Mr. G and Mr. Hervey, our counselors, will be hosting the last Grades 2 and 3 weekly parent support/forum meetings from 3:00pm to 3:45am, this Thursday, May 28, 2020.

Some questions to think about before joining the forums:

What are your top 3 challenges?
What are the top 3 things that have worked for you at home?
How do you motivate your children to engage in the enrichment activities provided by the teachers
What are 2 things you do for yourself to cope, and keep your sanity?

Here is the Google Meet link for Thursdays at 3pm. This is a recurring event and Meets link.

Join with Google Meet

meet.google.com/sja-izgg-bxa

Join by phone

‪+1 402-277-8282‬ PIN: ‪591 220 849‬#

The Last Week of School: The last day of school for students is Friday, 5/29/20.

Our last scheduled GoogleMeets session for this week is today, 5/26/20, at 10:00 or 2:00. The students will share the things they did not get to share: poems, shape pictures, rocks, etc.
Special Subjects teachers will be hosting an end of the year meeting with 2nd grade on Thursday, 5/28/20 from 10:00 to 10:15. The Special Subjects teachers will be sending you this information in their next newsletter.
The Virtual Aloha Assembly will be on 5/29/20 at 8:00 a.m. for all students K-4 to celebrate the graduating fifth graders with Mrs. Hermes hosting.
Then our last Google Meet as a class is Friday, 5/29/20 from 10:30-11:00. I’ll be emailing you the invite for this last meeting.

These are dates to know:

The SeeSaw activities will be available only until the end of this month and then all the work will be archived so please have your child do the activities that he/she can do by Thursday, 5/28/20. Then I can look at them and if they’re done, I will approve them.
Friday, May 29th - Last day of the 2020-2021 school year
Monday, June 1st - Wai’alae Device Drop Off/Return from 8:00-11:00 a.m. Please pull up to the 19th Avenue gate that is nearest to the front office; remain in your vehicle and a Wai’alae School staff member will meet you at your vehicle to take the device from you.

Thank you again, parents, for having your child choose activities to do each day (read everyday and do 2 or more activities) from the C7 Syllabus and SeeSaw and have emailed me the books he/she has read. This week will be the last week I’ll record books for your child’s book list. If possible, please have your child continue doing the C7 Syllabus activities during the summer. They can also draw in their art book each week. The main thing is to have your child read EVERYDAY!

There are letters from the counselors, Special Subject teachers, MLL teachers, and Learning Commons which you can find on the Distance Learning Jump Page: https://sites.google.com/waialae.edu/remote/home

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at ywakata@waialae.edu Please stay well and safe and have a wonderful summer!

Yvonne

Monday, May 18

Aloha C7 families-

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! There’s only 2 weeks left of school! Where does the time go? This past week during the Google Meet sessions, we studied poetry, 2D shapes, and rocks. Here are more ideas/activities you could do to encourage deeper learnings:

Geology study unit for students

https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/homeschool-geology/

How to Help Your Kids Thrive When They’re Stuck Inside - this has all kinds of games kids can play (board, family, logic, science, nature, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and anger control)

https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/how-to-help-your-kids-thrive-when-theyre-stuck-inside/

Strewing to Spark Curiosity - whatever interests your child has could lead to strewing (rocks and gems, crystals, joke books, poetry, music, etc.)

https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/strewing/

Online Parent Forums

Mr. G and Mr. Hervey, our counselors, will be hosting weekly parent support meetings.

Grades 2 and 3 weekly parent support/forum meetings from 3:00pm to 3:45am, this Thursday, 5/21/2020. These meetings will go through next Thursday, May 28, 2020.

Some questions to think about before joining the forums:

What are your top 3 challenges?
What are the top 3 things that have worked for you at home?
How do you motivate your children to engage in the enrichment activities provided by the teachers
What are 2 things you do for yourself to cope, and keep your sanity?

Here is the Google Meet link for Thursdays at 3pm. This is a recurring event and Meets link.

