C8 - Ms. Brink

Monday, May 25

Aloha C8 Families,

It saddens me that this year has come to an end, but it has been such an amazing one! I'm truly grateful to have had the opportunity to teach and get to know your children. Many thanks for the support you have given me this year! Have a fabulous summer and stay healthy!!

Here are the news and announcements for this week:

1. The Last Week of School: The last day of school for students is Friday, May 29. C8's last GoogleMeets meeting will be on Friday, May 29,10:30-11:00. There will be no 12:30 meeting on Friday, May 29.

2. Special Subjects Aloha: The special subjects teachers will be hosting a GoogleMeets meeting on Thursday, May 28, 10:00-10:15. The link can be found on seesaw. The activity will be a dance party!

3. Virtual Aloha Assembly: Mrs. Hermes is hosting a virtual Aloha Assembly for students K-4 to celebrate the graduating 5th graders on Friday, May 29 at 8:00am. The link will be sent out on Thursday, midday.

4. Scholastic Book Orders: If you placed an order, your order should be arriving this week. I will email you once your order has arrived!

5. Distance Learning Page: Please visit the Waialae Distance Learning site for updates from the Learning Commons and School Counselors.

6. Available Summer Apps:

1. Seesaw: until June 1

2. iReady: until July 6

3. Reading A-Z: All Summer

4. Vocabulary City: All Summer

GoogleMeets Agenda

Tuesday: Two Truths and a Lie

Wednesday: Lego Challenge

Thursday: Nature Scavenger Hunt (please see the attached materials)

Friday @ 10:30: Snack and Chat

Upcoming Meetings:

C8 Morning Meetings @ 10:30 Tue.-Fri.

C8 Afternoon Meetings @ 12:30 Tue.-Thur.

Mahalo,

Ms. Brink

Monday, May 18

Hi C8 Families,

I hope you are all doing well! Summer is just around the corner :) In next week's newsletter I will be sending you info about summer apps and activities that will be available to you, and scholastic book orders.

Here are the news and announcements for this week:

1. Student Supply Pick Up: 2nd grade supply pick up is on Thursday, May 21. Drive up to Waialae's kitchen parking lot between 8am and 1pm, and someone will meet you to give you your child's belongings. This date is for 2nd grade children who are oldest or only. If you have a child in grade 3-5, please check the Waialae weekly for your scheduled time. Waialae Weekly

2. Classroom Supply Drop Off: If your child has books that belong to C8's library, please return them on the day you collect your child's supplies. Please have the items in a bag that is labeled with your child's name and classroom number on it.

3. Yearbook Orders: If you placed a yearbook order, you will pick up your order on Thursday, May 21 (the same day you pick up your child's school supplies). Drive up to the office gate, stay in your vehicle, and a Waialae staff member will help you.

2. Monday May 25: Memorial Day Holiday (no school)

3. The Last Week of School: The last day of school for students is Friday, May 29. C8's last scheduled GoogleMeets meeting will be Friday, May 29 from 10:30-11:00. Special Subjects teachers will be hosting an end of the year meeting on Thursday, May 28 from 10:00 to 10:15. The Special Subjects teachers will be sending you info in their next newsletter.

4. Weekly Choice Board: If you wish to print a hard copy of the choice board and writing activity, they're attached below.

5. Aloha Friday: For this Friday's Aloha meeting we will be playing Jeopardy and the topic is Culture!

GoogleMeets Agenda

Please have your child bring paper and a writing utensil to our daily meetings Tue.-Fri.

Tuesday: Fundations/Trick Words and Review

Wednesday: Math/Story Problems with 2-3 digit numbers

Thursday: Read Aloud

Friday: Culture/Jeopardy

6. Distance Learning Page: Please visit the Waialae Distance Learning site for updates from the Learning Commons and School Counselors.

Upcoming Meetings:

C8 Morning Meetings @ 10:30 Tue.-Fri.

Join Hangouts Meet

C8 Afternoon Meetings @ 12:30 Tue.-Fr.

Join Hangouts Meet

Mahalo,

Ms. Brink

Monday, May 11

Hi C8 Families,

Here are the news and announcements for this week:

1. Thursday, May 21 Student Supplies: 2nd grade supply pick up is on Thursday, May 21. Drive up to Waialae's kitchen parking lot between 8am and 1pm, and someone will meet you to give you your child's belongings. This date is for 2nd grade children who are oldest or only. If you have a child in grade 3-5, please check the Waialae weekly for your scheduled time. Waialae Weekly

If your child has books that belong to C8's library, please return them on the day you collect your child's supplies.

2. Monday May 25: Memorial Day Holiday (no school)

3. 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, Thursday, May 14 to Thursday, May 28.

