Check Out Our New Millionaires!

Posted on May 7, 2015 by kaahhee

Wow!  Can you even remember when students were in shock that they were going to be required to read 1,000,000 words this year?  That was so long ago and instead of students looking shocked with their mouths hanging open…they took like FISH! to water and “swam strong” instead!  They “dove deep” into great books and now we welcome more MILLIONAIRES to the pond!  Congratulations to Tyce, Shania, and Kaiolohia (You go girl!  Håweo awardee AND Millionaire all in one day!)  Looking at things in the “can do” positive perspective ALWAYS helps to acheive your goals!  Great job ka’u ia!

Newest SELF-MADE Millionaires in 5B!

Newest SELF-MADE Millionaires in 5B!

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Ho’omaika’i to Our April Håweo Awardees!

Posted on May 7, 2015 by kaahhee

Congrats to Kacelyn and Kaiolohia!  Whoop!  Whoop!  Yay!  The girls are our latest 5B FISH! Håweo award winners for the month of April.  The Hawaiian value that they exemplify is ho’oulu…to grow; to sprout! Both girls have stretched and grew so much over the course of the year!  Mahalo to the ohana members who joined us for a fabulous lunch in their honor & for coming to school in such short notice due to my calendaring errors!  It was a great way to spend lunch, judging by the smiles all around!

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Look What Has Landed!

Posted on May 6, 2015 by kaahhee

With the multitude of rain nowadays…so much Johnny rainclouds, here’s another perspective!  Makawalu!  Love that Kaulana shared this photo with me from his ranch!  He shared that the flock live there and that he and his ohana make sure that they are good stewards by always taking care of the Nene! It sure makes my day that students share w/me all kinds of stuff at night & the weekends!  We are so grateful to be connected w/our ipads!  Choose a great attitude and have a great day!

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Makawalu: Looking Through Multiple Lenses…

Posted on April 27, 2015 by kaahhee

After extensive research from multiple perspectives (Makawalu) on the topic that is currently impacting our wahi pana of building/not building the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea, read the article from Wonderopolis http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/where-is-mauna-kea/  as an additional resource.   What information would you provide in favor of/against TMT?  Please follow the directions on the padlet wall below and post.  http://

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Content-Smashing!

Posted on April 20, 2015 by kaahhee

The students are off to a great start for this week as they learn about math formulas, volume in particular and smash in techonolgy and writing! Here they used Tinkercad to explore how to create object that they will be finding the volume for! They also will be using their math expertise on formulas to collaborate to replicate something in our world!   Thanks Miss Galang for your help!

image image image image image image image Judging  from all smiles, the 5B FISH! had a great time learning! Below is the homework assignment for tonight. Students need to create a math response that show their computational skills, strategies that they used to solve (illustrations, labels,etc), and write a short response using math vocabulary words that RELATE to the concept! Pheew! What a content-smash!  All the while having a blast while learning!  See the homework for tonight below.

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Grand Finale of Spring Concerts…

Posted on April 18, 2015 by kaahhee

The 5B FISH! are ready to perform at their last spring concert at Kula Ha’aha’a.  As you can tell by the smiles on all the faces, they are set to enjoy the moment!  What a memorable moment it was as the night began with the Lurline sailing into port at the Ha’aeamahi dining hall. The 5th graders sang and danced the night away…such a fitting theme as they swim strong to prepare to set sail to middle school.

All set to entertain you!

All set to entertain you!

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Ohana Alert: Reading Goals Reminder

Posted on April 10, 2015 by kaahhee

Hi All,

Just a friendly reminder that deadline for reading goals are fast approaching.  Please look at the planner over the weekend as each student wrote down genres completed so far for trimester #3 and books completed towards the one million word goal for the end of the year.  Keep on swimming strong and READ, READ, READ!

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Parent Survey: Makawalu

Posted on April 10, 2015 by kaahhee

Aloha e nå 5B Ohana,

Please share your mana’o on our 5th grade capstone project below by taking this short survey.  Don’t forget to hit submit at the end…Mahalo for your continued support!

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Congrats to Walter and Saige! Our Håweo Awardees

Posted on April 9, 2015 by kaahhee

Ho’omaka’i to our newest Håweo Awardees…Walter and Saige! The Hawaiian value for trimester #3 is ho’oulu, which means to grow, to sprout.  Both of our 5B FISH continue to work extremely hard at all that they do…showing tremendous growth by taking charge of their learning!  Both are putting forth 100%+ effort in all areas: in & out of the classroom.  Here’s the lunch celebration that took place just minutes ago! Congrats Walter & Saige!

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Wonder of the Day: April 7

Posted on April 6, 2015 by kaahhee

http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/what-are-hieroglyphs/

Click on the link above to read all about hieroglyphs, don’t forget to check out the vocabulary words.  Once you have closely read the Wonder of the Day passage, answer the question below by adding your thoughts on the padlet wall.  Hint:  Prior to answering the question, you would need to do research! 🙂  All posts to the pad let wall after 4/10 is considered late work…please double check that your work was completed!  

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