Opinion Writing Tips and Tricks
Opinion writing can be so hard for kids, partly because it requires such a strong structure to make sense. How can you make it easier? Check out these tips, tricks, and mentor text suggestions! TOPICS [...]
4 Easy Ways to Help with Reading Comprehension
I wrote a post at the end of November about how to support struggling readers. You can check out that blog post here. I will be continuing this series to focus on several strategies to [...]
Center Storage and February Math Centers
This January has had such wild weather. We were all tucked in for a fabulous winter storm that left our yard looking more like a skating rink than a winter wonderland. Now it is 70 [...]
Integrating Social Studies and Reading with Historical Figures
I think one of my most favorite historical figures to teach in second grade is Jackie Robinson. I always found him to be such a fascinating man. Also, because he was a baseball player, he [...]
Addition and Subtraction Strategies FREEBIE!
In Georgia, we have a "new" set of standards for math. However, they are still verrry similar to the previous Common Core. These "Georgia Standards of Excellence" still have much of the same (if not [...]
How to Make Hot Chocolate FREEBIE!
I love How-To writing! It is so much fun to teach AND to learn. There is nothing like ACTUALLY letting students make a PB & J sammie, amiright? My last year in second grade I [...]
“I have a struggling reader..now what?”
In a perfect world, all of our students would be reading on grade level and breezing through each text they read in class. But, let's be honest. That is not how it works. Each year, [...]
Reading and Writing Strategies at Work: A Mentor Text Lesson for Owls by Gail Gibbons
I am so excited to be back with another blog link-up with the Reading Crew! This time, we are focusing on Fall Mentor Texts! I chose a wonderful informational book PERFECT for fall: Owls by [...]
Build Number Sense and Fact Fluency
I am a bit behind and meant to post this LAST week...that is so the story of my life right now. A-to-the-MEN, right? Today I want to catch you guys up with a review of [...]