Some questions to think about before joining the forums

1. What are your top 3 challenges?

2. What are the top 3 things that have worked for you at home?

3. How do you motivate your children to engage in the enrichment activities provided by the teachers

4. 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#

3. Weekly Choice Board: If you wish to print hard copies of the choice board and worksheets, they're attached below. I do not have a hard copy for the math activity, but your child can use scratch paper to solve the problems.

4. Aloha Friday: For this Friday's Aloha meeting we will be sharing about cultural cuisine! Please help your child choose and prepare one dish from a country this week. It can be as simple as you like. Examples include spam musubi, enchiladas, cereal, chicken adobo, etc. Have your child upload a picture to seesaw before our meeting on Friday.

5. GoogleMeets: For the last day of school teachers will be coordinating with each other to schedule their last googlemeets to ensure there is no time conflicts. I will update you with any changes made to our scheduled time for the last day of school, May 29.

GoogleMeets Agenda

Please have your child bring paper and a writing utensil to our daily meetings Tue.-Fri.

Tuesday: Fundations/prefixes

Wednesday: Math/fractions

Thursday: Read Aloud and Reading/compare and contrast 2 cultural tales

Friday: Culture/cooking around the world

6. Distance Learning Page: Please visit the Waialae Distance Learning site for updates from the Learning Commons and School Counselors.

Upcoming Meetings:

C8 Morning Meetings @ 10:30 Tue.-Fri.

Join Hangouts Meet

C8 Afternoon Meetings @ 12:30 Tue.-Fr.

Join Hangouts Meet

Mahalo,

Ms. Brink

Monday, April 13

Aloha C8 families,

I hope you had a great three day weekend! Here are the news and announcements for this week:

1. Family Feedback Survey: To help plan for future activities, the second grade teachers have created a Family Feedback Survey for you to give us some feedback on how online enrichment is going for you! Please fill out the Family Feedback Survey by Friday, April 17.

2. Weekly Choice Board: To help give your child more choice with the learning enrichment activities Ms. Kira and I have created a Choice Board. These activities will now be on a Choice Board that will include a variety of things your child can do to keep active, explore their passions, and help them to keep some of their school routines! The choice board is attached to this email, and will also be sent to your child through Seesaw.

Directions to get started:

1. Log in to your seesaw Home Learning Account

2. Click on the Activities tab to view the choice board for this week's enrichment activities.

3. You may choose a few activities to do each day. You can view the choice board on seesaw, or if you have access to a printer, you may print out a hard copy for yourself.

4. As you complete each activity take a picture of your work/creations, or ask a family member to take a picture of you doing any of the activities.

5. Post 1 picture a day to seesaw. Don't forget to click on the record button to record an explanation or caption of what you did!

6. At the end of the week, take a picture of your choice board and upload it to your seesaw account. If you didn't print out the choice board, use seesaw to highlight the activities you've completed on the choice board.

3. Implementing Schedules and Routines: Attached are two examples of sample schedules. The sample schedules include the same activities as the choice board.

4. Aloha Friday Meeting: For our Aloha Friday morning meeting this week, our theme will be Talent Show! Please help your child choose a talent that he/she is interested in sharing. For example, playing an instrument, juggling a ball, whitling, etc. Have your child practice before our meeting on Friday. Please keep it under one minute.

5. Switching to GoogleMeets: We are switching to GoogleMeets this week. The links are provided under "upcoming meetings". Because I scheduled the meetings as recurring events, there are only two links, one for 10:30 Tue.-Fri. and the other for 12:30 Tue.-Fri. This will help Ms. Kira and I to add activities to seesaw and plan on Mondays. I appreciate your understanding!

Upcoming Meetings:

C8 Morning Meetings @ 10:30 Tue.-Fri.

Join Hangouts Meet

C8 Afternoon Meetings @ 12:30 Tue.-Fr.

Join Hangouts Meet

Thank you,

Ms. Brink

Monday, April 6

Hi C8 families,

Here are the news and announcements for this week:

1. Zoom Meetings and Rules- This week my focus is consistency! I will be hosting 2 Zoom meetings per day, at 10:30 and 12:30. You can choose the time that works best for you (you Do Not need to choose the same time each day). I did this to give your child an opportunity to interact with different peers throughout the week, and to give you some flexibility in your schedule.

Last Friday I went over 8 expectations for using Zoom with your child. Please review the rules (click on the attachment), and help to reinforce them at home.

Starting from the week of April 13, 2020, we will only use Google Meets or Webex for our live meetings. This is a schoolwide decision. We will continue to use Zoom for the remainder of this week, and transition to Google Meets or Webex next week, Monday. More info to come...

2. Aloha Thursday Meeting- Good Friday Holiday is this Friday, so we will have our Aloha Meeting on Thursday. Our theme is Show and Tell! Please help your child choose an item before Thursday, Apr. 9. Some good ideas include: arts and crafts, projects, pictures, favorite toy or collectible. Please make sure the item your child chooses is appropriate, and I encourage your child to practice what he/she wants to say beforehand :)

3. Implementing Schedules and Daily Routines- If you are interested in implementing daily schedules and routines with your child, please let me know and I will email some resources and examples to those of you who are interested or want to try it out.

