Can you believe we’ve been doing this for 34 days now? We are currently preparing an activity packet for your keiki that can be picked up on Friday 10/9 or Monday 10/12 from 7:30-11:30a at our classroom. Inside will be some activities that keiki can do on their own or with you whenever you want but there will also be some activities that are meant to be done on specific days in conjunction with a Zoom class session (non-Zoom-ers, no worry…we’ll keep you in the loop!). Activities will be labeled accordingly.

Another thing we’ll be including in the packet is a Reading Log for keiki. We encourage each ʻohana to read at least 1-2 books together daily. When we return to school, we’ll have books to lend you but for now, please read and log (date + title) whatever books you read at home. You can also log books you read together on Epic! Books online. We were previously planning to share a digital version of the log for you to fill out online (so we could both have access to it and you wouldn’t have to shuttle the folder back and forth between home and school) BUT thought it might be too overwhelming to add yet another tech tool to our toolbox. So, we’re giving you a physical reading log to keep at home. Here’s how it will work:

• Read to your keiki daily. Write the date and title of the book(s) in the log.
• When you fill up a whole page (20 books), send us a picture of the page through Seesaw (tap the green +Add button, then Post To Student Journal, then upload the pic from your camera roll or take a photo of the log page using the Seesaw camera tool).
• For every log page submitted, we’ll add a sticker to your keiki’s row on our tracking chart that you can view through the Reading Center of our Bitmoji Virtual Classroom.
• For every 200 books you read together, you will receive a brand new book to add to your home library. There is no limit to how many award books your keiki can receive.
• If you need more log pages before we return to face to face sessions, we can either email you the file to print at home or send you a new set in the mail.

If you read 2 books a day, 7 days a week…in 4 weeks time that’s already 56 books. Rereading the same book, while tiresome for parents, is perfectly fine to log. In fact, it’s one of the building blocks in the process of learning to read. Anyways, we apologize for sending so many separate communications in the span of just a few days: the weekly check-in, the letter from Kumu Kalalau about the hybrid learning model, this, and in another couple of days, the survey regarding the hybrid model. We know it’s a lot but we really, REALLY want your input so please be sure to fill out the survey when you get the link. We’ll be sending it through email as well as Seesaw just in case. That’s it for now…oh, and be on the lookout for TWO Seesaw activities next week. One is a digital ʻohana book and the other is a digital activity countdown to our return to school. They’ll take a little longer to complete so we are not looking for a daily submission from your keiki, just keep it as a draft and turn it in when you pau. Have fun doing the activities and don’t forget to read together! 📖😃