Carol5A+goals+Q4

Goal 1. I should know more in science

How? I should ask questions that I do not understand in science, and also reivew the vocabulary words for 10~15 minutes before going to bed.

2. My second goal is to use new vocabulary words in my writing.

How? I will accomplish this goal by trying to add words in the ceiling to use those words in my writing.

3. My third goal is to read books carefully.

How? I will read over the paragraphs I don't understand, which makes me read books carefully. Also, I can check meanings of the word to make sure the sentence makes sense. (will probably help me to understand.)

DATE: 4.14.08 for goal #1: how am I doing?? - I tried my best to make time before bed to review science, but I couldn't. HOWEVER, during my bus time, (riding bus time) I get a photo copy of pages we learned during science class, and read it through. I read and try to understand the vocabulary words, even though some of those are quite confusing. Also, during the class, I do not try my best to ask questions, even though there are things I do not get. This is because things can too confusing, and I don't get a part,so I try to ask questions. But sometimes I think that the teacher explained that to me before, and get nervous if I will get punished for it or not by not listening. But a few minutes later, a student asked a question that I was trying to ask. So I thought to myself that I will pay attention, so that I know for sure if my teacher had already explained it or not.

for goal #2: how am I doing???- I tried adding words in the ceiling to check the word to write it in my writing. However, I often forget the meaning of it, and just write the synonym for it, which is a rice cake word. So even if I don't want to write the word, I should try to remeber the meaning of the word and use it correctly in my writing;if not, I will try to check the dictionary.(I won't be lazy!)

for goal #3: How am I doing????-I do not easily understand things that are written in the book, so I read it over and over, checking and making sure I know the vocabulary words, until I know what the passage is talking about. Starting from now, I will do the same thing as I did before, so that I can understand the book fully, and completely.

date: 4.27.08

1: I am trying to do my best to understand more what is going on with science, body systems so that I can easily ask questions. But I am not really satisfied with it, since I am not asking enough questions even though I don't get the whole point. But I review science during the time I go to school.

2: I am doing the vocabulary paragraph each week, which means that I am using those words in my writing. Since I got to do that, I am quite used to adding new words. From now on, I should use and add more vocabulary words in my writing.

3:I think I am understanding things clearly because I often ask myself what will happen next. I hope I can keep up the work, and will be able to ask different kinds of questions to myself while reading.

date: 5.19

1: I often review in science and make some time to study for it. But I don't think I ask any questions anymore. This is because I don't have any questions to ask. I hope more interesting information in science will come out so that I will pay more attention and know what is going on. I will then have a lot information since science will probably be more intersting that usual.

2: I think I agree on myself that I am using a lot of vocabulary words in my writing. This will help me to accustom with using the new words, and I will soon think that those are now rice-cake words. Then, I will soon challenge myself to use more advanced words.!!!

3: I think readings are fairly understandable to me these days since I ,read it several times and find and research the definition of the word. Therefore, I realized that reading it several times is very important when understanding.

date: 5.31

1:I try to make some time to review science, but I just do in library. I just thought that there will be some other ways to improve on science, such as clearly outlining important and necessary facts about body systems, which are what we are learning in school these days.

2:I found out a new way to create a piece of writing with new words that I learned. So even though it is not homework, and just to get used to writing with new words, I write with learned words(that I learned recently.)

3: I love reading these days, and I think that is because I can understand things better. Long time ago, I loved reading, too, but it wasn't as much as engaging to me, since I skipped parts that I don't really get. I didn't even understand what is the relationship with the cover(title) and the story, but I think I get it now. When the title is appealing to the reader, there will be something, at least one thing(major one) that is also appealing to the reader. This was what I learned this semester.