Aloha, Parents, Students, and 'Ohana:

We are halfway finished with Math Adventures! I hope that your child is enjoying the class so far and is excited about being a mathematician.

The students were engaged this third week with new activities such as:

• Our School Assembly: Students got on stage and shared what the mathematicians are learning so far.
• Geometry: Students made their own geometric solids.
• Fractions: Students made their own fraction pizza kits in order to prepare for our pizza party on the last day. We also have been building and playing fraction showdown games (comparing and contrasting different ways to make a whole), drawing fractions on the SmartBoard, and playing fraction dominoes.

Check out our new photos!

Have a great 4th of July!

Aloha,

Mr. Shawn Williamson

Hope you enjoyed this week's photos on fractions.

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Aloha, Parents, Students, and 'Ohana:

We just finished our second week of learning (10 of 30 sessions). Where has the time gone? We've been enjoying each other so much — the days have flown by in the blink of an eye.

The students were engaged this second week with:
-Community team-building activities - Balancing Ball
-Computation practice - Addition and subtraction, using counting cubes
-Geometry - Free-standing Tower Building, Pattern Blocks, and Geoboards
-Computer math games - www.funbrain.com

Check out the pictures below!

Aloha,

Mr. Shawn Williamson

Community Team-building Activities

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Aloha, Parents, Students, and 'Ohana:

We are off to a great start with some wonderful learning activities this first week of school. We have been exploring and reviewing concepts such as time, measurement (height, weight, liquid, objects in the classroom), data collection, bar graphing, computation practice, and community team-building activities. Attached are some pictures of the students working on some of their activities. If you click on the picture, it will go to full size.

You can e-mail me at shawnwilliamson@mac.com if you have any questions or comments.

Aloha,

Shawn Williamson

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Aloha, Parents, Students, and 'Ohana:

This is the last blog so I hope you enjoy it! The students have learned so much this past six weeks (twenty-eight days) and I've enjoyed watching them grow and work as a team. We've all created new friends, had fun together, but now it's time to go our separate ways. I'm going to miss your children and I wish them the very best in the coming future of their education. Thank-you so much for your support this summer.

The students were engaged this last week with community team-building activities, board games, problem solving, and geometry.

Check out the pictures below to see some of the activities we enjoyed.

Aloha,

Shawn Williamson

For teambuilding, we went outside and did some relay races with the tricycle and pogo balls. The students really enjoyed this!

We've been playing board games such as: Checkers, Chess, Connect Four, and Sorry.







These students are practicing their problem solving skills. We reviewed the steps for solving word problems and then they worked in groups to solve different ones.


For Geometry, we practiced making different shapes, lines, and angles with the geoboards, protractors, and free-build time.

Thanks again for your support and have a great rest of the summer.

Take Care and Aloha,

Mr. Shawn Williamson

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Aloha, Parents, Students, and 'Ohana:

Believe it or not, we only have five days left of summer school. We have accomplished twenty-three days of learning so far and only have five remaining.

I would like to take this opportunity and invite you to our pizza party and iPhoto slide show on the last day of school, July 20th, starting at 11:00 and ending at 12:00. I hope all of you can make it and enjoy this last time together.

The students were engaged this week with community team-building activities, arithmetic practice (in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, money, and time), and geometry.

Check out the pictures below to see some of the activities we enjoyed.

Aloha,

Shawn Williamson

For teambuilding, we researched and designed our own paper airplanes. There were three categories that they could participate in: the farthest, best trick, and most creative. The students really had fun doing this.

These students are practicing computation skills.

These students are exploring with Pattern Blocks to make puzzles.

Free Geometric Building time!

More 3 D images that the students made.

We've been exploring with Geoboards to make new designs and shapes.

Aloha and hope to see you on the last day!

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