Category Archives: 6th Grade

My Stock Experience

In Language Arts we did a Stock project! (Yes in LA crazy?) We had $20k to spend on stocks. Of course it wasn’t real money. I didn’t know anything about stocks at the beginning so I just chose popular stocks. Apple, Amazon, General Electric, and Tesla. Sounds smart, until the weeks go by. Every week we checked our stocks. In google sheets we had a formula in so it would automatically calculate it for us. Some days my stocks were up, most days, they were down. I bought a lot of stocks from each company. I mean a lot. So even if one was down (most likely Amazon or Tesla would do this) it would bring my whole total down into the negatives. We also got to make an investing company of our own. Mine was as shown above, Superior Stocks. I even came up with a slogan. But obviously, they weren’t superior because at the beginning I knew nothing.

Did I like this project? Yes, it was a fun long-term project. I learned a lot from it. Like, don’t buy popular company’s stocks. Also, it’s better to buy new companies stocks and hope they go up. We weren’t allowed to change our stocks though. I’ve thought about investing in real life. But my money! I don’t want to lose my money! I mean it’s worth a shot. I would recommend studying or talking with a real investor before doing so! You can also invest like we did before you start. Have a nice day.

 

Window Or Mirror Book

Book

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    Right now I’m reading The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson. Is this book a window or mirror? What is a window or mirror book? No, It’s not a literal window or a mirror. A window book is a book that doesn’t relate to you, but it shows you another story. Like looking out a window at home and seeing a deer run around, you aren’t the deer, but you can see how the deer lives. A mirror book is a book that reflects your life. Let’s say you were adopted and the book is about another kid who was adopted. That “mirrors” your life. 

 

    The Vanishing Stair is a story about the protagonist Stevie. In the first book Stevie is sent to Ellingham Academy, made by the one and only Albert Ellingham. He was the richest person in America and made a school on top of a hill in Vermont for only the finest students. Though, most of them were his friends’ children. Stevie gets invited to this school, while she’s there a series of murders go on. Stevie being Stevie puts herself into the investigation to try and solve the murders. Now, this book would be a window for me. I don’t go to a school made by the richest person in America. Not to mention it’s in Vermont. At my school there isn’t a series of murders going on. So, I think it’s safe to say this book is a window for me. It’s very good you should read it. (Amazon links here)

 

1st book: Truly Devious

 

2nd Book: The Vanishing Stair (Book I’m reading)  

 

Daily Habits

Habit Tracker for February

At the beginning of the school year, we started daily habits. The class did. Daily habit together. What was it? You might ask. We did planks. Now, WHY IN THE WORLD would we be working out in Language Arts class? Well, my LA teacher decided that instead of having us do daily habits and not seeing the progress, she would make it physical. When you plank every day, let me tell you, you notice the difference. Planking was a nice experience and I got to see that when you do something every day you’ll only get better at it.

Here comes January, and no more planks! Now, we are coming up with our own daily habit. We had a January habit tracker that my wonderful LA teacher made for us. (I will link her blog). So I decided that my daily habit would be working out daily. Yes, I know, I know I do gymnastics and soccer and I have them 6 days a week. BUT, if I don’t have a game or competition on Saturday or Sunday, I’m super lazy. Like really lazy. Like I had to force myself to do it. It did feel nice to get moving more though. Honestly, January went 1,2,3,4,5,6,15, 20, 21,22,23,27,28,29,31. 

Now, it’s February. We had to come up with a new daily habit. So I decided (because I’m super unflexible) to stretch every day. So far it’s going pretty well. I haven’t missed a day, yet. For me stretching is just a good way to relax and well, stretch. I think you should come up with a daily habit. (If you haven’t already)  Are you up for the challenge? 

 

What Punctuation Am I?

Exclamation Mark

 

 

 

 

Question Mark

What punctuation am I? That was the question that I saw. Who knows what I am. I could be a period, a question mark, a comma, an exclamation point. I could be anything. But, if I had to pick one, I would say I am an exclamation point. Why, you may ask. I am very loud, I mean VERY. I talk a lot and make my point. I make sure I am seen and my opinion is heard. When you see an exclamation point, what do you think? When I see it I know someone is emphasizing something or making their point or argument heard. Let me be clear with you, I make my arguments heard. It’s just great when people can hear you! See exclamation point. Are you more likely to hear someone being loud with an exclamation mark, or quiet with a period? Now that I’ve explained myself, what punctuation are you?

 

 

Daily Habit

In my LA class, we did a daily habit, planking. To show that doing something every day makes you better at it my LA teacher decided to show it in a physical way. Every 2 days we would go up by 10 seconds. Towards the end we went up by 10 seconds every day.  It was a cool experience and I definitely saw the difference from the beginning to end. If there’s something you want to get better at, take as couple minutes out of your day to practice. It’s worth it.

Now that we are finished with our planking daily habit, everyone gets to start their own. We have a daily habit tracker. Every day that we do it, we mark it in our tracker. My daily habit is working out everyday. This one is something I though I should do, even though I have gymnastics 3 days a week. When I’m not focused to perfecting my skills and I’m at home, I like to go on our treadmill and run. Even for gymnastics I have terrible endurance. I cannot run for long periods of time. Like I said in the first paragraph, daily habits are worth it. You should try them.

My Interests

As you can tell from the photo, I have an interest in soccer. Specifically, goalkeeping. In this photo is Hope Solo, she was an amazing goalkeeper who played for the US National Women’s team. She is now retired and is a commentator for soccer matches. Why am I talking about her, you may ask. She is the goalkeeper I look up to. Now about me. I play for an NCFC Classic Gold team. I one of the teams goalkeepers. This year I started playing 11 v 11 on the big goals. Now let me tell you, I’m pretty short, I’m an ant compared to it. Not to worry because I am working on high balls. Soccer is super fun, and just being there for the team saving goals is great.

Wisdom Tale Comic

 

This is my Wisdom Tale comic. It is The Red and Blue Coat from Africa. I made it using the apps Sketchbook, for drawing, and Comic Life, to make the comic. I chose this wisdom tale because I thought it would be fun to draw.  This wisdom tale also has a deeper moral, I’m sure we have all heard it before but do you ever apply to it.  Overall, the experience of making this comic was fun, but not something I would do again. Think of it as a one time roller coaster. Anyway, if you haven’t already enjoy the comic!

What I Am Reading

 

I am currently reading the book Truly Devious. This book is a murder mystery by Maureen Johnson.  This book is a series but I am currently only on book one. In Truly Devious the beginning is captivating, it takes place at Mr. Ellingham’s school. Mr.Ellingham is very rich so he built a school for gifted students. Ellingham’s daughter and wife were kidnapped by a murderer who goes by Truly Devious. Truly Devious murdered one of the kids at school. Stevie our main character and her friends try and solve this mystery. Do they figure out who Truly Devious is? Do they get murdered? Read Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson to find out!

What I Notice

Someone Lurking in the Darkness

I have scopophobia, the fear of someone behind you or watching you. I tend to notice anyone behind me, I just feel it on my back. I never feel comfortable with my back in the open or in a crowd, I always have to have my back against a wall where I see everything. This fear has actually kept people from doing jump scares from behind as a joke or for Halloween. So in conclusion, because of me fear I can feel or notice someone behind me.