Immigration Project Reflection

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Have you ever made a video before? Well for my project I had to do just that. Starting the project, I had to come up with 10 to 15 questions to ask my babysitter, Dane. Then I had to put it into a script, which had to be three to four minutes long. After that, I put the script in a template which was very easy because all I had to do was copy and paste it in. When I got to the WeVideo, I had to record and add pictures over and then add music to end it off.

When we started the project, I had to come up with 10 to 15 questions in chronological order. Having to do an interview with someone I know was the easiest thing in the world because it wasn’t awkward at all, and it was very quick. It was even in person, so I didn’t have to record it. Going into the project I didn’t expect it to be this easy, I thought I had to interview someone I didn’t know. From this interview I learned that every person in the world has an interesting story. For instance, I never knew that my babysitter, Dane, immigrated here in the first place. And an even cooler thing, when she was young she would climb trees to pick her favorite fruit mangoes.

After the interview process, we moved on to recording which was really annoying due to the fact that if there was the slightest noise it ruins the whole thing. After getting done with the recording, it was easy putting in the pictures. But then when I listened back to the recording I realized my pictures and recording did not match at all. At that point, I thought I would never finish until eventually in the end it turned out well. Making a WeVideo I learned to go step by step and check your work every 30 seconds so everything was aligned, unlike my mistake. The thing I am most proud of is getting out of the sticky situation I was in and still making an amazing video.

Ultimately, the ups and downs of this project showed me you can get through anything. Even if you have to start over, you can always bounce back. Have you ever had to start over during a project?

 

Feature Article Reflection

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Have you ever made a feature article? Making a feature article was definitely harder than I thought it would. My topic is that being a MLB player is very hard. It was hard to make it because there was a lot of thought put into it and the countless hours of typing was really painful. In the end I think it was definitely worth it. 

In the process of making a feature article there were lots of ups and downs. There were a couple parts that I enjoyed, like the time we had to start putting pictures in our feature article because it was really easy and fun to do. For instance, I put Derek Jeter as one of many pictures which I thought was amazing because I looked up to him as a baseball player every day.  Another part I enjoyed was the time we got to choose our topic. This is because I really love playing and watching pros play baseball. This inspires me to be even better at baseball than I used to be by watching them. A downside to the feature article is the amount of time typing just the same way I am typing this reflection. I had to spend days on end editing and elaborating to make it to the best it can possibly be. Another bad part about the feature article was structuring my writing. This was because I had to see multiple times if things fit or not fit. And despite that I had to make things a certain size which made it really annoying to fit my writing in the tiny boxes. As you can see there have been some ups and downs in my feature article.

In this feature article I also used techniques such as comparing and talking to my reader to get my point across. For example, I compared the speed of a baseball to a formula one car. This felt really nice adding this to my feature article because I know other books that use the same trick to compare things. Another good technique that I used in my feature article was talking to the reader like he was in a conversation. I can honestly relate this when I read Fiction books, it feels like I got sucked in the book but I’m actually just reading it. In the end these tricks really helped out my reading and I even encourage you to try them too.

Towards the end of my feature article there were some things that I was really proud of, such as finishing my feature article. The reason why I’m really proud of this is because after one month of straight painful typing the amount of relief I had I couldn’t even express it into words, how much joy I felt.  Another thing I was proud of was the amount of inspiration I took out of this project. For example, when I wrote about Jackie Robinson, he was the only black person in the MLB. And at one point a lot of people targeted him such as throwing the ball at his head or calling him names. Instead of retaliating he played it cool and inspired more black people to play baseball. Which one point changed the color barrier in MLB forever. This shows all of the stuff that I took out of my feature article and will probably keep with me for a long time.

In the end, I really enjoyed my feature article, even the ups and downs and this was one of my favorite pieces of writing this year. Although I wrote it still taught me something you should know too. If you put in the hours of hard work and discipline for baseball you will succeed like I did in my feature article. This shows however difficult the situation might be, you always have the chance to succeed. Now let me ask you this, are you going to put in the work?

