THE LEARNING NEVER STOPS

10/13/2018

#TheLearningNeverStops

Today, the students were deeply engaged in their learning. They had time to update their digital portfolios on FreshGrade by uploading their learning artifacts for their passion projects. Throughout this project, students followed learning intentions and success criteria. They asked themselves deep questions to find their passions. In addition to this, they engaged deeply in the self and peer assessment process to improve their creations. This step took the greatest amount of time because they gave and responded to descriptive feedback according to student created criteria. This is how the students will learn this year. Parents, please help facilitate this process at home as well. Students will complete their learning reflections in class on Monday.

1.) MATH: Here is the secret birthday cake method we discussed in class (GCF)

2.) SOCIAL STUDIES: You should work on making sure your inquiry notebooks and handouts are up to date. You will be 'GOING PUBLIC' next week!

3.) SCIENCE: Assuming everyone has uploaded all the required documents, your Science evaluations will be finalized by Monday morning. You will complete your learning reflections in class on Monday.

4.) POST A RESPONSE:

Read this learning reflection closely. It meets the criteria for a quality learning reflection. One of your classmates wrote this on FreshGrade (slightly revised):
'On my pretest, I got 4/16 because the words were all new to me. I knew that I needed to improve because most of the words were new to me. So, I decided to practice and review the words each day. As a result, I got 16/16 on my final test, which is great! That means that I learned a lot over the week. I can clearly see that practice and hard work helped me improve! I met the learning intention by following the success criteria because I reached the learning intention. I can spell the words, understand the definitions, and I also know how to use them in “juicy” sentences. I improved by reading the words and copying them a few times. I also memorized the definitions (even when we didn’t have it on the test). This allowed me to fully understand the words and how to use them. I can improve next time by writing more sentences to deepen my understanding further. Learning these words are helping me understand what Amal Unbound is all about. That’s how important and effective practice word work is!
List 3-5 criteria points you think should be required on all learning reflections based on what you read above.
Explain why you chose these points.
We will edit/revise what you came up with in class based on this weekend's PAR.
IMPORTANT: Do your best to mention points that have not been mentioned by your classmates. However, Mr. Fisher and I do understand that there will be some similar ones.

VIDEO LINKS:
Birthday Cake Method (GCF)
Prime Factorization

Adrian

10/13/2018 09:16:26 am

First

Mr. Hong

10/13/2018 11:25:47 am

@ Adrian / Everyone - I think you can only be first if you complete the PAR first?!???! ;-)

Adrian

10/13/2018 06:36:20 pm

@Mr. Hong. I am sorry about that. I won't do it again.

Logan

10/13/2018 10:28:31 am

Secon!

Emily

10/13/2018 10:44:34 am

Third

10/13/2018 11:21:38 am

Fourth

10/13/2018 12:12:33 pm

Oops i forgot to bring my inquiry notebook home

harmon

10/13/2018 12:13:47 pm

fifth

harmon

10/14/2018 02:36:29 pm

what are 3 important things to rember when you are witing a learing refetion 1 inculcated relivent information 2 include any tests/pre-tests 3 use powerful sentinses

10/14/2018 08:05:07 pm

@harmon
your ideas are awesome, but you need to check you spelling and punctuation! Also, explain why you would have to this or that. Keep on working hard!

10/13/2018 12:14:30 pm

so do i just say 3-5 points?

Raymond Zhu

10/13/2018 12:30:28 pm

if so, then the first criteria point is how you did on the pre-test. this is the most important point because your parents and Mr.hong needs to know how you did. My second criteria point is how you improved. I think this is important because you need to know what helped you improved so you could use those strategies next time. My third and also last criteria point is what you can do to improve more on the next test. I think this is also pretty important because if you know how you can do better next time then you defiantly will!

Mr. Hong

10/14/2018 10:38:03 am

@ Raymond - Thanks for your post. Remember, sentences always start with a capital letter. (first sentence in your paragraph).

