Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:38 AM
Topic: Tell about the best gift you are GIVING to someone this holiday season.One  thing  I am giving someone is from the gift shop it is for my brother I got my  brother  a pen   last year. This year I am getting  him a  cool toy I  think he will  like it I hope he will like it this year. I am getting  my  mom and my  dad  something  this year I think  my mom and dad will like it to. – by AudrieOne thing I am giving to my sistr this year is my love and hapenis to her...

Monday, December 17, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 2:28 PM
Topic: Write about how you can be generous this holiday season.I was genares by like giving my friend sum of my toys zombie I gave him one of my zombie toys. My friend gave me a toy I said ok. My sister said she would  give me a thing that scwerts out water. I would give her a lot of poky mone cards and sum cards with a sweley on the back it is black brown. I woud trade a difrent Ethan his last name is I for got it. But my sister said she would give me a poky mone card that the life is six hungrent and thrddy life. Then I would give her sum...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 7:49 AM
Krysti did it again - and again!  She won two rounds of Around the World today!  The competition is getting tougher, though!  I can tell everyone is practicing their math fac...

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:54 AM
Today is my birthday and I am HAPPY. Today is my sisters’ play today to. Today is going to be a good day. Today I am eight because its’ my birthday today. Today I will eat cake. By  N...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:52 AM
Working together in math groups to review the chapter. &nb...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:48 AM
Ethan and Payton were reading the weekly story together.  They did a great j...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:42 AM
Every week, we spend time having friends give us some suggestions on how to make our writing better before we turn it in.  This week, Cheyenne and Delaney had a great conversation about more than just fixing periods and capitals.  They were talking about adding details, adjectives and prepositions to make the writing more interesting for a reader!  Great job working together, gir...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:40 AM
Topic: Write about an animal that goes hunting for its preyOnce I saw a cheetah  hunt an animal. It was on Netflix. The cheetah  cetched a monkey. It was cool  to see. It was danger for the baby cheetah. It was nice for the baby cheetahs to go home. That  is nice. I was happy. I saw a bat eat  a mouse. It was gross. I am never seeing it a gen. By DominickOnce a time there was a cheetah and that cheetah ate a pig I said that I was so sorry for your sister   is in a good please. I am so sorry for your lost one ...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:30 AM
Topic: Write about building somethingI like to bild robots they are nise to me and my mom and my dad by NickOnce I was  playing with my blocks and  I made a peeramed  and I sed  mom come and see wat I made she seid  wow. By Aud...

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:38 AM
Topic: WaCkY WeDnEsDaY WrItInG!  - We rolled two story cubes today and came up with a woman going in a room and dice.  Let's see what stories the kids created with their imaginations!I  will write a story. A girl is walking  into her mom’s and dad’s room maybe. A  dice is in someone had and they are getting   a  roll maybe.A  girl is walking in her room to get a toy for her brother  to Play with.              That is my story about...

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:33 AM
Happy Birthday Sam!It  is  my  birthday  today. I   am  icsitid   to  selabrate   my  birthday  today  at  a restront.  I  get  to eat a lot of  cake today. I like to open  my presients after  my  dener  is  done. I like  to play with my toy  wen  iy  am  done  with  my  dener. ...

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 9:07 AM
WaCkY WeDnEsDaY WrItInG!  Today we tried something new!  We rolled two of our story cubes to give us a story starter!  Today we rolled a clock (that said 4:00) and a footprint.  The students had to write a story using those two things!  They were so creative!  My story about my wacky Wednesday .At four o ..clock they saw a foot print out side of the door way they where scared  they  tiped toe away very fast and they ran to the phone  and called the 911  and they came to the house. They found the...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 7:43 AM
Topic:  Tell a story about a dog and a cat.My dog and cat are like brothers to me and my cat is a baby cat he eats cat food .Both of my dogs     by LARZ&nb...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 7:40 AM
Topic: Write a letter to someone you care aboutI love Miss Wilson and you are the best teacher that I could ever have in my hole intire life and I love you so much. I love my family because you guys are the best family that I could have because you do things for me and I do things for you.  By Krystiana    I love my mom. She loves me too! She loves me so much. That it is hard to explain.  She is in my family too! So I get to see her every day! I am glad my is in my family. I need my mom in my family. She lives with...

Friday, November 30, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 2:52 PM
The BUGS can!!  We have been learning about double letters and why we use combinations like -dge, -tch and -ck.  Could you explain these patterns? We all know about using a -ck in words and could even tell the difference, but how many of us realize the rule?  What is the difference between "backing" and "baking"?  It's the vowel sound, isn't it?  We use -ck when we want the vowel to keep saying it's sound, even when...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 9:09 AM
Topic:  Free Choice Write! Yesterday I got a  new  book .The book is  call  Haunted Cassle  on hollows  eve .I have read some. – by Phoebe    Tomorrow my  uncle is coming to my house. I like my  uncle. He can hook my Xbox360. We play Call of duty Mw3. I like  that  game. It is fun. I do campaign. By Dominick Today if I be good my dad and my 2 mom will take me and my brothor   to a Christmas prade. My daddy said there will be cookies and hot choclet. Yummy...

