Thursday, May 25, 2017

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 3:07 PM
All year, we have been working on having a growth mindset in Room 18.  We have been graphing our progress, setting personal goals and celebrating our achievements together.  As the year winds down, we have been looking at our progress from September until now, reflecting on areas we still need to work on and give an abundance of high-fives for the amount of success we have shared together.  We'd like to take a moment and celebrate some of our top "grow-ers" in three key academic areas: Reading comprehension, reading fluency and math....

Friday, May 19, 2017

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 4:00 PM
Our Nonfiction Sharing Day was a blast!  Thank you to EVERYONE who came to hear and see all that we have been learning in science, writing and reading!   Jude and Natalie did a tremendous job being our news anchors for the show! All the reporters and "experts" did a great job on their videos as well! Everyone loved seeing what we learned about plants, tadpoles, frogs, caterpillars, butterflies and chickens! The audience...
Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:06 AM
We started our day learning about a steer that was off to the fair in July. We learned how much he weighs, what he eats, what we use cow hides for and what cuts of meat we can get from one. We also learned an amazing fact that cow tongues are all as unique as our fingerprints! Then we went to learn about pigs.  There were three little pigs...(sounds like a great story!) They were only a few weeks old!  We learned lots of...

Monday, May 8, 2017

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 11:36 AM
Our first chick arrived early! (There's always one!)  He arrived on Sunday and is doing very well! We are keeping a close eye on the other four eggs for signs of any holes or cracks!  We sure hope we get to see one hatch while we are at schoo...

Friday, May 5, 2017

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:51 AM
We set our Painted Lady butterflies free today.  Four emerged from their chrysalises and after letting their wings dry for a day they were ready to fly! We were super excited to see them fly, but we were a bit sad to see them go! Go pollinate our world, butterflies! ...

Monday, May 1, 2017

Posted by Mrs. Koehn On 10:50 AM
Blayne and Ezekiel each got a free lunch from Mrs. Koehn today!  They passed all their math facts and got to go to Subway for a treat! Way to work hard, boys...