Questions:Why/Howdoyoupracticethistechnique?

Thisisimportantbecause
Whatsanelementthatyouwanttoworkonthisyear?Why?
Purpose:
Howmanytimeshaveyousaid,ImnotagoodwriterorImbadatmath.Wecanallagree
weveallsaidthisoncebefore.Butthatstopsnow!Thatis,Mr.IvanandMs.Laurenstrongly
believeingrowthmindset.Wewanttoshiftyourthinkingandmakeyourealizethatyes,you
aregreatwriterandyesyouaregreatatmath.Wewillworktogethertocreateanartpiece
thatincludesapersonalstatementabouthowyouAREagreatmathematician,scientist,
historian,writer,andreader!

IntroParagraph
Herestherundown.6thgradeisthebeginningofanewchapterofyourlife.Whileyouwill
inevitablygothroughmanychangesinyourthreeyearsherewewanttoknowwhoyouare
now.Inthisintroductoryparagraphyouwilltellusallaboutyourself.
Answerthequestions:
WhoamI?
WhereamIfrom?
WherehaveIgonetoschool?
Whatareyourpassions?
Whatareyourhobbies?

HumanitiesParagraph
Thisclasswillaskyoutobecomeanauthor,areader,aneditor,anartist,andahistorian.
Humanitiescoversandanswersthequestion,
Whatisitthatmakesushuman?W
ewillthink
abouttheelementsofculturethatcreatetruecivilization:oneofthemainbeinglanguage.We
willspendtimewritingourownstoriesaswellasreadingthosecreatedbyothers.Inthis
paragraphyouwillexplainhowyouareareader,writer,orhistorian.Lookatthefollowing
questionstogetabetterideaofwhatisexpectedinthisparagraph.
1. Whichhabitsofareader,writer,andhistoriandoyoualreadypractice?RememberIlike
toseeevidenceinyourwritingsoexplainhowyoupracticethesehabits.
2. Whyarethesehabitsimportanttoyou?
3. Whatisonehabitthatyouwanttoworkonthisyear?
4. Whydoyouwanttoworkonthishabit?Whyisthishabitimportanttoyou?

Math/ScienceParagraph
HaveyoueverwonderedhowEgyptiansusedmathematicsandscientificinquirytobuildThe
GreatPyramidofGiza?Haveyouwonderedhowpeoplehaveusedmathematicsandscience
toimprovetheireverydaylives?Throughtime,mathematiciansandscientistshaveused
practicestohelpthemachievetheirgoals.Nowitsyourturntoexplainhowyouseeyourselfas
mathematicianandscientist!Pleaseanswerthefollowingquestions:
1. Basedonthemath/sciencepracticeswediscussedinclass.Chooseoneand
explainhowyoupracticethistechnique.
2. Whyisthispracticeimportant?
3. Whatisonemath/sciencepracticeyouwanttoworkonthisyear?
4. Whydoyouwanttoworkonthispracticethisyear?

EssentialQuestions:
1. Howdoyouseeyourselfas
a. writer
b. mathematician
c. author
d. historian
e. scientist
2. Whatisgrowthmindsetandhowcanweapplytoourlearning?

IAm...

HabitsofaHistorian
Theytravel
Learnsfromthepast
learnsfrombooks
learnsfromotherpeople
writes
reads
staysfocused
investigates
trytounderstandhistory
lovesresearch
loveswriting
isreflective
iscurious
isprepared
takespicturesoftheirwork
Knowsfactsvsopinions
studiestheworldshistory
continuesstudy
exploreancientbuildings
veryorganized

HabitsofaWriter
creative
rereadstheirwriting
acceptscritique
expandsvocabulary
alwaysreadingandwriting
draft
usespellcheck
writesaboutwhatisontheirmind
findscreativewaystoenhancewriting
usesfigurativelanguage
arecreative
brainstorms
thinksbeforetheywrite
writesconstantly
readsvoraciously
Isreflective
Usesgoodgrammar

HabitsofaReader
writealotofnotes
readersreflectonwhattheyrereading
rereadiftheydontunderstandwhattheyarereading
readslowly
readerswrite
readsmultipletimestobesure
agoodreaderwritesaboutwhattheyarereading
agoodreaderreadstofindwordsfortheirvocabulary
readsfor30minutes
readswherevertheygo
stayfocused
learnsnewwords

HabitsofaMathematician&Scientists
1. ExperimentandPlay
2. Confidentandpersistent
3. Hypothesize&test
4. Createrules&generalizepatterns
5. Besystematic
6. Justify&support