My Favorite Kind of Weather

Weather changes from day to day.  We have rainy, windy, and sunny days but not snowy ones.  Can you guess what kind of weather is our favorite?

Aloha Parents,

Number recognition and counting from 1-100 is the foundation of math.  After your child can identify a number, the next skills taught are skip counting (counting by 2's, 5's, and 10's) and identifying numbers on a hundred board. When a child is confident with these skills, it will help with addition, subtraction, money, and patterns.

Everyone has been learning skip counting skills through active participation and social interaction. These partner activities are non-threatening learning situations.  You may need to have your keiki practice at home so they master this skip counting skill.  They will be required to skip count by 2's, 5's, and 10's individually by January 2015.

K-1 keiki are asked to bring in an empty Campbell Soup can (10 3/4 oz) by December 1st.  If you have any extra empty cans, we would appreciate it, too!

Please remember:

• Monday, November 24th - Kuakini Hale Pulama Mau Visit form due
• Tuesday, November 25th - Library Books due
•  Thanksgiving Service in the Temple at 9:00am. Please have your child bring in one canned good for a donation.  Appropriate attire: boys - collared shirt and shorts. Girls - pants suits or dresses.
•  Book Shares, myON, and IXL (Categories D and E) assignments due
• Wednesday, November 26th - Flu Shots and Nasal Spray administered in the Library
• K-1 and 3-8 Buddy Thanksgiving Luncheon.  Please have your child bring in the assigned lunch item
• K-1 Presentation of Learning - The Thanksgiving Story, to their 3-8 Buddy

Until next time,

Mrs. Lee

K-1 Weather Report

Weather is the changes in the air around us. We want to learn more about it so we can plan our clothes and our outdoor activities.

Picture slideshow made with Smilebox         Aloha kakou,   Thanksgiving will be here soon!  To prepare the keiki for this annual holiday, they have been busy creating pictures with  descriptive sentences about the first Thanksgiving. All the directional art pictures will be similar to a flow map to show what happened centuries ago.  They will share their 'First Thanksgiving' booklet and learning with the first grade class in a few weeks.   Dates to remember: Wednesday, November 20th - Library Books due Friday, November 22nd - November myON Reader assignment due Friday, November 22nd -  November Book Shares due.  Please advise when your child is ready for his/her Book Share. Friday, November 22nd - Kuakini Hale Pulama Mau visit.  Attire - HMS t-shirt and shorts/pants/skirt. Malama pono, Mrs. Lee 

K-1 On the Go

In Kindergarten we enjoy doing things in small or big groups. We are forever on the go and into everything.  We are active students involved in the going-ons.  That is our learning style!

Create a free picture collage

 

A note from Mrs. Lee:

In Social Studies we're learning about special things families and friends do and how they spend  time together.  Therefore, please have your child bring in 1-2 photos of fun times or events they have shared with their family or friends.  They will also be asked to describe why that time was important.  Kindly have them bring in their photos by Wednesday, August 22nd.

Environment Print (EP) is the print of everyday life and is everywhere.  It is a natural starting point to teach young students to read, write, and do math.  They have a concrete connection to everyday print. They read it within the context of their interests and backgrounds.  We would be most appreciative of any labels from packages, boxes, fliers, paper bags, snack bags, etc. that you could send in for our EP Wall.

Announcements:

• Show and Tell is on Wednesdays and Fridays.
• P.E. days are on Friday.
• Monday, August 20 - Student Council Snack Bar starts from 2:35-3:00 at the Middle School picnic bench.
• Monday, August 20 - Library books due
• Wednesday, August 22 - Family/friends photos due
• Thursday, August 23 - Permission form and payment due for 'Five Chinese Brothers'  Honolulu Theatre for Youth play. (Forms to be distributed on Monday, August 20)
• Friday, September 7 - Flu forms due