Join with Google Meet

meet.google.com/sja-izgg-bxa

Join by phone

‪+1 402-277-8282‬ PIN: ‪591 220 849‬#

Your child’s things are bagged with most of the students having 1 paper bag full of their things and some needing 2 bags for their things! Please be careful when you carry the bag(s) because they are heavy and full! You will be picking up their package(s) on Thursday, 5/21/20, or earlier (if your child has an older sibling in Waialae) between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Enter 19th Avenue from Pahoa Avenue and travel mauka-bound (mountain bound) towards Harding Avenue. Families with a Grade 2 student will drive up to Wai’alae School’s kitchen parking lot on 5/21/20, Thursday, at one of these times if the first Letter of your child’s LAST Name is:

8:00am-9:00am A to C

9:00am-10:00am D to H

10:00am-11:00am I to M

11:00am-12:00pm N to R

12:00pm-1:00pm S to Z

Provide your eldest’s child’s full name and the belongings of the second grader and any younger siblings will be brought to the vehicle. Give any returning classroom items, school property (except for borrowed technology/devices), and/or library books at this time to the Wai’alae Staff member. Please have the items in a bag that is labeled with the name of the student(s) who is(are) returning the items.

If your family placed a yearbook order, the yearbook(s) will be distributed at this time as well at the next gate - the Office Gate. Provide your eldest child’s full name and the yearbook order will be brought to your vehicle. Do NOT exit your vehicle; at each stop, a Wai’alae staff member will approach the vehicle.

The Last Week of School: The last day of school for students is Friday, 5/29/20.

Our last scheduled GoogleMeets session for next week will be Tuesday, 5/26/20, at 10:00 or 2:00.
Then our last Google Meet as a class is Friday, 5/29/20 from 10:30-11:00. I’ll be emailing you the invite for this last meeting.
Special Subjects teachers will be hosting an end of the year meeting with 2nd grade on Thursday, 5/28/20 from 10:00 to 10:15. The Special Subjects teachers will be sending you this information in their next newsletter.
The Virtual Aloha Assembly will be on 5/29/20 at 8:00 a.m. for all students K-4 to celebrate the graduating fifth graders with Mrs. Hermes hosting.

These are dates to know:

Monday, May 25th - Memorial Day Holiday

Friday, May 29th - Last day of the 2020-2021 school year

Monday, June 1st - Wai’alae Device Drop Off/Return from 8:00-11:00 a.m. Please pull up to the 19th Avenue gate that is nearest to the front office; remain in your vehicle and a Wai’alae School staff member will meet you at your vehicle to take the device from you.

Thank you again, parents, for having your child choose activities to do each day (read everyday and do 2 or more activities) from the C7 Syllabus and SeeSaw and have emailed me the books he/she has read. When your child reads a Kids A-Z book, have them read the books, do the quizzes, and just let me know the title and rating. I can get the rest of the information from Kids A-Z. The main thing is to have your child read EVERYDAY!

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at ywakata@waialae.edu Please stay well and safe.

Yvonne

Monday, May 11

Aloha C7 families-

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day weekend!

I also hope everyone got a chance to do one or more of the Makerspace and/or Star Wars ideas. Here are more ideas/activities you could do:

3 Free Weeks of Maker Challenges

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9t7SroHxC-/

Maker Stations Home Pack that are the Maker Challenges

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T4CZCt8hJqYLVT5ZVYpR7SgHLWDWaaUO/view

8 Fun Second Grade Reading Comprehension Activities

https://www.weareteachers.com/second-grade-reading-comprehension-activities/

16 Everyday Activities That Count As Learning

https://www.weareteachers.com/everyday-activities-that-count-as-learning/

16 Coloring Books That Will Help Kids Learn Cool Things

https://www.weareteachers.com/educational-coloring-books/

Draw With Drew and Rosie

https://time.com/5820518/draw-with-us/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=parents&utm_content=20200508&xid=newsletter-parents

Books To Help Kids Learn Mindfulness at Home

https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/mindfulness-books/

Online Parent Forums

Mr. G and Mr. Hervey, our counselors, will be hosting weekly parent support meetings. Grades 2 and 3 weekly parent support/forum meetings from 3:00pm to 3:45am, starting this Thursday, 5/14/2020. These meetings will go through Thursday, May 28, 2020.

