Emily

==**Hello, my name is Emily and I am a 6th grader at Salisbury Middle School. I am here to learn and live my sixth grade life. Come and join me as I explore and tell YOU about my awesome year in THE SIXTH GRADE!**==

__**//Getting Active In Class//**__ Gym is one of those specials that you seem to need in school. It helps us get fit and learn how to eat right in order to stay that way. In gym you run a full mile around the outside fields (two and a half times around). Gym is fun for me and my friends because we do cool activities like Prisoner dodgeball and two-hand touch football. Gym also gives you a wonderful oppurtunity to communicate with your friends while playing sports. If you like to be active then you will probably like gym. I know you might think that it will be wierd changing in front of your friends, but frankly, it really doesn't matter; and if you are still feeling insecure, you can change in the private shower stalls or in the bathroom stalls. I would also reccomend that you go to the bathroom before you go back outside and into the gym because your grade does deplete every time you take a pit stop or every time you stop running in our running warm-up. You might just now be wondering what you do after you get out of the locker room. Well, first you go through a couple stretching routines. Then, you run around the gym for a limited amount of time. Your first week of gym, you run five minuites and every week after that you go up running one minuite untill you hit eight minuites. Then, that is all you run till the end of the quarter. Make sure you run the full amount of time without stopping because when you stop you get tallied and it takes your grade down. Next, you go into the middle of the basketball court and hear what you are going to do for the day. Gym is fun and it also keeps you fit, so therefore, when you are allowed to do middle school gym you need to make sure that you work hard because your gym grade and your fitness are depending on it.

__**//Social Studies//**__ My favorite part in social studies would probably be being able to interact with what our social studies categories were based on, for example, when we studied ancient Egypt we traveled to ancient Egyptian funeral and procession. We were allowed to make Egyptian costumes, games, and foods in order to learn more effieciently. We were able to charcoal our eyes and put on white man kiltes and dresses. Learning in social studies here at Salisbury Middle School is definitly one of my favorite parts of school in 6th grade. We learned more in social studies by going onto a web site that allowed us to dive into its depth of knowledge.[|Click here to get into the web page that taught us so much about Egypt] Being in this social studies class also helped me to learn much more eficently then just learning out of a text book and assignment papers. I have many more favorite parts about social studies, but this page is too short to say them all. I hope you understand how I am feeling about social studies after you read this. I learned alot in science this year, like for example oceanography. We learned about the coral reef and just in general the ocean and its contents, but instead of reading in a text book, we each made web pages on one topic and explored eachothers web pages in order to procure more facts about the topis then we would have had we just read in the science book. My project was on ocean pollution. [|Click here to get my ocean pollution web page report.]As you can see we did alot of scrounging around to find all of the information that we needed to put into our ocean web page. You can also visit other web pages by [|clicking here.] Have fun and I hope you enjoy reading and getting in depth knowlege about Ocean pollution and other ocean related projects. In science we also learned about forces and motion. I thought that forces and motion was very cool to learn about because it gave me a way to explain all of the things that happen. For example, it explains why in a car crash that you hit head on, you fly forwards toward the crash and then backwards away from the class. This is called inertia. 1. Lit Circles- I love the thought of reading good informational books when I don't have to worry about reading counts or if the book will have a certain number of reading counts books. 2. Vocab -Unfortunitly I might not like vocab, but even though I am not fond of it, it still provides the words that I need to write better stories or seak in a more pronounced language. [|Here is the vocabulary sight that we use on the computer to study vocab.] 3. Test Formation- We move into test formation every time we take a test and I like that alot because it helps our test become safe from the ongoing prying eyes of my fellow students. 4. We are able to dicuss our thoughts about anything that falls into the categories of reading and english. I like that because it helps me to understand things clearer. 5. Study Island- I like this because it helps me to improve in reading and soar to new hites. [|Here is a link that will allow you to go to study islland, but to get in and start learning you need a user name and password. Unfortunitly you do not have this so you cannot get into this program.] 6. Think-We also go into think which allows us to chat in a safe chat room and create a home page, unfortunitly you need to subscribe to this and get a username and password. [|This is the link to get to the home page of think.] 7. Allowed reading time- I like this because our teacher allows us to finish book projects and read lit circle books even though we are supposed to be doing something else. 8. Pick our seats- Most of the time we are allowed to pick our seats and choose who we are allowed to sit by and for me I don't want tp sit by people that I am not aquinted with yet, but I have to admit sometimes it is fun to meet a new person. 9. English- I like that in English we learn what we need to learn quik but understandable because sometimes I don't want to dawdle on something that I already get. I enjoy moving fast when i get a certain subject about English or even reading for that matter. 10. Reading- I like to read and explore new books in reading expecially in groups because it is more fun and you get to here everyones opinion on the book or passage.
 * //__Science__//**
 * __//The Top Ten Things That I Like about Reading and English//__**

