Hey teachers!! Are you using Interactive Notebooks or planning to? I used them for years with my second graders so I definitely developed some management tricks for interactive notebooks over time. Here are some tips for you! (and if you’re wondering why you should try INBs check out my blog post here
Books to Teach Parts of Speech I like to find as many ways as possible to make things fun in school. Teaching some topics can be a little blah, so I love using books to teach parts of speech! The following images can all be clicked on and you can
Teaching phonics can be overwhelming, especially for newer teachers, those of you who just changed grade level, or if you don’t have a program in place. So, to help, let’s talk the do’s and don’t of teaching phonics! DON’TS WHEN TEACHING PHONICS Let’s go over the don’ts first! Don’t be
I don’t usually do this… but I think a lot of your students might need a digital back to school math review! This summer I got worried about those kiddos who have been out of the school buildings since March and that they may have more “learning loss or “summer
Keeping students engaged when teaching parts of speech can be a challenge, right? Let’s talk about some fun ways to go over nouns, verbs, adjectives etc., without making your students want to snooze. Parts of speech can be fun! Books Mad Libs Mad libs are so fun (and do you
Does your math curriculum include ballpark estimates? Or perhaps rounding? My school uses Everyday Math and in the spring we have to teach ballpark estimates. However, it’s so confusing because it is really adding rounded numbers to get an estimate – like you do at the grocery store: “The milk
Since I released it last year, the Language Arts Interactive Notebook has done well but as some of you are getting ready for another school year, I was wondering if I should give it a thorough explanation here for you. That way I can also link to this post in the
Hey everyone ! I am so excited to join up with some super second grade teachers for this linky – Its a Triple Scoop of Second Grade! And thanks so much to Brenda for hosting this linky! Check out her post here and see who else linked up (clicking on
The Super Summer Giveaway has officially ended ! We have two lucky winners! The winner of Bundle #1 is: Kristi Haggard The winner of Bundle #2 is: Laura Schachter Check your in boxes ladies ! Meanwhile back at the homestead I have been madly creating a new product and updating