Throughout this lab, I listened and followed directions with my partner. My partner and I carefully grabbed each equipment that was needed and got started. We knew who was doing what and began. If we needed help we would ask the teacher for help and approval before going further. In this lab my partner and I communicated well, especially the teacher and were very careful. As we went through each trial, we improved each time. This is because we talked out our successes and failures and improvement each time. We would get confused time to time or some things but would ask for help from those around us or the teacher, and we would try to understand and learn from it. In the end, we successfully accomplished our goal.
I feel like I could have done better on the test as I made some mistakes on the first part of the test as I did not study that part as much as I needed to, next time I will make flash cards for the ones I’m not so sure or confident about. On the other test I got better than I expected, I think I did pretty good on the spoken part. The tests itself I think I could’ve studied more and done more to improve.
Something that I am proud of from this course is the Poetry Sheets we had done in class. This was an exciting part of the course. We learn how to write different types of poems in different ways then presented it in class. This was very exciting to do with my peers.
This was an representative for my Communication and how I shared my thoughts through poetry. Not only this but among my peers and teacher as well.
Once we formed our group of three we started working right away. Our first game idea didn’t go as to planned so, we started to think of basketball. Our last game was going to be a balloon popping game but it wasn’t approved. That got us thinking and we came up with the game idea called “All Star”. This was the start of our beginning. As we started to build our game we made changes throughout it. We planned as we made our game. We thought of the name of our game towards the end of our building process and what paints/designs we should use to make our game stand out.
2) How did those strategies change?
We were just going to have the game against a wall but we made a cardboard stand instead. Instead of using golf balls to shoot our shots into the cups we brought ping pong balls in instead. That way our game won’t become damaged and no one can get hurt. We also changed our points for each cup. As we kept testing our game we thought about the probability and the different chances people would get. This made us move around the ‘How to play the game’ and ‘point score’ of the game. We also changed the distance form the shooting area and where the game was. We moved the two closer for a better probability of getting the ball into the cup.
3) Were your new strategies successful?
As we made sudden changes we realized our game was really successful. Nothing broke, people understood the game and rules. This made many more people want to come to our game. We guessed that no one wants to play a game that is hard to understand so as we worked on those changes the game became a lot more understanding to our players.
4) Why or why not?
The changes were success because we planned out our games and made changes as we built our game. We also tested out our probability and made some changes from that. This helped to game become less difficult to play yet not easy to play.
5) Were there any patterns you noticed that helped you during play?
As people played we didn’t notice a pattern. When we were testing probability, we also didn’t notice much of a pattern. It really depends on your aim.
6) Are there “rules” you can generalize to someone to do well at the game? There aren’t much rules to help you do well. More towards your aim. We suggest you throw underhand to get the ball into the smaller cups and overhand to get the bigger cups.
Share and progress while making to gather feedback. Laying out the step for this Thai Curry was planned out successfully by my peers and I. We had discussed what we would each do when making it and had assigned each group member to make and/or help with the dish. By working together or by following a step by step plan we finished our product with a delicious dish. After we had tasted what we made we talked about the flavours, how does it look like and if we liked it or not; what would we change?
Core Competency Reflection
Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in…
Before we begin to cook or bake, we communicate with each other about the steps and what each partner will do while making this recipe. We also communicate clearly when cleaning up. Each person gets assigned a job such a washing dishes or special duties. If one person has nothing to do, they come in and help another group member out. For example dish drying, one person could be drying dishes while another can help put away the dishes.
2. I know the group is working well together when I hear/ see…
When I hear them working well together by communicating with each other, helping each other out and equally contributing in cooking or baking. Its also when I see everyone helping out either cooking, baking or cleaning. I can also see this when we are filling out our recipes. There is always someone who needs help filling out their sheet.
3. While working in the kitchen, I help to build and extend understanding by…
Planning every step out before beginning to work. We do this before we cook or bake or before we start cleaning. we can also help build and understand by helping each other out as we work. If someone doesn’t understand something while cooking or baking, we can help each other out by helping them with it. Trying to help them understand and learn.
4. My Goal: If there is disagreement within the group, I find it helpful to…
If there is ever a disagreement we get stuck and we can’t find any ideas to help. Maybe asking the teacher if we can change the recipe a bit so we can contribute both ideas is a way we can help the situation. Myself and other in my group do need to find ways to work on this. I will continue to work on this goal for myself and others. I think I can expand my learning if someone doesn’t agree.
My teacher has assigned the class to create a body biography related to the characters in the novel “Kill A Mockingbird”. My group of four includes Katalina, Lucas, Sabrina and myself. We have picked the Character Atticus from the novel. While doing this project together we have communicated, discussed and evaluated each other. We have all communicated to help each other get things done for the project and we have used communication to learn. For example if we didn’t get enough information to put on our poster, we would go to the novel and discuss what other things we could add to our project to make it better. I feel like working as a group really helps each individual work on our work ethics. Such as communication, socials skills and critical thinking. We could always work on areas we struggle in as well. As for myself I would like to work on critical thinking; thinking outside the box while working as a group.
