Hali 

 

Hello World.
 My name is Hali. [= I love to hang out with my friends and dance.<3 My favorite subjects in school are art and math. On my page, I am going to tell you a few of my favorite parts about sixth grade at SMS.

Field Trips & Activities
 ---Bake Oven Knob--- We got to hike up in the mountains, so high that we could even see the PP&L building! We looked at and observed birds of prey, and it was a really awesome trip. ---Philadelphia and New Jersey--- Okay, this was BY FAR one of the best field trips I've ever been on. At the Franklin Institute there's tons of activities. My favorite was the giant heart. At the Adventure Aquarium, we saw lots of animals, and we saw a totally awesome 4-D show. ---Bethlehem Community Center--- This trip was just 100% fun. We went to the pool, talked to friends, and it was just great!

Math<3
 In math with Mrs. Yurconic this year, we did lots of projects. We used our math logs for things like 321's and used Macs all the time, too. We learned math chants to remember key terms like whole numbers and rational numbers. We spent less time looking in books, and more time "talking". After we read out of books, we had great discussions. I never felt like I was being rushed, or that the classes were moving to slowly. Math was very interactive and interesting this year.

Social Studies ;)
 We learned about different ancient civilizations. In Greece, we learned all about city-states, and read very...odd stories. In Egypt, we learned about ancient funeral processions and mummification. We even made our own mummies! We had ancient parties, where we ate foods and wore clothes from the civilization we were studying.

English
In english we learned different vocab units out of books. That was definitely helpful, since I've learned so many new words. We gained lots of presentation skills, because we were often participating in group projects, and presenting them to the class.

Science :]
In science we learned about birds of prey, like turkey vultures, red tailed hawks, etc. We then took what we learned to our field trip to bake oven knob. (see field trips and activities) For matter, we made booklets about solids liquids and gases. We also did a really cool gum experiment using triple beam balances. In forces of motion, we learned about Newton's laws, and then made movies in iMovie to show what we had learned.

Reading
In reading we did literary circles in groups. We read stories, like "A Christmas Carol" and then broke into groups and discussed them in groups. The great thing about "Lit Circles" is that you read the book at home, at your own pace. You just need to make sure your finished with your assignment in time for your discussion.