The class has a great handle on classroom rules and routines! They rarely need reminders any more! If a child does need constant reminders for a behavior, and hey it happens to all of us sometimes, their monster in ClassDojo will also get a reminder.
ELA - We are working on different lines and pencil strokes that help with our handwriting and drawing. We have practiced vertical lines, horizontal lines, curved lines, and diagonal lines, cup, hump, zig-zag, wavy, spiral, loop, plus, x, cane and hook. Students have practiced going left to right, top to bottom, and curving to the left in our writing.
Students have also been working on writing on handwriting paper. This paper helps our handwriting to be more uniform. When we write our letters we talk about the types of lines needed to write each letter. For example an uppercase t is a vertical line from the top blue line to the bottom red line and a horizontal line across the top.
Math -Students have begun some extra practice on number writing and our number words. We covered the number words: zero, one, two, and three so far.
Science- We learned about some remarkable people who were not able to use some of their senses but were still able to live their best life. We learned about Ray Charles and how he was a remarkable musician even though he could not see. We also learned about Helen Keller and how she had to learn to talk with her hands because she was blind and deaf.
Students compared a braille National Geographic Magazine to a regular copy of the magazine. We talked about how blind people read with their fingers by feeling the bumps and they have to use their imagination to create pictures in their head.
Bible Study - We learned about Isaac being born. God had a plan. God blessed Abraham with a son when the time was right. God gives all His children blessings now and eternally.
Art - We practiced using drippy glue by creating our own braille sentence. This helped us practice just getting one little dot at a time rather than a puddle of glue. We also learned how to use our watercolor paints! The kids had fun creating their own masterpieces.
Students continued enjoying taking Brain Breaks and dancing to some silly songs on GoNoodle. After the 10th song we do on that site our avatar grows! We know that we need to exercise our bodies and this is a fun way to do it!
Students have learned some more with Mojo on ClassDojo.
SEPTEMBER:
25: End of Food Drive; last day of 2nd quarter-11:30am dismissal
27: Worship Service
28-Oct. 9: FALL BREAK
FOOTBALL FRIDAYS
September 11th through the end of the NFL season
It’s Mr. Klemp’s favorite time of year….football season! All students are welcomed to sport their favorite NFL football team by wearing an NFL team’s t-shirt or jersey every Friday through the end of the season. K-8 students must wear uniform bottoms. No NFL jackets, hats, sweatshirts, etc.. This is for NFL teams only. It will be fun to see which teams are campus favorites!
FALL BREAK TRAVEL
As fall break approaches, we wanted to remind our families that if you have plans to travel off island, the State of Hawaii currently requires a 14 day quarantine upon your return to O’ahu, through the end of September. If the quarantine requirement extends into October; we will share that in our weekly newsletters. If you are traveling, please notify Mrs. Flores, cflores@tls-hawaii.org per our COVID-19 Handbook procedures.