
Second Grade Schedule
A day in second grade can be busy, full of laughs, and of course TONS of learning, but if you’re new to the grade

20 MUST HAVE Items to Start Your Classroom
Congrats! You’re getting ready to start up your classroom. But what do you need? These are the top 20 must-have classroom supplies! As teachers, we

5 Ways to Teach Social Studies When You Don’t Have Time
Social Studies… the one subject that always got the wrong end of the stick. Sure, we’d make it fun and engaging and I would never

Rays of Arrays
School’s been out for a little less then a week… Now that I’ve slept for about five days straight, I’m energized enough to share our

3 Words I’ll Never Say About My Students
As I sat in a meeting with my second grade team… my mind began to wander to the more important things that needed to

Persuasive Writing: the Battle of the Pets
Let’s talk persuasive writing, shall we? To me, this is the hardest type of writing to teach. Why? Simply put… kids aren’t used to defending,

9 Ways to Up the Engagement of Any Lesson
Ok… we’ve all been there. Where you peer out to your classroom and you’re having a via GIPHY Kind of day. This is seriously

No More Summer Slide: Spur the Summer Rise!
Stop the summer slide! Spur the summer rise! Guest blog post by Marnie Ginsberg Summer Slide: A Widening of the Achievement Gap Would you

10 MUST Read Books for Teachers
As teachers we’re constantly reading. Like seriously… Data charts IEPs, meeting notes, emails, student chicken scratch (I mean what word is that??). The last thing