Trimester One Portfolio

Hi, it’s hmsmarim,

The first trimester of school is over, and many things have happened. I think the first trimester was really fun. I have four classes that my best work is in. I will be writing the instructions to the assignments and the explanation of why it is my best work in that class.

Link to my best work in Language Arts: This Texas Hero Saved 17 Lives

Description of assignment: In this assignment, we had to read the Q&A, then create an article that explains almost everything in the Q&A. We then had to finalize the article and type it out on a Google Doc.

I think this is my best work in Language Arts because the story was very interesting to read. I think it is my best work for trimester one because we had to write an article since the story in the magazine was a Q&A.

Link to my best work in Social Studies: Liholiho and Kamamalu Poem

Description of assignment: In this assignment, we had to either write a poem, sing a song, or create a play. Once we chose one of them, we got to start on the assignment. We had to turn it in two days.

I think this is my best work in Social Studies because I worked with hmsjenny and I had fun making the poem. I think it is my best work for the first trimester because we learned about Kamehameha I, Kamehameha II, and Kamehameha III.

Link to my best work in Research Skills: Slap Cards Game

Description of assignment: In this assignment, we had to create a Google Doc with as many Native Bird names as we could. Then we go into groups and create a game with the native bird list, then create it. 

I think this is my best work for Research Skills because I worked with hmsshayann and hmsleilani. I also think it was my best work because we came up with the rules and materials together. I think this my best work because we worked our hardest on this game for a week.

Link to my best work in Technology: Basic Composition Techniques

Description of assignment: In this assignment, we had to find pictures that are Wide, Medium, and Close Up, then put it in the correct places on the Google Doc.

I think this is my best work in Technology because we learned about basic techniques and then we had to find pictures that belonged in the correct place. I think this is my best work because I enjoyed finding the pictures and finding the correct places.


That was my best work in four of the classes that I take. I hope you enjoyed reading my First Trimester Portfolio.

~hmsmarim 

Final Post of the School Year!

Hi guys, it’s hmsmarim,

These are the instructions for my last post this year:

Write a post that includes:
1. What you enjoyed the most this school year
2. What you would have changed if you could redo this school year
3. What you’re looking forward to next school year

Make sure your post includes the following:
– 3 paragraphs
– 2 links
– 1 properly attributed photo

 

The thing that I enjoyed this year was hanging out with my friends that I wasn’t close to last year. I enjoyed meeting new teachers that I had a really good school year with. I enjoyed hanging out with my friends because I haven’t hung out with them since last year, so I was good to see them again. I enjoyed meeting the new teachers because each of them has different personalities like everyone has. This year was full of excitement.

The thing I would change this year is making more friends because then I wouldn’t be so annoyed at people as much as now. I would change that because then the problems won’t be hard to solve. I would change that because then arguments won’t happen and people would be more friendly. There wouldn’t be any name calling or anything like that so no one would get hurt. It would also be on your resume for being a bully.

Stop The Bullying

For next year, I am looking forward to making new friends and having new classes with different subjects, even though we have the same teachers which are good. It is good to have the same teachers because then you don’t have to learn how other teachers are like. I am looking forward to all the field trips and the different learning strategies. I am also looking forward to the homework we get to do because even though it might be hard I’m still looking forward to it. I am looking forward to many things next year for seventh grade.

Life Hacks For Back To School

 

 

That’s all for this year!

~hmsmarim (Mari M)

SBC Week 9: My Best Work

Hi guys, it’s hmsmarim,

This week for SBC I’m going to be talking about my favorite things. I have many things that I like. There will probably be about 10+ things that I like. Some of the things I like will have pictures and some of them won’t.

 

My favorite color:

  1. Light Turquoise
  2. Light Pink
  3. Light Purple

I like all of those colors because they look good together and apart. I like the light colors because the colors are not dark and dull. Light turquoise has recently been my favorite color because of how pretty it looks. All the colors of the rainbow are vibrant and are pretty.

My favorite thing to do on the weekend:

  1. Watch Youtube
  2. Hang out with friends
  3. Stay with cousins
  4. read when I’m bored
  5. Finish homework

Usually, I just watch Youtube all day, but sometimes I take a break and do other things. Nowadays we have to paint our grandma’s house, so I am hanging out with others. Sometimes my friends and I go out to the mall to hang out and chill, or we go to people’s houses and have fun.

