Moving On VoiceThread

Share your thoughts about moving on with other fifth graders around the world in this cool VoiceThread:

Moving On!

Over the last 2 weeks we have thought quite a bit about moving to 6th grade. We have also investigated many inspirational sayings by wise people around the world that can help in your move to Middle School and in years to come. You have had the opportunity to reflect with a partner and make several podcasts individually and with a partner.

After listening to your partner podcast on your reflections on moving to 6th grade, write about what you have learned from the podcasts, both your individual and partner podcasts. Do you feel your speaking skills have improved? If so, how? What do you think of your partner podcasts? Do you feel your conversational skills are stronger now? If so, how? Lastly, have these reflections with the inspirational sayings been helpful? Do you feel more prepared for 6th grade? What else can you do to help to prepare for 6th grade?

For our visitors and listeners from outside ISB, do you share some of the same concerns about moving on that we have?

Lau’s Inspirational Saying

Nao decha algo para amanha quando pode ser feito hoje.
that means never leave something for today when you can do it tomorrow.

I think that means don’t be lazy today and wait until tomorrow like if you can do your homework today don’t wait until tomorrow because you might not be able to do it tomorrow.

Patty’s Inspirational Saying

My inspirational saying, in Thai, is Ton Pan Ti Pud Kod ton. This means you have to help yourself . Not to let other people help you. I think this saying is important because when you can’t help yourself and when you grow up no one will help you.

Korean Insperational Saying by Ji Yoon

Hi everyone! My inspirational saying is about our bad habit. In Korean it is call “세 살 버릇 여든까지 간다”. And it means “The bad habit that you had at three years old goes until when you’re eighty years old.” And in English they say “The leopard does not change his spots.” But I think they mean the very same. Because the Korean proverb (oh! And I forgot to tell that both of them are proverbs! Oops!) means ‘ it is hard to fix your bad habit that you had since when you’re young’, and I guess that it also means ‘you need to fix your bad habit before it is too late’. And I think the second one make more sense, because that is more scientific. Once, I saw this news article that talk about the bad habit. They said ‘ if you keep do your bad habit for long time, your brain will recognize that your bad habit is normal and keep doing them, even you if don’t want to.’ Freeekey~! Right?
This proverb was really meaningful for me. Because when I heard it first, I thought this is really meaningful. Because that is true!

Seok Weon’s Inspirational Saying

I like ‘Back to Nature’ by Rousseau. I think Back to Nature means remove all the desire and go back to a simple life. So every person finally can be free and share the power. Everyone rules the country equally. I think everyone should be able to make choices and get benefits whether they’re rich or poor.

I’m talking about is Rousseau’s idea, He means every individual must get the same amount of goods, money, food and resources. Poor folks must get the same benefits as rich people get. They have rights to participate in government.

Ryotaro’s Inspirational Saying

My inspirational saying is “するのは失敗何もしないのは大失敗” if I change this to English, it is “to try and fail is a mistake but to not try is a big mistake.” I think this means that if we don’t try, it’s IMPOSSIBLE but if we try it’s POSSIBLE. I like this inspirational saying because I think this way too and I think it’s right. If I say it in soccer, it’s like if I don’t shoot, I won’t score but if I try I might score. Well, that’s why I started to shoot more because it’s POSSIBLE.

Hiro’s Japanese Inspirational Sayings

My inspirational saying is this. This is in Japanese　“天才は１％のひらめきと、99％の努力から生まれるのだ“　When I change this in English, it says “ Intelligence comes from 1%, of the flash, and comes from 99% of the effort.”

I think this saying means “if you don’t do it, you can’t do it.” Because if somebody doesn’t want to do their work, if they don’t do it, they can’t do it. This saying is from Thomas Edison, the king of experiments. When I saw this saying , I thought I was not doing my work that well.So I started doing my work. I started going to Japanese school, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturdays.

Kiewon’s Inspirational Sayings

Hi! In Korea there is a word say 바늘도둑 소도둑된다(a person who stoled a needle later he stoles a cow).It means that when you steal somebody’s small stuffs like eraser,pencil or a mini pencil sharpener later you will steal somebody’s pencil case or an a money. This makes me to think of when i was in Korean school I once stole a friend’s eraser. But I realize that he will be sad and I put it back at his desk. After that I rarely steals other peoples stuffs.
I wish that nobody in this blog do this stuffs.

Cool Korean Inspirational Sayings from Cheryl

I was finding a good one that everyone can understand easily and I found “바늘 가는 데 실 간다.” [Where needle goes, there’s string] I think it means to be inseparably related 《to each other》or always go with something. Like best friends usually be together. Even if they’re far away, they try to keep in touch. I tried to change this saying in some other way and it’s “Where coffee goes there’s sugar.”

I have more sayings!
{1.바다는 메워도 사람 욕심은 못 메운다.
You can fill the sea but not human’s avarice}
{2.남의 금송아지가 내집 송아지만 못하다.
My cow is better then the neighbor’s golden cow.}
{3.백지장도 맞들면 낫다.
Cooperating white paper is even better.}