days I get at least eight hours of sleep at normal sleeping hours.

I USED TO THINK

Mental health wasn’t that important because, before learning, I honestly didn’t really care that much. I also assumed that people with mental health issues were all in trouble working with.

BUT NOW I THINK

I now think that mental health is a very important issue we must help fix and improve because people with mental health issues may hurt themselves over issues that can be fixed really easily. My perspective shifted in a way that let me know that people with mental health issues can be helped and that it doesn’t take much effort in terms of mentality if you truly work towards that goal of helping.

LINKS TO SHOW WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-mental-health-is-so-important
Talks about six reasons mental health is so important
1. It affects your brain and cognitive functioning
2. It affects the rest of your physical health
3. It can help you build resilience
4. It can impact your relationships
5. It can help you maintain a positive self-image
6. It can impact your overall well-being

who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/mental-health-strengthening-our-response
Talks about how we can strengthen our response to mental health
The page stresses that mental health is shaped by many personal, social, and structural factors, and that urgent action is needed through prevention, community-based care, and cross-sector support to close treatment gaps and improve outcomes.

ARTIFACTS

CLOSING

I also learned that stigmatizing is something I did a lot, but now I realized how wrong it was because that can be a leading cause of why people kill themselves. I learned that stigmatizing is a form of bullying, which is something we should avoid because it hurts others. Lastly I learned how to respect people with mental health and how to help them through trouble.

1. Choose examples of progress (improvement) in your organization, based on a comparison of earlier work with later work. (My notebook and the assignments I’ve done)
2. Develop (and add to your portfolio) a one-sentence claim that responds to this question: How useful is my science notebook as a learning tool?
3. My science notebook is a well-organized, carefully created artifact of my learning in science class this school year, as I have my notebook as neat as I can and have written lots inside of it
4. During your student-led conference, you must bring your actual science notebook and share items 3-4 above. 

 Evidence of Active Learner Habits (60 seconds)

Evidence of Understanding of Key Concepts  (30 seconds)

1. Create a sub-section in the science section in your science portion of your online portfolio, titled Evidence of Understanding of Key Concepts
2. Find the section of your Grades related to your 3 for 3 results from Semester 1 and Semester 2.
3. Create and add two screen shots of those scores.
4. Add a one-sentence claim about your understanding of key concepts that is supported by the evidence posted.

Evidence of Growth in Science Skills (choose a standard)    (1 minute)

This shows how I have been consistat throughout the year and how I haven’t done worse or better.

1. Throughout the year I have learned to add more important information and putting less words on my presentations and talking more on my own.d

At the start, I couldn’t hit the shuttle at all, but later in the unit, I was able to work with my teammate, and we were able to do really well by coordinating with each other, and I started to score real points. Once we switched to pickleball, it was much easier for me as I was able to do that better. I learned how to flick my wrist faster while doing badminton and was able to serve much better.

This oral is related to the unit on cooking and learning to speak ingredients in French.
In this task, I was supposed to learn how to make crepes and go through the process in French.
I am explaining in French all the steps needed to make a crepe.
For me, it was easy to cook the crepe and find a recipe, but challenging to speak because I am still not confident in speaking in French and with my pronunciation.
 
My pronunciation is still developing.
How can you improve? I am doing Duolingo and working on practicing my pronunciation in class with the teacher.

1- PRESENTATION
This work is part of the unit on how to order food and shop for food
What I needed to do was practice my pronunciation and learning so that I can feel comfortable ordering food at a restaurant when we go to France
I work individually and with the teacher and with a few classmates, for me to figure out how to order for other people as well
I chose to show this because I want to show how much I did and that I was trying very hard to learn everything needed for me to learn.
 
2- FEEDBACK and REFLECTION
In order to keep improving, my next steps will be to practice pronouncing every letter in French while learning what to and what letters not to pronounce at the end of a word, and be able to talk in french confidentally.
Yes, I am following these steps because I have a lot of small text that I am working on with the teacher to learn to speak what the sentences say and to learn what they mean.
 
3- CONCLUSION
Overall, in this unit, I have learned how to order at a restaurant and some simple ingredients at a store.
I think I can apply this knowledge in real life when we go to France because I will have to try to order for myself and know what is in the food.
I am feeling quite confident because I have spent a good amount of time learning everything and trying to get to a level where I am confident in my abilities.

I can play my instrument and perform my music. I also have enough music knowledge to read my music while able to improve my playing. I will improve by learning how to improve my spiccato and bringing a pencil to class more often. I will put a pencil in my binder, practicing my spiccato through etudes that I can do. A way I can extend my learning is by participating more and trying to do the L4’s on assignments while trying to do leadership roles. I had no beginnings or approachings during this semester and had all meetings and had a few exceedings.

https://www.canva.com/design/DAHAODWFvZc/e0qmrJZlrQlpS0UGCUYlnA/edit

Throughout this unit, I learned that drawing calms your mind off, as it is also a good breath anchor, because you focus on drawing and not worrying about other things, as you’re focused on each line and color you use. I am doing this because of my WOOP goal, which is to draw for 20 minutes each day, and since my goal was very persistent for me to do it, it was very helpful. Lastly, I want to reflect on the fact that drawing is very helpful, as I feel very calm when drawin,g and I feel happier. I also noticed that I am drawing without the app telling me too which is really good.

Active Learner Habits

• One strength I bring to math class is that I take good notes for class
• Another strength is that I am very eager and excited to work with others in class
• A third strength is that I ask questions when I need help, no matter what
• One habit I want to improve for this semester is my homework finishing schedule. I want to improve this because I want to be confident with my active learner grade.
• I will work on this habit by actually using a reminder app and being more consistent with it. One specific action I will take is to use the reminder app I downloaded in Health

Math Notation and Communication

My work has improved so that it is now faster to write, so it takes less time and it compacts more items as a time.

Understanding Key Concepts

Something that shows growth overtime was the calculating area of a cone/sphere. I think this shows improvement because at the start, I didn’t know how to solve anything but later I was able to fully solve my work and the test.

Overall, my work shows that I can solve many different math concepts and that I cn also learn new items if I worked hard enough to learn.\

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Design a story problem.