5A-SallyK-Q4Goals

=My 4th Quarter Goals=

__**1.To give a speech that people can understand clearly**__

How?:When I give a speech, I mumble, pause for a ling time, and don't say clear words. To fix this problem, I'll practice practiceveryday reading outloud.

__**2.Increase Independence**__

How?:When I have questions in the durections, I will read the direction again and obtain all the imformation, and see what partner is doing.

__**3.Do your best!**__

How?:Think I can do it, and don't give up. Your can know that by seeing the tests, quizzes, and worksheets. If the directions are not underlined and doesn't show any hard work with sloppy handwritting, I would know I didn't do my best.

April 8, 2008 Tuesday

__**1. To give the speech people can understand clearly**__ I have practiced reading out loud at home for couple of days. But, when I went to the trip, I forgot everything and didn't practice a single day. Today, Mr. Sickles asked me to read a short paragraph Social Study text-book. I mumbled and paused too often. I think I read like this becasue I didn't practice enough. I should start to read a book out loud for thirty minutes everyday. I will post a post-it note on my desk and keep remind myself to practice.

__**2. Increase Independent**__ I guess I gained independence becasue I don't ask silly questions to Mr. Sickles or tutors at home. I now don't ask silly questions during the test. I try to read the queation carefully by reading it more than twice. Howerver, I asked a silly qusetion today becase I asked where to sign in the Thank You card. The answer was pretty obvious. That was a silly question. From now on, I will observe before I ask a question. Also, I need to remember to box the key words in the question so that I will keep in track of the multi-questions.

I don't give up easily these days. But I don't do my best on my math and reading quiz because I am keep forgetting to box the key words and sometimes I get distracted when I solve the multi-directions in one question. I also don't always take proper notes. So I will work on this goal next week.
 * __3.Do your best__**

April 11, 2008 Friday

__**1. To give the speech people can understand clearly**__

I tried the best to keep my promise to read book outloud. On Wednesday, I read __Chinese Cinderella__ outloud for thirty minutes. Some vocabularies in the book were long and hard to read for me. On Thursday, I read the science texbook outloud because I had to study for science chapter. The vocabularies in the textbook were easier to read than __Chinese Cinderella__. Today in school, elementary school students had to read their stories to each other at the assigned group. I was nervous and made few mistakes when I was reading mine. I will also have to practice reading confidently infront of anyone.


 * __2. Increase Independent__**

I think I am still struggling with this goal. I am still asking obvious questions to Mr. Sickles and my other teachers. I got better at making myself to box the key words on the directions. This helped me to focus on the direction with caution. But, I am not trying to solve the problems by myself. When I strike a difficulty, I immediately ask for help to people near me. This is my habit, and I will have to learn how to resist asking for help too often.

__**3. Do your best!!!**__

I am also strugglong on this goal. Here are two reasons. This goal is connected with the second goal because immediately asking for help to people near me is not doing my best. The another reason it that on Thursday, I made lots of accomplish mistakes on problem solving questions because I skipped the important keywords. I think this goal will take longer time tothan I expected.

April 26, 20008

I'm everyday practicing reading out loud for thirty-minutes every day. I can feel that I can read words clearly instead of mummbling the hard words. However, I am very bad at reading in a constant speed. Also, I have been very shy to read a text- book page infront of my friends. I am ashamed for all of this, but i believe that this would be fixed when I constantly practice reading out loud every day for thirty minutes.
 * __1. To give a speech people can understand clearly__**

__**2. Increase Independent**__ I was not so good at being independent this week in my home. I kept asking people around me for simple spellings and ovious answer even if the dictionary and the answer was right infront of me. I think I should set up a new goal, not to be lazy becasue this shows me I am very lazy to look up the words or imformation when I have everything. To fix this problem I will work silently and where no peopole are because I can't ask any questions then. I would have to look them up.

__**3. Try your best**__ I bet always the goal two is related with this. As we can see in the goal two, I am not trying my best. I am dependent to people. This clearly shows again that I am very lazy. I will have to use the same way as goal two to fix this problems. Another thing that proves me I am not trying my best is doing my homework carelessly that before becuase I am not using the times for the projects carefully. This teaches me use the time very wisely.

(I never knew three goal can cause me to have more that three goals.)



Goals (5/30/08) **1. To give a speech everybody can understand** These days I have not practiced reading a book out-loud for thirty minutes. However, I think reading a speech paper for school projects for more than thirty minutes everyday infront of my family will help me to give a speech that every body can understand. So, I think I gave the good speech on Philippines. However, I know I have to practice more because I cannot give a good speech without practicing a lot infront of the crowd.

__**2. Increase Independent**__ I haven't thought about this since I wrote last times' goal achievement. However, I think I increased indepent because I don't ask obious questions and spellings to my teachers or tutors. I usally look in the dictionary ot read the directions over and over again. I wish I wil increase more independent forever.

__**3. Do your best**__ I think I am never trying my best this year!!! Because I am a very lazy person. I think I complished the gaol comparing to my brother and play like rabbit in the "Rabbit and a Tortoise".... Not to make this problem I shall compare with myself instead of others as my parents tell me. 