10/14/2018 08:14:58 pm

@ raymond
do you know that you wrote defiantly instead of definitely?
defiantly:in a manner that shows open resistance or bold disobedience.
definitely: without doubt
they are totally different.
next time, check your click before you click defiantly instead of definitely. (I know you spelt it wrong and then and then right click to change. Definitely is the second one, mot the first, which is defiantly.)
Google wrecked you. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Emily

10/13/2018 12:56:57 pm

The first thing that you DEFINITELY need to put is your mark from the pretest and the final test. I think that you need to include this because your mark shows how much you have improved from the beginning to the end. The second thing you need to include is HOW you improved. An example would be like, “I studied very hard and I wrote down multiple sentences for each word.” This is also important because your parents and teachers want to see how you improved. The third thing you probably need to include is what you would do next time to do even better, even if you got 16/16. You could get 16.5/16! That’s even better! You can be like, “next time I will write a whole story using the words to understand how the words are used.” It’s important to include this because you need to set goals for yourself. When you achieve your goals it is very satisfying right? It’s like when you finish all your work and then you have free time to do what you want.

Adrian

10/13/2018 07:17:15 pm

In my own opinion, I think marks don't really represent how do you study. However, if you compare your pre-test and your final test, it certainly could tell how you improve. Pre-tests are tests that effect how much words. Even if you get low marks on your pre-tests, you will be satisfied if you got better marks on your final test.

The second thing is you need to explain how you improve. How you improve is the second important thing. You have to explain what did you do to improve from the pre-test to the final test. Example, I researched the meanings of the words, I studied hard and reviewed my work and words......

The third thing is what will you do next time or how would you do next time. You must learn a lesson about your inadequate and think about how you will do to make it better. If you got bad marks on your pre-tests and got same marks on your final test. You must to think about why.... Maybe you didn't study or didn't study hard. Think about your inadequate and improve more, this is the most effective thing that can help you to do things better and better.

Mr. Hong

10/14/2018 10:37:12 am

@ Adrian - You are correct! Knowing how you improved and what steps you will take next are both extremely important in your learning.

Next time, add a concluding paragraph.

Also, if there are any words you do not understand, make sure you look it up in a dictionary to make sure you know what it means and you know what part of speech it is (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, etc). This will help you.

Also, you may want to use Microsoft Word or Google Drive to type your PARs first. Then, you will see if you have any grammar issues. :-)

Adrian

10/14/2018 05:36:12 pm

@Mr.Hong. Thanks for your feedback. I will do it better next time.

Max C

10/13/2018 08:14:13 pm

The most important thing you need to include on your Freshgrade reflection is your mark from the pre-test and final test. These marks tell you how you improve. The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement. For example, if you got 1/16 on the pre-test and16/16 on the final test, it means you improved by 15 marks.

The second key thing to include in your reflection is how you improved. How you improved can vary for each and every one of you you. Some of you may improve by studying a lot, and others may improve by using the words in a sentence and finding the definition.

Thirdly, you should say what you learned. Remember, the learning never stops! Each reflection always has a learning intention. It could be 'I can find the GCF of a set of numbers' or 'I can follow success criteria to complete a project.'

Finally, you should also include what you will do next time to do even better. If you got 1/16 on the pre-test, but a 3/16 on the final test, then maybe you should change the way you study. There's always a reason to what marks you receive.

To sum it all up, the four crucial things I think you should include in your Freshgrade reflections are your marks for the pre-test and final test, how you improved, what new things you learned, and what you will do next time to do even better.

"There's always room for improvement." -Joey Logano.

Mr. Hong

10/14/2018 10:33:59 am

@ Max - I almost cried when you wrote, "Remember, the learning never stops!" This is extremely true.

I like how your writing is very well structured. See if you can start using transition words that aren't always the ones yo have been using. For example, you have been using firstly, secondly, etc. What other ones can you use?