Some questions to think about before joining the forums:

What are your top 3 challenges?
What are the top 3 things that have worked for you at home?
How do you motivate your children to engage in the enrichment activities provided by the teachers
What are 2 things you do for yourself to cope, and keep your sanity?

Here is the Google Meet link for Thursdays at 3pm. This is a recurring event and Meets link.

Join with Google Meet

meet.google.com/sja-izgg-bxa

Join by phone

‪+1 402-277-8282‬ PIN: ‪591 220 849‬#

Last week, I was given access to our classroom to bag the students’ things and to organize and clean the classroom for the end of the year. Most of the students have 1 paper bag full of their things and some needed 2 bags for their things! Please be careful when you carry the bag(s) because they are heavy and full! You will be picking up their package(s) on Thursday, 5/21/20, or earlier (if your child has an older sibling in Waialae) between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Families with a Grade 2 student will drive up to Wai’alae School’s kitchen parking lot between 8:00am and 1:00pm; belongings of the second grader and any younger siblings will be brought to the vehicle; families should return any classroom items and/or library books at this time.

The students had made up Presents and Parcels word problems in February so I hope they have done some of the word problems by choosing/cutting out the word problems they want to do, gluing it to a folder paper, solving it in 2 different ways (pictures, numbers, and/or words), and labeling their answers. Some word problems have 2 steps to solve it so have your child show his/her work for each step.

Thank you again, parents, for having your child choose activities to do each day (read everyday and do 2 or more activities) from the C7 Syllabus and SeeSaw and have emailed me the books he/she has read. When your child reads a Kids A-Z book, have them read the books, do the quizzes, and just let me know the title and rating. I can get the rest of the information from Kids A-Z. The main thing is to have your child read EVERYDAY!

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at ywakata@waialae.edu

Please stay well and safe.

Yvonne

Monday, May 4

Aloha C7 families-

I hope everyone got to participate and/or see the Lei Day Virtual Assembly this past Friday. It was wonderful to see all of the pictures and having us experience this special Lei Day, thanks to Kumu Kaleihomai and Mrs. Hermes!

I also hope everyone got a chance to do one or more of the Science Projects or Germ ideas. Now here are more ideas/activities you could do:

How to Make Any Space a Makerspace

https://blog.stem-supplies.com/how-to-make-any-space-a-makerspace/

These are Star Wars activities and treats:

https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/light-saber-crafts-and-treats/

https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/r2d2-bb8-droid-ideas/

https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/awesome-yoda-activities-snacks/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS9LDw2eiGg on lightsabers and science

https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/free-star-wars-printable-coloring-pages/

https://mashupmath.com/blog/2017/12/12/can-your-students-solve-these-star-wars-math-problems

Fantastic Books for Plant Lovers

https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/fantastic-books-plant-lovers/

Most Unusual Flowers in the World

https://www.serenataflowers.com/pollennation/unusual-flowers/

This week, I am being given access to our classroom to bag the students’ things and to organize and clean the classroom for the end of the year. Please check last week’s Waialae Weekly (pages 6-8) for details on how and when to pick up your child’s (and sibling’s) things. https://www.waialae.edu/2020/04/the-april-28-2020-waialae-weekly-packet/

The students had made up Presents and Parcels word problems in February so I have it attached to this email. The students can choose/cut out the word problems they want to do, glue it to a folder paper, solve it in 2 different ways (pictures, numbers, and/or words), and label their answers. Some word problems have 2 steps to solve it so have your child show his/her work for each step.

