Manoa Mountains News for March 6, 2008

The Manoa Mountains have done a great job on their reflections about their book reports for their portfolios. The reports that they wrote describe the process for creating their visual aid and speech and explain why the book was important to share. Most of the projects received 4 or 5 stars, so they were very highly respected and enjoyed.

The Ho'olaule'a will  be held on Friday, March 14, from 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM for the elementary school students. Everyone will buy their lunches at the Ho'olaule'a and then play games or buy things. We still need more parent volunteers to help chaperone our students as they walk around the high school campus.  Please send me a note if you can help us out.  All orders for scrip and t-shirts should be sent to the office by tomorrow.

Our regular work continues, and we are having fun with the test prep and D'Nealian handwriting work. Our third graders are doing a good job of keeping up with their corrections and have been making good progress. Although they will not take the SAT with the fourth graders in April, they are enjoying the practice.

The Math Adventure planning sheets have been approved for all but one student. Everyone should try to get the posters done before the Spring Break begins. On Monday, March 31, the Manoa Miuntains will present their projects beginning at 10:00 AM in our classroom. Of course, all parents and grandparents are invited to come and share in the presentations.

The Spring Break will be a nice vacation  for all of us.  My husband and I are going to Las Vegas for some R&R. We will meet my sister and her husband and visit our granddaughter Kristi, who now lives there.  My husband's sister and her husband also live there. His oldest sister just died in December, so we will see her husband for the first time since she passed on. We're having a family dinner for this purpose at her favorite Chinese restaurant.

Many of the children have been talking about going on trips during the break, so I am encouraging them to get their projects done before they leave.

I have been very pleased with their Literature Circle work this past week because everyone did a good job of reading and discussing the story, answering the comprehension questions, and drawing a plot picture chart. Their reports are detailed and accurate.

Many stories have been published this week, and we should soon have at least one published story from every member of the class. They have been taking turns on the computers. I applaud their patience and respect for others.

Our math work continues to challenge us. The third graders are really getting to know their multiplication facts quite well. By playing the arrays game, they have been practicing their basic multiplication facts every day.

Our inquiry work into the history of Manoa during the last 100 years has raised many questions, and their discussions have been good collaborative efforts to familiarize themselves with the natural resources which were available and how the residents shared them. On April 10 and 11, we will go on two excursions to help us with our study of Manoa.

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