Last Day

Thanks Moons!!



Congratulations Titus, perfect attendance is a BIG DEAL!



Fitness Awards!

Thanks goodness Miss Schmidt was here for our last day!  Good luck in Spirit Lake!

4th Grade Graduation Walk

Mrs. Bochtler, you are one of a kind!  On to the next adventure!!

Our class had a generous donation of different kinds of teddy bears.  Each child was able to choose their own!  It sure was fun to see them snuggle them all afternoon!

2nd Grade Picnic

Surfin' USA

Deeshawn, we are so glad you joined our class!  You are a good friend.

Titus, showing off.

Tyler loves the roller slide!

Tree pose.

We took 5 minutes to enjoy the sounds of the lake. What a treat to meditate and listen to the waves.

Dinosaur Sites to Explore

Discovery Dinosaurs

Kids Dinos

Bob Bakker

Paul Sereno

Nat Geo Dinosaurs

Nat Geo Dino Eggs

Cherokee Field Trip!

Thanks a million to our great friends at the Sanford Museum in Cherokee.  They really know how to bring dinosaurs to life! 

Sanford Museum

We learned a few things today...

We learned about Iowa fossils.

Triceratops horns are REALLY HUGE!

Tyrannosaurus teeth would hurt if they bit us.

Crinoids are all over Iowa in fossilized form.

Dinosaurs came in different sizes.

Digging for fossils is very messy!

A 50 foot megalodon shark had a nasty bite.

The mud holes in Cherokee are about waist deep.......and we know who our friends are!!

We are worn out!

Last Week of Small Group Reading

Who is Greg Biffle? 

What do I have in common with

Tom Hanks? 

Where was Dr. Seuss born? 

All these questions were answered last week as kids completed biographies.

For our last day together the kids decided to bring beach gear and just read in the sun. I hope that they can remember how much fun this was...and do it all summer!  I am so proud of all that they have accomplished this year.  What nice kids!

Let the Wild Rumpus Begin!

                                            Maurice Sendak, dies at 83

Take some time to read this incredible book to your kids soon.  The world lost a man with an incredible imagination today.  I hope that my students and children can keep their childlike imaginations intact for the rest of their lives like he did.  What a story!

Biography in Process

 Students are busy putting the final touches on their projects this week.  They have taken many days to research and put projects together.  I am impressed!  Look for final projects to head home by Friday.  Look back here for more final project pictures!

Poster Contest

We are so proud of Aaliyah and Evelyn!  Honorable mentions in the Buena Vista County Conservation poster contest.  Way to go ladies!

Character Counts!

At our assembly this mornig we wrapped up our year for Character Counts!

 Chief Prosser was here to share a personal story about knowing kids who made great choices and kids who did not when he was in elementary school.



Small Group Reading

Small group readers in my room this week are finishing up their individual chapter book reading and starting biographies!  They are really excited to have a creative project to end the year.  Mickey learned about Dr. Seuss. 

Today we started a unit on the study of water.  We discussed water in different forms: solid, liquid, gas.  We then took some time to study ice.  Your child should be able to talk about how ice feels, smells and what it sounds like!