Mrs. Hara – 7th/8th Grade Math

Kōnane: A game of strategy and problem solving.

A wonderful turnout for our Math Tech Tools session. Families were able to explore math sites and use the ipods as well.

Kumu Kala explains one of her activities during her Play is Practice session.

Keiki and parents working together at the Math Websites session.

Mahalo to all of you who were able to attend our first of two math nights this school year.  As always the chili was ono and the sessions were fun and informative.  If you were unable to attend, not to worry, you can visit blogs from Mrs. Chang and Kumu Kanani to obtain some of their math site resource information.  And if you wish to obtain handouts from any of our other sessions, please feel free to contact me.

Learning Math in the 21st Century is the theme for our `ohana math night this year.  Please join us on Friday, September 23rd from 5:00-7:30, as we engage you and your child with various sessions that help to support math concepts and the skills associated with being a 21st century learner.  There will also be a presale on our school’s onolicious chili bowls for just $1.00.  We hope you can join us on this special night of fun and learning. ‘Ohana Math Night flyer & Registration form

Keanu-Marie did a great job recording her 8 blue tiles!

In kindergarten, it is important for students to develop a solid foundation of number literacy.  This includes counting, number recognition and writing, one-one correspondence and many more skills.  These students are participating in an activity called In My Bag.  Students begin by sorting the tiles by colors. Then they accurately count them by organizing them or doing what we call sliding.  Finally, they record the

Here Lucas is organizing his blue tiles into a row of 5 to help with counting.

Makamae is working on counting her green tiles. She organizes them and makes sure she points to the tile she is counting. Way the go Makamae!

Nalu is working on recording his last color of tiles. Awesome Nalu!

amount and color of tiles.  They did a fabulous job!

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