Another week has flown by…and the FISH! are swimming strong to the finish…the finish of 2014 that is! Here’s a glimpse of some of the exciting things we have been doing…
We began our week with our Christmas Convocation, where some of our 5B keiki shared a skit on the spirit of Christmas. They worked so hard to memorize their lines and did a wonderful job on the great stage of Lunalilo Hale! (Click on photos to get a better view) 🙂
The students even got a special visit from CEO Wong, Trustee Wilhemn, & our Poʻo Kula Dr. Stender in our classroom after. Dr. Stender posed with our newest FISH! Sebastian! So cool! So Special! 
Genius Hour ➗ 2 #3 is in the bank! The projects are impressive! See the post soon on the great work students do when researching their passion! They also worked on using Picsart to create a fab QR code to share about themselves for our Chicago friends at Burley 302. We canʻt wait to continue our connection with them across the ocean! We also worked on our persuasive technique in writing. Weʻll be learning about Powtoon with Miss Galang on in the upcoming week too.
Mahalo Ke Aliʻi Pauahi
The FISH! will be continuing their song practice in music class on all songs for Founderʻs Day. Heads up…Mrs. Debus will be giving a huge test on it on Monday. Know the words! The team will also be representing Kula Haʻahaʻa on Founderʻs Day by sharing Ke Aliʻi Pauahiʻs moʻokuauhaʻo. Please practice as it is an HONOR and our way to MAHALO our Princess for all the blessing she has bestowed on us!
Donʻt forget, dress whites are MANDATORY on Fri., Dec. 19th as the whole campus honors our Founder at Koʻaiʻa Gym at 9:00am. It is also an early release day, 11:15am.
Math has been a blast & students are having a great time working in teams with Miss Shonnie, Mrs. Hara, Mrs. Isabel, and of course me. They are also sharing their learning with each other as we looked at student exemplars to identify math strategies used to solve problems! See below for a glimpse into our math lessons & identified how problems are solved in many different ways!
Learning Together!
Lastly, in the season of giving & Christmas, the 5B FISH! launched “Project Kahiau” today! After having much class discussion & brainstorming on what weʻd do, the students finalized their plan! They decided on who they would give their special Santa to. They each selected a person who makes a difference in our community, someone who has impacted their lives & the lives of others in a positive way, someone who emulates “kahiau,” or someone who may just be in need of knowing that “they MATTER” in our world! The FISH! will be going out into our community to mahalo someone special with their Santa (see below as our classroom turned into Santaʻs Workshop) and documenting it with photos and video which they will turn into a presentation to share with everyone! This will be all due on Thurs., Dec. 18th. Have your photos & videos on your iPads!
24 Students + 24 mahalos + 24 warm hearts=1 Better World!
Our FISH!Bowl turns into Santaʻs Workshop
The students had a blast making their gifts in class! The glue guns were humming as everyone focused on making the most beautiful Santas filled with sweet treats to Make Someoneʻs Day! Mahalo Aunty Niki for helping us cut all the pieces & to the 13 families who generously donated to fill it! We so appreciate all you did to make this a success! All the smiles below say it all!
Here we come, Moku o Keawe!
All Santas made w/love, filled w/joy, & ready to change our world!
Hope you enjoyed our pictoral journey of the week & info for the upcoming one! Christmas Break is from Dec. 22-Jan. 4….School begins on Monday, Jan. 5th as a Day 5! Wishing you all a Happy Holidays! Enjoy the season with Ohana! See you next year…in 2015!