http://www.smart-words.org/linking-words/transition-words.html

Logan

10/14/2018 04:11:14 pm

On the final test, I improved by one point

Justin

10/14/2018 05:35:05 pm

“Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.” That is what the learning reflections are for. It’s great to get sixteen out of sixteen on your pre-test, but that also means that you won’t improve and learn new words. Instead of groaning about the hard, new words, you should be happy that you’re not learning the same words.
First of all, you need to explain what you did now/this time. This is the first part to a reflection. You need to explain what you learned, did well on, are proud of, and WHY. Why did you do so well? Why are you proud of it? Why are you learning it?
Additionally, you also need to explain what you didn’t do quite well on. Explain something that is not yet meeting the criteria or something that you want to improve. Explain what were some roadblocks/challenges for you. Most importantly, explain WHY you know that improvement is needed.
Lastly, say what you are going to do next time. Explain how you will use what you learned from this time to improve next time. Maybe you decide that one method you used worked out well and that you will use it next time. Or maybe you decide to do it differently. Explain in the reflection what strategies you will use to improve. This part is quite difficult, so don’t be afraid to ask for help/feedback. Also, tell us WHY you will do it that next time.
In conclusion, these are the things I feel like you will need to include. It’s important to explain why. This will make you remember what how you will improve and show teacher/parents your thinking. You may know what you did bad or well on this project, but you need to show it. And that is how your teacher and parent will know that you learned.

Justin

10/14/2018 05:36:58 pm

@Mr. Hong - Sorry about the writing format. It looks a little squished and weird because I forgot to space the paragraphs. I’ll make sure to do it on my revised piece.

Justin

10/14/2018 05:44:20 pm

“Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.” That is what the learning reflections are for. It’s great to get sixteen out of sixteen on your pre-test, but that also means that you won’t improve and learn new words. Instead of groaning about the hard, new words, you should be happy that you’re not learning the same words. Now, I will explain what you should include in learning reflections.

First of all, you need to explain what you did now/this time. This is the first part to a reflection. You need to explain what you learned, did well on, are proud of, and WHY. Why did you do so well? Why are you proud of it? Why are you learning it?

Additionally, you also need to explain what you didn’t do quite well on. Explain something that is not yet meeting the criteria or something that you want to improve. Explain what were some roadblocks/challenges for you. Most importantly, explain WHY you know that improvement is needed.

Lastly, say what you are going to do next time. Explain how you will use what you learned from this time to improve next time. Maybe you decide that one method you used worked out well and that you will use it next time. Or maybe you decide to do it differently. Explain in the reflection what strategies you will use to improve. This part is quite difficult, so don’t be afraid to ask for help/feedback. Also, tell us WHY you will do it like that next time.

In conclusion, these are the things I feel like you will need to include for a learning reflection. It’s important to explain why and know why it’s important to explain why. This will make you remember what how you will improve and show teacher/parents your thinking. You may know what you did bad or well on this project, but you need to show it to the other 66.66% of the people involved in your learning. As shown above, that is how your teacher and your parent will know that you learned.

Miranda

10/14/2018 06:43:38 pm

There should be a C-Chart for everything...including reflections.
The first thing should be that how you did during your pre-test. If you don't know that, then you wouldn't know how you improved during the final test.
Second of all, you would need to say how you improved to get to the final score. Otherwise, could you have actually improved if you didn't know what you were doing?
Third of all, you would need your final mark to see what happened after trying to improve.
After all, improving yourself will not be easy, but will be worth it.

10/14/2018 06:58:13 pm

hello

10/15/2018 10:54:20 pm

um hi

Ariel

10/14/2018 07:45:46 pm

3-5 important criteria points that I think should be required on all my learning reflections are, writing the mark of my pre-test and my final test, writing what I would do next time to improve more and explaining how I improved or studied. I chose these points because writing the mark of my pre-test and final test shows how much I improved over the week, writing what I would do next time is like setting a goal on how you would improve more next time, explaining how you improved or studied shows that you know how to use the word and its definition.

Max

10/14/2018 08:12:29 pm

@Ariel: Konbanwa. Genkidesu ka?

I don't think you need a ',' in -"3-5 important criteria points that I think should be required on all my learning reflections are, writing the mark of my pre-test and my final test, writing what I would do next time to improve more and explaining how I improved or studied."-,maybe just use an ':'

Sayōnara, nokori no shūmatsu o tanoshimu.

10/14/2018 08:18:18 pm

what does
Konbanwa. Genkidesu ka?
Sayōnara, nokori no shūmatsu o tanoshimu.
mean?

>-<

English Please!

10/14/2018 08:18:44 pm

Sorry for typing Japanese. Hope you can understand it!

10/14/2018 08:20:41 pm

you are max right?

Max

10/14/2018 08:24:47 pm

@cw Just use Google Translate

Priya

10/14/2018 07:56:50 pm

The first criteria point you see is how you did on the pretest and the final test. For example, you get 4/16 on the pretest and 16/16 on the final test.
The second criteria you see is how you improved. For example, you study the words all week and you get 16/16 on the final test then that is how you improved.
The last criteria point you see is what you can do next time to be better. For example you will write sentences to deepen your understanding for next time.

