Posted on June 14, 2016
Favorite Art Project
My favorite art project this year was either the single point perspective painting or the Canopic jars. The single point perspective painting was fun because you were allowed to use difference shades of one color (which is called a monochromatic scheme). I chose red, because red is my favorite color. Since I used the color red, I could make very dark red, lighter red, orangish red and purplish red. The way I made the project fun was being creative and adding different components to the painting. It was a great year in art!
Posted on June 7, 2016
Charlie’s Memoir
Trying new things is sometimes scary but, after you do that thing that you thought was scary you want to do it again 10,000 more times. It’s like the end of a movie when you think that the main character is going to die and you stuff as much popcorn as you can in your mouth because you’re scared. Then you see that they don’t die and the villain actually dies and you realize that there was no reason to be scared. Trying new things can also be really exciting if you’re going or doing something that you want to do. If you never try something new you’ll never know if you will like it. There are a lot of things that I love to eat like celery, pickles, alligator, steak and chicken. There are also things I like to do like play sports and watch reality T.V. shows. If I never tried them, I would never know in the first place that I liked them.
The first time I tried flag football I was really nervous that there would so many big and tall kids in the league and I would be the tiniest kid on the team. So I asked my dad, “Do you think I will play well?” And he responded, “Just go out there and have fun!” At first I thought it would be very rough like tackle football and I would be the worst player on the team. I was also nervous because it was my first time ever playing football in a league. It was actually a lot of fun and I was one of the best players on my team. Another reason it was fun is because it was more like two-hand touch than tackle football. The only difference was that you had pull your opponent’s flag which is a nylon strip that is attached to a belt around their waist to stop them from scoring. After I played flag football for the first time I discovered that just because you think something is scary or hard it doesn’t mean that it couldn’t be fun. Also like to watch professional football.
The first football game I went to was in Miami. I had wanted to go to a football game for a while and a lot of friends had been to a game. I saw the Miami Dolphins play the Indianapolis Colts. I went with my friend Zack, his dad, his uncle, and his cousins. I had a sleepover with him the night before the game. When we woke up we had a quick breakfast and then went to the Stadium. We had a picnic with Subway sandwiches and Lay’s chips. Zack, his dad and I played catch in the parking lot before the game started. Finally we entered the stadium and found our seats. I saw the field and the humongous field goal posts, which looked two massive statues coming out of the ground. I could hear the fans and Zach screaming “Let’s go Dolphins, let’s go Dolphins!” at the top of their lungs. At first both teams didn’t score much but, by halftime the score was Dolphins 14 and Colts 18. At halftime we went to the snack bar to get ice cream. When we got back to our seats, the 3rd quarter had already started! In the end the Dolphins lost but Jarvis Landry the Dolphins best wide receiver had a sick one-handed catch! The game was super fun! I hope I can go to another football game in the future. I was glad to have the opportunity to try out this new thing.
This story relates to trying new things because I was excited to go to my first NFL game. I’ve been to lots of of basketball games, baseball games, and 3 hockey games but never to a football game. I thought it would be similar to a basketball game because it is a fast paced sport and so is basketball but I didn’t realize that there were a lot more stoppages of play. I also thought it would be a higher scoring game in the end. It’s a lot different to go to a football game than to just watch it on T.V. I really loved the football game. I learned that just because you think something is similar to something else it’s not always true. I learned a different lesson when I tried alligator for the first time.
The first time I tried alligator, I was in Miami visiting my grandparents. My mom, sister, grandmother and I went to the Everglades to go on an alligator adventure on an airboat. Before I went on the airboat ride I felt very excited because I had never seen an alligator anywhere besides a zoo or been on an airboat ride before. In my opinion I think alligators are way more dangerous when they not in cages. We had to wear ear protectors because the boat was extremely loud! The water shined like a smooth paved road. Our tour guide told us a lot of cool facts about alligators like what they like to eat and what’s the difference between an alligator and a crocodile. We saw four alligators and a lot of cool birds like hawks, ravens and egrets. The grassy marsh around the boat was spiky like razor blades. After the airboat ride, we had a lunch at a restaurant that was part of the alligator boat ride. We had alligator as an appetizer and it was amazing! It tasted like spicy chicken that was deep fried. “The alligator was fantastic!” I told my grandfather when got back to their house. “What did it taste like?” he asked me. I said it tasted like spicy chicken. The next time I went to Miami, I was suppose to go to the Everglades again because we thought it was very enjoyable and the alligator tasted great, but I got sick. I hope I can go again when I’m in Miami so I can try alligator again.
