My Learning Profile

I learn best when the teacher writes what we are supposed to do on the board. I like this way of learning because if I ever forget what I need to do in class, then I can look at the board. If the teacher tells us what to do by talking, I will probably forget what to do. That has happened to me a lot of times and after a while some of my teachers found it annoying because I would keep on asking them questions. In all, I like this because I am a visual learner.

When I am in class and learning, I need to have a pen with me because I often like to click it or flip it. This is another thing that I find drives teachers crazy. It drives them crazy sometimes because if they are not gestalt, they often don't do that kind of thing. Also last year I often got in trouble because I would click and click and they would get really annoyed so I had to stop and when I stopped, I often lost interest on what we were doing. Also when I am in class, I have to sit in a place where I can see easily with my left eye. Also, I have to sit in a place where I can hear with my right ear easily because when we did the tests to see which side of the body (leg, arm, ear, eye) we were, I found out that I am all right except for my eye. Those are some things I need to do when I am in class. I would like my teachers to know this about me.

My 10 Memories

Taylor Mali, a famous poet that is known world-wide came to ISKL. He told us about his life and all his techniques for when he got up on all the stages and told his poems. He encouraged us to dig deep down into our memories and find ten and write about them. Here are some of mine.

I remember the time when I was two and I cut my head open at my favorite pizza restaurant.

I remember the time when I got the best present ever on the worst day of my life.

I remember the time when I had just finished school and my grandmother picked me up for a change and I asked her why she picked me up. She said that I had gotten a baby sister.

I remember the time when I got in a car with my dad and I kick the gear shifter by accident and the car rolled all the way down the hill.

I remember the time when i was in a ring floater in the pool and I accidentally bent down and my head went into the water and stayed there for about 15 seconds and when my mom noticed she jumped into the pool and got me.

I remember when I was about 4 and my croc got stuck inside an escalator

My name-Norman

It means Northman, which refers to a viking. It is from an old Germanic name. Throughout my whole life, I have never wanted to change my name because since I was little, I asked my mom what Norman meant and she said that it meant viking so ever since that time, I have loved my name. If I did want to change my name, I would change it to Jamie because I think it is a cool name. I have had a nickname and only my sister calls me by it. She calls me “Abang” because in Malay, “Abang”, means big brother so that is why she calls me that. I have been teased about my name when a friend of mine called me “Norman the doorman” and that made me really mad and he would not stop, so everyday he would come up to me and call me that. I said ok fine, he is calling me that so I shall call him Spongebob Squarehead. I did not want to be mean or anything but because he made me mad and would not stop, I called him that.

Before I was born, my mom and dad were expecting a girl because that is what the doctor said so they were coming up with names and my mom said that I would be called Jane then my dad said no because he wanted me to be called Harley. He wanted me to be called Harley because he loves Harley Davidson motorbikes and I have been riding with him ever since I was three. When I was born though, I turned out to be a boy so my mom and dad were like “uh,oh”, so they decided to name me Norman because that was my great grandfather’s name.

Me in Three

When I take the first step into my room, the thing that first think about is my laptop. I think about my laptop because everyday I am always on my laptop whether is it a game or Facebook. For I am on my laptop everyday, it is pretty much something that represents me. Ever since my dad showed me a computer game when I was little, I loved computers. It was so fun because the game I played was really colorful When I was a little kid, I enjoyed looking and playing with colorful things. One day in fifth grade, I waited by the car pickup/drop off place was with my friend Sam and he had a Macbook laptop and he was playing a cool game. I was talking to him and I said “Boy, I wish I had a laptop” and I didn’t feel sad After about ten minutes, Sam died in his game and my mom came. What a coencidence I grabbed my bag, said bye to Sam and walked to my car. My mom told me that there was something special waiting for me at home. The whole car ride home (2 minutes) I was wondering what it could possibly be. Finally we got home. I dropped my bag and ran upstairs. Before I got to the top, my dad stopped me, he made me close my eyes and he walked me up the stairs. I got in the room and said that I could open my eyes and when I did I was like there is nothing here! Then, I saw something on a box that said Macbook. I could not believe it! I got a macbook. I thanked my mom and dad so much and they both helped me set it up and the exact same one I am using right now. That is one thing that I think represents me.

Another thing that I think that represents me is my Rockband box. In case you did not know, Rockband is a game that I play on my PS3 and it is pretty much a virtual band where you go on tours with like a guitar or drumset. This was another thing I got for my birthday. For my tenth birthday I got some PS3 games, a PS3 and my mom said I could not have an electric guitar until I am twelve, so my dad decided that because I could not have a real electric guitar to get me a virtual electric guitar. That day was an awesome day because we went to the themepark with all my friends, had an awesome birthday cake and some pretty epic presents. That is another thing that I think represents me.

