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Help students learn how to count money with these 5 money games for 2nd grade. I first teach students how to...
Are you a new 2nd grade teacher? Here are the best tips for taking on grade 2 and all the fun that comes with it!
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Chapter book read alouds for the elementary classroom. My 1st and 2nd grade kids love some of these read alouds. Come find your new favorite!
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Hi Friends…. The past two weeks we have been working on Prefixes and Suffixes in our second-grade classroom! My kiddos were having such a good time brainstorming words with prefixes and then figuring out the meaning. They really had a strong grasp of the concept… I was pretty impressed. After our whole … Prefixes, Suffixes and a FREEBIE Just for YOU! Read More »
A lot of people have asked what my daily schedule looks like, so here's a little peek at how things run in my class. I'm starting by explaining how I do Daily 5 since that program gives my day its main structure.
Finding great chapter books for 2nd graders can be a challenge. You want to make sure your students have books at their reading level, but you also want to make sure they've got a good selection of books that will hold their interest. That's why I created this book list for 2nd graders. 20 Awesome 2nd Grade
Are you looking for fun creative ways to practice spelling words? Read on for 10 spelling activities your students will enjoy that you can do with any word list.
You students will love this free spelling game. It's a great way to have students practice spelling in an engaging way...
January Math and Literacy with Free Near Year's Activities to welcome your students to a fresh new year. Download eight free pages.
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For K-1 students, centers are one of the most developmentally appropriate things that you can do for them. Let me give you the break down on each of my 5 centers, and how I manage them!
Looking for a fun way to introduce the writing process to your students? What about using playdough? Come grab a fun & hands on lesson for your classroom!
Free Second Grade Homeschool Curriculum This year I am teaching second grade! It's crazy to be here already when I swear my oldest was just born like two minutes ago? Where does the time go!?!? Update: I now have a sixth grader, not a second grader and this post has been updated to weed out
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• THIS 2 PAGE DOCUMENT IS A SIMPLE VERSION AND DOES NOT CONTAIN ALL SECOND GRADE STANDARDS. YOU CAN FIND THE VERSION WITH ALL STANDARDS HERE: 2nd Grade Reference Guide- All Common Core Standards •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• This product is bundled with other 2nd grade common core I can reference tools here : 2nd Grade Common Core I Can Statements Bundle This skill goal sheet is a 2 page resource that is a fun and very visual way for the kids and parents to see second grade skills. There is one sheet for ELA and one sheet for math. Easy to copy front and back to communicate general 2nd grade expectations to parents and students This can also be provided to parents at conferences, parent teacher conferences or open house to inform parents what their child is expected to learn. These can be placed in homework folders or data notebooks as a form of communication to students to allow them to see all they have learned. Includes basic second grade skills such as: reading multi- syllable words reading with fluency retelling stories reading short and long vowel words counting, identify numbers and writing to 1000 telling time identify halves, thirds, and fourth reading and writing sight words adding and subtracting with fluency adding and subtracting 10 and 100 writing personal narratives This does not include all second grade standards but a great variety so students and parents can see what is expected. Included with the common core standards listed in each box and a second version with only the images and text. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• You may also like the other grade level skill sheets found here: •Pre-Kindergarten Skills •Kindergarten Skills •First Grade Skill Sheet •3rd Grade Skills •4th Grade Goals Sheet ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
After 12 years in 2nd grade, I've engineered my first day of school plans into a well-oiled machine. And I'm going to share those plans with you today! Whether you're a seasoned veteran or a brand-new teacher, I hope you find something here to support you on your back-to-school journey.
Friday letters offer so many insights into your students and keep parents connected to your classroom. See how I teach students to manage them themselves.
It's hard to fit it all into your schedule! Here's my 3-step process that makes it easier to create your K-2 structured literacy schedule.
