by | | ELA, Uncategorized
One of my favorite things to teach my 2nd grade students is syllable types. Once students know these, it opens up a new world for them. They can now know how to decode and spell multisyllabic words. At first, teaching all six syllable types can seem like a daunting...
by | | Classroom Management, Uncategorized
As a teacher, one of the most important aspects of your job is to create a positive and organized learning environment for your students. Teachers set up and run the classroom. And doing this effectively means that you are probably using different classroom management...
by | | Math Fact Fluency, Uncategorized
We all use math in our daily lives. From counting money to measuring ingredients, we use math in various forms every day. It is crucial for children to learn and understand math concepts from an early age. It lays the foundation for when they move on to higher level...
by | | Classroom Management, Uncategorized
If you don’t have a plan then you are not prepared. And usually when you are not prepared it is hard to succeed. One of the hardest parts of teaching is classroom management. If you can get that right then your life is so much easier. That’s why today I’m sharing a...
by | | Holiday Activities, Uncategorized
Starting out the school year on the right foot is so important. We want our new students to feel welcomed and loved. We don’t want them to feel nervous or worried about the upcoming school year. As teachers, we want them to feel safe and excited. A simple way to...
by | | Classroom Management, Uncategorized
We want students to use their time wisely in the classroom. Students need to work hard and keep their brains busy. How we set up our classrooms with different classroom time management strategies can help students finish their work and help us use our classroom time...
by | | Classroom Management, Uncategorized
As part of my classroom management plan, I reward students for good behavior. I don’t like every reward being food related. Students have allergies, it costs me money, and children get a lot of sugar as is. So today I thought I would share about the non food rewards...
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My favorite part of teaching is seeing student growth. I love to see where they have come academically. At the beginning of the year, my 2nd graders can’t write a sentence, but at the end they are writing paragraphs with no problems. They make new friends and grow...
by | | ELA, Uncategorized
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...
