#1. I want to work on finishing my art quicker so that I’m not stuck on one piece for a long period of time.

#2. I want to try and read more often outside of school so I can improve my reading speed.

#3. I want to learn how to spell more words so that I can use a bigger variety of words in my writing.

I can advocate for myself and my ideas. I show evidence of this in book club meetings. I proudly share my ideas and opinions. I also listen to others to help me get new ideas or to build on their ideas. Another time I showed evidence of this was in the Natural Resources project. I made sure my ideas were heard so I could contribute to my group. I also spoke up for other people if I thought their ideas were important. My last example of this is at the carpet. I share my ideas based on knowledge I have, I ask questions to extend my knowledge, and I build on other peoples ideas if I think they’re worthy of furthering the conversation. I still think that I can improve myself by comparing options more often instead of jumping to conclusions when I’m in a hurry.

I can take on roles and responsibilities in a group. I show evidence of this when we made pasta structures with tape and marshmallows. I lead my group and gave great ideas for what our structure should look like and how to make it. I helped include everyone and gave everyone a chance to contribute to the structure. Our structure was the only one that could hold the marshmallow without falling. Another time I showed this was when I volunteered to do green team monitoring. I volunteered on the first week to go to the grade 7 pod. I helped them properly sort their disposables so that in the future, they could do it without any help. I think that this was a big responsibility because I did it in the grade 7 pod and sometimes it’s hard to get kids older then you to listen to you. My best evidence of this is in the natural resources project. At the start, our group was totally unorganised and everybody was doing something different. I noticed this and stepped up and took on the lead role. I helped assign everybody a topic to learn about based on what they wanted to do. I chose the order with two other kids that our group would share in based on their topic, helped people do research if they needed it, and encouraged everybody so that they were confident while speaking. After all, nobody is perfect which is why I think I should volunteer to speak more often in front of the school at assemblys.