Monday, November 30, 2015

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 12:33 PM
Imagine you were sent into a deep, dark dungeon like Despereaux.  What would you miss the most and wh...

Friday, November 20, 2015

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:22 PM
Mr. Turner asked the BUGS if they would be willing to talk about the 7 Habits of Happy Kids during our assembly this week.  Of course! Was our answer!   We put together a little song and performed for the first and second graders.  It was a lot of fun! We practiced and practiced... We asked the audience to help us with the rhythm.... And it went something like this: 7 Habits Poem We’re the BUGS of Room 18 With...

Monday, November 16, 2015

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:58 PM
I missed a couple of students while taking pictures during Sharing Day.  I am so sorry!! Here are the ones I have: Taylor Grant Nathan Spencer BUG audience Parent audience Blake Judah Chan Sean Reader's Theater Play Drew Cadasia Caleb Jacob Vanessa Ann Katelyn Carter Abby Mariela Vanessa Jean Madelynn Readers' Theater Naomi We had such a wonderful...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 11:18 AM
What are your favorite parts of Thanksgivin...

Friday, November 13, 2015

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 11:53 AM
Caleb and Grant are at it again!  Caleb earned his 10 point AR button and Grant earned both his 15 and 20 point buttons!  Awesome reading, guy...

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:34 PM
As a part of math every day, we do what we call "Happy Counting!" where we practice skip counting and working our way from one number to another.  Lately, we've been talking about using the "most efficient units" to move between numbers and today we put that into practice as we moved from 40 to 470.  The students suggested a couple different ways to move between the numbers.  Caleb suggested we start counting by tens until we reach...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 1:02 PM
Our first Sharing Day, "Authors Are Artists (With Words!)" is tomorrow! We'd love to have you join us as we share our stories and plays! 1:30-3:30 in Room 1...

Friday, November 6, 2015

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:27 PM
Spencer, Devin, Caleb, Blake, Grant and Vanessa Ann all earned AR buttons! Hooray!  Way to rea...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:27 PM
Grant, Jacob, Evan, Caleb, Devin and Judah all earned spelling buttons today for great spelling scores!  Way to go BUGS...

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 5:34 AM
The new math module we started today focuses in on place value - a huge emphasis in second grade.  We do a lot of work with students so they understand how a number like 3 can change in value just by moving it from the ones place to the tens place to the thousands place!  This knowledge will help provide the foundation for learning how to add and subtract larger numbers, including three digit numbers where students will need to regroup....
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 5:25 AM
These students all kept track of their reading in October and turned in their Book-It forms.  They each earned a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut!  Way to read, BUGS!! Danielle, Drew, Nathan, Jayden and Sean are proud of their efforts! Ava, Cadasia, Caleb and Grant are excited about pizz...