Pt1420 Unit 1 Language Assignment

Stress, we all have it in our lives and for some of us it affects us in ways we do not even realise it. This causes me great discomfort as this leads me to not even have the ability to begin my tasks as I am concerned about how I will be able to complete it on time. Once I am able to resolve this predicament I will be confident enough about accomplishing all my tasks and concluding these tasks to my best effort.

1. Weather is the current state of the atmosphere. Climate is the long-term weather conditions for an area or region. Some examples of weather will be tornadoes, hurricanes and flooding. When it comes to climate common examples will be tropical, polar, marine, and Mediterranean. The difference between weather and climate is that climate is a long-term weather. We can say that climate is like the “official” weather of the region or country. For example, in Dominican Republic, our climate is tropical. On the other hand, weather is the current situation on the region or country.

Matthew is a conscientious, hard-working student. He has been very dedicated this year to learning each topic in the course especially programming. This level of commitment will no doubt give great dividends in the future. He is very good at meeting deadlines, and he always does his work to a high standard. All he needs now to gain endorsement in this subject is complete the externally marked Computer Science report to a high standard.

In 1996 the largest population consisted of people aged 30-50, there were not as many people in the dependency load. In 2011, there were more people aged 40-65, who are getting close to retirement. There are not as many babies being born today as previous years because people are choosing to not have as many children. The baby boomers are getting older and there will soon be more people in the dependency load as the workforce. In 2011 there were more people ages 85 and up because nowadays people have been able to live longer.

Prior to the development of DNA technology and the sequencing of organismal genomes, Charles Darwin suggested that the “tree” of life can be traced back to a single root (Koonin and Wolf, 2012). While Darwin’s theory was primitive, it laid the groundwork for the phylogenetic trees that are currently studied in science classrooms around the world. The three-domain tree, containing Eukarya, Archea, and Bacteria, soon became too simplistic due to the realization that some bacteria possessed the ability to exchange genetic information by horizontal gene transfer (Koonin and Wolf, 2012).

In reading, Michaelangelo has improved his comprehension skills and is continuing to need less teacher assistance to answer questions about texts that he reads. He is working on accurately retelling stories and determining how key details are used to support a main idea. While Michaelangelo is making progress in reading, he shows more confidence and determination in math. He is proud of the fact that he has gained a stronger understanding of multiplication and is starting to solve problems without the use of a multiplication chart. He continues to strengthen his problem solving skills and likes attempting to figure out difficult problems on his own before asking for help.

Moving forward, I wish to tap into what Kimorah really needs to focus on, which I will discover as I work with her further. To help her now, I will focus on the practice of reading fluency, accuracy, word recognition, punctuation and pacing. These are essential for an elementary student because the better they become at this, the more likely they are to comprehend and move onto complex text. I intend to work with her to find the best strategies for her to thrive in the previously mentioned areas. To increase fluency and display punctuation, I will begin by showing her how reading should sound like, accentuating a conversation-like sound and using expression. As for pacing, I will encourage Kimorah to keep track of the reading with her finger.

Taryn arrives at tutoring daily with a cheerful smile and an enthusiastic attitude towards learning. This term, she focused diligently on increasing her reading fluency and furthering her writing skills. To improve her reading fluency and decoding ability, Taryn is learning to decode advanced sounds within multi-syllable words (BUFFS). It is a pleasure to note that decoding these once challenging sounds is becoming much easier for Taryn. As a result, her reading is becoming more fluent. Taryn greatly enjoys reading, and she is currently reading the novel, Crenshaw in tutoring. It is wonderful to report that Taryn’s reading comprehension is slightly above grade level—well done, Taryn! Big thanks are sent out to her parents for encouraging