1. I love gym because we are allowed to get active and even talk and run with our friends. I even like gym because it inables us to meet new kids that arn't already in our daily classes. 2. I also love study org, because we are allowed to talk some of the time and during all of the others we are allowed to do our home work and sometimes I have finished my homework by the time that I get home. 3. In school I also love lunch because as long as you sit at the same table as your friends you can talk and catch up. 4. I love the way we have two specials every quarter in order to have all of the specials in a year. I like this because it really is a nefty way to have all of the specials in a year. 5. The last thing that I like would probably be the way the time schedule is planned out. I like that we have a certain amount of time in every subject based on learning. It helps when you know how much time you spend in each class in order to calculate the time spent in school. I also like the fact that we always have enough time to learn and enough time to have fun. = =
 * //__My Five Favorite Things About School__//**

Alright, you might be wondering what Greek Week is well of course I am here to tell you. Greek week is a week of presenting your topic and all that you have learned about it. You are graded on your presentation, your information, the information that you don't read off of your visual, your visual, your activity, and last but not nearly the least your project altogether and your group participation. We learn alot about our topic and then if we choose to learn about every one elses all we have to do is listen and we get much more out of this then just reading from a textbook. I thought that doing this was an incredible experiance and I learned so much about the ancient Greek civilization that I am an expert in Greek arts, mythology, pottery, education, and things like that. In my project I did ancient Greek mythology with my two other partners, Ali and Augusta. It was sooooo fun. [|Click here to view the site that I used to get the valuable information.] The three heroes that I did was Bellerophon, Theseus, and Jason and the Argonauts or Jason and the Golden Fleece, whichever way you might want to say that.
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I have become a much better writer because of many things, but the most noteworthy of my accomplisments is probably all of the practicing that we are able to do. While, writinig many of our writing prompts we utilize many skills and most of our skills get so much better because we use them every time that we write. I also think that I have improved in writing because my teacher, Mrs. Fuinihetten, always helps me understand what I need to write or what I should write. She always gives me advice when I need it in order for me to write much better information and persuasive writing. She also helped me with my latest writing prompt. I greatly appreciate the much needed help that Mrs. Fuinihetten has given me over the years. That is why I have become a much better writer this year. Thank you Mrs. Fuinihetten. We were told that we needed to make a ticket peom to go in the art show along with the ticket art work. My ticket poem is below. It is called The Sacred Object. My ticket poem was one of the poems that was choosen to represent one of the fine pieces of artwork. __. The Sacred Object__ A ticket is a sacred object that you might behold, It is a key to locked passageways and even locked doors. A ticket, using its hidden key to open up two doors called hopes and dreams. My dreams flow through the scary nights opening up a new world of imagination. A ticket can do that! I dream about the past, the present, the future, and even the popcorn I ate last night. A ticket has a certain bite and will nip at your hand until you use it, When you decide that frightful time to use your ticket, use it well! A ticket opens one door called hope. It nags at your brain until your hopes recede into dreams. For days and days on end you remember your hopes as a fateful friend, Until finally your hopes aren’t as farfetched as they used to be They just might seem to come true. Unlocking a door sets loose your mind, So when finally it is time, You feel this sudden jolt of happiness that beats all of the others. You feel nervous and excited both at the same time. So to open a door and reveal the secrets within You feel pretty darn good!
 * //__How I have Become a Better Writer__//**
 * //__The Ticket Poem__//**

