Always shine by using all your talents and skills!

Monday, November 9, 2015

Fluency-Helium Booth App

Hello!


Today we practiced fluency (we do once a week).  We continue to focus on speed, comprehension, articulation, and dynamics.  We used Crazy Helium App.






Smiles,

Nelson House

Friday, November 6, 2015

Mystery Readers

Hello and happy Friday-oh, forgot to mention it is also the last day of 1st quarter.

Today we had to Mystery Readers:

Here were there clues:

Reader 1 (Mrs. Coopmans)
1.  I have 2 children.  2.  I love to shop.  3.  I love to read.  4.  I have taught grades 1, 5, 6, 7, and 8.  5.  One of your housemates is my next door neighbor.



Reader 2 (Mr. Hart)
1.  I recently moved to a new house.  2. I have a son at Lineville.  3.  I love to quote movies and TV Shows.  3.  I like to golf, but am not very good at it.  4.  One of my favorite movies is, "The Princess Bride." If you haven't seen it, be sure to check it out.




Thank you for reading to us,

Nelson House

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Using Kahoot to Make Ms. Wenzel a Quiz

Hello and happy November 4th.

Today in Guided Study two boys had completed all their homework so I asked them to use Kahoot
https://getkahoot.com/  to make me a quiz.   I am excited to take their quiz and bench what I know about these two young gentlemen.
Smiles,
Ms. Wenzel

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Google Earth in Language Arts

Hello!!

Another gorgeous day in WI!!!

Today in Language Arts we read The Night of San Juan.  I had our students use Google Earth to "visit" San Juan Puerto Rico!  Of course, I also gave them a couple minutes to view Lineville :-)





Smiles,

Nelson House

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Sharing Fast Forwards and Flashbacks!

Happy Tuesday and November to You,

Today in writing we learned how to write flash forwards and flashbacks!  I am so proud of Nelson's House progress in writing!  We took a few minutes at the end of our block to share our revisions.



Smiles,

Nelson House

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Show Day!!!

Hello!

I am so proud of the Nelson House!!

Today we used many of our 21st Century Skills to put on Skits!

Bravo 2nd Graders for working as a team!

I'm so happy for you!











Nelson House :-)

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Writing Partner

Hello!

Today we worked with a writing partner to get feedback and support on the elaborations we made in our writing!

I am overjoyed and thrilled on the accomplishments of the Nelson House writer!

Bravo!




Nelson House