Book Project #1 Reflections Wanted...

Aloha Students!  

       Today was the due date for your first book project!  I was looking forward to your creative "character" puppets!  I couldn't wait to hear, and read about your character's unique traits! Now that you've completed your first book project, please reflect on your learning.  Read the questions below.  Answer the questions in your comments.  Please use complete sentences in your responses.  

Questions:

1.  What was the most challenging part of your book project? (Explain why?)

2.  Did you find any common character traits between you (or someone you know) and your book's      

     character?  (Explain which trait and give one example).  

   

         Thank you for taking the time to REFLECT on your learning!  For the NEXT book project, don't forget to practice your presentation prior to the due date.  Some of you need to practice having more consistent eye-contact with your audience.  Some of you need to remember to project your voice so that everyone can hear you clearly.  

                                                                                                          Mahalo,

                                                                                                          Mrs. Wong

Meet our unique "Realistic"-fiction Characters!

Say "Cheese!"  When we BELIEVE, We all ACHIEVE!

Welcome back to School!

Aloha Room 28 'Ohana!  

       We are off to a great start!  August is in the past and September is quickly whizzing by!  Can you believe that we've been in school for a whole month?  How time flies when we're learning and growing!  Our theme this year is to "Believe to Achieve!"  Always Believe in yourself and have that "CAN DO" attitude!  You'll see just how far you'll go and GROW!  I BELIEVE in ALL of YOU!  I hope you BELIEVE in me too! 

       September brings school pictures and lots of smiles!  Our picture taking days will be on 

September 19 & 20.  We will be getting more information from Mr. Miyahira as soon as he gets his schedule done.  Our book project will be coming home soon.  Be sure to have read a realistic fiction book by September 16.  September is also our Fall Fundraiser event!  Have you sold at least 10 Zippy's tickets?  Guess who you can throw a WET sponge at if you sold at least 10 tickets?  Yup! You guessed right if you said, "Mrs. Wong!"  So c'mon Room 28 'Ohana, sell sell sell!  

        October is our parent-teacher conferences.  Your parents will be officially notified on September 16.  You will be leading the conference when it's your turn to present your progress-folio!  Don't worry, we will practice prior to the conference.  October is also our Fall Book Fair.  Mrs. Browne is in the planning stages of this wonderful event!  

        I welcome your comments and reflections on your first month of school.  Remember to comment using appropriate words and ONLY appreciations, NO put-downs.  In your comments, please share your thoughts and opinions about your first month as a 4th grader!  Have a great weekend!

                                                                                     Aloha and Mahalo,

                                                                                      Mrs. Wong =)

Our Tribes in Room 28:  Gators,
Awesome People, Team Laulima,
and Diamond Swords

Team Laulima:  
Standing L to R:  Austen, Connor, Jason, Alexis & Jasmine
Sitting:  Elise

Diamond Swords:  
Standing L to R:  Alexzandria, Kaylee, Sara & Jayden.
Sitting:  Edison and Marc

The Gators:
Standing L to R:  Tristan, Adrian, Meki & Jonathan.
Sitting:  Serenity and Josiah

Awesome People:
Standing L to R:  Thaddeus, Maria, Christina, & Sharnell.
Sitting:  N. and Nathan

Bishop Museum Field Trip

Aloha Room 28 Bloggers!
     Did you enjoy our recent visit to the Bishop Museum?  I've heard several comments (all positive ones, of course) from many students in the past few weeks.  I want to know what part of the field trip you enjoyed?  It was a day filled with so much learning!  We were definitely Thinking Interdependently!  From learning about our Hawaiian Culture, to learning about the constellations!  We learned about plate tectonics and how a tsunami can occur.  Don't forget the many "bugs" and critters we saw along the way, and the wonderful science building!  Wasn't it amazing and so honorable to meet an actual World War II Veteran?  It was a "chicken-skin" moment to meet Mr. Herbert Yamamura!  He was such a warm-hearted gentleman.  What a Hero!  Now it's your turn...
Tell me what you learned, or what you enjoyed about this visit.
                                                              Mahalo for your "mana'o"
                                                               Mrs. Wong

Student Council Spirit Week!

Recently, some of us participated in the annual Student Council Spirit Week.  It was fun to learn about what others wanted to be on "career day, " and it was awesome to learn more about other people's family traditions on "culture day" too!  Wasn't it fun to celebrate the week with an Aloha Spirit day?  If you were to plan NEXT year's Spirit week, what kinds of "days" would you plan during the week?  Would you keep it the same as this year?  Would you change it? If so, how? How do you think we could improve it for next year?  How did you participate this year?  If you did not get to participate, how would you participate NEXT time?  

Please answer any of the questions I've asked.  Mahalo, Mrs. Wong

File Folder Project

 Aloha Room 28 'Ohana!
     Please reflect and comment on the file
folder book project you did.  Most of you turned in wonderful reports on many different topics!  Please share your thoughts and feelings about doing your project.  What were your strengths and weaknesses?  What did you learn about your topic? Did your thinking change?  How can you use what you've learned in a meaningful way?
                              Keep on Learning!
                              Mrs. Wong

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