Hope you enjoyed my reflection, here is my feature article!

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Hi, I’m Jesse and I’m running to be 5CL”s student president. I like playing sports and hanging out with my friends. The thing is, most of the time I can’t because six hours of the day, I’m at school . After that I have sports and homework to do. Do you also wish you had more recess during the day? Can I take a break from all of the hard thinking and stress?  Well this always happens and probably for you too. To be less stressed and enjoy your childhood more, vote for Jesse to be your class president.

One thing that I will change in class is that students get more days off. This is because after a week of school you’ve officially spent 30 hrs in school which is more than a day which is crazy! This can also lead to kids being really tired and make them lose focus, and potentially get bad grades. I will make this happen by talking to Mrs. Stile and she will hopefully say yes.

Another thing that I will change in class is having more recesses during the day. This is because during the day kids get very tired from all of the work they do. This can also help them refocus from all of the work they have been doing. I will make this happen by talking to Mr. Borgia and hopefully he will say yes.

I think you guys got my point on why I think I should be president already, on how we should have more recess and more days off. If you want to make all of this stuff happen , vote for me. Wait don’t forget, If you vote for me life in class will be amazing.

 

Board of Legislators Reflection 

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It was September, 24th 2024, and it was the day we went to the Board of Legislators field trip. Personally, I was having low expectations for this trip. But then when I found out I was sitting in a real chamber room where our Legislature Ben Boykin has his meetings, my jaw dropped. “Wow.” I said in shock. I enjoyed many things on this trip such as having a debate and finding out the population of my county. I also learned many things about the Board of Legislator on this trip.

Some of my favorite activities of the Board of Legislators were having a debate in the chamber room, meeting Ben Boykin and going in the committee room. When I went into the committee room I felt like I was in a very important situation. It was like I was the main attention if I was on tv. Another thing that I very much enjoyed was having another debate in the committee room. I said “you should be able to wear whatever you want to school instead of a uniform.” This felt very cool to do. This room is where laws are brought up and decide whether or not they should be a law or not. I liked this room a lot because it had candy which was a great addition to the field trip. The last thing that I felt was one of my favorite things about the trip was meeting our Legislature Ben Boykin. It felt like I was meeting Super Man  knowing that he is a very important person to Westchester County. Knowing this I would like to learn some more things about the board of Legislators.

There were a lot of things that I learned on the field trip but one was how many people live in Scarsdale. We also learned about the different courthouses and what happens in the chamber room. For example, when I found out that 20,000 thousand people live in Scarsdale I said. “Holy Molly there’s less than I expected.” Another thing that I learned was the three different courts. When I found out there were three, I was very surprised. Another thing I learned was that there were three different court rooms: the federal, county, and the Supreme Court. The last thing I learned is where the board of Legislators have their meetings. When I went Inside the chamber room where the legislators debate whether or not a law should be one or not. This made my brain blown away. When I had to speak on the microphone, I said “I feel like there should be vending machines with snacks because it is a nice treat for kids to have.” I thought this was a really cool experience and hope this becomes a real thing in the future.

In the end, this field trip wasn’t that bad and I learned many interesting facts and experienced many fun things. From the time I went into the chamber room, to the time we learned that 1.1 million people lived in Scarsdale. Experiencing these things blows my brain away and wants me to learn more. This is definitely one of my favorite school trips so far. What is your favorite school trip you’ve been on?

 

Last Year Here

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I never thought I would get to fifth grade in my life. But the time came and it’s been the first week. It feels a little weird knowing that you’re the leader of your school and soon enough you will be in a new school. But besides that I hope you had a great first week of fifth grade. And I will show you what mine was.