At first I thought alligator would taste gross and slimy but it actually tasted like chicken. I was nervous that I would throw up after eating the alligator. It’s like being dared to eat a food you think you will not like but realizing that you are up for the challenge. I also thought it would be hard and scaly like a real alligator but I was wrong. In addition, I thought it might make me sick similar to expecting a sad ending in a movie but getting a good ending. I was surprised during the boat ride to see other wildlife and creatures and learn things about the Everglades. I didn’t realize that the boat went on top of the water instead of through it because the water is very shallow. I didn’t realize that my experience in the Everglades would be so interesting and also a lot of fun and I was happy I gave alligator a shot.
Overall I think trying new things can be an positive and interesting experience. When I try new things now I take in account all of the life lessons it has taught me. You should always give something a chance before you decide you don’t like it. Another thing to think about when you are trying new things is that sometimes an experience is not how you expected it to be. Finally, If you never try something you’ll never know if you’ll like it. What I’ve learned from these experiences is that it is very important to try new things throughout the course of your life.
Posted on May 26, 2016
What would happen if…?
What would happen if humans vanished from the planet? It would be horrible for the Earth because if humans disappeared from the world there would be no one to run and maintain the things we created. While some species would evolve the vast majority of creatures would die. After humans vanish from the Earth there will be tons of chaos.
Posted on May 24, 2016
Charlie’s Single Point Perspective Blog Post
Hi everyone,
In art we have been making single point perspective drawings. Perspective drawings have been very hard because you need to use the vanishing point draw almost everything. We are in the process of making a perspective drawing of a street. I have buildings, a sidewalk, a few windows, a door, and an awning so far. I really like my drawing. Before we made our street drawings we were drawing our initials which were much easier to draw because they were smaller.
Posted on April 25, 2016
Charlie’s Exit Poll Blog Post
In school on the day of the New York primary we went to different polling sites in Soho. We split into groups and each group went to a different one. My group went to St. Anthony’s church. I learned that you have to pick a candidate from your political party Democrat or Republican. I also learned that exit polling is you wait outside a polling site and ask people a series of questions such as: what political party are you, and who did you vote for? We also asked questions like how old you are, and what is your race or ethnicity?
Some things that surprised me was that there were barely any Republican voters in fact there was only 21 who voted while there were over 320 Democrats that voted. Another thing that surprised me is that I thought that almost every Democrat would vote Hillary Clinton but there was also a bunch of people who voted for Bernie Sanders. Out of the 21 Republicans who voted 16 votes were for John Kasich, 4 were for Donald Trump while only 1 vote was casted for Ted Cruz. After we did the exit polling the data processors calculated all of the information and the end of the day revealed that 77% of the Democrats voted for Clinton and 33% voted for Sanders. It was really fun to do exit polling because you feel like politics reporter..
Posted on April 22, 2016
Science Operation Manual: Every Population Has a Limit
Every population has a limit.
This rule is saying that no population can ever grow to infinite because they the will eventually run out of space, time, and resources. Populations can also go extinct form predators eating them or their babies. In science we did a simulation called shark tank and in the simulation we went to the park near are school. 15 kids were seaweed, 4 were minnows, and 1 kid got to be the shark. The shark had to eat 2 minnows to survive and 4 minnows to reproduce. The minnows had to eat 1 seaweed to survive and 2 to reproduce and the seaweed just needed to stay alive and they reproduce. This relates to the rule because if one population eats too many of the other populations all of them will go extinct.
Posted on April 7, 2016
Charlie’s Math Blog Post: Adding And Subtracting Fractions
In math, we are learning how to add and subtract fractions. I think I am good at adding and subtracting fractions because it was easy to understand what you are supposed to do. Some of the problems are very easy and others are very hard. I think it is fun because you get to figure out addition and subtraction problems. The way it works is you take two fractions like 1/4 + 5/12 and look at the bottom number. If the two numbers are the same, you just need to add the top numbers together. But if the two numbers do not have the same denominator, you have to find the least common multiple of the two numbers. Example, 4 and 12 LCM= 12.
Posted on April 6, 2016
Egyptian Tomb: Tomb Painting
In Art we made tomb paintings because were studying Egypt. Tomb paintings are paintings from a persons life that go in the tomb when a pharaoh or queen dies. First we drew the drawing on a small draft paper. Then we drew it on the big paper and outlined it in sharpie. Finally we water colored the drawing. If it had too much empty space we had to add things like hieroglyphics or a border. My favorite part of making the painting was when I made the warrior person with a bow and a quiver of arrows.
Posted on April 6, 2016
Egyptian Tomb: Shabtis
In art we made shabtis out of clay. Shabtis are little statues that Egyptians would put in the tombs when going to the afterlife. First we made the head and body out of clay. Then we glazed them with any color we wanted to use. There was 2 different glazes an under glaze and an over glaze. The under glaze added color to the clay, while the over glaze made the clay shiny. One thing I like about my shabti is that it is shiny and has a headdress with a false beard.
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