Jelani

Hi I am Jelani Nunes and I’m in Ms.Mason and Mr.Hayle’s class. I am in the 6th grade at the Boston Renaissance Charter Public School, the largest elementary school in boston. In this school we have many core values that we go by such as respect, compassion, persistence, and integrity. The core value that best describes me is integrity. Integrity is to be truthful; that is why it describes me because I am always truthful. This EPortfolio will talk about me and what I have accomplished in this school year at BRCPS; also i will talk about my classes.
 * 1) Introduction

2. ELA ELA is a class in which we study grammar, vocabulary, parts of speech and other language skills. in ELA we do Vocabulary every week depending on the book we are reading. Every friday we have a test on what we learned and read over the week. The assignment i chose was on figurative language like hyperboles, alliterations, personification, similes and metaphors. For this assignment we had to answer questions about figurative language, and define different types of figurative language. Part of the reason I was really good at this was because the week before we practiced it, but even though I was absent one day that week, I still got 96% because i studied my hardest and i tried my best. From this assignment I learned about different figurative language and i learned how to tell the difference between different types of figurative language. I am proud of this assignment because i tried very hard to do this because, for the first couple of days we started to learn about it, i didn't understand most of them and then i started to get them mixed up but I practiced a lot and I aced it.

3. Social Studies In social studies we read Scholastic News every week so we will know more about what is happening so we; also we answer questions about the Scholastic News we and we answer questions about a debate that two students answered and got to have what they think about the debate put in it.

4.Science Science is when we study things like the Weather Fronts, Ecosystems, and other things. The assignment I chose was about Food webs. We had partners in this project and I was by myself though because i missed the first day. In this assignment we had to write what we ate for the day and wrote what it comes from, also we had to write if it was a consumer producer or a decomposer.. like if it was pepperoni pizza, you would draw a pig. We had to draw a line connected to the food, where it comes from, and what eats it. So for an example, If I'ts a piece of chicken i would connect it to a chicken seems pretty simple. Then i draw another line that connects to whatever eats it. This assignment was connected to learning about producers and consumers. From, this project i learned that

5.Math Math is a subject in which we study shapes numbers equation and things that go in that category. The assignment I chose was about variables. It was assigned in the 2nd trimester. In this assignment I had to find what the variable was or solve the equations. For an example, 9x=72 to slove it i would have to dived 9 by 9 and 72 by 9 and i will have 1x=8 and anything multiplied by 1 is itself so it is x=8 sp now i know that 9•8=72.

6.Specialty In art we had to make a stop motion animation movie with circle figures we drew; also, we had to make a stop motion animation movie using are selves instead of drawings the assignment we had to was to do was to make a stop motion animation movie on characters we made out of circles. The character i made was a normal guy but his head and body was a circle. This was assigned in the second trimester during Art class with Mr.Pro. To complete the assignment you had to make a stopmotion animation movie that couldnt be to shor but not to long and we took about 100 pictures but that only came out to a few seconds.

7.MCAS The MCAS is a test that we take every year in Massachusetts so people know what performance level the school is teaching at and know what we can do. We take the MCAS so teachers will know are strengths and weaknesses so they know what group to put us in and what stuff to learn tat is why it is so important because if we don't take it we might end up in the wrong group doing stuff we already know how to do. I prepare for the MCAS by using my strategies and practicing the work that i am struggling with or am not that good with. If you want to get a good grade on the MCAS you have to make sure you listen in class so you don't have a lot to catch up on and instead you could be practicing and you have to use your strategies.

8.Technology Some technology skills i've learned at BRCPS is how to type fast, do things on the computer without touching the mouse, in order to do that you have to first look at what buttons to press and then you do it. For an example, for A new tab, all you have to press is command, then T. The skill I'm strongest at is typing fast. This skill takes a lot of practice because if you want to be a good typer, you're going to have to practice a lot. Typing fast is when you type fast while looking at the computer. It's my strongest skill because I type 38 words per minute. This can lead to future success because if I have to type up a paper in college, I can do it faster.

9.Citizenship a good citizen is someone who does everything he or she can do to help his community. When i went to The boys and girls club over the summer we went to a park and there was lots of trash on the floor so me and a couple of other people went around picking up trash and being a good citizen. From doing this I then knew how i was a good citizen and i was dedicated to having other people be good citizens to because its our community and we shouldn't treat it badly.

10. Career Goals well i would like to go to college and study technical design or do something that has to do with computers because I am very good with computers i feel like its a strength of mine. So when i leave i would lik to work with computers doing game designing or advertisements for companies. I will achieve this by focusing on classes i have in college that do with computers.

11.My Future