By: Emily

1. Adding Fractions. One of my six math concepts is adding fractions. We have learned how to successfully add fractions even if they don't have the same denomenator. If they have the same denomenator you add the numerators together. If the fractions don't have the same denomenator you multiply them until they have the same denomenator, but always remember whatever you do to the denomenator you must do to the numerator. 2. Width. We also learned how to successfully measure the width of an object this year. We have even learned how to tell the width and the length apart. The width of something is the measurement of the vertical line of the object. 3. Length. I also did the length of an object. The length is the measurement of the horizantal line of an object. 4. Perimeter. I also learned and used this as one of my six math concepts. To find the perimeter all you have to do is add up all of the measurements on the object. 5. Area. I also used the area. To find the area you multiply the base times the height. Also known as BxH=A. 6. Multiplication with two or more digit numbers. I also learned the correct way to multiply. To multiply more than one digit numbers you first multiply together the top right number by the bottom right number. Then, you multiply the bottom right number by the top left number. Below those numbers you put a zero. Next, you multiply the bottom left number by the top right number. After you do that successfully, you then multiply the bottom left number by the top left number. With those equations you then have to then add them together. When you have finished your small addition problem you then know that you have accomplished the special art of multiplying bigger numbers. I thought that going to the adventure aquarium was sooooo much fun. We learned about soooo many different creatures. We saw a sting ray at the aquarium. I thought that the stingrays were so pretty in how they seem to glide across the ocean. One of the most interesting sights that I saw was a school of fish almost like this school of fish. I thought that it was extremely cool how they swam in sink with eachother. I also saw some very cool Mallard ducks. They lived in a sort of pound with other wildlife, like a school of fish, and a very noisey parrot. We were allowed to walk through a tunnel covered in pretty, clear glass walls. There were many kinds of sharks in there. They had a Great White like the one upove and a saw tooth shark too. One of the coolest things in the open shark exibit was the fact that they also had divers that dove in with the sharks and swam with them. They weren't even in a metal cage! They were acually in wet suits. It was soo cool!
 * //__My Six Math Concepts that also were helped being developed__//**
 * //__Adventure Aquarium__//**

What amazed me the most was the Giant turtle that they had in a VERY big exhibit. The Giant Turtle was grouped with fish and other of your most memorable water creatures. In conclusion to this wonderous experience at the aquarium, I thought it was a worth while trip and a fun one at that. We went on a field trip to Bake Oven Knob. We went there to study the birds of prey. Birds of Prey are varius predatory carnivorous birds such as the eagle and the hawk. There are many types of birds of prey. At Bake Oven Knob we saw the Bald Eagle, the Golden Eagle, the Red Tailed Hawk, the Turkey Volture, the osprey, and many other of the Birds of Prey that live in Pennslyvania. The Bake Oven Knob trip was extremely fun and it taught us more about the Birds of Prey. Bake Oven Knob is a mountain side where you can hike. There are cliff edges where you sit to look at the birds. It is so very cold up there so you need to bundle up to keep the warmth in. You also need to remember to bring a packed lunch drinks for some of the day and binoculars because it is hard to distinquish the birds for you cannot see them outright. It is a fun trip and holds many memories waiting to be explored. Bake Oven Knob is a great learning experience so I advice you to use your knowledge well and have fun learning the many Birds of Prey species that are just waiting for you to learn and idolize them. This is the Bald Eagle, this is our countrys bird. This is the Red Tailed Hawk. You can distinquish them by there red tail. This is the Golden Eagle. It is related to the This is a picture of an osprey. The ospreys You Bald Eagle. You can distinguish it because its feathers are a golden brown color. are in the shape of an M because they help to glide upon the wind.
 * //__Bake Oven Knob and The Birds Of Prey__//**

