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How do you sum up the past two weeks? I sum it up in one word, "Mahalo" as in grateful. I wake up every morning GRATEFUL. I love coming to work. I love going to Wā Oli. I love signing on with the haumāna to learn things together. Iʻm grateful for supportive ʻohana especially their mākua.
While I often wish, we could just return to how thing are, Iʻm appreciating the struggle because I believe we all the opportunity to be better because of it. Distance Learning is by no means perfect. I struggle daily and adjust daily. And while, I feel like Iʻm falling short not being able to do the things I usually do, the students, your keiki surprise and give me the optimism to move forward. Today, the second day before the quarter ends, I received a document camera-thanks to Kumu Malia Magic which I believe will help with taking notes. One of my students, got another Chromebook from the school and I can finally hear her voice clearly. Aunty Carol shared wonderful moʻolelo in the best kūpuna style we could ask for. In my opinion, having Aunty Kalei, Aunty Carol, Uncle Pono and Uncle Ronny is a WIN, a blessing for our haumāna. Weʻre finally building some momentum as a class. Distance Learning isnʻt the easiest but for some students they are excelling while some are still struggling with the medium of instruction. Those who take advantage of the open class hours on Tuesday and Thursday have almost caught up with all haʻawina lohi. Packet pick-ups are still not perfected, but students are figuring out how to complete work without them. Iʻm very grateful.
Some highlights over the past two weeks: World Languages with ʻAnakala Konrad is going well. Weʻve learned numbers, colors, shapes, the alphabet and how to introduce our names. Hopefully we will get to dive into short books and listening to moʻolelo of Rarotonga soon. English Language Arts with Kumu Renea is going well. It seems like the students are engaged to learn about vocabulary with Kumu Renea. We arenʻt progressing through Living without Kuleana as quickly as I hoped, but we are figuring it out. The real struggle has been "Independent Learning" however, each day, each haʻawina I receive, Iʻm optimistic for most haumana we will do well. Pūpūkahi i holomua.
On the first day of distance learning, it was absolutely crazy. Trying to monitor the haumāna on three different screens while flipping through programs was absolutely crazy. So adjustments were made and by Thursday I was feeling pretty optimistic about distance learning.
The students were able to get through lessons on Place Value, Writing, Reading, Mele/Oli, Speaking, Social Studies, Art, PE, World Languages and Introductions. The haumāna even got a chance to have 1 on 1 conferences with me to get immediate feedback on their work submissions. We shared exemplar work with the whole class and practiced giving constructive feedback to our hoa papa. Self-pacing the assignments for the week seems to be working for most keiki. However, a few are struggling and adjustments to haʻawina pacing were made this week.I think the biggest struggle right now is having students speak up and ask for help. Hereʻs a snippet of our hula class with Kumu Malia, ka hula "Ke Ao Nani". You can see the keiki hula on the right. Iʻm thus far enjoying working with the keiki!
It's exciting to have the haumana again. It has been four years since I've last taught most them with Kumu Dukie for Papa Mālaa'o. Their initial Papa Mālaa'o class was so large it totaled 31.
Enjoy this flashback to their first year at Puohala.
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