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:44 PM
In our reading group today, we read a story about e-pals who shared with each other what their favorite things were for all five senses.  We wanted to ask all of you for your favorites, too!  We are reading a story about e-pals my favorite  senses are:sight-oceanSound-trumpetTouch-animalsTaste-tater tot casirollPlease leave a comment - Taylor We are reading a story about e-pals my favorite senses aresight - a sunset  Sound – the seasmell -  perfumetouch – baby skintaste – ice creamwhat are yours ?Please leave a comment...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:12 AM
Topic: Write a story using the words, "photo" and "plane".  Once I was on a plane  to go to Arezona beckaus  my Unkle Rick lives in Arazona  so when we got  done  there  we flue back home it was a fun trip .The next day we whent to get a photo. By Audrie  I yust to like a plan like me and my brother bild like a bed we haved are old bed fron are ant conny. I put photos to my granpa when he lives in celforn. I was on a plan in a town that is very far like hawiey is far but it is not that. So I mist...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 7:57 AM
 The competition is getting tougher, but Krysti still beat out her classmates for the title of Around the World Champion today!  The addition facts were much harder today, as we included all the facts including 12's!  Congratulations, Krys...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 7:49 AM
Ryleigh's Uncle David is a Marine, just recently home from Afghanistan.  He came to visit our class today and to answer some questions about being in the Marines.  He showed us some great pictures of his uniforms, his boot camp experience and a few from the mountains in Afghanistan! He was very patient with all our questions!  He told us that he has to do a lot of writing as a Marine; filling out reports and records and so forth....

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:21 AM
Topic:  Tell how we communicate with other people.Me and my friend Joey me and him can communicate he speks  different   aksens   . Me and my sister can communicate we talk  like her she has a funny  aksent  . Me and my Grampa Joey can communicate with me .  Me and  brother Geogony   can communicate together  . Me and my friend Aj  can communicate together . By  Lindy  We communicate  with other people because we share are ides with people. We can tell other...

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:31 AM
The BUGS sure caught the Gratitude Bug this November! They did an awesome job sharing some of the things they are most thankful for!     &nb...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:26 AM
We created turkey glyphs to represent our preferences for the Thanksgiving holiday!  We all enjoyed talking with each other about our plans and especially about our menu favorites!It is so fun to be unique!  (And a good thing, too, or there wouldn't be enough pumpkin pie for the rest of us!)&nb...

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 12:43 PM
Wow!  What an adventure!  Today I am in a second grade classroom in Paw Paw, MICHIGAN!  We are having such a fun morning together! The kids started by writing in their journals.  Some of the kids got to post their journal entries on their class blog, so I thought it would be fun to blog, too!  After journals, the class practiced neat handwriting.... ...and then they did a spelling dictation sentence about Thanksgiving. ...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:02 AM
November 20, 2012Wow!  What an adventure!  Today I am in a second grade classroom in Paw Paw, MICHIGAN!  We are having such a fun morning together!  The kids started by writing in their journals (they were writing about making an invention for the playground!) then they did a spelling dictation sentence about Thanksgiving.  They wrote so neatly and carefully!  After they finished spelling, they went over the words, marking all the parts of speech and syllable types that they found.  Whew, these kids sure are smart! After...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:00 AM
Topic: Write about an invention you could use on the playground I would invention a stamp that on ever ones paper in are class room. They can say like a dog as a stamp or a cat anything they want. A star a rocked ship it will be so cool .I would like a dog and a rabbit and a cat or a kittin. We are the bugs so I will have to get some. – by Kourtney&nb...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 9:58 AM
Topic: Write about what makes you unique. I  am unique because I am different from  ather  peple  .  I love to play Hide and Seek and go see dauphin    .  I love to go to the movie at Kamazoo  Ten  . also I love to see Santa Claul   at the latin mall .  Also  going to Makedonl   in paw paw  town  .  I love watching football and soccer and racer .  I love Taylor Lautner  from twilit  bracing dawn  . by Lindy I am unique...

Friday, November 16, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 9:40 AM
Topic: Friday Free Choice Write! Me and my dad like to work all day becus we want are Musels to be big all the time. Me and my mom like to hug all the time becus I love my mom. Me and my dad Like to make all the stuff that my mom wants all the time becus she is always Hungry. Me and my mom like to lay with my mom all the time becus I love My mom she is knice all the time. Me and my dad like to play ketch withThe football all the time becus we always becus we like to. By Trevor.  Today I am going to my Grandma home...

