Twelfth grade

I can honestly say that I had never really given much thought to my own literacy journey. Going back in time to find out what that journey looked like was very complicated. I am taking some of my mother’s memories, mixing them with some of my own, and connecting the dots. To do that, I felt that I needed to share more than just my discoveries about my literacy journey, I also need to share some background information. My mother and father were in a car accident when I was five years old. That…

had very little exposure to writing or reading, little to no knowledge of the alphabet, phonological awareness, or concepts of print. Whatever her strategies were, she found a way to get through to me and send me into second grade well prepared. From that point on, my grades were always As and Bs, and positive…

I always enjoyed singing. I sang along to the songs in Disney movies, to the radio in the car, or just at home in my room. I was in choir all year during seventh grade. We sang many songs that year, even one in an African language, but only one song had any solo tryouts. Mrs. Smith picked “Wide Awake” by Katy Perry for us to sing, so we could have at least one modern song. There were three solos in it, I tried out for the first one. The tryouts weren’t in front of the class, but I still had to…

Hawaii Academy of Arts and Science (HAAS) with seventh grade students to determine possible interventions that could support the current sixth grade students’ academic needs as they transition to middle school next year. Based on the data, classroom guidance lessons in the areas of organization, self- and time-management, test taking and homework strategies, and study skills are being implemented to support closing the academic gap with the sixth grade students. This paper provides a plan for…

Something that I noticed in sixth grade about myself, was that I liked to control everything. In the movie, Cameron is trying to control Ferris so that no one will get in trouble. This made me feel more secure, and it made me want to try to get straight A’s. When I think of my 6th grade self, I think of shy and insecure Cameron from Ferris Bueller’s Day off because I too felt that way. In seventh grade, I resembled Sloane, Ferris Bueller’s easy going girlfriend. I, like…

8th Grade Graduation As we sit here today, eagerly waiting to graduate, let’s ask ourselves one simple question. Where would we all have been without teachers today? It’s not just teachers though, it’s the friends we made; the experiences and knowledge that we all gained throughout elementary and middle school too. Even though we are all graduating middle school today, I think I can speak on behalf of my classmates when saying that we all learned so much already. To my teachers, friends,…

overhead. In fourth grade my teacher Ms. Davis always made sure that we all participated. Mostly everyone in the class enjoyed going up on the overhead projector. My teacher taught us to learn these things in a fun way. I remember that fourth grade was my favorite year in elementary school. It was definitely one of the years I developed my writing skills the best. When I was in 5th grade I learned how to analyze characters,…

United States have to deal with, myself included. I moved from El Salvador when I was nine years old. I had to get accustomed to practically a new way of living. I had to get used to a new culture and a new way of communicating. I started fourth grade here and I was put in an ESL class. My first year in school wasn’t as bad as it could have been. My ESL teacher spoke perfect Spanish, which meant I didn’t have to worry so much because if there was ever a time in which I was unable to say what I…

is because most of the subjects we learn at school are by our language. We only have one English class and we focus to learn how to read and write in English when we are in middle school. My English reading story begins when I was in 6th grade. It was in sixth grade when I had an interest in learning English. My English teacher was my favorite of all my teachers because he was the one who gave me a way to learn how to read. His name was Tasfay but all the students call him teacher Tesfaye. He…

after a while of talking to him the urge to play this game got bigger and bigger! So I explained to my dad why I liked this game and he said they were starting a youth football league and I freaked out at the time I was in 4th grade and next would be my time to shine! So fifth grade year comes around I 'm all signed up for football and excited first practice so excited! I get there and I am told I cannot participate because I didn 't have my physical so here I am wondering what a physical is. I…