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Friday BlastHawaii Technology Academy

Spring Break in HERE!HTA has great workshops for all Learning Coaches during the break

Spring Break is here! This is a great time to rest, recovery, catch-up, get ahead or maybeall of the above. Things to remember during this week off is:

1. Attendance should not be taken from March 14-18, 2011.

2. Progress can be made.

3. Learning Coach Motivational Workshops will also be available.

4. Preparation can be made for Curriculum Workshops*. HTAs Elementary Teamhas developed a great set of curriculum workshops for grades k-8.

Learning Coach Motivational Workshop schedule is: March 16, 2011 6:30-7:30PM (Grades K-7)

March 17, 2011 6:30-7:30 PM (Grade 8 and High School)

These workshops will focus on learning coach skills for success as you move into thenext grade. Grade 8 is with high school for this reason. RSVP with Libra [email protected].

*The Curriculum Workshops provide opportunities for learning coaches to heard theTeachers perspective on teaching specific subjects. These workshops begin on Tuesday

March 22, 2011. Continued on 2

March 14-18Spring Break NOATTENDANCE SHOULD BETAKEN

March 21-24Curriculum Workshop Week

March 25Prince Kuhio Day NOATTENDANCE SHOULD BETAKEN. Progress can bemade.

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Tuesday March 22, 2011Wednesday March23,2011 Thursday March 24, 2011

9:00 am-10:00 am 8:30am-9:00am 9:00am-10:30am

Hawaii TechnologyAcademy Room 2

Mrs. Tollefsen'selluminate class

Hawaii TechnologyAcademy Room 2

Tips for StrugglingReaders How to Navigate Study Island The Breakdown of Writing

Question/Answer SessionHelping Students with theH.S.A. Writing Workshop

Taught by: Dana Adler & Celeste Faumui Taught by: Lilia Tollefsen

Taught by: Charisse Perez& Celeste Faumui

10:30am -12:00 pm 10:00am-10:30am 11:00am-12:00pm

Hawaii Technology

Academy Room 1

Mrs. Tollefsen's

elluminate class

Hawaii Technology

Academy Room 2

Hands on Math How to Navigate Study Island The Importance of Creativity

Math Manipulatives WorkshopHelping Students with theH.S.A.

Based on Daniel Pinks Book AWhole New Mind

Taught by: Joy Ripperger Taught by: Lilia Tollefsen Taught by: Malia Andrus

Teachers Perspective on OLS Curriculum implementation

Elementary Curriculum Workshops

Some descriptions of workshops are onPage 3


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Curriculum Workshops Descriptions

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How to Effectively Use Study Island forHSA Prep (ELLUMINATE)

Parents will be shown how to use

HSA results and Study Island toeffectively prep for the last roundof HSA exams. Parents will also begiven test taking strategies thatstudents can practice while doingStudy Island.

Tips for Struggling Readers

Reading is a complex activity; for some of our students it can be a difficult process tomaster. If your student struggles withreading and you have questions about your childs reading development please cometo this question and answer session withMs. Adler and Mrs. Faumui on Tuesday,March 22, 2011. This session will be openfrom 9:00-10:00 am in room 2. Parents of

any grade level student are welcome! Hands-On Math

Strategies to teach and reinforce mathconcepts with manipulatives and hands-on activities to foster problem-solving andcritical thinking

Date, Times, Teacher, andRoom/Elluminate on page 2


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Elluminate Book Club Starts Wednesday March 30, 2011

Freckle JuiceCome join this book discussion in

Mrs. Faumuis Elluminate class onWednesdays

from 9-10 am

Freckle Juice by: Judy Blume

You can log in to Mrs. Faumuis elluminate page at myhta.org.

Go to teacher web pages, Faumui, on front welcome page !

If you have any questions please contact Celeste Faumui at [email protected]

Class Outline

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Freckle Juice

Chapter 1-2

Freckle Juice

Chapter 3-4

Freckle Juice

Chapter 5

Nicky has freckles -- they cover his face, his ears, and thewhole back of his neck. Once, sitting behind him in class,Andrew counted eighty-six of them, and that was just a start!If Andrew had freckles like Nicky, his mother would never know if his neck was dirty. One day after school, Andrewworks up enough courage to ask Nicky where he got hisfreckles. And, as luck would have it, who should overhear him but giggling, teasing Sharon. She offers Andrew her secret freckle juice recipe -- for fifty cents. That's a lot of money, but Andrew is desperate. At home he carefully mixesthe strange combination of ingredients. Then the unexpectedhappens...

(www.judyblume.com/books/picture/freckle.php)


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