Thank you again, parents, for having your child choose activities to do each day (read everyday and do 2 or more activities) from the C7 Syllabus and SeeSaw and have emailed me the books he/she has read. When your child reads a Kids A-Z book, have them read the books, do the quizzes, and just let me know the title and rating. I can get the rest of the information from Kids A-Z. The main thing is to have your child read EVERYDAY!

To all the mothers, grandmothers, aunties, and mother figures, please have a Happy Mother’s Day!

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at ywakata@waialae.edu

Please stay well and safe. Yvonne

Monday, April 27

Aloha C7 families-

I hope everyone is still healthy and safe. We did one month’s worth of long distance learning! Our class has done 572 activities in SeeSaw! Amazing! The students have also read and reported a total of 167 books! Fantastic book worms!

I hope everyone got a chance to do one or more of the Earth Day ideas. Now here’s more ideas/activities to do:

28 Edible Science Projects You’ll Actually Want to Eat

https://www.weareteachers.com/edible-science/

6 DIY At-Home Activities to Teach Kids About Germs

https://www.weareteachers.com/teach-kids-about-germs/?utm_source=MDR_WAT&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Lysol_2003_Article%202

Daily Brain Breaks You Can Do At Home - Week 3

https://blog.moving-minds.com/2020/04/07/daily-brain-breaks-you-can-do-at-home-week-3/

This Friday, 5/1/20, is the Wai’alae Lei Day Virtual Assembly from 9:45-10:15 a.m. Please join the celebration by clicking on this link at 9:45: Lei Day Virtual Celebration Follow the requests of Kumu Kaleihomai and Ms. Hermes. After the assembly is done, take a short break and join the morning Google Meet at about 10:20 a.m. if that’s the time you chose for your child to attend the meeting. Or join the afternoon Google meet at 2:00 p.m. The students will share 1-3 culture items.

Thank you again, parents, for having your child choose activities to do each day (read everyday and do 2 or more activities) from the C7 Syllabus and SeeSaw and have emailed me the books he/she has read. When your child reads a Kids A-Z book, have them read the books, do the quizzes, and just let me know the title and rating. I can get the rest of the information from Kids A-Z. The main thing is to have your child read everyday.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at ywakata@waialae.edu Please stay well and safe.

Yvonne

Monday, April 20

Aloha C7 families-

I hope this message still finds everyone healthy and safe. Here are tips from PE teachers around the country to stay active:

Set a goal of 30 minutes of vigorous exercise a day, 60 minutes for kids. Break time into blocks of 15 minutes four times a day or 30 minutes twice a day.

Make it a routine at the same time in your daily schedule. If it’s a habit, it will stick.
Get outside whenever possible.
Ask your kids to teach you a skill they learned in PE at school. Learn a new skill each day and make up new exercises to add.
Take advantage of online resources like GoNoodle and Cosmic Kids Yoga – they’re fun and family friendly.
Have a KidsBop dance party. Let older kids create playlists for a family dance party.
Get out jump ropes, balls, raquets and other sports equipment and play a classic game or make up a new one.
Tap into social media and ask for recommendations from friends and neighbors to stay active and de-stress.

April 22nd, Earth Day, is a national day for everyone to focus on the environment and caring for our planet. It is an annual event celebrated around the world to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and now includes events in more than 193 countries. Here are some ideas to do for Earth Day:

Here are the Kid-friendly Environmental Movies for an Earth Day Movie Night: https://redtri.com/have-an-earth-day-movie-night-with-these-environmental-movies/slide/3

Here are suggestions to make an Earth Day sign: https://www.earthday.org/actions/make-an-earth-day-window-sign/
Make and grow a garden: Help them plan and layout their garden. Each child can have/make their own garden journal. In it, they can plan out what they want to put in their garden, write and draw their observations as their garden comes to life over the course of the next few weeks, write/draw/label what plants need in order to grow, and write, draw, and color pages about the life cycle of a plant. This garden and journal are for fun.
Make a recycled garden collage picture: http://laughpaintcreate.blogspot.com/2011/03/recycled-gardens.html
Mystery Science has a video on how old Earth is with ideas on how to reuse recyclables: https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/old-earth?loc=mini-lesson-button#slide-id-8308

Here are questions you can ask/reflect with your child about Earth Day:

What can we recycle?

