Thursday, August 16, 2012

PE Change Next Week

Our PE class will normally be every Thursday. Next week, however, there will be a change. Grade 3 is scheduled to have rotation classes on Monday, August 20. PE is part of the rotation so please be prepared on Monday. Remember that you should wear shoes and bring water on PE days.
Here are some photos of PE class today with Miss Lucas.
Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Create an Animal Worksheet

Here is the worksheet for the Animal Diorama project.
Create an Animal Diorama

Create an Animal Diorama

Aloha Parents! We're having fun learning about animal adaptaions. As a culminating activity for our unit, the children have an assignment to create an animal diorama. The students will need to create an imaginary animal with adaptations using recycled materials and put that animal in a habitat that it could survivie in. They will need a shoebox, recycled materials, glue, scissors, paint (if they want), etc. Please let me know if there are supplies that you would like to use, but don't have. I will provide those supplies if I have them.
Thank you for your assistance with this project! Have fun!

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Friday, August 10, 2012

Mahalo for your Generous Donations!

Mahalo to all of you who generously donated items from our class wish list! We now have a new carpwt, new board game, electric pencil sharpener, ziploc bags, paper plates, popcorn, children's cushion chair, and fruity snacks. Thank you so much!

We are in need of a few more items. If you are able to donate any of these items, please let me know: more microwave popcorn, more snack items for incentives, board game, large cushions or bean bag chairs for our reading center, 3"x3" post it notes,

Thank you so much for supporting our classroom!

Mahalo to our volunteers!

Thank you to the following parents for volunteering to help with our class:

Read Naturally
  1. Yvonne Almeida (Makoa)
  2. Kawai Pakjake (Kaydence)
Ceramic Glazing
  1. Karie Pastor (Alysha)
  2. Tanya Mendez (Thaiden)
  3. Eric Martinez (Xander)
  4. Tammi Miyade (Reilly)
  5. Kawai Pakjake (Kaydence)
Winter Project
  1. Karie Pastor (Alysha)
  2. Tanya Mendez (Thaiden)
  3. Vivian Kyle (Kea)
  4. Yvonne Almeida (Makoa)
  5. Tammi Miyade (Reilly)
  6. Kawai Pakjake (Kaydence)
Xeroxing copies
  1. Sharleen Barrett (Quintin)
  2. Dana Matsukawa (Reece)
  3. Yvonne Almeida (Makoa)
  4. Michelle Osborne (Christina)
Clerical Work
  1. Karie Pastor- home
  2. Dana Matsukawa- home
  3. Vivian Kyle- home
  4. Yvonne Almeida- home
  5.  Christine Tomooka-Saito- home
  6. Tammi Miyade- home
Scholastic Book Orders
  1. Karie Pastor
Career Day Speaker
  1. Kris Kyle (Kea)
  2. Jeff Almeida (Makoa)
  3. Mark and Lehua Montez (Sienna)
  4. Yonghi Chen (Walker) 
Thank you, parents, for so generously volunteering  to help us this year! I appreciate you taking the time to become involved.  I will be in touch.

P.S. It's not too late to volunteer. Please fill out the attached "Parent Help Needed" form or send me a note if you would like to sign up.
Also, please send me your email address so I can add you to our email list. Mahalo!

Friday, August 3, 2012

B23 Super Students

Our first week of third grade was busy and filled with lots of new friendships and new experiences! Thank you for helping your child prepare for school and adjust to his/her new class.

Here are our reflections of our first week of school:

I think third grade will be challenging but fun.What I really am looking forward to is spending time with my friends.
Makoa

I think third grade is fun because you learn more than second graders.  We write more than second graders and bring more school supplies.
Malina

I like third grade because I have lots of new friends.
Kammiee

I still feel like I'm in second grade because I'm not used to it yet. I like third grade so far.
Quintin

I like third grade because I get to see my friends again. The work is very hard but I can do it without being frustrated.
Matthew

Third grade is kind of hard, but fun. Kapunahala School is good.
Shamren

Third grade is fun to do because we will go on field trips and we get to do activities in our classroom.
Sierra

I made a lot of new friends and I have a nice teacher. I like the beginning of third grade because I like doing a lot of hard work.
Marlee

My teacher is okay and I have good friends like Marlee and Taylor. My classmates are nice and the lunches are ono!
Maile

On the first day of school, I was shy when I came in because there was new people that I didn't know. I'm not shy any more because I know everybody in my class now.
Jayvis

On my second day of school I was excited to see my friends and it was fun playing basketball and soccer with them.
Thaiden

Third grade is challenging. The math will be challenging when we learn multiplication and division. Third grade is fun!
Kaleb

I hope I have a good time at third grade and I hope I have new friends. I hope I get more challenging work and learn new things.
Kea

Third grade is good because I like my friends. I also like to read Frog and Toad books.
Alohilani

Third grade is fun because I got to meet new friends. My classmates are nice to me.
Jade

I think third grade will be hard in math when we do multiplication and division. I hope to meet new friends.
Xander

Third grade is fun because we will do lots of fun things like we will have PE every week and we get to have 3 or 4 field trips. We get to learn new things.
Reece

I think third grade is very fun because we get to do Math, Language Arts  and KidBiz.
Reilly

I think third grade is really fun because we get to do new stuff. I made new friends.Some of the people from my class are in my class again.
Sienna

I think third grade is really fun because I like multiplication, fact families, time, and art.
Christina

I think third grade is fun and awesome because you can do different activities.
Kaydence

My first week of school was exciting and fun because I got to make new friends. I got to play with my old friends. My class work was good.
Jack

I think third grade will be fun because the classwork that I did was fun. I got to see lots of my friends.
Walker

Third grade is fun because we get to learn and do math. I like recess and Science. The work is easy and I'm doing a good job.
Kayton

I had fun this week because I got to see most of my friends in class. I like my class because my teacher is nice and everyone in my class is nice.
Alysha

Third grade is so cool because I have cool classmates and a cool teacher.
Elisa
I love third grade because it is so fun and I have a beautiful teacher. When I first came I was so shy because there are more students than last year. I'm not shy now.
Kiana

My first week of school was great! The students are fun and hardworking! It was a busy week because we had so many things to learn about our new class and our new friends. I'm looking forward to an awesome year!
Mrs. Tamashiro
Here are our B23 Super Stars!  Watch us shine this year!