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My Capstone Experience

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You’re in front of a lot of people, your hands are sweaty, public speaking is not your thing. You’re trying to remember your lines. Well this is Capstone. Have you ever done Capstone? Well I had to. It is a project that you do at the end of fifth grade. By now I think you are wondering what my topic is. It is Artificial Intelligence.I had to do so many things for example do research, write an essay, make a script template, and present the final product. You could choose a ted talk or a WeVideo. I chose TED Talk.

Ok now let’s go back to the start of capstone you have to choose a topic that you’re interested in and something you don’t know that much about as you know I chose AI. So for the first part of the research this process was long and took two weeks. As you can tell this part is really important because if you don’t have the research then what are you going to present? I had to research my sub questions that mean stuff to help me answer my big question. My sub questions were who and how was AI created, what was AI like when it first started, what are the major ways it has changed, how is AI advancing, and how is AI being used today in schools, businesses, and everyday use? I used a lot of resources such as books and websites. There wasn’t anything that was too hard but some information was hard to find.

The essay. A long writing piece is long and takes a long time. It is meant to put everything together and when I put mine together I found out that I think that AI will change so much more than it already is. For some stuff that was challenging I think it was the typing, and putting all my research together. It was nice that we had A week to do the essay. It was not that hard we already had the research we just put it in. But the one thing that made it harder was it had to be three pages and mine was not so I had to do more research and that annoyed me because research is hard. But it was not that much research so I was ok. If you would like to see my full essay click here.      

Script template. It is where I shorten my essay down. I hate this so much because we did all the hard work to do the research and that took two weeks to do. But it needed to be under six minutes because you did not want people to be staring at someone talking for ten minutes. Like I said you can do a WeVideo or a TED Talk. And I chose TED Talk but why. I wanted to do it because I did a WeVideo and it took a long time to make. I did not do a TED Talk so that is why. If you would like to see my script template click here.       

After all this work I am almost done. It is time for the final product. But there is so much more work you need to make a slideshow. It is not that hard but it might take a while. It is about twenty slides long. Memorizing it took me a while but you wrote it you should know it. But after a while I got it and I just need to practice for a little bit so I have it fully in my brain. And I need to present it. I got this. It is my end of fifth grade project so I should be great and I am great.

All and all, Capstone was a good experience to do a big project and it will help for middle school. And it is so much fun to learn facts from others and they will learn from yours. 

If you would like to see me present here it is.

 

 

Happy Halloween

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Boo! you get your costume on its darkout side. It’s halloween you’re so excited you get your bucket outside for the trick or treaters. You get your bucket to trick or treat you thinking “it’s going to be a great night”. In this reflection you will see what I did over halloween in school and at home. And if you want to know what my costume is read till the end.  

This is what I did In school. In school there was a halloween party. There was a gym and cafeteria. The gym was where we played fun sports like gaga, football, soccer and basketball.the sports were fun my favorite was soccer but it was hard to play in my costume. I appreciate the decorations and Gaga was fun but the problem was the pit didn’t really close. Now to talk about the dancing in the cafeteria there were DJ’s. There was a part that was food and water and then there was another part of the room that was a bunch of candy. In my head I was thinking”  this is an unhealthy amount of candy for one person to have”. and I played like the most popular song. and then for the Halloween parade the Halloween parade was fun but it was 2 minutes and then we took 15 minutes to say hi to our family and take a lot of pictures I think the Halloween parade is pretty unnecessary because you could just see other people in the halls but it is kind of nice to see your parents on a school day. school was an amazing time  but I bet you being at home during Halloween is even better. 

Staying at home is great but staying at home during Halloween is even better. Why I like staying home during Halloween is I get to go trick or treating with my friend  and I get to trade candy with my brother. It’s a win-win. Most people don’t really understand the meaning of Halloween. It’s to scare people. I like Halloween because sometimes I make up these creepy stories. Halloween’s also amazing because my birthday is before it. Another part I love about Halloween is I get to get decorations for my house. I like decorations because it makes more people come to your house but sometimes if you have too many decorations some people might get scared of them. At my house we don’t have that many decorations. I like having a lot of decorations but the small ones I have at my house are a small Phantom, a witch, a light up pumpkin, and a ghost. Another thing we do at my house is costumes. I need to have a cool costume or else Halloween doesn’t really matter. So without further ado my costume was a hot dog. My dogs also got a costume and they were bananas. That’s what I did at home for Halloween. 

In conclusion I had an amazing time at home for Halloween and at school. I can’t wait for another fun year of decoration, costumes and trick or treating and another fun year with my friends. 

Home Of The Brave Refletion

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Oftentimes in literature authors have windows and mirrors. In the book called Home Of The Brave by Katherine Applegate, The main character’s name is Kek and he is a refugee who is from Sudan and moved to America his mom is missing and the rest of his family is dead. I had widows and mirrors and here I will share them. Windows and mirrors are something that shows you and a window is something that is new to you. 

I never had to realize the wealth and  privileges in America but Kek realizes the wealth and privileges. For example he went to school and he went to his class room and his teacher told him to sit at a desk but  he said “no man can afford such a nice desk like this”. Also when Dave was showing him the new technology on earth he learned what a lock a light switch was. He thought a washing machine was for cleaning dishes. And that is why kek does not realize the wealth and privileges. I never felt this way because I never stopped and thought I Just used the thing. 

Another window for me is learning a new language. Kek learned a new language. His first language was an African language but it did not state it in the story. One way this is a window is because at school he goes to a class where he learns how to speak english and everybody speaks a different language. Another example is that learning a new language is a window for me because he does not know what a lot of words are so when he hears a word like in french fries he needs to know what those words are to extend his vocabulary. He also is learning a new language so he might get confused with other words from his old home. 

And that is why in the story home of the brave the main character Kek realizes wealth and privileges and learns a new language. I can tell that doing these things were hard but Kek kept trying and that is why the book Home Of The Brave by Katherine Applegate is a great book.  

First Week of School

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Beep beep the alarm goes off. It is the first day of fifth grade and you don’t know who your  teacher is. If this is your situation, you better read on. You will learn What I Enjoyed This Past Week and Why and  What I Looking Forward to This Year and Why. You might really enjoy this.

There are many things I enjoyed about the first week of school, like the fours fours challenge. It challenged me to do the math equation. It was also fun. I did not finish it but when working with my friends I did. It made it easier.  Also, I enjoyed learning about the three branches of government which are, legislative, judicial and executive. So if I am in the government, I know what to do. Let’s hope that I will be president one day. Finally, locker signs. It was a way for me to be creative with my favorite colors: orange, blue, and yellow.  I made patterns with shape and lines.Of  course my name is on it in big letters and little letters. And this is what I enjoyed.

 There are many things I am looking forward to this year in fifth grade. For instance, I am looking forward to the Halloween party because my birthday is a few days after.  I can’t wait to wear my great costume. It is classified. Also ,I am excited for the volleyball game because I can’t wait to beat the teachers. Finally, I am excited to go to the Bedford ropes trip and climb on a school day.  

Overall, That is what I Enjoyed This Past Week. It was a great first week.  I can’t wait to share about the classified costume and when we beat the teachers in the volleyball game. Also, if I make it back alive from the Bedford ropes course. What was your year like in fifth grade? I hope we have an amazing year.