Tag Archives: Tech Tools

Why Blog?

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Carmen Richardson

My wonderful fifth graders, I spent some time catching up on your blogs over Christmas break.  I am proud of what you are doing!  So many of you are using the web tool in wonderful ways.  We are going to … Continue reading →

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Fifth Grade Collaborative Poetry Project Begins!

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Carmen Richardson

The fifth graders of 5B have begun a new project with their Baltimore Buddies.  As you may know from reading this blog, we have developed a wonderful relationship with our friends in Baltimore using a variety of web tools.  Our … Continue reading →

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Final Performance of “The Sound of Music”

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Carmen Richardson

Congratulations to the cast and crew of “The Sound of Music” for a successful production. I had a wonderful time working with all of you!   Now it’s time to think about about next year’s show…. What show should we … Continue reading →

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Kea’au and Kapālama: An Awesome Collaboration

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Carmen Richardson

On Wednesday morning Mrs. Ah Hee’s fifth graders continued their collaboration with high school students in Mr. Culley’s Science class at Kapālama. The fifth graders began this collaboration with our neighbor island friends with a class to class skype a … Continue reading →

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Visiting a Robotics Class on Maui

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Carmen Richardson

Aloha! The specials kumu were fortunate to be able to visit the Maui campus and meet with the wonderful teachers there. We missed you all very much but had a great time sharing the cool things that we are doing … Continue reading →

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Second Grade Skypes with……

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Carmen Richardson

You guessed it! Baltimore! As you may know, Ms. Fullerton’s Class (along with Mrs. Ah Hee and Kumu Kala’s classes) is collaborating with a class in Baltimore. On Tuesday it was the second graders turn to meet their new friends … Continue reading →

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Fourth Grade Skyping Pros!

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Carmen Richardson

The fourth graders in Kumu Kala’s class participated in their first skype of the school year this past week.  They did in awesome job, showing they were old pros at Skyping after participating in the “Chat Across the USA” project … Continue reading →

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Fifth Grade Mystery Skype!

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Carmen Richardson

Where are you from?  This was the question Mrs. Ah Hee’s students asked themselves on Tuesday as they participated in a Mystery Skype activity with a fifth grade class on the mainland. Students in each class asked questions and with … Continue reading →

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First Graders Finish Digital Stories!

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Carmen Richardson

Want to know what our first graders love about living in our beautiful state of Hawai’i? Just take a look at the wonderful digitial stories they created below! We will be sharing our stories with the first grade classrooms that … Continue reading →

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Fifth Graders Find Blogging Friends in Indiana!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Carmen Richardson

Our fifth graders are very excited because soon they will be getting their very own blogs!  They have been busy thinking about the kinds of things they might want to blog about. I am super excited about this because our … Continue reading →

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