Category Archives: Social Studies

Ohana Alert for the Week of Dec. 8-12

Hi All, Decided to change this weekly post up a bit to not duplicate information that you get about our class!  I know that our PTO reps are “on it” and share the calendared info with you through email so, … Continue reading

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BURST of Genius: Lava Flow Impact on the Big Island

This year, students in 5B have been exploring their individual “pops of genius” by exploring their passion during Genius Hour ➗ 2.  Their efforts produced great presentations, feature articles, and even poetry as students realized that sharing their ‘ike (gained … Continue reading

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Kula Ha’aha’a Celebrate Makahiki 2014

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How Can You Lose a Whole Colony?

After completing reading the picture book ” Roanoke: The Lost Colony- An Unsolved Mystery From History”  by Jane Yolen in your teams: http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-happened-to-the-lost-colony/ How do you lose a whole colony? As you learn about Roanoke Colony, you may be the … Continue reading

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What a Whirlwind of a Day

Today was filled with wonderful experiences for the keiki!  Wow!  We got to skype with Uncle Wally Wong, who is a Big Island native and part of our KS ohana with a child in the high school here, on the … Continue reading

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Columbus: Hero or Zero

Hereʻs another source of information for you.  Read this article from Scholastic to learn more about Christopher Columbus.  Add this new info to the info you already have.  Keep in mind this question as you read, “How did Columbusʻ  landing … Continue reading

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App-Smashing Formative Assessment

The students were tasked with sharing what they learned on Climate Change/Global Warming from our huaka’i to Mokupapåpa and by watching “An Inconvenient Truth.” Here are the app-smashing assignments sharing their new knowledge …so far!  (App-smashing is a term coined by … Continue reading

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Huaka’i to Mokupapåpa: Learning How Climate Change Impacts our Islands…

The students are learning  how Climate Change is impacting our world…today, we learned how it is specifically impacting our island home!  Papa ‘Elima went on our very first huaka’i for the year today to Mokupapåpa.  We learned that due to … Continue reading

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Another Video Resource: Water Rights

ʻAuwai and Wai  Hereʻs the link for homework in case you need to review the videos to complete the assignment.

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