My favorite animals:

  1. Puppies
  2. Kittens
  3. Hedgehogs
  4. Red Pandas
  5. Bunnies

I like puppies, kittens, hedgehogs, red pandas, and bunnies because they are all tiny and cute. If you take a look at a hedgehog, then you will think that they are really cute, but some people don’t like them which is fine. Puppies are super cute because of their faces. A ton of people don’t like kittens because some of them are ugly, but I find them really cute. Red pandas are like raccoons, but some of them are endangered because of the places they live in. Bunnies are very cute when they are little because they are very soft and fluffy.

My favorite drinks:

  1. Milk
  2. Water
  3. Orange juice
  4. Sprunch (Sprite+Fruit Punch)
  5. Lemonade

Almost the entire day I either drink milk or water because they are both good for you. Orange juice is also good for you because of how healthy it is to drink. Sprunch isn’t good for you because it has Sprite in it which is soda, but I drink it sometimes when I am with friends. Lemonade I sometimes drink when I am at dinner because normally everyone else gets lemonade, and I really like it when it is not that sour.

My favorite foods:

  1. Chicken ‘n’ Cheese Quesadillas
  2. Mac ‘n’ Cheese
  3. Pizza

I like quesadillas because they are full of flavors. Mac ‘n’ cheese is one of my favorite foods because it has cheese which is my favorite dairy product. Pizza is also my favorite because of the different toppings.

My favorite movies:

  1. Guardians of the Galaxy
  2. Jumanji
  3. Back to the Future

Guardians of the Galaxy was full of adventure and fantasy. Jumanji has sworn in it, but it is really funny when you watch it and understand what is going on. Back to the Future is a fantasy movie that has to do with going back in the future.

My favorite desserts:

  1. Mint Chip Ice cream
  2. Popsicles
  3. Cupcakes

Mint chocolate ice cream is my favorite because it tastes really good and many people like it. Almost every night for dessert, I eat a popsicle. Cupcakes taste good to me if they are vanilla.

My favorite books (currently reading/already read):

  1. Where The Red Fern Grows
  2. Finding Serendipity
  3. Sunny Side Up
  4. Smile
  5. Stardust Stables

These books are my favorite because of all the adventure in the different books because they all have a different story to them.

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My favorite places I would want to go:

  1. Washington St.
  2. Paris
  3. New York
  4. Thailand
  5. Dubai
  6. Bali
  7. Tahiti
  8. Costa Rica
  9. Fiji
  10. St. Lucia

Traveling Ideas

I would like to visit all of these places because of all the good reviews about them, and because of all the beautiful places in those countries.

My favorite flowers:

  1. Lilac
  2. Daisy
  3. Hibiscus
  4. Dahlia
  5. Lily

I like many flowers because of how pretty they are. I love any type of flowers because of all the different colors that they come in.

My favorite sports:

  1. Volleyball
  2. Basketball
  3. Gymnastics

Volleyball is my favorite sport because I played JV at our school. Basketball seems really fun even though I didn’t play this year. Gymnastics is one of my favorites because of the cool tricks I can do.

My favorite stores:

  1. Target
  2. Walmart
  3. Ikea
  4. Old Navy
  5. Ralphs
  6. Trader Joes

I love to shop because then I have a wide variety of things to shop for. Even though we don’t have an Ikea or a Ralphs where we live, I went to LA this March and we went to those stores.

My favorite holidays:

  1. Christmas
  2. New Years
  3. Easter

My favorite holiday is Christmas because every year I get to stay at my aunt’s house and have fun with all my cousins. New years is really fun because I go to my friend’s house and have loads of fun. Easter is also my favorite because I like to hunt for eggs and die eggs.

Easter Ideas

My favorite things to do in general:

  1. Draw/color/paint
  2. Watch Youtube videos
  3. Organize things

Those things are my favorite things to do because my family says that I am an artist and I am very artistic.I watch Youtube videos to keep me entertained for a while, then I get bored after a while. After I get bored I start to organize things because that’s what I enjoy doing!

 

That’s all for today!

If you want to get to know a little bit more about me, then put the question you want me to answer in the comments below.

hmsmarim

 

My Best Work in Language Arts and Math

Hi, it’s hmsmarim,

Today I’ll be talking about my best work in Language Arts and Math. My best work might not always stay this way, but I tried my hardest to find something.

