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...
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...
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