Devon

That's what I think when I think of 6th grade. I expected strict teachers and harsh work. I //didn't// get what I expected. I got the two teachers who bring fun and excitement to school. Lucky me! I was ready for //so// much that I didn't need to worry about. 6th grade may be one of my favorite years because of my two teachers, Mrs. Fuini-Hetten and Mrs. Yurconic! I loved this year!
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In **Science** we learned many things. I look at the world differently this year. I feel that I know more about nature. I now realize the urgent need of saving wildlife and nature. I look at the world like it seems more valuable now. Science this year was very moving this year. We also did many projects. My favorite was the coral reef project. I was to have an index size card about my animal and to create a visual (3-D) of my animal. I got the trumpetfish and I worked on it with my mom. I feel that doing projects like that helps me get closer to her. We also went to Bake Oven Knob to go bird watching. I look at birds of prey in a different way now. I occasionaly look in the sky to see if I can find anything. In my school 6th grade had an outdoor program. I learned so much and had so much fun. I was extremely happy to be able to learn about one of my favorite things, nature. I loved the outdoor program and wish I could do it again. This is a picture of a trumpetfish.

This is a picture of the broad-winged hawk, my bird of prey.

We also did a project on biomes. We worked with our table groups. My group got Taiga. I played on Zoo Tycoon and I knew about all of the biomes. One thing that Zoo Tycoon didn't have was Taiga. I was happy that I got Taiga because I learned something new. This is my part of it. I did a project on oceanagraphy. My partner (Erin) and I created a web page explaining ocean tides. We had a movie and a powerpoint. See it here! __[|Tides Web Page]__ I enjoyed doing this project because I got to learn how to make web pages and the format that they are in.We also learned about forces and motion. I now realize that forces and motion is all around me. We also learned about Nature of Matter. On our field trip we went to the adventure aquarium. I loved looking at all of the animals. It was really funny when we saw a sign that said," Birds poop every 15 minutes, how long have you been standing there?" Then we looked on the ground and saw bird poop all over the place! It was hilarious! After the PSSA's I wrote an essay to see if I could get on the field trip to the pool wildlife sanctuary. I later found out that I made it! I loved it!!

In **Social Studies** class we learned many new things. Social Studies was my favorite class because I love learning about civilizations in medival and ancient times. My definate favorite civilization was ancient Rome. It was before this year and still is. It is because I love their leigonaries. Their big sheilds are neat and I love their turtle formation.They were one of the best civilizations. We learned about differernt ancient civilizations. What makes a civilization a civilization is: . We learned about Mesopotaimia, China, Maya, Egypt, and are currently learning about Greece. For China we had a special Chinese New Year project. I did mine on Chinese Transportation. I had a very fun time because we had fun games to do. I loved this experience because I get to learn in a fun way. For Egypt we made simulated making mummies. We wrapped them and all. I enjoyed this because I would never be able to wrap a pretend mummy again. It was a fun way to learn how they mummified mummies.For Greece we had a Greek Week project. I did mine on the hoplite. See my powerpoint here! I enjoyed and disliked this greek project. I liked it because I like doing projects like these. I didn't like it because everyone was misbehaving. I coundn't hear some things like the one video we did when we were doing the masks.
 * Government
 * Economy/trade
 * Religon
 * Social Structure
 * Science
 * Arts
 * Education

In **Math** class we learned many new things. We learned about exponents, fractions, integers and measurements. We also spent a lot of time preparing for the PSSA's. We have used math in social studies by using the different civilizatons number systems. I enjoyed this because Social Studies is my favorite subject and it made me enjoy math more which I wasn't to fond of. We added the Egyption numbers and figured out Myan math. I enjoyed challenging myself with Mrs. Yurconic's bonus sheets. We had to do a math project at the end of the year. It was to come up with 5-7 math concepts that relate to a real life activity. For this project I picked soccer. These are the concepts I used:
 * Area/Perimeter
 * Area of a Circle
 * Probability
 * Angles
 * Mean + Median
 * Graphs

In **English/Reading** Mrs. Fuini-Hetten taught me a lot of grammer and reading skills. We had lit circle books. In lit circles I read __Heroes Don't Run,__ __The Egypt Game__, and __Ulysses.__ I liked reading these books because we were allowed to choose the books we wanted. Therefore I was interested in the lit circles books. We also read as a group __Bridge To Teribithia__. In English Class we wrote many essay's. We wrote persuasive essay's which I liked because I have a chance to state my opinion. This is one of them. I feel that I have become a better writer this year because I learned nomos, pathos, ethos and pathos. These helped me to become more persuasive. I used them in many of my persuasive essay's. Here is a link to one of my reading projects. I developed my oral skills very much this year. I talk much louder than I used to and it isn't as nerveracking. I feel better when standing in front of the audience. I also have developed many reading stategies. These are the ones that I feel that I have developed.
 * ask questions
 * predict
 * infer
 * connect
 * context clues

I have **integrated technology** in many ways this year. I learned how to use Microsoft publisher by creating a pamplet for our ocean pages. I learned how to make a useful powerpoint with pictures and with little words. I also learned how to create a format for a web site page. I also learned in library class about internet saftey. I learned about how to tell if a web site is safe to use it's research. I feel that I have learned a lot this year! I feel a lot smarter around computers now!

I am using my **musical talent** by playing the **clarinet.** I started playing it in 4th grade and go to lessons every week. I am a member of the middle school band and come early every monday and wednesday. In music class we had to do a music report. I did mine on the tympani. I went first and he said he would be easy on me. That is very good news because I wasn't into the instrument very much. We get to go to Hershey! My favorite ride is Lightning Racer (I never win) and I can't wait to ride it again! I enjoy playing the clarinet. I feel that I have gotten much better at playing the clarinet. In Elementary school I couldn't play the high notes very well. Now Mr. Griffis encouraged me and I practiced a lot more. Now I can play them much better.

I will list my **favorite books** that I read this year. > 1. The __Shadow Children__ series > 2. __North__ > 3. __Truesight__

> Eventually the year came to it's end. I've been through many things this year. I am expecting the same thing that I expected last year, but this time, I don't know what to expect...
 * It's Over**