Monthly Archives: August 2011

Students have gone to the library and learned how to check out books with Kumu Kanani Desa. Please click on her link located on top and see our students in the Charles Reed Bishop Learning Center.

Ordering books from scholastic just got easier. A scholastic newsletter and book order forms has been sent home. If you would like to order go to www.scholastic bookclub.com and place your order using my classroom pin number located in the … Continue reading →

Children were busy during math sorting buttons, organizing them, and making sets. We learned that a set is a group of objects or numbers. So students set off to work with a bag of assorted buttons and it was so … Continue reading →

Everyone has a story to be shared. And boy oh boy, look at the expression and enthusiasm these kindergarteners had while sharing their story with a partner! Students paired up and swapped stories. They were able to ask questions for … Continue reading →

Students enjoyed playing a fun “name game” today in class. One child faced their back to the rest of the class while Mrs. Nihipali showed the class a students name written on a card. That student would then speak and … Continue reading →

The kindergarteners in KB were hard at work during math, counting out sets of six and seven with their blocks. After making sets with their blocks and making sure that all were side by side, students then drew what they … Continue reading →

After reading the Musubi Man in class, students created their own ending to the story that was different from the one found in the book. Imaginations were abundant as children drew endings where the Musubi Man surfed all the way … Continue reading →

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE 2011-12

Aloha! I’d like to share a little bit about myself with you and thank you for allowing me the opportunity to work with and learn from your amazing keiki. I am a local Hilo-an, born and raised in the Pi’ihonua … Continue reading →