Colin Wang

10/14/2018 07:59:09 pm

If you get stuck or discombobulated on Freshgrade then these three tips that is below will help you a little.
1. First of all, you will probably have to make it loooooong and juicy with good information. (ex. "He walked down the street." "THE LITTLE BOY NAMED CALVIN HUMMED A SONG WHILE STROLLING down the HOT sidewalk WITH HIS RICH PARENTS.")
2. Explain why. That's because they need to know why you wrote it.(ex. "He walked down the street." "The little boy named Calvin hummed a song while strolling down the hot sidewalk with his rich parents. IF YOU ARE CONFUSED, I'M TELLING YOU THAT HE IS GOING TO EXPLORE THE PARK.")
3. Use big words like skeptical, instead of don't think so or the destination, instead of the place. (ex. "He walked down the street." "The JUVENILE boy named Calvin hummed a song while strolling down the BLAZING sidewalk with his WEALTHY parents. If you are DISCOMBOBULATED, I'm telling you that he was going to VENTURE the park.")
Those were some examples that could help you a little if you are stuck with your note on Freshgrade.

10/14/2018 08:01:04 pm

dont blame me if i use discombobulate too much

logan paul

10/14/2018 08:26:25 pm

Its everyday bro with the Disney channel flow. 5 million on YouTube in six months never done before. Pass all the competition man pewdipie is next.

10/14/2018 08:26:31 pm

@mrhong
for the pp, i might cant presentate because it doesnt workj on the ipads at school. do you want me just to show it right now on the par so you just mark it at your house?

Anita

10/14/2018 08:36:50 pm

Important criteria points that I need to do on my learning reflections are: 1) What is the different between the Pre-Test and the Final-Test?
2) Write the mark.
3) How can I improve next week, try to use some big word to explain it, because it could help the people understand how you feel.
4) Set some important goals about how I can improve, and also show how to can studies next time.
I think this some some of the important criteria

Kevin

10/14/2018 09:11:13 pm

When I did my pretest, it was catastrophic because I didn’t know the words nor did I understand the definitions. As a result, I sadly received a 6/16. Since I knew the result wouldn’t be improved by just waiting for the test to arrive. Therefore, a set of measures of remediation were adopted to increase my mark.

Firstly, I browsed dictionary.com to check the explanations of the words. Secondly, I asked my parents the definitions of the words to double check. Thirdly, I recorded my voice by saying all the words to test my myself afterwards. Fourthly, I copied all the words that I got wrong about 10 times each to try to avoid making mistakes next time. Fifthly, I tried to construct some sentences to improve my understanding of the words.

Above mentioned process helped me thoroughly understand all the words. It also helped me to enhance proficiency for using these words. In conclusion, hard work paid off because I got an astonishing 16/16 on the final test!

Mr. Hong

10/14/2018 09:19:56 pm

@ Kevin - Thank you for your learning reflection. However, are you sure you read the instructions carefully? ;-)

What are 3-5 points you think are necessary for all learning reflections?

10/14/2018 09:35:32 pm

The three important point that I think ishould be required on all learning reflections are’
Frist: I need to go and Study hard on every single kind of work, so I can be better on all of my test.
Second: remember what do you need to do and what you need to improve on next week, i’m trying to think of the ways of alcohol can you improve on the test that you did bad.
Third: if you don’t understand some questions ask your friend your family and your teacher to let them help you on The Taz and the quiz that you failed and that’ It.

Wendy

10/14/2018 09:40:52 pm

“Ahhhh......what’s really a good reflection and how are we going to write it? Here! These are the most important things that should be included in our reflection:

