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...
As a 2nd grade teacher, something that brings me joy is to decorate my classroom door each month. And for the month of February I love Valentine classroom door decorations. I enjoy how it can build a sense of community in my classroom when I use my students’ names and...
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...
Spelling practice can be so boring for students. So when I started teaching 2nd grade I wanted some kind of free spelling game that would engage them so they actually enjoyed practicing their weekly spelling words. As I was brainstorming simple games that could work...
When I think of games for subtraction, I think back to my first year teaching. I had no idea what to do to help my students practice math facts. I had zero fun subtraction games for 2nd graders. I only drilled them daily on anxiety inducing timed tests. Games...
Young students love games. So if you want them to practice a certain skill, you add it into a game. That is why I made games for addition. My 2nd grade students love them! Games for Addition I love these games with addition because they work as great...
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