Jason

__**A GREAT SCHOOL YEAR RIGHT HERE!**__





This year I have improved in every subject. Coming and improving my skills in 6th grade has definitely gotten me ready for 7th grade. Taking in all of the math concepts has been difficult but rewarding because all of the experiences that come with it will ensure me to remember it through my life. All of the books read and all of the scientific processes all come with memories that only have one name: Fuini-Hetten and Yurconic!

This year's science has been an unforgettable experience. After science this year I view the world as a bigger, more economical environment that we have to protect. The oceans have always seemed so small and just filled with fish to me but after our oceans experience I see that it has so many other creatures and the ocean seems so much bigger and so much more inhabited. Before The ocean seemed like darkness but our oceans unit has filled it with light and life.
 * __SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE__**

I enjoyed creating the oceans display for our hallway. I got to live the experience of what the animal's life was like. I did a moray eel and not only got to research it but got to create a life-size model of it. I enjoyed doing that much more than reading out of a science book all period. My[| oceans webpage] Another unforgettable experience was going to the freezing mountain of Bake Oven Knob. Watching the hawks was cold but left me with information I'm never going to forget. Everytime my mom sees a bird of prey in my backyard i can tell her what bird it is and how I can tell. Also in science we did a biomes project. My group got the tundra biome. I learned alot about the tundra and can use the information about the biome with my step-mom who is really interested in nature.

We did the E-CADEMY on the nature of matter which was a really new, and unique way to learn about the nature of matter. I enjoyed working in a small group with a scientist at a museum. I was disappointed at the minimum amount of information she had but thought the idea of a webcam with a scientist was a great one.
 * MORE NATURE .... WELL SORT OF**

The adventure aquarium was an interesting and fun field trip to connect our oceans unit to. I enjoyed walking up, laughing with Eric to see a Moray Eel staring back at me! It was weird at first especially the fact that an eel that I felt so close to after all the research looked like it was **GOING TO EAT ME**! But after the weird factor it was really cool. I also got answers to the questions about other people's project that they couldn't answer from this trip. It was one of the best field trips ever! And the fact that we got **SLUSHIES (yes the cold, delicious, good time at aquarium kind)** made it even better!
 * ADVENTURES WITH WATER**



In social studies we got to live the ancient experience of embalming and wrapping a mummy. then we even made canopic jars for the organs to be placed. Then we created shabti and amulets for our fruity mummies in the afterlife. Finally we had a funeral procession where we took the dead pharaohs to their tombs and then went to our meals and entertainment. I especially enjoyed this because we got to feel what Egyptians felt and ate at a funeral. It gave us the experience and was alot of fun.
 * __ANCIENT HISTORY__**

We did an ancient greek project next. During Greek Week we enjoyed alot of content filled greek nonsense. We did projects on a greek topic and then did an activity as a followup to the project. My project was on the Greek instrument, the aulos. My activity was a percussion concert and a wordsearch.
 * Groovy**

The fifteen vocab units in English were alot of fun because I like to see which words I knew and which words I didn't already know. Some of the units, though were very hard to learn. A lot of the words were good to know because they came up in alot of books that I read afterward such as Harry Potter, Tintin, and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole. It was really helpful to know the words but some of the words were very difficult to memorize for the tests. my persuasive doc: vocab power point: In reading I enjoyed reading the lit. circle books. I enjoyed them all but my favorite was the novel "White Fang." It introduced me to alot of new words and taught me to think deeper when I read. All of the books that I read for lit circles and book projects were fun to read. The mystery, science fiction, biography, and fantasy were all fun book projects. The most recent was the science fiction. I chose a book from the series "Midnighters" and really enjoyed it. My project was a reaction and paper bag report. I have really enjoyed doing interactive projects instead of just lain presentations. It will make the memory of what I learned harder to forget. Even our presentations are fun with presenting to friends, with friends, and snacks! From presenting this year I have become a stronger speaker and have learned to make more eye contact. This is all the nonsense that comes along with Mrs. Fuini-Hetten. And of course I can't forget reading counts! This is a list of all the books I read for reading counts and the read on program. I also enjoyed reading the group novel " A Christmas Carol". It introduced the entire class to new words and it also showed us different connections we can make to books. good books I've read this year: -Eragon -eldest -midnighters -guardians of gahoole -charlie bone -martin the warrior -the sight -the thief lord
 * __LETTERS MAKE WORDS__**
 * __PAGE BY PAGE__**

This year I have advanced far in the world of technology. I have learned how to use and when to apply Microsoft paint, publisher, turning point, flash, wiki spaces, and [|www.think.com]. My teachers have made it much easier for me to use technology in school and at home. We just finished the outdoor program where we learned about all sorts of nature related things. With Fuini-Hetten and Yurconic we explored life in the 1800's and macroinvertebrates. The macroinvertebrates were awesome because we got to go into the Little Lehigh to catch them. It gave us a close up of these awesome creatures and it waz a fun experience to get to that close up. With Mrs. Klinger we went on a hike that showed us how to identify different plants. It gave us and idea of which plants were safe...and the others were...not so safe. With Mr. Shweyer we explored scientific experiments and identifying trout. It waz a fun experience because we got to hike to the fish hatchery to identify trout. With Mrs. DeOlivera we identified leaves and learned how to use a compass. It waz interesting because of the compass activities that she included in her compass teaching. Last but not least, we had Mr. Beyer and explored how it would be to run without certain body parts. It waz an interesting time because we actually got to experience what it was like.
 * __INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY__**
 * __OUTDOORS__**

In math we are working on math concepts or connections in math to the real world. We picked a topic and find different concepts like area, perimeter, and angles to relate to our topic. My chosen topic was skateboarding. This is a fun project because it allows us to see how what we were learning is related to some of our favorite things. This is a way to make me remember all of the things that we learned this year. concepts I've learned this year: - area -perimeter -square roots -angles -volume -AND MUCH MUCH MORE!
 * NUMBERS...AND CHANTS...AND WELL OTHER ASORTED NONSENSE**

I am currently the rhythm guitarist for a band called Solitary Confinement. (also on Casey's page) We performed for our class on the day of the egyptian funeral. We performed three songs: "Life in DA Nile", "Solitary Confinement", and "Pharoah, Pharoah". Our band website is: [|www.freewebs.com/solitaryconfinementband]. We also have a video of one of our songs on you tube. go to [|www.youtube.com] and type solitary confinement band.
 * __Solitary Confinement__**

Sixth grade has really prepared me and taken away my fear of seventh grade. Aside from the fact that the seventh grade teachers will laugh at us if we ask for a pencil or ask to go to our lockers I think that the content that came with the asorted nonsense has really prepared me for seventh grade and the challenges to come.