Jayden's Portfolio

In semester 1, I have been a proactive learner, who values learning concepts deeply, and consistently challenges myself. My strengths include my ability to identify and evaluate functions, calculate slopes across various contexts, as well as demonstrating my understanding in the triangle and angle congruency unit, and demonstrating a solid understanding of volume calculations and exponential expressions. My transformation skills are strong, particularly in working with negative scale factors, though he would benefit from continued precision in geometric reflections. As a collaborative learner, I contribute meaningfully to classroom discussions and shares alternative methods to solve problems. I demonstrated my academic keenness by showing initiative to pursue extension opportunities, engage in optional challenging work, and independently research
mathematical concepts. However, even though I might excels in going above and beyond basic requirements and tackling complex mathematical challenges, I have
personal areas for improvement, including preparation consistency and proactively seeking feedback. The first artifact shows my strength of description and understanding of the different aspects of my graph, while the second artifact demonstrates my graphing skills in the first semester, while the third artifact demonstrates my growth in graphing in the second semester, as I compared 2 different piecewise functions, the third artifact shows my growth, as it is more advanced with discontinued lines.

I demonstrated exceptional active learning habits, consistently completing L4 assignments and by participating in class while asking valuable questions. My commitment is shown through my work on optional extension activities, particularly in the Developing and Using Models standard, where I excelled
in creating an impressive video demonstrating scientific modeling of seasons and planetary distances. To elevate his scientific communication, I can
focus on enriching the reasoning section of his Claim-Evidence-Reasoning (CER) writing by incorporating more in-depth scientific content. This approach will
help me deepen his scientific arguments and showcase his comprehensive understanding. I am ready to continue his strong progress into the second
semester. I also wish I could incorporate more color in my models next semester. I have also stabilized my position as an active learner as shown in the active learner rubric, I have also turned in all of my homework on time. Some areas of improvement include my CER writing on less repetition, although I have already achieved a good level, I wish to explore more scientific concepts to improve my CER plus and achieve a 4.

My 2 artifacts demonstrate my growth this year in writing concisely. This is because, during my first project of the year, I wrote too much for each section explaining Kanye’s relevance and had a lot of redundancy. My second artifact on the other hand, utilizes a more concise explanation, as well as paraphrasing of long unimportant pieces of evidence.

My progress toward my goal of getting a MUN speaker award is well onthe right track, as in the last 2 conferences I have achieved an “Honorable Mention”, and I plan on achieving this goal by striving to be the main submitter in every conference.

My second goal was to complete every L4 assignment, I have achieved this goal in the second semester, as I have tried for every L4 assignment, including the science optional L4s. I wish to keep working on this goal in the second semester so I can continue to achieve exceeding in all of my classes.

My third goal is to read for 30 minutes every night. I think I am well on my way to achieve this goal this year, as I have completed my reading writing passport well before the deadline, while achieving an exceeding. This shows my process, because of the “reading habits” section with the reading journal that requires me to read for at least 30 minutes a day, for 18 days, for one quarter.

“Increased screen time and reliance on digital communication can make it more challenging for teens to develop strong face-to-face social skills. They may struggle with things like making eye contact, reading nonverbal cues, and having natural conversations” (Pew Research Center 2024).