Tiny Topics

Writers at work!

Our class has been learning that you can get ideas for writing from anywhere!  We learned you can get them from:

• things you see
• things you hear
• books
• songs
• newspapers
• paintings
• conversations

To help us gather all of these ideas, we made Tiny Topics notebooks that we are keeping at school.  I encourage you all to make one at home, too!  It just takes 2 pieces of paper, scissors, and a stapler.  First, print this Tiny Topics page.  Put a blank piece of computer paper behind it and cut both pages on the lines.  Gather the little pages and put a staple in the top corner.  

Click this image to download

Better yet, use a real, spiral bound notepad!  You can find these at many grocery or office supply stores.

Happy Writing!

Fun Events!

We had so much fun this week with Chance to Dance from the Maui Dance Council!  Thank you Auntie Maggie for teaching us all about the plant and butterfly lifecycle through dance!

Also, several of our friends performed for the new principal, Mr. Elton Kinoshita, last night at the Pulama Lanai reception.  The dancers were beautiful!

Hope to see you all at the parade tomorrow morning!

Homework Help

Parents, do your children need help with their homework?  University of Hawaii at Manoa has a new program just for Hawaii DOE students in grades K-12, called the Online Learning Academy.  It offers online math and science tutoring!

Times available:

• Monday-Friday - 9am-10pm
• Sunday - 5pm-10pm

Students can use a laptop, iPad, iPhone, or Android phone to access the tutoring room.

And best of all, it's FREE!!

Go to the OLA website at http://manoa.hawaii.edu/ola to check it out!

If you have questions or need additional assistance, please contact Davilla Riddle, Science Program Coordinator at 808-275-1268.