Category Archives: Pilina

Ohana Alert for the Week of Feb. 5-9

February is upon us…hereʻs a briefing of the upcoming week! Mon., Feb. 5-Rotation 2-Day 3: All students have been memorizing their argument speeches from Thurs., Feb.1st in preparation for our annual Kula Haʻahaʻa Lamakū Speech Festival!  Students have been practicing … Continue reading

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What Is Our Kuleana?

*UPDATED 2/2/18 @8:20pm:  Comments have been posted, click on bar to see all the learning going deeper!   Assignment deadline has passed…if you havenʻt posted, work is considered late. Answer the following in complete sentences and/or paragraphs.  Complete your answers … Continue reading

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Our Quest to Continue the Deep Dive Into Our Kuleana

What a blessing!  The FISH!, on our quest to dive deeper into our essential question, “What is our Kuleana?ʻ invited our own Uncle Kawika Lewis into our FISH!bowl!  We know the word kuleana, we know the definition of kuleana, and … Continue reading

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Ohana Alert for the Week of Jan. 17-19

Aloha e nā Ohana 5B! The haumāna have been working hard doing initial research on their upcoming argument speech topics.  Numerous hours in class have been dedicated to looking up potential topics as well as checking if there is enough … Continue reading

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5B FISH! Deep Diving With Ito!

2018 starts off with a bang!  We continue in our quest to ʻimi ʻike-seek knowledge.  How do we make our learning real, deep?  How do we “get it”?  The haumāna & I ʻswim strong” in our quest to gain a … Continue reading

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One Heart at a Time! The 5B FISH! Swim to Make a Difference in Hilo!

As the holidays are in full swing, the 5B FISH! were reminded that we have so much blessings!  Yes, we may not have EVERYTHING we want, but we have everything that we need!  We are beneficiaries of Ke Ali’i Pauahi’s … Continue reading

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Ho!Ho!Ho! Christmas Came Early…

As you might know, the 5B FISH! had a “hangout” with Flipgrid!  Wow, we rec’d an early Christmas gift from Adam and the Flipgrid team today:). They call it Swag!  We are blessed with so much learning and now gifts! … Continue reading

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Christmas Cheer is Here!

The students had a blast today before school began…what a way to begin the day!  DANCING! We decided to take a brain break from working on our Project Kahiau presentations (which are due tomorrow-Fri., Dec. 15) and our Project Kahiau … Continue reading

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Artist Carl Pao Joins the 5B FISH!

The 5B FISH! were in for a treat today!  Artist Carl Pao joined the 5B FISH! during art Specials, along with Mrs. Rosehill!  What a great time of learning…The focus of the art lesson was the kumulipo! Students also had … Continue reading

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Connecting Our Class to Flipgrid to the World!

The 5B students had a Google Hangout with Adam from Flipgrid and learned all about how their team contributed toward a common goal.  We discuss how they operated!  Our work was not done after the hangout, the students then put … Continue reading

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