Halloween FUN!

Aloha Bloggers!
Once in a while we need to just relax and have some pure FUN!   I'm so glad you all joined in during our school's annual Halloween Parade!  Thank you for being such troopers while helping your reading buddies along the parade route.  Mrs. Dugay said they really appreciated your help!  I also wanted to thank you all for helping your buddies to decorate their Halloween trick-or-treat bags!  You all did an EXCELLENT job of making their treat-bags so "BOOtiful!"  You are all showing evidence of GLO #2--Community of Helpers.
Mahalo and Aloha,
Mrs. Wong

PS:  Mahalo to Norman and Reyna for representing Room 28 in the First Ever Halloween Costume Contest!  Congratulations to Reyna for being one of the selected WINNERS for the upper grades! We sure do have a lot of SPIRIT!!!  Go Room 28!  =)

WANTED: Mystery Box Reflections...

Aloha Room 28 'Ohana:
      Well, it's time for another book project reflection.  For those of you who did not complete your mystery box book project, please reflect upon the "choices" you made for not completing your assignment and let us know what you will do NEXT time there is a book project due.  Remember, the NEXT book project (Biography Timeline) will be due on Wednesday, Nov. 14.  You all should have been working on it since it was assigned on Oct. 22.  
     Please answer the following questions about your "Mystery Box" book project:  
1.  What was the title of the book you read?  Would you recommend your book to others? Tell why, or why not?
2.  What was the most challenging part of this book project?
3.  What was the "success" in this book project?

     Mahalo for taking the time to post your comments.  Again, let me remind you that this is our classroom blog and we continue to follow TRIBE agreements and understand GLO 6:  Effective and Ethical users of Technology.  With this in mind, I look forward to reading about your reflections...
Aloha and A hui hou,

Mrs. Wong

   

Book Project #1 (Reflections)

Aloha Room 28 'Ohana,
     Thank you for working hard on your first book project!  I enjoyed reading about your "realistic-fiction" characters and especially enjoyed listening to your presentations while using your puppet to do the "talking."  Please spend a few moments to reflect on what you did to complete this book project.  In your comment, please answer the following questions:
     1.  What was your "strength(s)" regarding this project? 

     2.  What was the most "challenging" or difficult part of this project?

     3.  What is/are your next step(s) to "improve" on the NEXT book project?
    
I'm looking forward to reading your reflections. 
                                                                                Mahalo and Aloha,
                                                                                Mrs. Wong
 

                                                                                
 

Reminders...

Aloha Room 28 'Ohana:
     To begin with, I know you're all busy working on your first book report, right? Don't forget, it's due on Tuesday, September 4.   I am looking forward to your character puppet and your written report on your realistic fiction book!  If you are still in need of any art supplies (yarn, construction paper, ribbon, pipe-cleaners, ribbon, embelishments, paper bag, etc...) for your puppet, please remember to see me at recess or after school.  You have a long weekend to put the finishing touches on your puppet and report.  Don't forget to use your checklist on the BACK of your criteria sheet. 
     Secondly, keep selling those delicious Larry's Bakery items!  You will have until Sept. 7 to sell-sell-sell!  Thank you for supporting our first school fund-raising event!  Remember, turn in your money and any unsold tickets on or before Sept. 7. 
     Next, don't forget that parent-teacher conference forms are due back to me on or by Sept. 4.  Don't forget to list down any younger or older sibling that also attends Alvah Scott. 
     Finally, your individual school pictures have arrived! I will be sending them home with you on Thursday, Aug. 30.  The class picture will be coming soon. 
                                                                           Mahalo for your support and attention,
                                                                           Mrs. Wong

Bike Education Week Coming Soon!

Students are ready with their bike, helmet and safety vest.  

"We Did It!"  We passed Bike Education!

 

 

Safety First!  All Bike Ed. participants will go thru a series of bicycle safety drills and activities before heading out to ride on our public streets. 

Aloha Room 28 'Ohana!
As you know, Bike Education starts on Monday, Sept. 10th.  Please remind your parents to sign and RETURN the bottom portion of the permission slip before Sept. 7.  You will not be able to participate without permission from a parent/guardian.  I encourage ALL of you to participate in this wonderful program!  In the past 3 years, I've had non-riders become "riders" by the end of the week long program!  It's so exciting to see students feel so proud of themselves after learning how to ride a two-wheeler!  Best of all, it's so much FUN!  We will learn together and we will be "safer" bike-riders as a result of the program.  As stated on the form, you may bring your helmet to wear, but helmets and bike vests will be provided.  Helmets and Bike Ed. shirts will also be available, for purchase, if desired.  Looking forward to getting EVERYONE to participate!  
                                                                                  Much Aloha,
                                                                                  Mrs. Wong

Meet Our Class Representatives

Every school year each class in the upper grades need to nominate and vote on 2 Student Council class Representatives.  This year we had many students in room 28 wanting to be a representative.  After a secret ballot vote, the results were in.  Our two representatives were Deighton and Kaylie.  Congratulations!  Deighton and Kaylie are responsible for attending all Student Council meetings (Once a month).  They will represent room 28 students during each meeting.   Both will take minutes of each meeting and report the minutes back to us.  Thank you, Deighton and Kaylie for being our "voices" at the student council this school year! 

Welcome Room 28 (S.Y. 2012--2013) Bloggers!