My best work in Language Arts is one of my stories with hmsjenny. We called our writting Puppy Life. The writing is about a girl who begs her parents to get a puppy. I think my best work is that because we tried our hardest to try and think of a story in a certain amount of time. We had to take turns writing in order to finish our story. I think that was my best work because we thought of idea pretty fast and yet got a pretty good grade on it.

Life to Puppy Life: Puppy Life

My best work in Math is the Prime Factorization worksheets. I think my best work is that because I got good grades on them and because they were pretty simple to solve. My Math teacher taught us very well because I got a better grade than usual.

Link to my Prime Factorization worksheet: Prime Factorization Worksheet

Link to another worksheet: Prime Factorization Worksheet

That’s it for today!

hmsmarim

My Best Work in Art, Performance Taiko, and Japanese

Hi, guy, it’s hmsmarim,

Today I’ll be talking about my best work in Art, Performance Taiko, and Japanese.

My best work in Art would have to be The Beauty of Hawaii. The Beauty of Hawaii is where we drew a picture of nature, colored it in with either oil pastels, watercolor, or using acrylic paints. I think that is my best work in Art is because I worked really hard on it and I think that is one of my best paintings.

This is my painting that I painted myself

My best work in Taiko is the song Kadon. Kadon is a mixture of 9 patterns. I think that is my best work because I did very well performing. I think that is my best work because we took a long time to memorize.

 

 

My best work in Japanese is my Japanese tests because I did really well on them. The Japanese tests are pretty hard and I studied really hard, so I think that was my best work.

Link to my Japanese Test: Japanese Test

 

 

 

 

 

That’ it for today!

hmsmarim

My Best Work in Social Studies and Science

Hi, it’s hmsmarim,

Today I’ll be talking about my best work in Social Studies and Science. My best work might not be my best work later on, but that’s what it is for now.

 

I think my best work in Social Studies is my Ancient China notes. I think that is my best work because I wrote good notes to study from.

Ancient China

  1. Location
  • Eastern Portion of Asia
  • The 3rd largest country in the world
  • Biggest population
  • Yellow River
  • River of Sorrow: causes flooding and death
  • River provides water for humans, animals, and crops
  1. Early Civilization
  • The first Chinese to cultivate crops and domesticate animals
  • They also buried their dead in pottery jars
  • The Cishan established a dynasty to rule the empire
  1. Main Cities
  • Dynasties were established by major rivers
  • The rivers provided, trade, water, communication, and transportation
  1. Desserts
  • Ancient China was bordered by two of the world’s largest deserts, which are the Gobi Desert to the north and northwest and the Taklamakan Desert to the west
  • Provides protection, but they also made hard for the empire to expand
  1. Himalayas
  • Several vast mountain changes
  • The Chinese were very successful until they got to the Himalaya Mountain
  • The Himalayan Mountains constitute the world’s highest mountain range
  1. Nomads from the North
  • Nomads are members of a group that have no permanent home
  • The northern nomads were excellent horsemen who used early forms of stirrups and other equipment to control their horses
  • Allowed them to fight better with horses/horsemen
  • The Great wall was for keeping invaders from the north
  1. Trade Network
  • The same geographic elements that protected China from outside forces also made trade by overland routes extremely difficult
  • Because the land mounts were limited, hey had to use sea routes to expand their trade
  • Cultural exchanges were also limited by ancient China’s geographical barriers
  • This limited the areas where the Chinese could trade

Confucius

  • Lead him to believe that people we would be good by virtue
  • If you are honest with each other and respect them then you are their friend
  • Because of Confucius, so the government would treat people the right people that were only honest and respectful
  • Taoism was found by the Laozi
  • Taoism was the way to live
  • Balance in harmony is the Yin (is bad) Yang (is good)

Qin Dynasty

  • The Qin Dynasty set up a government based on districts so the emperor had an easier time with the empire
  • This is copied by other governments later
  • He expanded China which is now big and powerful, he tried the same with Korea, Japan, and Vietnam
  • Wudi united China under a central government based on Confucianism and expanded into Vietnam and Korea through trade

Those were my notes that I took.

My best work in Science would have to be Marble Run 1, 2, 3, or4. I chose that because we had to work in teams of 3 or 4 and my group was hmskailey and hmsryden. Marble Run is where you build a roller coaster out of tape and foam pipes.

I took a picture of this for an assignment in Science

That’s it for today!

hmsmarim