Dutch Village

 At Dutch Village, we learned about the Golden Angel Organ and how it plays music.  We learned how to Dutch dance...  ...and how they made wooden shoes (and why!)  The kids tried out the one room school house (no one got sent to the corner).  There were bunnies to hold... ...and ponies to ride.   What a great day to be at Dutch Village! Thanks to all our chaperones and to PTO for funding another...

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Sharing Day!

We love our new idea of sharing things we've written, created or accomplished every other Friday and this Friday was no exception!    Billy read a poem he had written.  Emma K. shared a painting she had made.  Kara shared some of her poems from this week.  Kaylee shared her writing from this week.  Maya shared her first scary story.  (There was a happy ending - for the wolf, anyway!)  Sophie...

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Blogging with the BUGS!

Mrs.Koehn is the best teacher in the whole wide world because she is funny and makes up wackadoodle names for us. Her classroom theme is B.U.G.S it stands for Bright, Unique, Generous, Students It seems like every word in my classroom has to do with bugs like Every-buggy,Resposi-bug-ities and bee-havior chart.I have lots of friends that are bright unique generous students! by Emma K. A story by Maya: Once upon a time there lived a boy and a girl. The boy name was jared and the girl name was Ellen. jared and Ellen loved to play together.  one...

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Agricultural Awareness Day

Today we got to go to the Van Buren County Youth Fair for Agricultural Awareness Day.  This was an amazing day for the second graders!  We were able to learn so much about farm animals, farm safety, horticulture, fire safety and more!  We are all so grateful to Mrs. Butler for arranging this field trip and for the PTO and the Early Elementary for making this a FREE trip for all second graders!   There were baby goats (only...

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Happy Mother's Day!

I hope all the mother's, grandmother's and any one who is rockin' the role of mother had a great Mother's Day!  The BUGS were awesome at keeping a secret for THREE MONTHS!  We planted seeds in February and we watched them sprout and grow!  We were a little disappointed that we didn't have any flowers before we took them home for Mother's Day, but we know that they will bloom under the care of our loving moms! Just for you on your...

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Sharing Day!

We decided to try something new and host our first every Sharing Day on Friday!  Some of the BUGS were looking forward to sharing some of their writing they had done over the past couple of weeks. Jaylen read us a poem he had written.  Kaylee shared her April writing about what helps her grow. Cameron shared a poem he had written.  We all loved listening to each other and hearing their great work! We can't wait until...

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Walk to the Library

What a gorgeous day for a walk to the library! We love our public library! Do you know how many books, movies and tapes they have available for check out at the library? (We do!  We asked at the circulation desk!) last week I walked to the library with my class. we went through a woods! It was really fun at the library we found out how many items there was and we also found out that there is a summer reading program....

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First to 100

Zoie was the first in our class to reach 100 AR points! She is always reading and always on the computer taking a comprehension quiz about the books she reads! We are all so proud of Zoie and all of her hard work!   (As Maya said, "I'm so excited, I think I'm going to cry!") In addition to another AR button and a medal for reaching 100 points, Zoie and Mrs. Koehn will go to lunch together next week to celebrate! Congratulations, Zoi...

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