Who Works At Our School?

Aloha Family and Friends!

As we continued learning about different jobs and their tools we learned that there are all sorts of different jobs right at our school! Over the course of the week we had lots of visitors from around campus stop by our class and tell us about their job and what they use to do their job

Our first visitor was a principal Mrs. Matsukawa! She told us all about how her job is to make sure people are safe at school. She also said that her job was to make sure that kids are learning and enjoying it! She even helps kids in the health room when they get hurt. Some of the tools she uses for her job are a walkie and a computer. 

Ms. Pohai also stopped by to visit. She is our Parent Involvement Coordinator. She helps our community and families get plugged in to help at our school. 

Our ELL (English Language Learner) Coordinator, Ms. Lusk, also came by our class. She helps all the students and families at our school who speak a language other than English at home. She told us all about how she uses books and a globe to help her do her job. 

Our school counselor even made an appearance! Mrs. Q not only told us about what she uses to do her job at school, but also all about her previous career as an athletic trainer at the High School. She brought in pictures of her helping injured football and basketball players. 

Ms. Personius is the schools 4th and 5th grade counselor. For her job she uses lots things like games, books, and she even showed us her office key! Most importantly, she also uses her smile!

Ms. Josie even told the kids a bit about what she uses for her job as an A+ teacher. (I forgot to take a picture 😁). Throughout the week we created a chart of the different people who work at our school and what they use to do their job. 

In addition to our school visitors we had a special guest speaker from the community. Ms. Jill is a map maker. She showed us a map that she created. He even makes maps as big as our recess field! Afterwards the kids showed her the maps they have been working on in Social Studies. 

Towards the end of the week the kids were given the opportunity to think about all the different careers they had learned about and then chose what job they would want when they grow up. 

Scholastic Book orders went home this week. If you would like to order anything please return the order form with payment by Wednesday, November 25th. You can also order online using our special classroom code. 

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Kawai

Y-O-U spells you!

Aloha Family and Friends!

Every Monday when we learn our new sight word for the week we do a fun activity called "Rainbow Writing". The kids have to use all of the colors in their box to write the sight word for the week. In the end they have a colorful sight word! This week our sight word for the week was "you".

On Tuesday we made Veteran's Day cards for the dad of one of our classmates. He appreciated them so much!

                      

                     

This week was "Custodian Appreciation Week". We made cards for our custodians to show them how much we appreciate all that they do for our school and our classroom. 

                     

                   

In math we have been learning about addition and using addition to show the different ways to make a number. For example, you can make 5 using 1+4, 2+3, etc. To help the kids with this concept we started playing a game called "How many am I hiding?" It is such an easy game that you can even play it at home! First I showed the kids five counters. Then I asked them to close their eyes while I hid some of them. When they opened their eyes they had to figure out how many I was hiding. They loved it! They caught on how to play so quickly that they then asked if they could play with each other. The students played in pairs and took turns being the "teacher". 

                

This week we started a two week study on different jobs and what people use to do their job. We read a story called "Whose Shoes" that showed pictures of different kinds of shoes people use for their job and then the kids had to guess who the shoes belonged to. 

                       

 After reading the story we charted some of the different jobs we saw in the book and then made a list of some of the things that they use to do their job. Later we used our chart to make descriptive sentences!

                 

Next week we will be learning about the letter Dd. Students are welcome to bring in items from home that begin with the letter "d". 

Also, our school received an anonymous $100 donation to host an a cappella competition. All grades may participate. Keiki talent is the focus, but adult participation is encouraged. More details will be coming. Friday, Jan 29, 2016 is the competition date.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Kawai

Rain Sticks

Aloha Family and Friends!

The highlight of our week was on Thursday when we made rain sticks! Since we have been learning about South America we made Chilean rain sticks. The kids loved it! They all created unique and colorful instruments!

In phonics this week we have been learning about the letter C. Everyone wrote and drew everything they knew about the letter C. They had to fit it all on to one Post-it note!

Then we stuck them to our mind map. Later the kids went back and added more things about C to the map. 

It's November which means Thanksgiving is right around the corner! This week we had a new activity added to our math centers. To play the game you roll a die and then color in a part of the picture with the same number. You take turns with a partner and who ever finishes their picture first wins!

Next week we will be learning about the letter Ii. Kids can bring in items from home that begin with I. 

Next week we also return to our regular school schedule, so school will be dismissed at 2pm. Wednesday is Veteran's Day and there will be no school. 

See you all next week!

Mrs. Kawai