My partners and I productively had made this recipe together. We had planned out what we were going to do each step before we started cooking and baking. The process of making the scones were quick and easy considering we had made these once before. We started off discussing our steps and rereading our recipe. When we finally decided what each person will do, we started to gather our materials and began to work. We were great combining the ingredients together and communicating with each other. We had made a mistake in the process, we had forgotten to put the racks in the right place. So, when we had to change the racks, the oven lost some of its heat. In the end, the scones turned out great. Considering we were group of three, we were fast and on time. Two people made the scones, and the other made the hollandaise sauce. In the end we learnt that we could’ve baked the scones longer, it was a bit undercooked but we learnt from our mistakes and now we are aware that we can add more minutes to our baking time. As someone took out the scones from the oven, I set up the tables and got ready to have the scones and egg Benedict with my group member; Zoe. Andrej was part of our group but had to leave half way so instead of six scones we had four. Each person got one egg and two scones. We added the hollandaise sauce on the egg and enjoyed our meal.
Core Competency Reflection
Examples of where I communicate clearly and purposefully can be seen in…
Before we begin to cook or bake, we communicate with each other about the steps and what each partner will do while making this recipe. We also communicate clearly when cleaning up. Each person gets assigned a job such a washing dishes or special duties. If one person has nothing to do, they come in and help another group member out. For example dish drying, one person could be drying dishes while another can help put away the dishes.
2. I know the group is working well together when I hear/ see…
When I hear them working well together by communicating with each other, helping each other out and equally contributing in cooking or baking. Its also when I see everyone helping out either cooking, baking or cleaning. I can also see this when we are filling out our recipes. There is always someone who needs help filling out their sheet.
3. While working in the kitchen, I help to build and extend understanding by…
Planning every step out before beginning to work. We do this before we cook or bake or before we start cleaning. we can also help build and understand by helping each other out as we work. If someone doesn’t understand something while cooking or baking, we can help each other out by helping them with it. Trying to help them understand and learn.
4. My Goal: If there is disagreement within the group, I find it helpful to…
If there is ever a disagreement we get stuck and we can’t find any ideas to help. Maybe asking the teacher if we can change the recipe a bit so we can contribute both ideas is a way we can help the situation. Myself and other in my group do need to find ways to work on this. I will continue to work on this goal for myself and others. I think I can expand my learning if someone doesn’t agree.
Health – Health is a trait that each of us value. How we included it in our city was by adding a hospital, gym, and people either snowboarding or skiing. A hospital is a good way of showing health because they try to keep you in good health if you aren’t. They tell you what to do or take to stay healthy. The gym represents health because the gym help you maintain your weight and, keeps you on a good diet. Your weight and what you eat are a big part of help. Skiing and Snowboarding are both sports and doing sports is good for your health so is the communication you have with your team. they keep you motivated and help you have a positive mindset. This is also a part of being healthy, not just with your body but healthy for you mentally. All of these are located in our city. The hospital is next to the church, the gym is next to the restaurant and the snowboarders and skiers are by the snowy mountains.
Healthy Relationships – One of the values that our group feels that is really important to have is healthy relationships. The buildings in our city that represent healthy relationships are: The hotel, this spot could be used for honeymoons/family vacations. The restaurant, this spot can be used for family dinners, date nights, and outings with friends. Park this spot is a place where young kids and moms can make friends and connect through play. Houses that are close together establishing a trust between the families. I believe healthy relationships is a key value to have in any town because whether its friends, family, or lovers’ healthy relationships establish not only trust but also a sense of belonging as you feel happy knowing you are surrounded by people your close to.
Community – Living in a city means, living in a place where community is important. A Good community where its safe, happy, kind, and has a great environment, is where people would want to live for the rest of their lives. Snow city’s community is a joyful and free place to explore, that includes companionship, goodwill, devotion, etc. Its important for this community to stay positive, in order for people to feel safe and confident. At Snow City our community is always fun and cheerful, when people ice skate around the Christmas tree in the park , ski or snowboard on top of the mountains, and spread love and kindness to each other while doing it.
Blue
The colour blue symbolizes trust and loyalty two things that our group believes is crucial to a good city. Trust and loyalty between citizens establish strong bonds and connections amongst people which we believe is really important. This colour can be found throughout the city on buildings and in the sky.
White
The colour white symbolizes successful beginnings and protection. With a new city our group believes heavily in the citizens feeling safe and the colour white symbolizes that. Also, successful beginnings are key in the start of a new city so white seems fitting. White can be seen all around our city as white is the colour of snow.
Communication/Reflection
The project is about what our values are and working as a group, what values we all value. We chose Health, Healthy Relationships and Community. We used City Creator to create our city named Snow city. Each of us took turns giving ideas and we all did one value each so it was an equal share into the project. We communicated by texting each other through a group chat. We connected our ideas together and created a city showing each of our values. We listened to their ideas and opinions and improved our city by doing that. We worked well together, and we had good communication. We didn’t face any problems, instead we helped each other out and we were all satisfied with our city in the end. To improve we could of added more values and add more details in the city.
