As a erosion culminating activity, students are creating and publishing their very own ebooks. Students are working in teams to answer the following questions: What is erosion? What are the types of natural forces that cause erosion? What are the processes of erosion (fast and slow)? How is erosion effecting Hawaii's beaches and local people? and what are possible solutions to solve the erosion problem? One member from each team answers a different question. Each of the 2nd grade teachers took on one focus question and students from various classes assigned to particular questions, went to the respective teacher. In this way, students got to work with new 2nd graders and had a different teacher for the duration of this activity! Teams will come back together with the new information to complete their ebook using Book Creator. Using this jigsaw strategy, students learn that they have to rely on their peers, engage and interact in order to be successful. Students see that in this situation, working together is important and necessary.
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With school-wide presentations and classroom activities about drop off and pick up safety, bike safety, car and seatbelt safety, pedestrian safety, and stranger danger safety, students were immersed in real-world problems while promoting safety and learning how to prevent unintentional injury. To earn various safety prizes provided by the school, students had to describe barriers and situations that are safe, risky, or harmful to self and others. Here is a summary of what happened in our classroom: In Langauge Arts...
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On Thursday students got to be little business people, while learning economic principals with our Junior Achievement of Hawaii Leader. These volunteers graciously share their workforce experience with students. Students learned the basic ideas of economics by becoming "bakers", "making donuts" (paper donuts) and running their own donut shop. It was exciting and a very valuable learning experience. Here is a summary of what happened in our classroom: In Langauge Arts...
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Students had two short but busy first weeks of fourth quarter. Students spent this week reflecting on their progress made in 3rd quarter in writing and math problem solving. There was no time for reflecting in reading. Critical reflecting is the highest level of reflection and an important part of the learning process. If you and your child have time, I highly recommend you sit down together and complete the reading reflection together. It is located in the reading section of the progress portfolio. There is a yellow checklist that can help your child determine reading strengths and set goals. Here is a summary of what happened in our classroom: In Langauge Arts...
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