Teachers know, getting kids in second grade to learn sight words is key for their reading skills. Usual methods can get a bit dull. So, how to make it fun and effective, but without spending too much? A printable list of sight words could be a game changer, making practice easy and engaging at home or in class.We create easy-to-use printables for second grade sight words.
Learn American coin names and the value of each with this money booklet for kids! This free money printable is handy to learn what makes 100.
Our favorite 2nd grade anchor charts for math, language arts, and beyond. You'll definitely want to use some of these in your classroom.
Learn about an easy routine for decoding multisyllabic words in 2nd grade text. Free tools included!
Interactive Read Alouds allow us to teach a broad range of standards within one text. This month's read aloud lessons focus on the Key Ideas and Details and Craft and Structure standards in Literature for Second Grade. They cover answering questions using key details from the text, recounting the story, determining the central message, describing how characters respond to major events and challenges, and describing the overall structure of the story. The books were chosen based on the needs of students returning back to school. These books contain themes of bravery, inclusion, kindness, growth mindset, and names. Although each week's lessons cover a broad range of standards, there is a focus for assessment purposes on one specific standard. The first two weeks in this particular set do not end with a multiple choice assessment, just because it's the beginning of the school year. You could use the final task those weeks for a grade if needed. The read aloud lessons are designed to cover five days per text and include anchor charts, posters, daily lesson plans, assessing and advancing questions for partner talk and response to reading, printable sticky note questions, vocabulary, vocabulary instruction routine, daily independent tasks, crafts, mentor sentences, and DIGITAL Google Slides TM lessons for each week (these are AMAZING for distance learners and in your own classroom to guide your instruction). August Second Grade Interactive Read Aloud Lessons (Printable and Google Slides TM) This month's read aloud texts include: The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson The Bad Seed and The Good Egg by Jory John Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi If you do not want to buy all of these books at once, check with your school's or your community's library. I know that some of these titles can be priced a little higher at back to school time. Standards covered: RL 2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. RL 2.2 Recount stories, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. Rl 2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. RL 2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. Here is a little set up of a focus board you might include in your classroom. I like to keep these displayed throughout the unit of study. The anchor chart can be printed as a poster on your own printer following the steps included in the resource. I have also included posters for the standards-based strategies or skills covered for the month. There is a lesson plan included for each of the five days of the week that contains a scripted mini-lesson, text dependent questions to ask during the reading aloud, a daily independent task in which students respond to the text, partner share, and an exit ticket. The sticky note questions can be placed inside your book, so that you are always prepared ahead of time. No need to worry about coming up with questions on the fly. They are organized by key ideas and details, craft and structure, and integration of knowledge ideas type questions. I like to turn the sticky notes sideways when I print, so that I can cut them apart and place on the pages that I want to stop and pose the question to students. At that point, they will discuss the question with their partner using accountable talk strategies. We then come back together to discuss responses. This ensures that everyone is engaged during your read aloud. Each story contains 3-4 vocabulary words from the text. I use this instructional routine to teach the words. In the digital component, I also include cards that contain the word, definition, sentence, and an illustration along with a simple task to complete each day. The anchor charts are based on the focus standard for the week. This one is to work on describing the overall structure of a story. You will want to create these with students. You can also use these with other texts throughout the year. Here is an example of the posters, all standards-based. Now let's take a look at the independent tasks that students will complete each day. They will need a journal for many of the tasks. Assessments for Each Kindness and The Name Jar are based on the focus standard and include four multiple choice questions and a short written response question. Each of the crafts and directed drawing included are standards based, so no need to worry about justifying why you are incorporating art into your lessons. Finally, I do include a mentor sentence for each week to review language standards while also tying into your text for the week. I print the large one for myself and students receive the individual words from the sentence. They put these in order in their journals. There space below for an illustration on both. You will then start identifying parts of the sentence