Communication with ‘Ohana
Click on the link provided here (Newsletter) to view the document our site provided at the beginning of the school year to all the grade levels we serve. This was the only formal communication we, as a stie, sent out with our haumāna. Individually throughout the year, I was able to send haumāna home with some artifacts that we had made in class. Along with other assignment activities they may be able to replicate at home with their ‘ohana.
Students seen in this caption are making their own version of a sedimentary rock. They learned about earth materials during Quarter 2 and were given an opportunity to create a replica of a sedimentary rock to make and take home to show their ‘ohana.
This caption is showing a student who was learning about the Weather System and the affects of low and high pressure. This haumāna is blowing with a straw into a paper tent that was taped to the desk in order to demonstrate what happens when the air inside the tent is removed and the pressure outside the tent pushes the sides in. Students were encourage to share this activity at home with their ‘ohana.
Students in these pictures learned about simple machines during the Third Quarter. For this activity, haumāna made a catapult which is a lever, a type of simple machine, that demonstrated the force used to make it do the work of launching an object, how it works and how it’s made. Every haumāna made their own catapult to take home and share with their ‘ohana and explain what it was, what they learned in class and the job of the lever and how it works.
PLC
I have taken several opportunities throughout this school year to participate in different PLC but the link below was a result of a direct invitation given to me by my kumu during their grade level weekly pullout. My kumu shared with me about her experience she had when she was on Maui and attended this conference and how it would be a great match to the work we currently do tying into science. I later shared this with my site, so Heidi Waiamau and I got the okay to attend. As the day progressed we shared with our DOE kumu how this is a great resource and how it will benefit our science curriculum and the keiki. It was a great workshop to say the least.
Here is a link to our KS Online sharing about the NEED conference:
http://ksonline.ksbe.edu/article/2016/Mar/31/6708_educators-learn-to-integrate-energy-education-into-the-classroom
Click the link here, (PD Log 2015-16), to view the various PLC I attended throughout this school year. It outlines what the PLC entailed, objectives and the benefits I gained from these PLCs.
DOE Collaboration
At our Third quarter PLC, the agenda was packed with important features that was necessary due to a conflict in understanding. The Hawaiian concept of Hoʻoponopono (link here) was shared and we engaged with the process in order to come to a resolve and move forward with positive intentions and understandings. To view the PowerPoint presentation that was used to guide the day, click here. The goal of this PLC was to set individual partnership agreements (click here to view) to build understanding and support for each other as well as plan for the second semester. We were able to collaborate on a chant for Simple machines using GLAD strategies.
