KES NEWS SY 2013-2014

2nd Quarter 6th Grade Celebration

Did you make it to the End of the Quarter celebration? We sure did!

The End of the Quarter Celebration is something that the whole 6th grade does. It is for the students that behaved and did all of their work during the whole quarter. It is also for the kids that are cleared of checks and strikes.

Checks and strikes prevent you from doing anything fun (End of the quarter/year celebrations, etc.). When you don't do your homework or didn't complete it, you get a check. If you get 5 checks, you get a strike. Getting a strike is really bad because again, you can't do anything fun. To get rid of 1 CHECK you have to first, complete the work that you didn't do, second, you have to do 3 EXTRA Teenbiz or IXL's. It is really hard to get rid of 1 check, and we all think that if you just do your work without having teachers and parents nagging at you to do it, then you should be fine!

Now enough, of the serious talk. Let’s get into what we did for the celebration. For every celebration, we do something different. Last quarter we played volleyball and this time we played......................BASKETBALL!! It was really amazing and had us pumped up and energized!

Since, we have a lot of students in this grade, we had to compromise and find a way to allow two games to go on at the same time. The teachers thought that we should half the court so that on one side the boys play a game and on the other side, the girls play a game. Even though we had a small amount of space to play a game, we still had a lot of fun!

There was a stiff competition between each class. Anyways, for the girls, there was a lot of height and speed within students. Some were REALLY TALL, some were REALLY FAST, some had GREAT AGILITY. It was a very interesting mix, but I think that that is what makes a great game!

It was such an amazing experience and I hope that next quarter will be like that too! Again, thank you for reading and please stop by again, for more amazing events and more! Thanks again!

By Jewel

Hi, my name is Dhaydren. My favorite hobby is playing football. I like to eat spaghetti. Also my favorite color is blue.

I am here to talk to you about the 2nd quarter 6^th grade celebration. People can only go if they don’t have any old catch up work or STRIKES. The people who had strikes had to in a six grade class and do work for 2 hours while the other people got to have fun.

The celebration started at 10:30 and ended at 12:00.We got to play basketball. After that we got to shoot around for about 10 minutes. I think that it was fun.

When we played basketball it was 5 boys against 5 boys. The class that made it to the championship game for the boys were Ms.Coffin and Mrs. Infiesto’s class. The championship games for the girls were Mrs. Matsuura and Mrs. Infiesto’s class.

We still have two more celebrations coming up including the Polynesian Cultural Center. The IB attitude that you need to be is responsible. In order to participate in school celebrations, you need to be responsible and ear it. You need to be done with all your work and you need to be caught up with everything with no strikes. This is why you need to be responsible.

Posted by H102 Grade 6 Mrs. Aimee Matsuura's class

DRA'S!

D-R-A-S what do they stand for? Developmental Reading Assessment!

Introduction
Have you ever wondered what reading level you are at? Well, you are in luck. You should do DRAs!

DRAs are your leveled books. If you just started, then you start from the beginning. Your teacher will assign you a certain type of book to read. First he/she would tell you to read it by yourself. The second time gets trickier. You try not to make any mistakes while reading. Your goal is to read fluently, so your reading level can go up. You read up to the little mark and stop. Your teacher will tell you to make predictions. After you are done, you show your predictions to your teacher so you can move on. She will approve you to move on and tell you to read the whole story by yourself. After you are done reading you will use your book's information to answer your questions. If you are not done, don't worry! Your teacher will give you time the next day-Mrs. Matsuura wants us to take our time and do our best!

After you are done questioning, you hand the book and answers to your teacher. Your teacher will tell you what your reading level is after she is done grading your work. It will also go in your report card too.

DRAs show the IB learner profile Knowledgeable. Knowledgeable means you explore concepts, ideas and issues that have local and global significance. In so doing, they acquire in- depth knowledge and develop understanding across a broad and balanced range of disciplines. The DRAs show the IB learner profile knowledgeable because you answer the questions and visualize what is happening in the book. Also you predict what is going to happen next.

In conclusion if you didn't try DRAs, then you should try and see what leveled book you are on. Thank you for reading this and see you next time!!!!(^0^)!!!!

ALL ABOUT ERIKA (the author)!
Hello! My name is Erika and if you just read my blog, I hope you liked it. I am 11 years old and I like to swim in the pool. I also like to play basketball and badminton. I love my brother and he likes me too. We are always best friends!

Posted by H102 Grade 6 Mrs. Aimee Matsuura's class

How was your Christmas?

Merry Christmas!!!

How did you celebrate Christmas?

On Christmas Eve, my family and I left to go to my Grandmas house. We ate great food, played games, and opened one present at 12:00 am. In my family, we have a tradition for every Christmas. We have to pick out a name from a hat and whichever name we get we have to buy that person a gift. I got my mom.

I bought my mom this cute makeup set by Elf. My sister got my name and she gave me a One Direction poster. We stayed at my Grandmas house until 2 am. On Christmas day, I rushed downstairs and started to open my presents. I screamed and got excited as I opened presents.

For Christmas, I got a JLB Cosmetics set, an Easy Bake Ultimate Oven, a Kendama, One Direction poster, a pair of boots, The Color Workshop Collection, a makeup bag, Hello Kitty House Slippers, Earrings, Monster High things, cookies, and $20!

During Christmas, my family and I show the IB Learner Profile, Caring. We care about other people and bought them gifts. That is what I did during Christmas!!!!!!!!!!

By Samantha

Posted by H102 Grade 6 Mrs. Aimee Matsuura's class

WELCOME BACK!

Welcome back to school!

Well, winter break is over and it is time to reflect on what we did over the winter break and start the brand new year. In class, we are reflecting on how we did in 2013 and how well we can prepare for 2014. I had a great year and I’m excited for 2014!