Papa Ekolu 3A

You will have 45 minutes to continue working on your fictional/personal narrative stories. Don’t forget to use the rubric to revise and make final changes. If you feel that you are ready to publish..go for it! Don’t forget to include a cover page with your title, author name and picture. If you finish your published story then REVISE and EDIT one more time. This is the piece that will be graded.

Turn in your rubric with your name on it when you are completed. Then email me a PDF copy of your book. I look forward to reading it and hearing you share it with our 1st grade buddies next week Thursday.

If you don’t complete it in school you may work on it over the weekend. I will begin grading this weekend.

Maps Info…At 2:00 you will have 30 minutes to work on any map corrections or incomplete work. If you are all caught up you may work on your map project or continue working on your writing.
A list of names for corrections and incomplete work is on the board.

Good luck writers and map readers/creators! I’ll be thinking about you!

Happy Friday! Here is a link to our May Day performance. The keiki did a wonderful job going with the flow from our elementary to the middle school gym and then waiting to perform. I am so very proud of them! We mahalo Kumu Silva for all her hard work with all the keiki!

Click here to watch the video!

Here is the picture from last week’s math problems. Good luck mathematicians!

Hi Writers,

Today for writing I’d like you to continue your publishing. I will conference and meet with you on Tuesday. Type your essay in an app that can be sent to me so I can print your work later.

I will be bringing in the trifold boards tomorrow.

If you finish typing, start to look for pictures for your board/pamphlet. You will probably need 5-8 pictures. Email me the pictures as well.

Happy writing!

Please read the following information from Kumu Kanani…

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 will be the LAST DAY to borrow resources from the CRBLC.

Friday, May 15, 2015 ALL library items need to be returned to the CRBLC and payment(s) for late fees/fine need to be paid.

Any outstanding student obligations will result in the following:
NO report card, yearbook and next SY class schedule

Please follow the directions below for your homework:

You will all be writing a thank you letter to one of our guest speakers last week. I’ve assigned a speaker for each table. This letter will be a rough draft so you may complete it on any type of paper. If you want to do the rough draft on your notes app on your iPad, you may.

Here is a list of letter expectations:

Date
Greeting
Body- Needs to include reasons why you are thankful and what you learned from them
(A minimum of 4 sentences)
Closing Signature

Write a thank you letter to…

Table 1- Aunty Farrah
Table 2-Uncle Kaito
Table 3- Uncle Keanu
Table 4- Uncle Brent
Table 5- Micah

Hi Writers,
Ready to write your conclusion? Read on to learn how!

A conclusion is the last paragraph in your essay. Its job is to summarize the main ideas in your writing so your reader’s won’t forget it. What is it you want your readers to remember?

Here is an example of a conclusion for my topic of Paris. Because I want my reader to remember how beautiful the Eiffel Tower is and how delicious food in Paris can be I made sure to write sentences that will get their attention.

The Eiffel Tower sparkling brightly at night and standing tall and mighty during the day is what most visitors will dream about after leaving Paris to return back home. Actually many visitors may also go to sleep at night wishing to have one more taste of that buttery, flakey croissant filled with chocolate or variety of delicious cheeses. Mmmmm….Paris sounds like the place to be.

Now it’s your turn to try! You can do another quick sketch of what you see now that your research is all done. Use that sketch to help you write your conclusion. Use adjectives to describe the nouns in your drawing.

Good luck writers!

P.S. If you have extra time, you may quietly start to look for images that match your essay. Save them to your camera roll.

Tomorrow morning you will have the opportunity to Skype with Wendy Grieb. She is one of the storyboard artists (visualizes stories and sketches frames of the story on paper) on Phineas and Ferb, who previously won an Annie Award for “The Maddening Sprite of the Stump” on the Disney TV series Dave the Barbarian. She currently storyboards songs for the Phineas and Ferb TV series such as “Rubber Bands, Rubber Balls”, “What’cha Doin’?”, “Carpe Diem”, “Disco Miniature Golfing Queen”, “Brand New Best Friend”, and “Summer (Where Do We Begin?)”. She is also the illustrator for books like “Monster Needs A Costume” and “Monster Needs A Party.”

Please brainstorm 1-2 questions you could ask her tomorrow in regards to how reading, writing, listening, and speaking is used in her jobs. Bring them in on a piece of paper or index card.

Check out an example of a storyboard she created in the 2nd photo below.

Congratulations to Koa and Au’kele for earning April’s Hāweo award for ho’oulu! Mahalo to the ‘ohana that made it out last week to celebrate their hard work.

Hi Mathematicians,
Last night you created a blog post about one of your measurement activities (life size drawing or bead creation) and today I want you to create a reflection about our mini unit on measuring length. You may work with your table partner on this reflection. Things you could include your reflection…What is length? How do we measure length? Why do people measure length? What are common objects people measure for length? What are big take aways you have about length?
These are just options..be creative with what you include!

If you don’t finish today you will have 30 minutes on Wednesday. This will be graded as an assessment (test) so please do your best work. Because I am looking to see what you’ve learned about length you should provide at least 3 facts about length in your trailer or movie. The more you share, the better!

1) Use iMovie and click on Theater.
2) Click on plus and then choose between a Movie or Trailer
3) Choose a theme
4) Click on create trailer or create movie
5) The steps are different now, so please work together as a team to continue