When I first began teaching, I had no clue what to teach my students for vocabulary lessons for 2nd grade. Our reading curriculum did have some specific vocabulary words to teach that went with the stories we read. But I noticed those words were not on the tests. The...
One way to easily encourage a love for reading for your young students is to read to them everyday. In my classroom, I read a chapter book to my 2nd grade students right after recess. It is a good transition to help them calm down from recess. This time is always mine...
So you’re finishing up your school year. You have a little more flexibility with your classroom time. And you want to make things fun and memorable for your students. But it’s the end of the school year, you are exhausted and coming up with ideas and plans seems...
Students love to celebrate holidays and have decorations. So I like to bring in a little joy in my classroom by decorating our classroom door every month. Students look forward to the monthly theme. And for the month of April, I love using easter bunny classroom door...
Let’s face it. Math word problems can be tricky for students and adults trying to teach them. I have always considered myself a math person, but some of the math word problems in our 2nd grade curriculum confused me. But then I figured out that there are different...
You may have noticed that if you just have students practice timed tests with math facts that it gets really repetitive and boring for students. That is the very reason I started doing a 10 minute daily math center time in my classroom. So today I thought I would...
If you are a little shy like me, then teacher interviews can be a little nerve wrecking. What really helped me get the confidence I needed during teacher interviews and eventually land a great job as a 2nd grade teacher was to write down my answer to common interview...
Something that brings me joy as a 2nd grade teacher is to decorate my classroom door each month. And for the month of March, I love St Patricks Day classroom door decorations. When I use my students’ names in the display, it can help build a positive community with...
When it comes to Valentines gift for students, I have noticed that kids get a lot of candy. They usually get candy from their classmates and their family. So when I make my Valentines gift for students, I try not to include candy or treats. I remember how fun...
In second grade, students work with multiple meaning words, or homonyms. These words are spelled the same but have different meanings. In the curriculum at my school, they included a lot of test questions on multiple meaning words, but they didn’t have very good...
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