Manoa Mountains News for February 14, 2008

Happy Valentine's Day! The Manoa Mountains have been very busy working hard in class. They have done a great job on their Literature Circle work this week and enjoyed reading and discussing the legends from Kauai. They have answered the comprehension questions and drawn their plot pictures to demonstrate their good understanding of the stories. Their reports indicate that they are able to articulate their understanding with clarity. It is nice to see the third and fourth graders working together on these assignments.

The vocabulary lists for this week have also been well done with word meanings stated clearly, sentences written with details, and pictures drawn with sufficient detail to make them meaningful. Our language arts work has concentrated on adverbs, adjectives, and prepositions this week, and it has been challenging for most of the class.

Our math continues to challenge us with problems about perimeters of polygons and areas of polygons with more than four sides. Triangles and quadrilaterals were fun to work with, and we did several exercises using combinations of as many as twelve figures to create new images.

Our daily reading is fun, and most are reading several chapters in class. The Reading Log entries include more specific details, and some of the responses are very creative. Everyone is doing a very good job of stating their understanding of what they have read daily.

Our writing is enjoyable, and everyone has been writing poems and personal narratives this week.  We will continue to publish our favorite stories as time permits. Because it takes about two weeks to publish a story, the Manoa Mountains are taking turns using the computers for this task.

Our next project which is due for presentation is the book report for February 25th. We will begin at 10:00 AM and invite all parents and grandparents to attend.  The children love to have an audience for their presentations.

"Jump Rope for Heart" will be held tomorrow afternoon from 12:30 - 2:00 PM at the gym.  Many thanks to everyone for sending in the permission slips on time and making such generous donations. I'm sure we will all enjoy this special activity. Many of the students are honoring their grandparents by jumping rope for them.

Posted on February 14, 2008 6:28 AM | Permalink