The outdoor program was an extremely fun program that taught us hands on about plants, birds, trout in the Little Lehigh, the Little Lehigh, how to make silly puddy, how to not pop a bolloon after you stick something through it, and other fun learning activities. We learned about many plant species. Some of the amazing plant species that we have studied over the length of the outdoor program are Poisen Ivy, May Apple, Maple Tree, Oak Tree, and so many other amazing and healing plants. With Mr. Shywer we learned about the many different kinds of trout in the Little Lehigh. I learned that there are 4 different kinds of trout in teh Little Leigh. There is the Brown Trout, the Brook Trout, the Golden Rainbow Trout, and last but certainly not least the Rainbow Trout. In all, the outdoor program was a bunch of fun and it taught us the topics needed to survive in the real world. This is the Golden Rainbow Trout. This is the Rainbow Trout.
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This is the Brook Trout. This is the Brown Trout.

Life as a result of science seems like a major improvement. Now unlike before when I look at something, I see science. Now when I look at something, I see the compunds in which it was built upon. This years science has taught me so many things to help me become a much more knowledgeable person. I now understand that without science we wouldn't have many of the things that help to run our lives smoothly. Now, because of science this year I understand what I hadn't before!
 * //__Life as a Result of Science__//**

My oral presentation skills have developed to the point were now I don't have to read off of a paper to know what to say next and now I don't have to know that I really didn't say what was required of me because now I know that what I am doing is right. Before this year, I never really knew exacly what to do or to say when doing an oral presentation. Now though, I understand that I should go in depth with the content while also expressing detail and using my style to help show that I understand what I am doing and also to show that I am extremely confident while speaking in front of the class. Also, before the begginning of this year, when I did present an oral presentation I was never keeping eye contact with the class and I never had note cards so most of the time I was either reading off of the project or being busy getting lost in the middle of my sentence. Now though, I have the main ideas on note cards so all I have to do is take a look at my note card, put a quick worthy sentence together, then keep eye contact with the class as I state the sentence without any hesitation that I will forget the sentence that I have just formulated in my head. I have also experienced the rate of my confidence flare because I know what I am about to say and I also know that what I am about to say will not embarress me in any way in front of my peers. By gaining my confidence I have also gotten a louder and more done to earth voice. This helps because my peers are able to hear me when I say something and also, my confidence doesn't go down because I won't have to repeat what I have just said for something as silly as forgeting to keep your voice loud and stroung. Thanks to this years oral presentation practice, I have gained a remarkable skill level in presenting projects oraly.
 * //__My Oral Presentation Skills__//**

You might be asking right now, what makes a civilization a civilization. Well, fortunitly for you, I have an answer to that. What makes a civilization a civilization is they need to have enginneering, social structure, arts, government, education, military, and the economy. In order to have that they need to make sure that they have a government that everyone likes and they need to have education so they don't end up with lazy people who don't work for a living. I mean without any one of those things there civilization would end in a catastrophy and the once great "civilization" would be only a pach of Barbarians running and claiming territory.
 * //__What Makes a Civilization a Civilization__//**

__**//Groovy Greeks//**__ Wow, when I think of the Greek civilization I think of amazing artists, great worship, a religion that never dies, herioc heroes, brave warriors, courageous citizens, and democracy. The Greek civilization is probably my favorite civilization because they invented machines to get us farther in life and they invented a way to govern their city- state without causing death or betrayal (democracy). The Greek civilization was copied by the Romans because they knew that the Greeks religion was true and that what the Greeks built or worshiped was sturdy enough to be copied. The Groovy were a major icon to many civilizations in their time and in this time. Thats why the Groovy Greeks are MY favorite civilization of the past.

The many reading stratagies that I utilized and improved upon over this passing year are. . . Those reading stratagies were very important this year for me to develope for this year and thanks to my two favorite teachers, I have developed my most needed reading stratagies.
 * //__Reading Stratagies__//**
 * visualization
 * predicting
 * clarifying
 * questioning
 * summerazation
 * evaluating
 * connections
 * infering
 * fact locating
 * cause and effect
 * using context clues
 * sythesizing content