Aloha Students and Parents of Rm. 28,

     Welcome to our Classroom Blog!  I hope you will visit this blog from time to time and comment on the questions I post or even reflect on the many things we will be doing in school and class.  Thanks again for participating and for turning in your permission slip on time.  I'm still waiting on a few more students, but we can get started while we wait.  =)
      I can't believe we are 3 weeks into the new school year.  Can you?  In such a short time, we have been learning so much! We've had an assembly, a library visit and we're learning a lot in our core subjects such as Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies and Health.  We are also integrating our learning with Music, Art and P.E.  We are expecting a fire drill soon and we have our school's annual Welcome Assembly this Wednesday, August 22.  
     This year, our class size decreased from 28 students in each fourth grade class, to about 21 students.  This makes a HUGE difference!  I'm learning more and more about each and every one of my students and look forward to more as the year goes on.  I hope you're learning more about me as well.  
     Did you enjoy your 3-day weekend?  What did you do?  As for me, it was a/an productive, frustrating and yet exciting weekend.  First,  I got to attend my son's "open house" at Pearl City High School.  I met some of his teachers and learned about what he will be doing this semester.  Next, I got a night off from cooking dinner, so I got to eat out with my family =).  On Friday, I caught up with my housework, corrected some papers and spent time with my children at the park near our home.  Saturday was frustrating because I suffered a migraine headache (OUCH!).  I did not enjoy my Saturday.  I had so many things planned and I had to cancel them all.  I spent most of the day in bed, experiencing some body chills and didn't have any appetite to eat.  I canceled an outing to check out the "Made in Hawaii" expo at the Blaisdell Center and even had to cancel going to see my nephew play football!  That was a real bummer.  I was lucky to have my daughter cook a spaghetti dinner for the family that night because I couldn't even see clearly.  After a LONG night's rest, some medicine and some TLC from my family, I woke up Sunday morning with a big SMILE!  No more migraine headache!  I enjoyed breakfast with my family, and even went hiking up Koko Head Crater!  It was an exciting Sunday because it was our first time hiking up there.  It sure was steep at some parts, but the view was just spectacular!  If you didn't go, I hope you get to go up there one day and experience what I saw for yourself!  If you already went there, that's wonderful!  =)  I guess you know what I'm talking about.  So now it's your turn.  Please tell me what you did this weekend.  I look forward to your comments.  
     Have a wonderful day and I will see you in school!  Thanks for reading on.  Aloha....A hui hou!
Mrs. Wong
     

A Visit to Aunty Nona's Kalo Lo'i (Taro patch) in Haleiwa. 3/1/12

Aloha Students!
I am so thankful that the weather turned out so great that day we visited Aunty Nona's Kalo Lo'i!  Wasn't that FUN?  I could tell that EVERYONE enjoyed themselves and learned so much!  First of all, I was amazed at how skillful you were in playing konane (Hawaiian Checkers)!  Gabby beat me twice!  Next, I was very proud of you all for making such beautiful lauhala bracelets!  You listened to Uncle Moki's directions well!  Third, you made poi-pounding look so easy!  I appreciated how attentive you were with Aunty Lisa!  You all worked so hard to pound the kalo into pai'ai.  Wasn't that delicious?  Yummy!  Finally, you looked like you had the best time in the kalo lo'i.  For most of us, it was our very first time going into an actual lo'i!  It was for me too!  I couldn't believe how THICK the mud was and how cool and refreshing the mud felt on my skin!  It was like I had a mud mask on my legs!  How interesting to see the tadpoles and tiny fish swimming in the lo'i too!  Wasn't it wonderful how they had a swimming hole to wash off the mud?  The water was fresh from the mountain nearby, just like the ahupua'a we studied and made in school! 
I really hope you all had a wonderful time on this field trip!  It was my first time planning it, and I think by the comments made by you all, it was a success!  Mahalo and Aloha, Mrs. Wong =)

Book Project #5--Our "Fantasy" Mobile!

Wow!  Third quarter quickly came and went!  I am so proud of our hard-working students who continue to consistently turn in their book projects.  Congratulations to all who completed their mobiles on their FANTASY genre book that they read in January and February.  We all enjoyed your similes and metaphors and look forward to being able to read more Fantasy books now that we learned of some more! 
Much Aloha,
Mrs. Wong

Sharing Aloha to our Island Kupuna!

Aloha Room 28!
Mahalo for sharing your ALOHA spirit with our kupuna on `Oahu.  As I delivered the hot meal, dessert, juice and goodie-bag to the kupuna (elderly), they were all looking forward to receiving their annual place-mats and card!  I told them many cards and place-mats were created with love by the fourth graders at Alvah Scott Elementary.  Each year, they enjoy receiving these gifts from you....the "KEIKI" of our island!  The looks on the faces and sincere appreciations were PRICELESS!
Much Aloha,
Mrs. Wong

First Grade Reading Buddies! With Mrs. Dugay's class...

Aloha Room 28 Bloggers!
I love it when you get excited to work with your "Reading Buddies!"  You are learning so much from this experience!  You are helping them in so many ways--applying good-reader strategies, decoding unfamiliar words, articulating, expressing themselves, writing, cutting, coloring, and so much more!  You, as a reading buddy, are being excellent role models to them.  They appreciate your friendship and your patience while helping them with their many projects.  Keep up the great work, Room 28!  I'm very proud of each and every one of you!
Mahalo,

Mrs. Wong