Monthly Archives: September 2011

Here we are again, cooking up a special treat in KB! We finished up our unit on apples by making homemade applesauce – yum! Prior to this, we read a few informational texts depicting various facts about apples – how … Continue reading →

The weather was beautiful as we visited the Waiakea Firestation and Hilo Public Library. Students learned how the fire station and firefighters help us. The tools firefighters use to do their jobs were shared and students enjoyed holding the fire … Continue reading →

Our students are so cute! Mahalo Papa Malaa’o for sharing your child’s baby pictures.

We are well into our ‘Ohana unit and students have been learning about needs and wants of a family. Shelter is a need for families and families live in different shelters. Using blocks, students constructed their own models of shelters.

The sharing bag is coming home. Students will get a chance to bring a toy from home to share. When your child brings home the sharing bag, help your child find 3 clues that best describes the object. We will … Continue reading →

The children worked so hard within our ‘ohana unit making and designing their own kalo plant that symbolized their own ‘ohana (the end product is the kalo version of a family tree). To honor the completion of this project, we … Continue reading →

In KB we wondered, “How many M&M’s are there in a package?” We first estimated and students recorded their guesses on post-its. We counted together to find out that there are fifty nine (59). Then, we learned that we could … Continue reading →