Week #6 - September 15 - September 19
Teacher's CornerThis week was yet another busy week for 5th grade. All of the students did a splendid job of presenting what they have learned thus far about human migration into North America. After the assembly, the 5th grade had their first visit with either their senior buddies or their preschool buddies. Kindergarten and 5th grade celebrated by having lunch together.
Thank you to Mrs. Manabe for her generous donation of $30.00 towards pet supplies for 5th-grade pets!
Thank you to ALL of the 5th-grade parents who so generously donated their time, labor, and supplies for the Welcome Back BBQ! The 5th-grade students did a great as MCs for the event!
Some reminders for this coming week:
- Walking Field Trip down to the College of Tropical Agriculture at the University of Hawaii at Manoa for the Biotechnology Outreach Program. We will leave in the morning and return in time for lunch.
- Library visit on Wednesday, 9/24. Please remember to bring your books and your photo ID. If you have not yet completed your Historical Fiction book, you may renew it. We will be checking out Biography books to read in October.
Student Newsletter - Written by KF and NP
Chapel
Today in chapel Chaplin Koyama talked about how a certain ceremony goes. First you light the candle, then the acolytes, the people who carry the big candle sticks would go and light two more candles. Then they would extinguish the big candle sticks. Then, at the end of the ceremony they relight the big candle sticks and extinguish the other candle sticks and walk to the exits. KY and SC acted as the acolytes. This months theme is respect.
Social Studies
On Monday, during Social Studies, we were planning a presentation 5 minutes long for the assembly. We are presenting about human migration from different continents and how the first Americans got to America. Here are the groups:
SC, DN, KO=Alaska-Beringia
SH,BK,EJ=North America
NP,KF=Siberia
RY,DM=Australia
MT,AS=Central America-Mexico
MS,KY=Africa (50,000 Years Ago)
MM,RB=Central Asia-Kazakstan
BM,KK=India
JN,EK=China-Asia
IK,CC=South America
MC,SC=Europe
KM,MT=Middle East
DMP,SC=Christopher Columbus
CS,TO=South East Asia
IM,MM=Africa (120,000 Years Ago)
Pet Corner
NP's Weekend with the Mice
My weekend with the mice was very interesting. When I was leaving school on Friday, the babies were at the corner of the cage, but Coco, the mom, carried all her babies one by one in her mouth to inside of the igloo. For most of the weekend Coco stayed in the igloo to nurse, but Coco sometimes came out. Misty also stayed with the babies and came out of the igloo too. I was watching Coco one night while she sorted her food. She would nibble on the food and anything except dried corn and a puffy piece of food she would throw into the hay. With those two pieces of food she would put them on top of the igloo. Also, one night I got my camera and turned it to video recorder, I put it where it could see into the igloo, and Coco thought it was interesting so she came out and started sniffing it and looking at it from behind the glass. It was cool! Me and my dad put cheese in the food bowl and it was gone really quickly. I had lots of fun watching these mice over the weekend!
Sports Watch - Basketball
The final score was 36-12 with Mid-Pac winning. Six of the other team's, Saint Elizabeth's points was from press violations. Press is when you are up by a certain amount of points you cannot try to take the ball away on your opponents side of the court while they get the ball in play. Hunter fell down and hurt his knee but there was no blood. Evan fell down also and scraped his knee, there was blood so he needed First Aid. Two of our players, Riley and Micah in sixth grade was absent. The game was at Saint Elizabeths and Mr.Louie drove us there on his bus. Everyone had lots of fun!
Art
Yesterday in art, everybody was making their own sculptures in groups or by themselves. It was challenging because we had to make sure our foundations were strong and stable. We also made coils and ball sculptures to connect all together. It was lot's of fun and challenging.
Science
This week in Science, we have been working on trying to save our schools energy. We are planing to deliver our used cans, bottles, and paper to the recycling plant to earn money. We will have energy patrol people walking around the school making sure lights, computers, and sinks are turned completely off. We will be sending out reminders to teachers who don't follow these rules. Some people are also working on Science reports and posters. The posters are for a contest for the 50th State Anniversary and endangered sea creatures.
MS and Her Mom
MS's mom won a trip to Aruba on Wheel Of Fortune. MS was in the audience with her auntie, and the auntie's husband, and her sister. It was best friends week on Wheel of Fortune. The auntie's husband was with MS's mom. The show was at the Hilton Waikoloa on the Big Island. MS's family was very excited.
Music
In music class on Wednesday we had a man come in and teach us about drumming and other instruments. We had a lot of fun because he was very funny and talented. We separated into four groups and played four different instruments. We played the maracas, bells, clave sticks, and drums. We danced and sang to a song that came from South Africa. It was a lot of fun!!!!
Assembly
On Thursday, we had an assembly. We presented about our human migration. We were a big hit! It went very well. Everyone put their country and person in the right area. Some teachers told us that they learned something that day. It was GREAT!!!!!
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