Sam

Personal interests:

- playing baseball - playing basketball with my friends - playing my violin - going to karate class

School:

__Math__ - I like doing the math connections and I am learning things that I never knew before about math.

- The different properties such as the distributive property, associate property, commutative property, identity property - The beginning of algebra - PEMDAS - How to estimate volume
 * __What I learned in math class__**

__Reading__ - I like the literature circles. I liked that we actually pick our books this year because we couldn't pick our books last year.

__**What I learned in reading class**__ - I improved my reading skills - Found different books I disliked and liked

__English__ - I didn't like the vocabulary, it did improve my use of vocabulary. I did like that we could go online and study our vocabulary for a better understanding towards our words.

- I improved a little bit with using my grammar skills **
 * __What I learned in english class__**
 * - I improved my range of vocabulary

__Social Studies__ - I love learning about all of the different civilizations back in time, like Ancient China, Mesopotamia, Greece, Romans, Mayans, and the Egyptians.

__**What I learned in social studies class**__ - What makes a civilization a civilization - Different civilizations and what different beliefs each civilization had

__Writing__ - I liked that this year we used more persuading writing because last year we only focused on informational writing and narrative writing.

- I learned how to organized my writing better - I learned how to writ better using persuasive and informational styles
 * __What I learned in writing class__

__Field trips__ - The field trips in sixth grade are really cool. Like when you get to go to the franklin institute and the aquarium, the Philadelphia Zoo, and the Bethlehem Community Center.

**__**Why the field trips were cool**__ - The field trips are interesting
 * - You get allot more freedom in the sixth grade field trips than last years field trips.

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