Learning about tally marks, how to use them, how to read them to count faster, and mainly how to mark them were favorite parts of the lesson for her. While working on various projects to practice measurement, children made dots at the interval of one inch on a piece of fabric later to fill cotton and then stich it to make a small soft pillow. Amna loved this project and wanted to make one pillow for each of her family member. She also enjoyed making her own thermometer and learning how to read the temperature using different types of thermometers. Amna practiced algebraic thinking and various operations while playing various board games using these skills. She practiced her trading and exchanging skills while working on the cash register to practice the value of different coins/bills. Last but not the least, she enjoyed being a mathematical carpenter and creating her own geo

Makaia has a great personality. She is sweet, kind, humorous and can be successful with her work when she’s focused and on task. When motivated, Makaia gets excited about learning and has fun participating in the classroom. She gets along with her classmates and enjoys interacting with them whenever she can. Additionally, Makaia has been showing growth in all academic areas. She can sound out many three and some four-letter words, but occasionally has difficulty putting all of the sounds together without assistance. In math, Makaia has been working with one-to-one correspondences, number identification and counting. When visual assistance is provided, Makaia is counting with and is matching numbers to an equivalent amount of corresponding objects

Rosie is a kind-hearted, considerate student who comes to tutoring daily with a positive attitude and a willingness to learn. She is also a student who takes pride in her work and accomplishments. This term, tutoring had a strong focus around supporting her classroom lessons: Science, Socials and writing assignments. Rosie is also learning functional life skills to help her become independent: cooking, laundry, using money, and telling time. Reading fluency, comprehension, and writing continue addressed in her lessons. Rosie greatly enjoyed reading the iCarly storybook; she was able to make connections and discuss the material well. Further, she continues to learn and practice decoding strategies as they will increase her reading fluency.

Emiliy’s very interested in writing for writing as she had to have some of a part of her life, a good example, Emily’s ready to participate in the writing of a new product at the airport, to make Emily;s sudden inspiration from takeoff to landing this Three hours in Emily’s has been focused on this new product, wrote a total of 3000

Patrick’s attention to his work, and his focus both at home and in school, has resulted in increased class participation and development in both reading and writing. Patrick is continuing to develop his writing skills and he is becoming more adept at not only developing his ideas but proofreading his own work, editing and revising as necessary. It is essential that Patrick continues to read widely at home in English to ensure that he is constantly exposed to new vocabulary. It is evident that Patrick is able to ‘find meaning’ using the correct context of what he has read and makes sound connections. This is a strategy that will help him further develop as a reader and writer. Patrick’s general knowledge is excellent and he is especially

Resilient, athletic, collaborative, and joyful are words that come to our minds to describe Joyce. At age six, she started to practice three days a week with Palo Alto Lightning, a youth cross-country club. Over three years, she has improved her physical stamina, mental toughness, as well as social skills. She was not always the best runner in her team, but was always ready to do what is necessary to create a fun environment for everybody. This year, I helped out as a room parent at the Stanford Math Circle, where Joyce is one of the few participating girls since second grade. Naturally, she was challenged with certain problems, but she would never hesitate to try different approaches that she was not familiar with, sometimes with teacher’s

While she would scarcely, or I can almost say never play with her peers in September, she is now the life of my classroom. I discovered that she is amazing mathematician, and that she deliberates everything in mathematical terms. For the 100th day of school, I read a book about a boy who was contemplating what to take to school for the 100th day. One of his options was fifty pairs of sox. I asked the class by what means can he just bring 50 pairs, and Jane was quick to reply that each pair has two so fifty pairs makes a hundred. This was an amazing answer for a five-year-old, especially since her final math knowledge should be counting to twenty by the time she leaves pre-school. At dismissal, I told her mother how impressed I was and she articulated that Jane has been incredibly stubborn ever since a young age. By eighteen months she was fully getting dressed and zipping up her jackets. When she was struggling with speech, one of her go-to activities was math. She would constantly play with counters and use her fingers to solve math problems. This fascinated me. The next day I decided to play math games with Jane to see how much she knows. Number sequencing game, which can be challenging for most children in our classroom, was beyond easy for her. We did addition and subtraction games and she breezed through them. This particular month, the class was learning about flowers and our dramatic play center had a