Top 5: Blog Posts

1. Go Math!: Chapter 6 Mid-Chapter Checkpoint
2. Beavers
3. Going to Gabon
4. Catalina
5. Waffle House

Top 5: Language Arts

1. Weslandia
2. Special Effects in Film and Television
3. American Slave, American Hero
4. The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
5. The Midnight Ride

I like Weslandia the best because it's about a boy that created a new world. I have always wanted to create a world where I am miniature and everything else is huge. It was also a good book for imagining that you lived in the same place as the characters. 

Top 5: 5th grade

5. Pre-Coluumbian Village

4. State Project

3. NaNoWriMo

2. Life and Death

1. How to Draw

6th GRADE!!!! It's SUMMER!

15 Book Challenge

 

The book I would most highly recommend to a friend is Wings of Fire the dragonets prophecy because it's the best of the whole series with the most action and drama.

Florida State Project

Florida State Brochure and Notebook

Sample Notebook Pages

Science Notebook

CELLS

PLANT SYSTEMS

HUMAN BODY SYSTEMS

WATER RESOURCES

WATER CYCLE

WEATHER

SOLAR SYSTEM

ATOMS AND ELEMENTS

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS

MATTER

Alvin Ailey Response

Alvin Ailey created Revelations based on his life experiences. What dance would you create based on your life experiences?

Life is a Celebration

https://youtu.be/D1qKVZnFAEc

The Study of Mummies

My group's scientist is an archaeologist. This scientist could investigate where a mummy comes from in the world. A question an archeologist would ask is: Where in the world did the mummy come from? This would help an archeologist understand what its culture may have been, how the mummy may have lived, what it wore, and what it ate.

To know where a mummy was found, scientists take good notes about where a mummy is found in the field. If you don't know where a mummy was found, you could also look at how the mummy was made because different mummies are made in different ways in different areas. Archaeologists use grids to divide the study area to describe where remains are found. Archaeologists can also use computers and 3-D imaging to model the mummy and see how it was made. For example, in the Nova video, The Emperor's Ghost Army, scientists used 3-D images to remodel missing pieces of artifacts.

Archaeologists are sometimes challenged when they find new evidence that has never before been discovered. To investigate the new evidence they would look at all of the artifacts found in the environment to help understand the new culture. They could also look for similar artifacts in the surrounding area because the groups may have been similar.

Archeologist may never know for sure where a mummy comes from because there could always be new evidence that adds new understanding. For example, we could learn that mummies were moved over time. Or, technology in the future might help us better understand human history. 

Violin Recital

Sonata by Handel

https://youtu.be/NM1l99YxvG8

Jam Session

Mia and Nick Jam Session

https://youtu.be/NRW2r_4Ihws

Amazing Words

Perspective

fairy at the top of the long stem with dew drops

train coming down the tracks

Go Math!: Chapter 11 Test

Irish Limerick

I was running through the hills

I was running there all night

I was running through the hills

To catch my ship tonight

I was searching for my true lover

It’s a search I will not cease

I will search all the water

And the Seven Seas

Though the wind was icy frigid

But it shall not yield me

I shall find my true lover

And I will succeed

And the wind will push me away

To my true lover today

Special thanks to Nick and Brian for their collaboration on this project.

Birds and Bats of Orange County

Go Math!: Chapter 11 Mid-Chapter Checkpoint

Go Math!: Chapter 10 Test

Mia's Unexpected Diary (REALISTIC FICTION)

DAY 1

Hi diary today the teacher told us that we were going to have a contest of who could write the best book with pictures about history. I am so happy about that because history is a little bit of my specialty. And as usual that brat of the class thinks she can win. Well we only have three days so I should get along.

DAY 2

Hi diary today I saw the brat having trouble on her report. She had it coming. Ha. OK so that was kinda mean but common. Well OK I'm gonna go help her. About half an hour later. OK so I helped her maybe she's not that bad. Well have to get going.

DAY 3

Oh my gosh! 2 things that brat won because of me and said she did it all even though I helped her through the whole thing! And 2nd she gave me the award after school because I helped her. She was actually nice to me! So unexpected.

Tustin Labyrinth

4/19/16

This is one of my favorite places to visit. My favorite spot in the garden is the waterfall. I also like walking around the labyrinth. I first went to the Tustin Labyrinth with my Aunt Kim. This time, it was fun to show my mom my favorite spots.