What can we do around the house to conserve energy?
What do plants do for us and the Earth?
Why shouldn’t we litter and what is littering?
Why shouldn’t we dump trash in the ocean?
What can we make from old or recyclable items?

Thank you, parents, for having your child choose activities to do each day (read everyday and do 2 or more activities) from the C7 Syllabus and SeeSaw and have emailed me the books he/she has read. When your child reads a Kids A-Z book, have them do the quizzes and just let me know the title and rating. I can get the rest of the information from Kids A-Z. The main thing is to have your child read everyday.

Hopefully later this week, we’ll have the video chat set up for our children. I want to check in with the children to see what they remember and if they understand how to do the things that they need to do now and in the beginning of 3rd grade. I’ll email the interested parents the information about the video chat (what days, times, topics, etc.) .

There are letters from the counselors, Special Subject teachers, and Learning Commons and Parent Tips for Online Learning (this was a parent session on tips for online education and the presentation is in the Admin. Corner) which you can find on the Distance Learning Jump Page: https://sites.google.com/waialae.edu/remote/home

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at ywakata@waialae.edu

How I wish we could be back in school but we need to be patient and wait until next school year. Please stay well and safe.

Yvonne

Monday, April 13

Aloha C7 families-

I hope this message finds everyone still healthy and safe. Here are tips from Keiki Talk by Dr. Allana Coffee - psychologist

Give children the facts.
Validate their feelings.
Give empowering messages:

Stay home and stay well.
Get along with each other.
Wash hands.

Take care of the inside of our homes by reducing germs.
Take care of our neighbors and kupuna which can lead to taking care of our community, state, country, and planet.
Don’t share your stress with the children.

Here are some more online resources you could use with your child.

Spring Science Experiment - Color Changing Flowers

https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/color-changing-flowers/

The bottom of this website has more fun science activities.

Great Books to Read with your Kids in April

https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/great-books-to-read-with-your-kids-in-april/

Cultivating Creative Thinking in kids of all ages

https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/cultivating-creative-thinking/

32 Fun and Creative DIY Indoor Activities Your Kids Will Love

https://morningchores.com/diy-indoor-activities/

Make a paper plate maze STEM challenge

https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/make-a-paper-plate-maze-stem-challenge/

I got an idea from Marlon’s mom about making a syllabus so I have it attached to this letter. It is an outline of subjects with the possible things to do and the websites connected to each subject. You and your child can choose which ones to do each day (read everyday and do 2 or more activities). I have also listed a reading website called Kids A-Z or Razz Kids (it’s the same thing) on it and I’ll be emailing each of you the information needed to get on this website for our class this week. It has books for the students to read at their reading level.

There are letters from the counselors, Special Subject teachers, and Learning Commons which you can find on the Distance Learning Jump Page:

https://sites.google.com/waialae.edu/remote/home

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at ywakata@waialae.edu

Please stay well and safe. I really miss all of you!

Yvonne

C7 Syllabus

Sunday, April 5

Aloha C7 families-

I hope this message finds everyone still healthy and safe. Hopefully your child has tried some of the enrichment resources listed on the first newsletter. Here are some more resources you could use with your child and/or for yourself.

