Hi everyone! Just saying hi this Sunday before I start working on my lesson plans. I am going to be out at Wilson Language training from Wed-Fri this week so I have a ton to prepare which is stressful, but I am super excited to do the Wilson training! I

The blog hop has ended! Thank you for visiting.  Feel free to check out the  Mystery Word product at my teacher stores .  Welcome to the blog hop! I’m so excited to be participating with these amazing teachers. You will be able to snag all kinds of wonderful resources if

I’ve made it a goal for myself to work on place value more this year. I want to teach it more effectively and have the kids walk out of second grade with a really firm understanding of all of the second grade Common Core standards for place value. With that

I have been busy finishing up a bunch of projects that I had in the works for a while. I was trying to think of ways that we could get our students to write fun, seasonal, topics, but without mentioning specific holidays. For example I know many schools do not

Hi everyone ! I made up a packet to help my second graders practice the CCSS 2.NBT.2 and 2.NBT.4 on place value. It’s over at my Teachers Notebook shop here and my Teachers Pay Teachers store here– but I have a freebie for you from it! It’s one of the

It’s almost Monday, folks! Just in time I finished up a freebie for you. Now,  its a little early for Thanksgiving but you could set this aside. It’s a little place value practice that is aligned with the second grade Common Core Standards and its a portion of a longer

**THIS GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED! Congrats to the winner, Cathy Lien! Thank you everyone for entering! ** You have probably heard of the spectacular Classroom Friendly Pencil Sharpener! I am excited to have the chance to give one away to a lucky reader! If you haven’t heard of them here are

I have been teaching for 16 years so I have been through many different types of  classroom management systems. All of t hem worked pretty well and all had their downsides too. Last year I discovered a new one that I LOVE. Thanks to my classroom next-door neighbor, I found

Hi everyone ! I finished a bunch of new things but in all the “cray-cray” of getting ready for back to school I haven’t given you any details. Finally, here’s some info on the fall writing prompt collection. There are always fun things to write about that are seasonal  so

Hey all ! I have that  fun new addition and subtraction activity pack in my Teachers Pay Teachers and Teachers Notebook store for you. Below I have a peek at the cover. If you click on it you can see it at my TPT store. If you prefer Teachers Notebook,