4. Counselor Newsletter- Our school counselors, Mr. Hervey and Mr. G are providing activities and resources to go with their Theme of the Week in their weekly newsletters to you. This week's theme is Daily Goals and Intentions! Please see the attachment.

Upcoming Zoom Meetings:

Tue. Apr. 7 @10:30:

https://zoom.us/j/609776636pwd=ekU4M2RmSjZCR25hVmVYMHRBOFRGQT09

Meeting ID: 609 776 636

Password: 055781

Tue. Apr. 7 @12:30:

https://zoom.us/j/285355319pwd=Y2wxOXRwTllGMlY5cDk3czFTZXQ0dz09

Meeting ID: 285 355 319

Password: 053193

Wed. Apr. 8 @ 10:30:

https://zoom.us/j/149240027pwd=NmthM3V1dk5mSmYvbDIrdjBvWFAvZz09

Meeting ID: 149 240 027

Password: 031944

Wed. Apr. 8 @ 12:30:

https://zoom.us/j/642069901pwd=eCtlaisyZlIzVVNhWjZBQU10MXZCdz09

Meeting ID: 642 069 901

Password: 096286

Thur. Apr. 9 @10:30:

https://zoom.us/j/253763793pwd=UFNOUDcvekdxakE3VWY4SVJ0Nm9hQT09

Meeting ID: 253 763 793

Password: 001372

Thur. Apr. 9 @12:30:

https://zoom.us/j/256860576pwd=YlVDTXQ3ZmdKajJ4SnBpN3BXT1dFUT09

Meeting ID: 256 860 576

Password: 036248

Fri. Apr. 10: Good Friday Holiday (No Zoom Meeting)

Thank you and have a great week!

Ms. Brink

Monday, March 30

Aloha C8 families,

Here are the news and announcements for this week:

1. Google Form: Please click on the google form link, and fill out the short survey. I plan to start hosting live video chat meetings with students to help us all stay connected. The meetings are optional, will occur daily M-F, and will run about 10-30 minutes. I will be emailing you a link to the first zoom meeting so that you can help your child join. After the first meeting, I will be sending the link via seesaw. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

I will set time aside during the first zoom meeting to show students how to use seesaw:)

2. Seesaw: If you are having any trouble accessing seesaw, please let me know. I have emailed all families their child's Home Learning Code via seesaw. If you did not receive an email with your child's Home Learning Code, let me know and I will resend it.

3. Learning Commons Newsletter: Mrs. Choy has created a virtual learning commons. Attached is a letter to families containing the link to enter the virtual learning commons. The next activity I will be posting in Seesaw will be taking a tour through the learning commons and watching 2 videos about digital citizenship!

Thank you,

Ms. Brink

C8 Email Attachment

Virtual Learning Commons

Wednesday, March 25

Aloha C8 families -

I hope this message finds everyone healthy and safe.We met as a faculty on March 23, 2020 to discuss the plans for learning as we move forward. Mr. Constantinou has emailed some updates, and please continue to monitor for additional information as it becomes available.

For now, we will be providing online enrichment for children. We understand that not everyone has access to devices or internet service, so these activities are optional and not required. Please do what works best for your family at this time.

In order to maintain the safety of our keiki, and to prevent students from spending time surfing the web, Ms. Kira and I will be using Seesaw and Zoom to connect with students online. As I am learning to navigate Seesaw and Zoom, please be patient with me. This is a learning curve for all of us :)

The first step is getting your child started on Seesaw! I recommend that you support your child with setting up their C8 Seesaw account and help your child practice logging in and out 3-5 times before using.

Steps:

1. Go to https://web.seesaw.me on a computer. Or install the Seesaw Class iOS or Android app.

2. Tap “I’m a Student”.

3. Scan or type in your Home Learning code. (I will be sending you your child’s Home Learning Code individually)

4. Post to your journal (I’ve posted 5 getting started activities for you to work on at your own pace)

5. Remember, this code is like a password. Keep it safe!

Additional Online Resources for Families:

What is Seesaw? Intro for Families

Step-by-step HL Tips

Please be on the lookout for my Sunday weekly email with updates. I’ve attached a file with links to additional resources that will be available to your child. ***Please see important attached letters from the Special Subjects Teachers (w/a fun BINGO game also!!), Counselors and the Multilingual Language Learner Team.

Please stay safe and well during this time

Thank you for your time! Please email me if you have any questions or concerns.

Sincerely,

Katie Brink

kbrink@waialae.edu

Kira Swearingen

kswearingen@waialae.edu

C8 Email with Resource Links

SST Grade 2 Newsletter

SST Grade 2 Bingo

MLL Letter

Counselors Letter

What is Seesaw Youtube Video