This is Singapore

I am very excited to be in a new school this year. I have recently moved from Singapore. I am exited to meet new friends and experience a new life here. So far my life here has been great in New York. I have made many friends I loved tennis and I have joined a sports club and go there twice a week. I look forward to spending my time in a new town.

Before moving here I loved my time in Singapore. I had many friends and had a lot of fun with them. When my mom told me I was moving I was shocked. I couldn’t believe that I had to leave Singapore. I loved how everything was less than ten minutes away and I loved the view from my apartment.

This year in fifth grade I am excited about Capstone. I am exited about Capstone because I love creating things that I can share. For Capstone I think I will be talking about a charity because there is a lot to say about charities and I want to help out in one. I am also really excited about going to Ellis Island. I am excited about this because I have never been. Also I am excited about studying immigration because it sounds like an exciting topic.

I am excited to study and volunteer for a charity. Mr. B says that when you work in a charity you feel good. I have always wanted to work in one and I hope to do so this year. I think helping out in a charity will be fun.

My goals in school this year is to become a stronger reader because before fifth grade I was not a strong reader and used to read very slowly. I also want to be able to solve difficult word problems because I used to find word problems challenging. Now I will try to grow in solving word problems. I also want to be able to write using more powerful words. I want to do this because I want to make my writing stronger. Another goal I would like to achieve is to settle in to America and to have several friends by the end of the year.

Something I enjoyed this year was going to Northern Westchester BOCES challenge course. I enjoyed this because we did many challenging activities. Also I liked going to the Northern Westchester BOCES challenge course because we had to work together as a team to compete the activities. When we worked together we were able to finish the course faster. I think I learned a lot from this experience. I also loved going to BOCES because it was super fun.

Another thing I enjoyed this year was to be able to go to the Westchester Board of Legislators. I liked this because we got to see a legislator that represents all of my town. His name was Benjamin Boykin. I also learned a lot from this experience. I liked how we were able to pretend that we were legislators and we were able to discuss the topic. I also liked this experience because we were able to learn a lot about how a law was made.

-Antara-