This past week I have done many new things as a fifth grader and look forward to the things to come. One of the things I did this past week was complete my Identity Map. This was fun because In school you learn about subjects and this was about my life. For example, in fourth Grade we made a self portrait based on the book We are all Wonder’s. “I looked at other people’s Identity maps and thought mine was a piece of garbage.” This made me focus more and made mine very good. “This improved my drawing skills and that’s why I did well in the Identity map.” I said. Another thing that I enjoyed was making the We Make a Difference Project. But there was one problem. “It looked like my hairline was pushed back to the 1982 Ninja Turtle series.” Then later I succeeded and thought this project was really fun. This was because you get to make a self portrait of yourself and then find a quote on the Internet. I chose one by Michael Jordan which I thought was cool. One last thing is playing Wall Ball in PE. I liked playing this game because it involved the whole class, and it involved throwing a ball which I’m good at because I play baseball. For example, When Josh threw the ball at the wall It rolled all the way to the end of the black top. I ran after the ball even though It was going to be a hard throw but I knew I could make the throw because I play baseball. I picked up the ball and I threw It as far as I could and It barely touched the wall. These are just a couple experiences that have happened to me so far and more to come. 

There are a few things that I am most excited this year as a fifth grader

One thing that I look forward to is having a Field Day. This is because it is a privilege as a fifth grader and the whole day you’re playing games instead of doing work. Another thing that I look forward to is the Halloween party. I look forward to the Halloween party because I’ve been to Halloween parties before and they were really fun. This is because you go to the school late at night and you get candy. The last thing that I look forward to this year is the Solar System and stars project. I chose this because It’s cool learning things that are beyond our planet. I look forward to this because one time I learned about the lunar and solar new year. This inspired me to have more interest In our Solar System.

In conclusion, the first week of fifth grade wasn’t that bad and there are a lot of things to look forward to. For example the time we have our halloween party to the day we graduate. What do you look forward to in fifth grade?

 

Blog Post #3 – AmRev

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The feeling of being done feels amazing because now I don’t have to worry anymore about the project. The thing that I enjoyed the most was doing the presentation because then after it I’m done with the whole project. The most challenging thing was adding pictures. This was because It took a while to upload pictures from goggle to WeVideo. If I was going to give advice about this project to the up and coming fourth graders I would tell them to not worry about it. This is because you wont be worried when you present your presentation to your parents.

Passion Project Blog Post

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I chose the history of the New York Yankees because when I was five I started watching the Yankees a lot. As my final project I chose Google Slides so I can present more information about my topic. I enjoyed very much working on the project because this was a team that I have been watching for awhile. If I was going to give advice on what to change about the project I wouldn’t say anything because I thought my teachers did a great job coming up with this project.

Blog Post #2 AmRev!

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I selected a weVideo to present my presentation.  I chose weVideo because this way I don’t have to remember stuff when I can just read it off a piece of paper. Writing my narrative was a pretty easy process because all I had to do was organize my Information and put it in order. The script was a little hard because I had to cut out certain things and time myself and add pictures that have an idea of what to put in WeVide. Creating the Project was hard because for the WeVideo I had to record which took me days to make it perfect and adding pictures took a long time too.

Blog post #1-AmRev

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When Researching about the Declaration of Independence I used Ducksters, Fact Cite, and True Flix. There wasn’t that hard to find Information because there was a lot of Information to write about the Declaration of Independence. If I went back to research again to do something different I would do the same thing because I got my Information relatively fast.

As I move on to the next phase of the project, I am feeling good because I already finished my narrative and only need to record myself and add pictures to my presentation.

Middle Colonies Reflection

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The process of researching the Middle colonies took a lot of websites such as Fact Site, Ducksters, and Pebble Go. Then once I gathered all of my information I took my notes in a packet. Then choose an infographic because I can make my infographic look cool when I can just look something up.

Then after choosing an infographic I had to decorate my infographic while putting my information into sections. I chose the Middle colonies because one of the middle colonies is New York and I am a fan of the New York Yankees. One thing that I thought was hard was putting all of my information into an infographic. This is because I had to think about what wasn’t that important and what was.

The thing that I enjoyed the most was finishing because then I can see the final project.

The most challenging thing was getting all of my information. If I were to go back and change something I would probably only get my information on Ducksters because they gave really good information.