Kanoelani Elementary School 2021

School and District Factors

Socioeconomic Information and census Population - 11,469
data
Ethnicities
Asian 56.55%
Two or more races - 24.61%
White - 9.51%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander -
6.50%
Other - 2.82%

Median Age - 37
Female - 52%
Male - 48%

Education -
HS grad - 25%
Some college - 23.98%
Bachelors - 21.52%
Graduate Degree - 9.23%

Poverty rate - 6.58%

Enrollment 2019-2020: 767

% of students on free or reduced lunch 31.6%

Graduation rates 23.8 % college graduate

37.2% some college
31% HS
7.9% less than HS

Ethnicities
% of students with IEPs 7.6%

% of students with limited english 7.3%

proficiency

Per Pupil Expenditure $14,806

Classroom Demographics and Knowledge of students Factors

Gender ratios 11 boys
9 girls

Special Needs 4 EL
(gifted, physical, cultural, language)

Approaches to Learning Audio and kinesthetic

Prior Learning and Experiences Less than half year in school learning
All students except one been at Kanoelani
for 3 years or longer

Academic proficiencies and experiences Very proficient in math

Most are one or two grade levels below
for reading

Instructional and Support Resources

Choose Love Movement
PBL
Academy Explorers
Math maniacs
Letter of Introduction

Aloha, my name is Ms. Nakazato! I am currently enrolled at the University of

Hawai'i - West O'ahu majoring in Elementary Education. I am excited to be completing
my student teaching with Mrs. Takazono. I enjoy the outdoors, and some of my favorite
things to do are to hike and head to the beach. I hope to instill a love of learning in your
child through my teaching.

I wanted to inform you of an instructional resource used throughout Kanoelani

that you may be familiar with, the Choose Love Movement. Because of the various
ethnicities throughout Kanoelani, Filipino, Japanese, White, Pacific Islander, etc., and
the prior learning experience the students in P24 have had since they had been learning
online this past school year, I believe that the Choose Love Movement is a great
instructional resource to address these factors.

The Choose Love Movement began in 2012 after the Sandy Hook Elementary
School shooting tragedy. It was inspired by Scarlett Lewis’ son, Jesse, who used his
final moments to save nine of his friends during the shooting. Kanoelani is a Choose
Love school, meaning that every child has access to Social and Emotional Learning
(SEL) in their classrooms. The Choose Love Movement has a curriculum of SEL which
is used throughout the school, and here in P24.

Currently, we have spent the first few days doing several SEL lessons with the
students to build a safe and loving community in the class. Because of all the cultural
differences in the class, it is important for the students to feel safe to express
themselves to their teachers and classmates. After spending a majority of the year
online, the students are currently adjusting to spending all day with other students. It is
important that they remember to treat others with love. These SEL lessons in the class
will ensure that students are able to learn to the best of their ability.

I am looking forward to seeing your child progress throughout the year,

academically as well as emotionally. I believe that incorporating the Choose Love
Movement and its curriculum will allow your child to have a safe, comfortable, loving
school environment where they can bloom. If you have any questions or concerns,
please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,
Jacie Nakazato
Student Interest Survey
Student Teacher Name: Jacie Nakazato
Mentor Teacher Name: Tracy Takazono
Grade Level: 3
Content Area being assessed: Math and Reading
Special Needs Consideration: 4 EL students
Number of Boys: 11
Number of Girls: 9

Student Demographics
The students in this class are ages 7-8. There are 11 boys and 9 girls in the class,

and their ethnicities are Filipino and Asian. 4 of the 20 students are EL students, all

whose first language is Tagalog. The majority of students are kinesthetic learners. Most

of them were FDL last year due to COVID, so this is the first time in a year that they have

been in an actual classroom.

Description of Assessment Tool

The assessment tool used at Kanoelani Elementary is i-Ready. At the beginning

of the school year, the students took an i-Ready Diagnostic test for both math and

reading. The purpose for taking the i-Ready Diagnostic is to give teachers a closer look

into student needs. The Diagnostic allows the teacher and student to see a complete

picture of their performance, showing areas of strength as well as areas of weakness. It

also shows progress throughout the year. After taking the i-Ready Diagnostic, Tracy and

I met with each individual student to go over their i-Ready scores and discuss goals on

what they can work on before the next i-Ready test in the middle of the year.

Reading Learning Goal

From looking at the i-Ready Diagnostic, Tracy and I decided that one of the

biggest goals for the students in reading was to improve their comprehension skills. All
of the lower students lacked the comprehension skills needed to be reading at a third

grade reading level. The higher students were also struggling with comprehension,

although they are reading 1 to 2 grade levels above. We decided that comprehension

was a class learning goal that all students should strive to achieve by the middle of the

school year. Many of the individual goals set for students were to reach a 2nd grade

reading level and improve their reading fluency.

Math Learning Goal

An obvious goal for math from the i-Ready Diagnostic was number sense. Lots of

students struggled with place value during the diagnostic. This is also evident when

working with the students in small groups. We chose this as a class goal because even

the higher students would get number sense problems incorrect. I believe this goal is

challenging yet achievable because the students will be able to practice these skills on

i-Ready and during their Go Math time.

Why i-Ready is Helpful

The i-Ready Diagnostic is helpful in determining the needs of all students because the

test adapts to how the student is answering the questions. The Diagnostic allows each

student’s math and reading lessons to be unique to them, giving them each the

opportunity to work in skills that they are struggling in. Since the lessons are tailored to

each individual student, the teacher and student can see how they are progressing in the

skills that they were lacking when they first took their diagnostic. Students and teachers

can see what the student needs to work on after the diagnostic with the color coding.

i-Ready also allows the student to see their progress throughout the year because after
each lesson, the student can see how well they performed and what skills were being

addressed during the lesson. One of the reasons why I believe that i-Ready is a great

assessment tool is because of how intuitive the programming is to be able to tailor each

students’ lesson to them.