Knowing how to put things into alphabetical order and how to find things that are in alphabetical order is a skill we use often in our lives. That is one reason why I like to teach alphabetical order in my 2nd grade classroom. But to be honest, it can be a hard...
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...
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...
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...
One of the important skills for young readings is to compare and contrast the stories they are reading. For the 2nd grade Common Core State Standard, students need to compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story. Today I’m sharing 3 comparing and...
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