Category Archives: Social Studies

The Journey Through CapCon

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Lots of people have done presentations. But did you have to write an essay? Make slides with photos? Make a script and memorize it?  And even make a blog post about it? (This is the blog post) Well.. My question was “What are the contributions Ben Franklin has made to America as an inventor, writer, scientist and politician?”

I think that my research went well, Since Ben Franklin is famous, and there are a lot of sites, but not all of them are reliable, some of them say he invented daylight savings! Even though he didn’t invent it! So it was hard finding what was true, and what was fake. But after a long period of researching and finding out what was true and what was fake I had gathered enough research. Even though it was easy and hard finding my research it was also fun!

Writing my essay was challenging, I had to find what research to put in the right paragraph. I also needed to hook the reader in, so I needed to use the right words and also make some puns! When I finished my essay it had about six hundred words and was one and a half pages. I thought this was enough until I realized that it had to be three to five pages! So I extended my essay giving more evidence. In my essay I talked about the contributions Ben Franklin has made to America as an inventor, writer, scientist and politician. My essay is in this link: Capstone Essay.

Since I already talked about making my TED Talk I want to talk about why I chose it. Wevideo was a pretty good option too. But I really wanted to express my Capstone in talking, Not making a video about it. Making my script was easier than I thought because my essay Was formed into my script. Still, I had to change a lot of things but it was still fun. Each part of my script consisted of one slide. And each slide had to be 10-15 seconds! But after I had finished it it was 3 minutes and 18 seconds! My Script is in this Link: TED Script Template – Capstone. 

Making the TED talk took a lot of work but it was fun and challenging. One thing that was challenging was Memorizing, Memorizing took a lot of work, knowing it was over five hundred words! I also had to make slides and the photos had to match what I said, and that was hard because there were not many photos of Ben Franklin and his inventions. But after I had memorized it and finished my slides it turned out to be pretty fun! 5E – Eli – Capstone – Ben Franklin

Overall doing Capstone was pretty fun and challenging, Who knows? Maybe you will be doing a presentation like this one day?

 

Singapore to America, Interviewing Cheryl Fox

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A while ago I was given an assignment to interview someone. I thought that it was just another homework project, but it turned out to be really fun. I decided to pick my mom, who was from Singapore, and I learned a lot of things about her that I never knew before!

Preparing for the Interview was pretty fun! But before I could conduct an interview I needed to have fifteen questions. Like where they’re from, why they left, how they got here and their life today. I went on two different websites, Storyworks, “FouSample Interview Questions and Interview Tips pdf Effective Tips for Conducting an Interview and Sample Immigrant Interview Questions. These two sites helped me make fifteen Interview questions for my Interviewee (my mom). That is why preparing for the interview was way funner than I thought!

Doing the interview was way funner than I thought! Since I finished my questions I have to interview my mom. Since it was not someone who is far away like my grandma or grandpa I could speak to my mom in person so it was way easier. Another thing I learned is that to be an interviewer you have to be patient, and sometimes you have to ask them to repeat the answer. One of the interesting things that I learned about my mom is she was a news anchor in Singapore! That is why doing the interview was fun!

In conclusion, doing the interview was great! Making the questions and interviewing! I would like to know… Would you want to be an interviewee or an interviewer?

Field Trip Fun!

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WOW! The Bedfords Ropes course was a BLAST! I really loved it! Wait a minute… Obstacle courses? Rope swings? Cliff jumps? It is all in the Bedfords Ropes course trip! That is what I am going to talk about, I am going to talk about my top three favorite courses on the Bedford Ropes and what I learned about many things!

There were a lot of fun challenges that we did at the Bedford Ropes course and it was awesome but, luckily I was able to narrow it down to three things that I enjoyed the most. My third favorite thing that I really enjoyed at the Bedford Ropes course was the rope swing it was really fun swinging from one platform to another, but it was also challenging because the platform was very far away and if the people in the team touch the ground three times then everybody on the team had to restart the course. It was really fun because the teams had to find out ways to try going farther! My second favorite thing that I really enjoyed in the Bedford Ropes course was the rope bridge game, that was when our group was split into two teams, each team had to get to the other side with balancing and not touching the ground. That was hard because there were about fourteen people on one rope but there were ropes on top of it to balance you. Not only that but, you can not touch people on other teams and you start on different sides! My favorite thing that I really enjoyed at the Bedford Ropes course was the Lava course and that was the most fun out of all of the courses! It had beams that you had to balance on and hop on one to the other. Also it went up trees! Another thing that was on the lava course there were metal wires that you had to balance on but, trees were checkpoints! After that you had to jump from swing to swing to get passed! Those were the top three things that I liked about Bedford Ropes! 

On the Bedford Rope course I learned a whole lot of things, these are the three things that I learned on the Bedford Rope trip. First, I learned that I am better at balancing than I thought! I learned this when I was on the metal tight wire and I also realized it on the lava course on the beams part of it! One thing that I learned from a classmate, Charlie. Is that he is really good at rope swings and has good strategies to go further on the rope swing. Watching Charlie do that helped the whole team because after that they were doing it and it made their group more successful. One thing that I learned about teamwork on the trip is when everyone is listening and the people in the team come up with something that works for everyone. It is almost like a guarantee that the group will do very well, and that is what my group did! Those were the things that I learned about myself, someone and teamwork! 

Overall the trip to Bedford Ropes was really awesome! It was so much fun experiencing  things like that!. Especially the Lava course that was my favorite, the Bedford Ropes course taught me a lot of thing but enough about me, I still want to know what is your favorite field trip?

 

My Identity Map Project!

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I have just finished my Identity map. It is putting everything about you into drawings and words on one single piece of paper. It is interesting how an identity map can represent so much about you! Keep reading to find out the three things that I really like about my identity map. These are the top three things on my Identity Map that make me! The first thing is Legos, it’s really fun! Also, it is because I have been playing with Legos most of my life, and even today I still do it. I have done almost all the sets! The second thing is golf. It is my favorite sport even though most people only think it is hitting a ball with a stick. The third thing is my dog. My dog is a big part of me because when I come home I am always excited to see my doggie. It is a huge part of why I am looking forward to going home every day, It is one of the highlights of my day! Those were the top three things that I like about my identity map! 

  There are tons of things you can learn about your classmates just from their Identity Maps. so These are the three things I learned about my Tablemates The first thing I learned was that Vaed was from Boston! That was something that I did not expect to hear! (or read!) that! The second person I learned about was Avery! I did not know 

that she skied or played basketball, flag football, tennis, softball, or even lacrosse! This was surprising because I actually never asked her, and I was surprised that she did that many sports. Lastly I learned that Abby likes Harry Potter. 

That was pretty cool because I really like Harry Potter too! And those were the three things that I have learned from my Tablemates just by looking at their Identity Map. 

Making our Identity maps has been so fun and there are other things and there are a bunch more things that we are going to do in 5th grade! But before I say more… I want to know… how has your school year been so far?