Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:31 PM
Imagine you are a letter going into the mail.  Where would you want to go?   Who might be getting you?  What message might be inside? (Check the comments for ideas from the BUGS...

Monday, January 26, 2015

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 8:07 AM
Dear Parents: Today I am sending home our first “minute read”.  I will be sending these home every Monday for the remainder of the school year to help increase fluency, sight word recognition and decoding skills. Please help your student to complete their minute read activities every day (it only takes a minute! J ) Monday: Have your student start at the top of the story and read as far as they are able in one minute.  As your child reads, mark any words your student read incorrectly on the recording page.  At the end of...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 7:32 AM
Reading - Stop and ask questions.  As you read with your child (which is hopefully every day!) stop every now and then and ask questions.  You don't have to wait until the end of the book to ask comprehension questions and your questions can be of the "I wonder why..." variety to promote critical thinking.  For instance, if you are reading a fiction text (Charlotte's Web for example), stop every now and then to wonder about something that has happened or that a character has said.  If you are reading a nonfiction text with your...

Friday, January 23, 2015

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:00 PM
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom of BUGS who wanted to celebrate all their learning about fairy tales.  They sent out an invitation to all the land to come to a royal party.  There was dancing, theater performers, singing and cake! Many of us dressed up in fairy tale costumes.  We made crowns for the royal occasion!  The Brementown Rappers were awesome with their great character voices! Slurping Beauty...

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 12:25 PM
Awesome job, Abigai...

Friday, January 16, 2015

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 2:17 PM
Way to read, Kar...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 2:15 PM
Tanner proudly wears his first AR butt...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 2:14 PM
What a great day for Darrin!  He earned his 15 point AR button AND a button for a perfect spelling test!  That spells a-w-e-s-o-m...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 2:12 PM
Way to read, A...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 7:53 AM
In my kingdom, I would have at least 100 _________ because ____________ . (Check out the comments for answers from the BUGS...

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 9:03 PM
Way to go, McKenn...

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:36 PM
Taya has been reading HUGE chapter books (that earn a lot of AR points!) Today she earned her 50 point AR button (that comes with a t-shirt) and her 60 point button!   Awesome!!&nb...

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 12:26 PM
Just like last time, I am doing grad work during her snow days.  I am reading, and writing and creating things for our nonfiction unit.  What are YOU doing?  Send me a picture or an email and I will post it.  Or share your activities in the comments. I miss all of y...