Some more online resources:

There is going to be a special live science show done by Mystery Doug on Tuesday, April 7th. He's a science educator kids love. He’ll answer real kids’ questions about the current situation we’re all dealing with, as well as share a few fun surprises. The show will be about 20 minutes long and will start at 10am PT. You can view the recording at mysteryscience.com/live after the event too.

https://mysteryscience.com/live

Time for Kids digital library free for the rest of the school year.

https://time.com/tfk-free/

A website from Colleen Kessler on helping children thrive inside the home.

https://raisinglifelonglearners.com/how-to-help-your-kids-thrive-when-they're-stuck-inside/

This website has yoga poses and other ideas for children for the first week.

https://blog.moving-minds.com/2020/03/20/daily-brain-breaks-you-can-do-at-home-week-1/

This website has neck stretches, yoga poses, and more activities for the 2nd week.

https://blog.moving-minds.com/2020/03/30/daily-brain-breaks-you-can-do-at-home-week-2/

This website has family resources for at home activities.

https://www.roseandrex.com/blogs/blog/covid-19-resources

This is a youtube video for parents to teach Science through cooking with their children.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G3Ml2MRu5Y

If possible, please have your child continue doing the assignments on the Spring Letter. As for writing in his/her journal, if he/she can write at least one entry each week, that would be fine. Here are some other suggestions for their writings (if possible, please make a copy of these writings for their journal if it’s a letter so they can give it to the person they wrote it to):

Write letters to nursing home residents to spread joy.
Write letters of gratitude to health care workers, grocery store clerks, postman, and other essential workers.
Make a series of comics to share family stories
Share oral traditions and famly stories in writing.
Co-writing with parents on cookbooks, poetry books, story books, how-to books- include sketches/pictures.
Write to a family member and ask them to write back

Please continue to have your child read for 30 minutes everyday and email 1-3 (or more) book information (title, author’s last name, genre, # of pages, and ratings 1-5) to me each week so I can fill in their book lists and the genre chart.

If your child wants to go on Spelling City, he/she can go on any unit (1-6) and the lists A/C are the easier lists and lists B/D are the harder lists. Lists Z1 & Z2 are very easy. Here are the directions:

You can find our class’ spelling lists by visiting my VocabularySpellingCity homepage at https://www.spellingcity.com/wakata

You don't need to log into the site to access my homepage. This should go directly to my homepage. If it doesn’t, just go to Search/ Teachers, type ywakata, click on the chart on Yvonne Wakata. Our class' word lists will appear on the left side of the page. Then just select the list and click on Free to view the free activities.

I have attached the counselors’ newsletter. If you have any questions or concerns, please email me at ywakata@waialae.edu

Please stay well and safe. I really miss all of you!

Yvonne

Friday, April 3

Hi Parents,

I'm hoping everyone is well and safe. Honolulu Theatre for Youth is offering the following:

Honolulu Theatre for Youth Introduces The HI Way: Bringing Theatre into Your Home

Honolulu Theatre for Youth introduces The HI Way, new digital content for families and children. The HI Way will bring the magic of HTY’s educational stage performances and the resident ensemble’s creative energy into a digital format for viewing at home on any device. The program will be broadcast on Hawaii News Now TV stations (KHNL, KGMB & K5) and will be available online at HTYWEB.org, HTY’s YouTube channel and other streaming platforms.

Please go on http://www.htyweb.org/ to see The HI Way videos. I miss everyone! Take care.

Yvonne

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Hi everyone,

Thank you to the parents who had their child do activities on SeeSaw!

As for the books your child has read, please list 1-3 books your child has read completely each week on Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday with the following information, email it to me, and I'll record it on their book list & genre chart:

Title of book-

Author's last name-

Genre-

Number of pages (if have page #s)-

Date completed-

Rating- (5-great, 4-good, 3-ok, 2-soso, 1-junk)

If you need to find books, please check this website from the Hawaii State Library System: https://hawaii.overdrive.com/library/kids

If possible, please have your child continue doing the assignments on the Spring Break letter. Thank you so much for your support!

Yvonne

Wednesday, March 25

Aloha C7 families-

I hope this message finds everyone healthy and safe. We have been meeting as a faculty throughout this week. Mr. Constantinou has emailed some updates, so please make sure you have read updates regarding school closures and please continue to look out for information from him and the rest of the administrators. As you folks are aware, things are changing quickly.

For now, we will be providing enrichment for children. We understand that not everyone has access to devices or internet service, so these activities are not required.

