3/4-F News for September 13, 2007
The Manoa Mountains did a great job of preparing their book report projects for presentation on Monday. The majority of the class chose to prepare dioramas, mobiles, scenes from the books, puppets, posters, a board game, a PowerPoint slide show book, or a DVD with photos from the book. The visual aids were very creative, and the speeches were very well done. Most of the class received four or five stars for their project evaluations and were proud of their ratings. Many thanks to all of the parents and grandparents who came for the presentations. The children appreciated having a nice audience in addition to their peers.
Everyone is now working on their planning sheet for the Math Adventure projects which will be presented on October 1. These need to be approved by me before the children may work on their posters. The planning sheets need to be ready by Monday because I will not be here on Tuesday and Wednesday. Miss Leah Correia will be my substitute. I will be having cataract and astigmatism surgery on my right eye early Tuesday morning at Kuakini Hospital, and I have a post-op appointment with my doctor on Wednesday morning. I have waited four years to have this done, but I needed to wait for my cataract to be ripe enough for surgery.
I hope to see most of you at the Welcome Barbeque this Saturday. It is a great opportunity to meet the families of the Manoa Mountains and to enjoy some delicious food. The fifth grade parents are in charge of this event for the 'Ohana. Next year all of our fourth grade parents will move up to fifth grade and join in the fun of preparing for this event.
Our third graders have begun Unit 2 in their math program and will be working with surveys, data collection, graphs, and tables of information in the month ahead. They will gather data, create their own graphs, interpret graphs which we will study together, and practice using data from graphs and tables of information. They surveyed the class on "Favorite Places to Visit," tallied their results, and created pictographs yesterday.
Our Writer's Workshop projects have focused on "seed ideas" and most of the children have completed a rough draft of a poem or story. We will write about a favorite memory today. Using the work of Ralph Fletcher to help the students understand the different genres for writing, I have introduced them to samples of writing from other sources. They have responded well and created their own writing pieces. We have an editing guideline, which we will be using to edit and revise our work in the weeks ahead. This will help us to refine our writing and make needed revisions and improvements.
The Reading Log entries have been getting better and better. The Manoa Mountains have tried to include specific details in their work. I have appreciated the effort which they have applied to their assignments.
Cindy Kaita is following up on the "Moon Over Manoa" donations. We are trying to achieve 100% participation by Manoa Mountain families. Your donations will help to purchase the items needed for the class baskets. Thank you to every family for helping us to reach our goal!
Posted on September 13, 2007 6:08 AM | Permalink