At the beginning of school this week, we had the students due an “about me” assignment. It was due today, so here are some of them. Last names have been censored for privacy.
[Image ID: A third grade “all about me assignment”, where individual fields are written in with red ink and messy, childish handwriting. It reads: “All about: Boruto. I am 8 1/3 years old. I live with my mommy. My Friends Are: Scourge!!! Himawari. I like to watch: SSS Warriors. My Favorite Color: red. Food: burger. Animal: cats (with a backwards ‘s’). Books: Warriors. Favorite Activities: playing warriors with my sister. I am good at baking cookies (mispelled). When I grow up I want to be: Scourge.” Next to “scourge” there is a drawing of an angry looking cat. End ID.]
This one was a little hard for me to read... I had to get my teacher’s assistant to help me decipher it. As a longtime friend of his mother, I have known Boruto for many years and can safely say this is accurate (although admittedly it’s a little embarrassing I didn’t know about the cat books earlier). He is certainly good at helping Hinata “back cokies”.
[Image ID: Various parts of the paper are filled in with black. It reads: “All About: Inojin Yamanaka. I live with: Sai & Ino Yamanaka. Friends: Chouchou, Shikadai, Chouchou’s friends. I like to watch: Bob Ross. My Favorite Color: Black. Food: cheesy goldfish. Animal: Lion. Books: Percy Jackson (Percy is spelled with an ‘s’). Favorite activities: Drawing, game, drawing, lego. When I grow up I want to be: tattoo artist (tattoo is spelled with only two ‘t’’s and one ‘o’). I am good at: everything.” End ID.]
A very creative child, though I’m surprised he didn’t use any colors; I left some crayons and colored pencils out for everyone to use. Normally he includes much more color in his work... either way, it’s no surprise he wants to be a tattoo artist.
[Image ID: The same paper. It’s written in cursive, and some parts are colored in. It reads: All about: Sarada Uchiha. I am 8 years old. I live with: Mom. My friends are: Chouchou. I like to watch: documentaries (misspelled; missing the ‘a’). My Favorite Color: chartreuse (misspelled, written in red ink). Drink: blackberry tea (mispelled; berry has an ‘a’ instead of an ‘e’). Animal: okapi. Favorite activities: studying, reading. Books: Cambell’s Biology 9th version. I am good at: spelling. When I grow up I want to be: hokage.” End ID.]
We haven’t started learning cursive yet, but it seems Sarada already has most of it down; it’s pretty messy though, and again I had to enlist my TA to help. Amusingly, she wrote chartreuse in red. I think this might also be a sign for me to start focusing more on proper spelling. Maybe I can combine it with our ninja theory lessons.
[Image ID: “All About: Mitsuki. I am 8 months old. I live with: parent. My friends are: snake, log, metal. (Snake is misspelled as snek.) I like to watch: Wild Kratt. My Favorite Color: #62F0C8. Food: scrambled egg. Animal: snake (snake is misspelled the same as before). Favorite activities: Instead of text, there are some childish doodles of green snakes. Books: Chika Chika Boom Boom. I am good at: staring contest. When I grow up I want to be: Herpatologist.” End ID.]
I have some concerns regarding the recent transfer student Mitsuki. For one he didn't write his last name, and most of his friends seem to be some sort of inanimate object or wild animal. The ‘parent’ is probably referring to the person in his last drawing. I'm also not too sure he understood what the assignment meant under the "color" section, he seems to have just written a bunch of numbers and letters (unless that’s the name of a color...?) . All in all, this project has created more questions than answered them...
[Image ID: The handwriting is extremely small and hard to see. It reads: “All About: Metal Lee. I am Eight years old. I live with: Dad, Grandpa, and Sleepy Grandpa. My friends are: dad, grandpa, sleepy grandpa, Mirai. I like to watch: Dragon Ball Z. My Favorite Color: green. Food: Curry of life. Animal: Hitmonlee. Favorite activities: running, workout, pokemon, hiking/camping. Books: Martha speaks. When I grow up I want to be: dad.” The ‘I am good at’ section is left blank. End ID.]
I appreciate the fact that Metal Lee did the assignment properly, although it would be appreciated if he learned to write a bit bigger; I had to ask my TA to help ‘translate’ this one too. He also left the "I'm good at" section blank; did he forget to do it, or is this an insecurity problem? It's good to see a kid his age enjoying so many outdoor activities though.
[Image ID: The writing is childish, and the writing is in multiple colors. The I’s are dotted with hearts. Some sections are colored in with bright colors. It reads: All About: ChouChou. I am: 8 years old. I live with: Akimichi clan. My friends are: Sarada, Inojin, Shikadai, Sweetie (misspelled as “sweatie”), Shinki, Boruto (??). I like to watch: all cartoons. My favorite color: pink. Food: caviar. Animal: monarch butterfly (misspelled with only one t). Favorite activities: watch cartoons, talk with friends. (the e and i in friends are switched). Books: Happy Happy Clover. I am good at: making friends (misspelled the same way as before). When I grow up I want to be: fashionista.” End ID.]
I'm glad to see how much color Chouchou used in her project, and also at the amount of friends she's been able to make. Her strong ambitions to be a fashionista is reflected in her work. It’s also very nice to see her have so many friends... though I’m not sure why Boruto has question marks next to his name.
Of the students who offered to share theirs, only one didn’t turn in anything. I’ve contacted their parents about participation.