The count down begins! Two more weeks!

Students took part in our health-day event.  Students went to different 2nd grade classes to learn about dental health, healthy eating, and having healthy relationships with peers and family.  Students got to explore the benefits of living a healthy life and got to describe the barriers preventing healthy habits.  We also had Mrs. Olsen, who was our Junior Achievement volunteer come to teach us all about economics.   

Here is a summary of what happened in our classroom:
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​In Langauge Arts... 

• To supplement our unit from last week, we read about another very important hero named Malala Yousafzai, a female educational activist who stood up to the Taliban and survived an assassination attempt, and at only 17 years old became the youngest person ever to win a Nobel Peace Prize.  To address standard 2.RL.3 Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, students sequenced events in Malala's life using time-order words. ​
• Students also learned about many other heroes that inspire others and change many lives.  

• Students read about another hero named Rudy Garcia-Tolson.  We learned that he overcame many adversities in his life, the first being that he was born with physical challenges that crippled his legs, then when he was 5-years-old he had his legs removed.  The following quote is a testament to his courage and positive attitude: "I have a responsibility to show the world that having no legs is nothing, the real disability is having a bad attitude."  Check out this inspirational video.  The children loved it.  They watched it twice!  

In Writing... 

• Students are publishing their second opinion writing on 'What animal makes the best pet?'   

​In Math... 

• Students learned how to draw 3D prisms, which helps students with spatial awareness and visualization.  Students can more easily identify the shape's attributes.  
• Using play money students identified the names of each coin and their values.  Students also got to compare their sizes and determined how many coins can be traded for $1.00 or less.  
• Students learned how to calculate different amounts of coins and make various combinations of coins.  Students learned that there are so many combinations of coins to make a $1.00.  Students applied these skills to solving money word problems.  ​
• Students used the partitioning (sharing) model to determining the number of objects in each share.  Students noticed a relationship between division and multiplication.  Using counters, students arranged quantities into equal groups.   

• Students explored different representation of one-half, one-third, and one-fourth by folding paper shapes into equal parts, shading one part, and writing a fraction to represent that shaded part.  
• Students focused on recognizing that the same fraction can be represented in a number of object, lengths, or shapes that differ.  This helped students to see that the size of the fraction is proportionate to the size of the whole.  ​For example, one-half of a personal pan pizza will be a different size than one-half of an extra large pizza.  

• Students used grid paper to count unit squares to determine the area of various polygons.  Students learned that not all objects or polygons will have straight sides or fall nicely lined-up on the grid paper.  Therefore, they may have to combine halved unit squares with others that are halved to complete one unit.  Students practiced this by drawing their shoe on grid paper and counting the unit squares.
• Students were introduced to the customary unit of measure, the pound.  Using a balance, they compared one pound with other objects.  The children saw that equal masses do not necessary take up the same amount of space.  We made predictions whether various objects would be less than or more than a pound, then we used the balance to validate.   

In Social Studies:

• With Mrs. Olsen, the students learned all out goods and services. They learned how to run a doughnut shop and got to make doughnuts (sticker doughnuts).  They learned about cost, supply and demand, product defect, taxes, and how a community works and functions together.  Click for more photo​s

Announcements:

• We will be having a pizza party on the last day of school which will be in lieu of school lunch on that day.  A flyer will be going home and other information is forthcoming. 
• Songfest is coming up on 5/30.  Please be advised if your child is late to school on that day, after a certain time (once we leave), they will not be able to participate in Songfest.  This is because we are walking to the high school.  No student drop offs to high school will be allowed.  
• You will only be allowed to sign your child out from the high school if you indicated that on the form you filled out previously.  If you checked "no I will not be signing my child out from the high school," or if you did not check anything, you will NOT be able to sign your child out from the high school.  Your child will need to walk back with his/her class and you can sign your child out from Ho`okele office upon our return.  ​
• No School on Monday 5/27 in observance of Memorial Day
• Whole school rehearsal at Kapolei High School.  Please have children wear shoes as we will be walking there.  
• On Wednesday, 5/29 dismissal will be at 2:07
• Last day of school is on Friday, 5/31.  Dismissal 12:52