The first thing we should be doing is to include our mark of the pre-test and final test. No lies, it clearly show if we really worked hard on it and if we really had improved. The second thing is to included an explanation of how you improve or didn’t improve, you can do this by telling what did you differently between the pre-test and the final test. For example, maybe you didn’t did well on the pre-test because you didn’t know this word well, but you’ve worked hard and spend a lot of time memorize it. You’ve look on the definition and copied the words down several times. So at the end you got a good mark. But it’s also possible seeing none improvement between your pre-test and final test and that’s also the third thing that we’re going to talk about. It’s really important knowing how you improve, maybe you didn’t did well at the first time, but I think knowing the reason why you didn’t did well is even more important than you didn’t did well this time, because once you understand the reason why and you’ve tried you fix it. You’ll get better next time I’m sure! But if, you didn’t find the reason behind getting bad marks and take things as they are. Wow, then it could get worse each time. So I think it’s important knowing the reason why you did well or didn’t did well including all those steps. The last thing that should be included in our reflection is explained what you’ll do differently next time. Such as, “Hey, I think I’ll try using those word and turn them into sentences next time, probably it’ll help me with my final test, oh and also making sure I know how to use these word next time.” Cool! But whatsoever, often times you should write something for you to improve on.

In conclusion I think these are the things we should included in our reflection. I think it clearly shows the amount of effort we put it! So, for next time, I’ll try to include all those thing in my reflection!

Victoria

10/15/2018 12:17:31 am

You know, I think that some points that are quite important are these:
1: Always reflect on what you’ve done that time. For example if I did a pre-test I should look at it first and reflect on it. See what I’ve done and maybe compare it to the last pre-test to see how I’ve improved.
2: Study on how you could improve on getting a better mark for the next time. Maybe study a little harder or try a method that’ll help you remember things. It doesn’t even have to be for tests. Just anything to help you get a good mark.
3: Comparing the actual test to the pre-test. So before, I talked about comparing pre-tests to pre-tests. Now I’m talking about comparing the pre-test to the actual test. You can look at how you’ve improved and learn from it. If you got worse on you’re test than you’re pre-test, then you might need to do some more studying but if you got better on you’re test than your pre-text, then you can feel proud! :)

Logan

10/15/2018 07:20:45 am

I gave myself a Developing

Logan

10/15/2018 07:25:03 am

On the science ID project, I was really late on printing it.

Sophia

10/15/2018 07:46:43 am

I don’t remember discussing the birthday cake method

shannon

10/15/2018 07:48:01 am

When we do anything there is always a criteria. For a learning reflection the first thing you should include relevant information and use descriptive words to show your learning. The second thing you should do is explain in detail how you improved. You should always include even the smallest details on how and what you improved on. The third things you should do is talk about your next goal to do even better. Maybe write out more sentences or learn the definitions. Each week should be a new goal to add onto the old one. Learning refections are important because they show your understanding.

Sophia

10/15/2018 07:49:33 am

I think the paragraph had structure and was well displayed except that it use to much of the same words

Sophia

10/15/2018 07:58:25 am

I think that this paregraph should get and applying.
1. It was clearly well structured.
2. It clearly displayed the learning intentions.
3. But one point that needs work is that it you’d to much of the same words.
But I think I learned that I can display the learning intention a little better.

Dennis Drinking British Tea

10/15/2018 08:16:17 am

Good morning, I’ve got some criteria let’s read this so people around the globe can understand why criteria is important, so let’s start with an example let’s say our class had a pretest and I got 3/16 well that tell me that I need to Look Carefully search up what these words meant and that is one of the learning intentions for our class!
1) Carefully mark someone else’s and make sure u mark it correct, so then your peer will mark your’s and then do your corrections
2) write Down the final mark for your perr!
3) and then write down how u can improve on the final test and what u will do to make the old # go up!

There u have it hopefully this will come in handy!

oivia

11/22/2018 07:25:06 pm

mm I wonder what are the 3 important things to remember when you are writing or typing a learning reflection? In my opinion I think we will need to Include our pre mark and the final mark so that other people can cearly see your improvment. the other thing you can do in your learning reflaction is writing or type how you improve, for exsample did you improve spelling by write it out ten time or just sound it out.

Olivia

11/22/2018 08:18:48 pm

Hmm I wonder what are the 3 important things to remember when you are writing or typing a learning reflection? In my opinion I think we will need to Include our pre mark and the final mark so that other people can clearly see your improvement. the other thing you can do in your learning reflection is writing or type how you improve, for example did you improve spelling by write it out ten time or just sound it out. And finally the last thing ( actually not the last one because learning never stop) Include what you would do next time to do even better. I think we need to do this so we can make a better project, for example we (ourself) sometime can know what will make things better in an way other people can’t tell.

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