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What Is A Dad?

A dad is someone who
wants to catch you before you fall
but instead picks you up,
brushes you off,
and lets you try again.

A dad is someone who
wants to keep you from making mistakes
but instead lets you find your own way,
even though his heart breaks in silence
when you get hurt.

A dad is someone who
holds you when you cry,
scolds you when you break the rules,
shines with pride when you succeed,
and has faith in you even when you fail…

Happy Father’s Day to all the daddies in the world!  You made a great job!!!

-Written by: Mina Mendiola

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For our dream house project, we had to draw our dream house and color it in using monochromatic colors.

I called my house RedZing because it’s red and ofcourse… amazing!!!

I thought up my dream house by writing down things that no other normal house would have.  Then I started thinking about some of the things my family and I enjoyed doing.  I picked the color red, becuase it has been my favorite color ever as far as I can remember.  Also I thought it would give it a unique feel and a warm glow.  When people go to my house, I would like them to spend a lot of time outdoors.  So I made sure I have a lot of roof space and a courtyard.

If I could build my dream house anywhere in the world, it would either be in the Philippines, Australia or Iceland.  I pick Philippines for my first choice because it is my home of heart.  Australia is my second choice because, though I’ve never been there, I here there is really nice weather there.  Same for Iceland, I heard in a book that’s it’s an amazing place.

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During humanities, we were assigned to do an acrostic about the book Ramose and the Tomb Robbers.

Raised as an heir to the throne, forced to

Abandon his lavish home.

Must now pretend to be a tedious scribe,

Opening an entrance to the afterlife.

Suddenly a flood hits his work place,

Elsewhere he now must work.

Though instead, him and his friends, Karoya and Hapu,

Hurriedly escape to see Ramose’ s father, the pharaoh.

Ending up getting Ramose kidnapped by tomb robbers.

Grimly, Ramose assists the robbers to steal all the alabaster, amulets and the rest of the treasures in King Senusret’s tomb

Robbers captured Hapu soon after.

Eventually Hapu and Ramose help rob another tomb.

Although, there was an accident so Hapu and Ramose were forced to stay inside the tomb.

They finally emerged from a crevice in the pyramid, for Mery, Karoya’s cat led them to safety

Eager to start a new life, they run away to a nearby village.

Scorned heavily by the villagers, they are soon attacked

“The gods will provide,” Ramose announces as he leads his troops away from the villagers and in search of his father

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Prentice Hall Mathematics: Course 2

pg. 411- 412 #24, 28

Question #24:

The rectangle and the parallelogram at the right have the same perimeter.  Why is the area of the rectangle greater than the area of the parallelogram?

The rectangle has a greater area than the parallelogram, because the height of the rectangle is greater than the height of the parallelogram.

Question #28:

a.  Copy and complete the table by finding the perimeter and area of each rectangle.

b.  What happens to the perimeter of a rectangle when you double, triple, or quadruple the dimensions?

c.  What happens to the area of a rectangle when you double, triple, or quadruple the dimensions?

a.

b.  If you double the dimensions, the perimeter would also be doubled. If you triple the dimensions, the perimeter would also be tripled. If you quadruple the dimensions, the perimeter would also be quadrupled.

c.  If you double the dimensions, the area would be four times the original area. If you triple the dimensions, the area would be nine times the original area. If you quadruple the dimensions, the area would be 16 times the original area.

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Reading Reflection

In the beginning of 6th grade, my independent reading consisted of only realistic fiction and fantasy books.

I see I have grown as a reader because I am noticing that I’m reading more books and getting more 100%s in AR lately.

Some challenges I face as a reader are reading different genres.

As a reader, I know I really need to read more (at least one) nonfiction book per month.

My AR goal for the fourth quarter is to get more than 100 points.

Writing Reflection:

In the beginning of 6th grade, my biggest challenge in writing was using less garbage words.  I used to get the two letters GW (Garbage Word)  all over my paper.

In writing, I’ve made the most progress in sentence fluency.  In fifth grade, most of my sentences use to always be all the same.  Now, I can write better and more meaningful sentences.

Some challenges that still remain are getting 100% in conventions when writing.  I always put an unnecessary comma, semicolon, period…  but I’m working on it, and I think I’m getting better.

As a writer, I know I still need a lot of practice to be the best I can be.  I still lack experience in many areas of writing, but feel I’m getting better anyhow.

Social Studies Reflection

My understanding of social studies has expanded, because now I feel like an expert about Mesopotamia.

Some skills that I have made improvements on are working with the application “Pages” on the Mac and making bibliographies on the website “Noodletools”.

Some skills that I still need work on are my note taking skills.  I tend to write down everything when taking notes.

My best work in social studies is the Dar essay I wrote because I got a 40/40.

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