Do your students like to talk? LOL! Ok… Let me rephrase that… do your students like to talk even when they’re not suppose to AND about things that are not relevant to your lesson? I am sure you are nodding your head like I am (especially if you teach seconds’ like I do!) Well, a while ago I had… Read More
We’re Sproutin’!
What a busy week! I can’t believe it is only Thursday! Well we’ve been up to our elbows in plants this week. Here’s a peek at what’s been “sproutin”” in our classroom! To kick off our seeds and plants unit, we’ve been using The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle (You can check out this special “seeded” version here on Amazon) as… Read More
Bright Ideas Hop Take Three! Organizing Your Small Group Supplies!
I am super excited to share this time saving and sometimes life saving (more on that in a minute) small group supplies organization idea with you! Ok… if you’re like me, you like a little organization in your life. You know the kind where everything has it’s place in your classroom and you never loose anything because you are THAT… Read More
Small Group Time in 2nd Grade- EXPOSED!
Lately, I’ve been receiving so many questions about how I run my small group in 2nd grade. So, I thought I would try to address all those questions and more in a blog post. Now, before I begin sharing, I have to come clean about a few things when it comes to small group instruction. Until VERY recently… I hated… Read More
Five for Friday.. Sat Style
Wow! What a week! My 2nd graders and I have been up to so much this week, I thought it was only proper to link up with Doodlebugs for… So here are five randoms from my week! Persuasive Writings If you read my post earlier this week, then you know that we’ve been using, “Click, Clack, Moo” as our close… Read More
Shades of Meaning, Cause and Effect and a FREEBIE!
Do your kids have an Achilles heel? If I were to assign an Achilles heel to 2nd graders in general, understanding cause and effect would be it! Especially when trying to find the relationship between events in a story. Luckily this week, we are working on a close read of, “Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type” by Doreen Cronin. … Read More