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 11:03 AM
Topic:  What are some special things you do to celebrate Thanksgiving?What   are     some   things   you    do       for    Thanksgiving  ?   EASEY   I cook    than   I    invite    people   over. -By HaileyI  celebrate Thanksgiving because we eat  turkey  and  we eat chicken for Thanksgiving. By Moises I go to my grandma’s...

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:55 PM
We have been working on conjugating verbs into simple past, simple present and simple future tenses the past week or so in Room 18.  (If you think that's impressive for second graders, just wait until the end of the year when they will be able to conjugate present continuous and past perfect tenses!) We've noticed the regular past tense ending of "-ed" can say three different things at the end of a word.  Sometimes it says /t/, sometimes...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:28 AM
Topic:  Tell the special ways your family celebrates a holiday.My  family   celebrates  thanks   giving.   I   do   alot   of   stof   on  thanksgiving    to   help   my   family.  I  stele  eat   the  trcy    on   the  table.  I   also   need   a   nacen.  I   also   eat ...

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:51 PM
Larz was pretty proud that he could read "competition" in his library book this morning.  Cheyenne thought that was pretty impressive, too, but she was certain he couldn't stump her on a word.  He took his book and searched for another hard word and brought it back for Cheyenne to decode.  She asked for paper and pencil and set to her fish hooking.  After breaking the word into syllables, and remembing that "-sion" is an ending...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:11 PM
Topic:  Write about your favorite holiday My favorite   holiday is thakegiving  day  because  it rines   me . A Indeein  Teacher  I wished he wad  come a gen to teech  me sum mover hunting I like hunting . by jack I like Crismiss becase you can get toys a lot of. I want a guy that has a forwheeler. So a Smers with a big town. I Crismess it has Santa. Even a ipod my brother broke min. but Santa can get me eney than els he wans. my brother wants a zombie cadey guts that you can...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:09 PM
Topic:  Free Choice Write!Today is free choice and do you know what that mean’s? At the end of the day we will be doing a lot of fun! when we do that at the end of the day we will stack the chairs. Probaly my dad will ride his motor bike when he gets home from work today. On Fridays we will get to play so much games with our friends. By krystiana   My  mom  and  my  dad  have  a  pom  he  is  so  cute.  He   is    so soft   and  ...

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:12 AM
Topic:  Tell a story about a problem and a solutionOnce my friend Michael got in a problem because he didn’t follow what his mom said .by LarzOnce I  solved a problem by saying to my mom when me and my friend we had a problem  at her house  her doll was stuck . My sister and I got  in a problem she lost her favorit   staffer .  My brother he lost is favorit  shirt he was sad.  Jack  my  friend he lost his ghost toy  he was scared . By LndyOnce I solved a problem by saying to my friend...

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:23 PM
On Friday, Jacob (Miss Wilson's high school son) came to visit our classroom (he didn't have school).  Some of the BUGS remembered Jacob from last year and greeted him with big hugs. Others met him for the first time and quickly realized - Jacob is quite huggable!!  Jacob was a big help getting some materials printed off for assessments, but he took time out to play with the kids, too.  He taught us how to play "Sad, Sad...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:10 PM
We all practiced our narrative writing skills by writing a 4 or 5 paragraph story about our favorite animal (real or made-up).  Larz, Taylor and Cheyenne all received perfect scores on their papers and were rewarded with the opportunity to record their stories!  Click on the images below to listen to a part of their story![wpvideo GIKHwsHS]Taylor's Favorite Animal[wpvideo sCno7SZT]Cheyenne's Favorite Animal[wpvideo hnQ0T38Z]Larz's Favorite Ani...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:02 PM
Topic:  How can animals help each other?I will tell you how animals can help each other A animal can help Each other animal like A zebra can help A nother zebra. – by Trevor I will tell you how animals can help each other. A animal can help a other animal by let it can let the other animal live with him that is nice to do.           A animal can share a pone with a other animal or two animal and tat will be a  nice thing to do for a other animal.   - By Ryleigh. I will ...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 2:58 PM
Topic:  How can animals help each other?I will tell you how animals can help each other A animal can help Each other animal like A zebra can help A nother zebra. – by TrevorI will tell you how animals can help each other. A animal can help a other animal by let it can let the other animal live with him that is nice to do.           A animal can share a pone with a other animal or two animal and tat will be a  nice thing to do for a other animal.   - By Ryleigh. I will ...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 2:52 PM
We've been working together to solve math problems.  It's fun to find the clues inside the word problems.  As word detectives, we know that if we see "all" in a problem, it means "ADD!"  If we see "how many more than?" we "SUBTRACT!"  We aren't going to let silly math problems trick us!  We're too sma...