The final thing that I think represents me is my radio. I chose my radio because everytime when I walk in my room, even when I go to bed, I turn on my radio. I love music. Music to me is like a second sister. Sometimes when I have a bad day at school or I loose a piece of paper that was really important, I would turn on my radio and most of the time it would cheer me up. My Ipod also goes with that because my radio is where I put my ipod if I need to charge it. Also I can record the music from the radio and play it on my Ipod. My Ipod was the second electronic thing I have ever got. I got it in 4th grade and I really like it because that is sort of like my second planner. I can store phone numbers, games, music and other things that are on there and because I always use my ipod, sometimes I store my homework on there. All in all, those are the three things that represent me when I walk in my room.

Norman-bio poem

Norman

I’m sporty, nice, funny, helpful

I have many relationships which include my parents, sister and friends

Things that I love are off road vehicles and rugby balls

Three feelings that I have felt are sadness, happiness and stress.

Three fears that I have are lightning bolts, snakes and sometimes even my sister

Some of my accomplishments was when I got an A on a really hard test and it was also when my team won a rugby tournament

Before I die, I want to experience skydiving and awesomeness

Lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Salim

The End Is Near

1) The piece of work that I am most proud of is the one literature circle that I got an A+ on. I am most proud of that because at the start of the year, I would get b's and c's on them and then in the middle of the year, I started getting a's on them and that lasted until now. Even though in fifth grade we did lit circles, you only had to do one part of a lit. circle. At the start of 6th grade, we had to do a full lit. circle and then later in the year, we had to do double that. Those are some reasons why that is the piece of work that i am most proud of.

2) One of my greatest challenges this year was just to fit in. It was one of my challenges because the whole "middle school" thing was really different than elementary. After watching some movies about middle school, I've seen that the high schoolers bully the younger people and in my case, I am one of those "younger people". Another challenge for me this year was the homework. In fifth grade, every friday we didn't have homework. Also we always thought we had a lot of homework but come to think of it now, it's nothing compared to sixth grade homework. My final challenge this year is math. When I first started math at ISKL in third grade, I actually enjoyed math. As I kept on moving up to higher grades, I started loosing interest because we learned harder things and I just didn't like it. That is why this year, I didn't do very well in math. Those were some of my challenges for this year.

3) Throughout this year, I have learned many different things about myself. A few weeks ago, Mr. Whighting came in and told us about learning profiles. After doing a couple of tests with my hands, legs, eyes and ears, I found out that my letter for profiling was "I". "I" mean that I was a gestalt learner and I had to sit in a certain place in the class in order for me to learn best. So I did. I found that I learned way better. I payed attention more because the ear that I liked to use best was facing the teacher. Those are some things that I have learned about myself throughout sixth grade.

4) To evaluate your work habits, choose 1 of the following from each category ( and provide explanations):

a) Behavior

Could be improved
Satisfactory
Perfect - the model student

Explanation: I chose satisfactory because although I do well in some of my other classes, occasionally I fool around in Humanities and Math and Science.

b) Participation

None
Satisfactory
Actively participate in class

Explanation: I chose the following because in class, I always participate and if I don't know something or I am confused, I ask questions.

c) Organization

Needs serious help
Satisfactory
I'm super organized

I chose satisfactory because most of the time my organization is good but sometimes I loose permission slips and turn my homework in about a day late.

d) Effort

Needs serious help
Satisfactory
I always go above and beyond what is required.

I chose satisfactory because most of the time when we are required to do something, I meet the grade level standard and about 1/10 times, I go above and beyond.

One goal I have for 7th grade next year is to always listen in class. I chose that as one of my goals because I find that when I don't listen and talk to my friends, I miss out on some information and later on during the class, I don't know what to do. That will really help me next year because sometimes I don't understand things and I think that is because I miss out on information and then when you have questions that you answer, I don't know what to write. Those are some reasons why I chose that as one of my goals for grade seven.

Another goal I have for grade seven is to go above and beyond. I want to go above and beyond for some of my pieces of work because I find that sometimes, even if I do what I'm supposed to, I don't get an A+. Sometimes that is because I have missed out some information or some dumb error like that. I find that if I go above and beyond, I will have a higher chance of getting 100/100 because if I miss out on something, I will have some back up information. Those are some reasons why I chose that goal for grade seven.

One piece of information I have for the class of 2018 is to not leave all your homework until the very last minute because then your work will keep on building up and building up and then you have to do all of it at the very last moment. Unless you are a super A+ student, you can't leave it until the last moment because then you become stressed and you do a very bad job. That is one piece of advice I have for the upcoming sixth graders.