November 26

The Salinas Estate

In English class we were assigned a group project where we needed to create a website for a Ranch in Salinas Valley, California. It needs to be based in Salinas Valley because that is where the story we are reading in English class is located.  The story is called “Of Mice And Men”. In our group we thought of the name “The Salinas Estate“. Our website is a modern take on an old ranch. We wrote about the food they eat, what they can do, their work, and lots of information specific to our ranch. I would love for you to check out our website using the link above.

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October 6

The 5373 Kilometer Legend

How different would the Marathon of Hope be if Terry could advertise his run? This week in English class we were assigned a social media campaign project about Terry Fox. Me and Superstar 31 created a slides presentation that shows different ways Terry could have advertised his run. We used many different tricks to try and capture the audiences attention like comedy and facts. One example of what we did is funny Tiktok posts about Terry Fox. Hopefully people learned from our posts and remembered the greatest Canadian legend who ran 5373 kilometers.

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September 20

My S.M.A.R.T Goals

S.M.A.R.T Goals are goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound. S.M.A.R.T goals are great because you can achieve what you want to achieve realistically. Once you set goals they are easy to achieve because you know what you want to complete. I tried to make my goals as realistic as possible, so here they are:

My S.M.A.R.T. goal is… Two practical steps I can take to achieve this goal are…
Get over 92% on my next three French tests.
  • Study day by day without procrastinating.
  • Practice speaking French out loud with my parents to practice my verb conjugation
  • Doing Duolingo for 10 minutes a day
Making 50% of my shots in the next three games I play for basketball
  • Practicing my shooting at home from close up and far
  • Playing basketball during recess and whenever I have the chance
  • Playing 1v1s against friends and family to practice my shooting mid game.
Being able to bench press 10 pounds more by the end of October.
  • Working out twice a week
  • Focusing on chest exercises 
  • Eating lots of healthy food and protein
Finish 2 books by the end of October
  • Read my book every night
  • Watch less television to save space for reading
  • Read interesting books so I can read quicker
Make in into the gifted program
  • Practice puzzles and patterns
  • Read more books to practice my comprehension skills
  • Learn trivia to help with memory
I want to improve my typing in Hebrew
  • I can memorize where each letter is on the keyboard
  • Practicing Weekly
I want to improve my Hebrew reading
  • By practicing 3 times a week
  • Reading more books in Hebrew
I want to speak Hebrew at home to practice my Hebrew speaking.
  • Speaking Hebrew with my siblings
  • Convincing my parents to let us speak Hebrew at home.

 

May 12

החוק שלי

למדנו על הכנסת וזה החוק שלי:

צריכה להיות לנו בחירה לעשות הפסקה בחדר הכושר

 אני חושב שזה חשוב מאוד כי

לפעמים זה ממש חם בחוץ והייתי רוצה להישאר בפנים.
April 14

Innovation Day 2022

Starting about a month ago, me and my class began learning a new subject. This subject was Electricity. Before we began learning about wires and electricity we learned how to do the scientific method. After we did the scientific method I was really surprised to realize that it came in very handy to create my game and my final project. During this project, I was extremely challenged, as some of the judges saw I am not the best at creating an MLA Cited Bibliography. During the topic of Electricity, I worked hard to try and get a lot of research and it paid off. I also really enjoyed creating circuits and using wires. Even before the project I was excited to use wires. Using wires taught me how to persevere because even though the circuit sometimes got messed up, I persevered and tried again. During this project I learned a ton, I learned how to persevere, I learned how to use wires, and last but not least I learned how to do the scientific method.

March 30

My Creative Writing

In class, we were assigned to do some Creative Writing and I would love to share mine with you.

 

Rubble

One day Jerry and Martha were going for a walk. On their way to their local supermarket, they saw something interesting. They saw that their community pet sellers building was being torn down. Immediately they both wondered, What is going to happen to the pets? “Are they stuck in the rubble?”: asked Jerry. Then Martha Said: Let’s go check and make sure all of the animals are still safe. When they reached the area of rubble they both realized that animals were trapped under it

 

They dug for hours and had extracted every animal except for a big golden Labrador. There was a big chunk of rubble covering it and surrounding it. Then Jerry asked Martha: “Should we go home and get hammers? I don’t think we could lift this on our own.” Martha agreed and they both went home and retrieved two big jackhammers. At home, they dropped off all the other pets and told their parents that they would explain the story to them later and they hurried off to the pet shop. Once they reached the pet shop, they immediately got to work hammering the huge piece of rubble. They eventually reached the dog and pulled him out. He was the cutest dog they had ever seen.

 

They eventually reached home, and their parents were not so happy to have 30 animals in their living room. “What are we going to do with all of them”: said, Mom. “Don’t worry we will figure it out”: say Martha and Jerry. “First of all, we need to brainstorm who would want a dog or cat”: says, Dad. Then Marth remembers hearing about some of her friends wanting cats. So she brings all the cats to her friends’ houses and they are all very appreciative of the deed because pets, at the moment are pretty expensive. Jerry also brings some dogs to his friends’ houses and they all appreciate it as well. When they all reach home, there is only one dog left. The golden Labrador. Martha and Jerry tried to persuade their parents to let them keep it but their parents would not let them have the Labrador. They tried to find the Labrador a house for weeks until Mom and Dad gave up. They let them have the dog!! What should we name it?: says Martha. I think we should name him Rubble because he was stuck in the rubble: says Jerry. That is the perfect name: says Martha.

 

They lived with Rubble for years and years, having fun, playing games, and messing around and they all lived happier ever after.

 

The End