and color coding them, such as color the nouns yellow and the verbs purple. The best part of the whole resource might be these digital Google Slides TM. I took the PowerPoints that I used in my classroom and converted them to Google Slides TM. This way, you can assign the slides needed to your virtual or distance learners and they can complete their responses to the task and submit back to your for feedback. Different schools have different expectations for virtual learning, so I tried to meet all of those. You might be doing recorded or live lessons, either way you can send this to students to complete individually on their own time or during your live lessons. They follow the exact structure of the lesson and even have fun embedded videos including the story. I do highly recommend, however, that you read the book to the students. That way you are developing that connection with them and are able to stop at certain points to discuss the provided questions. You can also clearly state your expectations for the students tasks. Even if you are doing in person learning this year, you can use these during your lesson. Just project them on your board to guide you through the different components of your lesson. You can take a look below at the digital lessons. I have included a video preview that explains them in more detail on the listing. These are also sold individually and in a digital only bundle. There is a free version of a first grade lesson HERE if you want to download that first to see if it would help you with your distance learning assignments. The goal of these was to make your life easier. It's so much to convert your lessons into digital right now with everything else going on. Thank you for reading and I hope these lessons benefit your students this year! I know they have been incredible for my my students in growing as readers, writers, and good citizens. :) August Second Grade Interactive Read Aloud Lessons (Printable and Google Slides TM)
Are you a new second grade teacher this year? Don't fret, I've got you covered. I'm sharing some of my top coveted tips for any new second grade teacher.
A month by month guide of chapter book read-alouds for 2nd grade. Includes a printable book list.
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Classroom Management: Using a WOW Board No comments Classroom Management, student recognition, WOW board Have you heard of the WOW board? This tool is not a brand new idea, but I only started using it last year. And, I intend to keep using it! Using a WOW board is a great (and super easy) way to recognize individual students and reward their choices, achievements, and efforts. It is also a great way to boost self-esteem too. What is it? The board is simply a table that is printed onto poster sized paper. The table is labeled with letters along the bottom, and numbers along the side, creating cells. It is laminated so it can be used again and again. I printed my board using the standard poster size setting on our poster maker. I know that some schools may not have a poster maker, but there is no rule that says your WOW board has to be poster sized! How do you use it? When you see a student making a smart choice, setting a good example, making gains, or whatever you feel should be recognized, they add their name to the board. They can choose any space they want and write their name in the selected space. Many WOW boards have 100 spaces, but I like for it to fill up quickly, so my board has only 25 spaces. Since I use other means of recognizing students, like reward tags, I didn't want a board with 100 spaces. Since the board is laminated, students can use an Expo Vis-a-Vis marker to add their name. This makes it easy to erase and start over when we're ready to do so. What do you do when the board is full? When the board is full of students' names, I choose 5 students to receive a "prize." Really, they get to choose a classroom reward coupon. Prize buckets and I don't get along (#clutter). The classroom rewards cost me nothing and the kids love them. You can find all sorts of classroom reward options on TPT. Then, I erase the board and we start filling it up again and the cycle repeats. How do you choose the winners? I usually just pick five random cells and write them on a sticky note, without looking to see whose names are in those cells. For example, I might write down A3, C4, B5, D2, E1. I call out the cell number and identify the name of the student written in that cell. They're a winner! You could write all your cells (i.e. A1, A2, A3, etc.) on color tiles, small slips of paper, or anything else you can fit into a small bucket. Then, when it is time to choose your winners, you just pull a tile, slip of paper, etc. out of the bucket and match it to the name in that space on your board. Using a Wow board is just another way to recognize your students and motivate them to do their best. If you'd like to give it a try, you can download my free template. If your school doesn't have a poster maker, don't dismiss the idea of using a WOW board. You could easily print this on regular paper and just use a smaller sized version. The kids will still love it! DON'T FORGET IT, PIN IT! Share It:
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Second graders need to have hands-on practice with ELA skills in a meaningful way. This post shares some fun 2nd Grade literacy center ideas.
Looking for a new and engaging classroom management system for your classroom? I love Secret Student because all of my students buy into this system...
