FOOD AND OUR ISLAND STUDENT WORKBOOK
FEAST
ʻŌLELO HAWAIʻI
GRADES 3–5

The ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi edition Grades 3 – 5 was translated by kumu (teachers) on Oʻahu, and is very close to the English Grades 3 – 5 edition.
Lessons Align with NGSS Standards while Fostering a Sense of Place
Each of the eight lessons works toward specific learning outcomes in one of four themes from the Hawai‘i School Garden Curriculum Map: sense of place, the living soil-the living plant, nourishment, and natureʻs designs. Each lesson connects to the Next Generation Science Standards and some connect to the National Health Education Standards.
Each lesson has five parts: connecting, noticing, sensemaking, modeling, and reflecting. The first part connects the lesson to students’ lives. In the next section, students notice important features of a phenomenon, such as its patterns. In sensemaking, students use science ideas, such as cause and effect, to explain why the phenomenon happens. In modeling, students create representations that describe how a phenomenon happens. Finally, and most importantly, students reflect on what they have learned to connect it back to their own lives and cultures. The lessons were developed with a focus on the values, practices, words, places, and phenomena that are common to Hawaiʻi and Guam to foster a strong sense of place as students work through the activities.