We encourage use of these resources, but please be mindful of your child’s screen time. Here is some helpful information from the Mayo Clinic regarding screen time: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/childrens-health/in-depth/screen-time/art-20047952

Some online resources for students:

BrainPop Jr. (Educational and developmentally appropriate videos and games for kids): https://jr.brainpop.com/ (Username: waialaepcs, Password: waialae)
Capstone eBooks for kids: https://www.mycapstonelibrary.com/login/index.html (Username: waialaepcs, Password: school)
iReady Math and iReady Reading: https://login.i-ready.com/ (These log-ins are individual by student. Students have these log-ins in their Planners. Please let me know if you need the log-in info. for your child.)
Mystery Science (science lessons for kids): https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning
GoNoodle: https://app.gonoodle.com/ - physical activities, dancing, yoga, mindfulness practice, brain breaks, Zumba (We use this application in class and the kids LOVE it.)
Scholastic “Learn at Home” activities: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-1-2.html
Free math games: https://www.mathplayground.com/
Listen to read-alouds for free: https://www.storylineonline.net/

Other activities for students to work on at home that are developmentally appropriate:

Chores for 2nd graders: https://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/age-appropriate-chores/
Maker Space/Learning Commons Activities: (This video is about a boy named Caine who creates his own arcade using cardboard and things around the house. It is very inspiring for kids to watch!) https://youtu.be/faIFNkdq96U
Lunch Doodles with MO WILLEMS: (Special website for this time we are in. Kids can draw with one of our favorite authors!!) https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/

If the students can continue doing the assignments on the Spring Letter, that would be great, especially read everyday for 30 minutes and study addition/subtraction/letter keys on the computer. Please email me if you have any questions or concerns at ywakata@waialae.edu

Please stay well and safe.

Yvonne

Please look at the 2 attachments for the SST (Special Subjects Teachers) letter and bingo sheet.

SST Grade 2 Newsletter

SST Grade 2 Bingo

Here’s a Message from the Multilingual Language Learner (MLL) Team:

Aloha families! We hope you are doing well and staying healthy and safe at home. As we move forward into this virtual school environment, we would like you to know that we are here to support you and your keiki. We are available to support you in the enrichment activities that your child's homeroom teachers and Special Subjects teachers are providing for their classes, and we are also posting various enrichment activities on our MLL website, along with updates and other resources. We will begin posting these on Monday. Please check them out! Also, to stay better connected, please sign up for our REMIND class by clicking on this link. You can reach us via the REMIND app or by email. Mahalo! Take care and know we are here for you!

Stephanie Muneno

smuneno@waialae.edu

Kelly Bolen

kbolen@waialae.edu

MLL Website

https://mllwaialaepcs.weebly.com/

Remind Link

https://www.remind.com/join/kg43gf

Here’s a message from the Counselors:

Hello Parents and Students,

As the School Counselors for Waialae Elementary, Mr. Hervey and I want to send out our warmest alohas to your family. This is a challenging time, however with love, patience and understanding, this can also be a great time for you to bond closer together as families.

With new information regarding the COVID-19 virus coming in at such a rapid, overwhelming pace, we understand that everyone has been affected in one way or another. As we forge forward, and try to adjust our schedules and domestic dynamics within our households, please slow down, take some deep breaths, and enjoy having your loved ones around you.

Keeping your children and yourselves happy and safe is our primary priority. We would like to suggest that you keep things basic and simple. Develop simple routines and responsibilities at home for everyone in your household, as you see fit for your family. Make sure you are eating healthy, staying hydrated, getting enough rest, and if possible, getting some daily exercise.

There are an abundance of online resources that are available,however, please refrain from becoming overwhelmed with too much information (TMI), and know and trust that you know what's best for your family.

In the coming days and/or weeks, Michael and I will be keeping in touch with you and share some insights and information that you may find useful for your families.

Take care, be safe, and be healthy,

Mark and Michael

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