Teaching prefixes and suffixes is so important in a 2nd grade classroom. Once students recognize prefixes and suffixes and know their meaning, it opens so many doors for them when it comes to understanding words. It helps build their vocabulary skills so much. I find...
As it gets closer to Thanksgiving break, my 2nd grade students start to act more and more like “little turkeys.” They get excited about the holiday and about the break from school. I like feed off their excitement with fun 2nd grade Thanksgiving worksheets and...
As elementary teachers we are required to teach the standards. But hey, we are elementary teachers! We want to do all the cute art and crafts as well. I do arts and crafts quite a bit in my 2nd grade classroom and I don’t feel guilty about it at all. That’s because I...
Subtraction can be tricky for 2nd grade students. But add in double digit subtraction with regrouping and 2nd grade students can get lost. That’s why I’m sharing 3 double digit subtraction with regrouping 2nd grade tips so no student fails. I’ve learned that...
Our brains love patterns. Patterns can be a helpful strategy and resource for young children to use. To help 1st and 2nd grade students understand the patterns of place value we often have them work with a hundreds chart. Once students learn these patterns they can...
It’s usually pretty easy for students to learn addition. But when you have addition with regrouping it can be trickier for students. Our goal as 2nd grade teachers is to help students fluently add within 100 using strategies based on place value. When students...
It’s a common core state standard that has 2nd grade students fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value. One of these strategies is the break apart addition strategy. Break Apart Addition Strategy When I first began...
The beginning of the school year is such a fun time. But let’s face it… It’s also an exhausting time for teachers. You are trying to get students settled in with routines. You are beginning to teach your curriculum. And you want to ease your students in with fun math...
When it comes to math facts for 2nd graders, they need to know their basic addition and subtraction facts within 20. They can have them memorized or they can quickly use mental strategies to help them get to the answer. As 2nd grade students learn these facts...
You may have heard of teachers doing Fun Friday in their classrooms. They plan a fun activity or lesson each Friday. I do Fun Friday in my classroom but I do it in a way that I don’t have to plan extra activities and so it helps with my classroom and behavior...
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