Teaching second grade

Just found out you're teaching second grade! Here's a quick start guide!

Get all the best tips, tricks, and ideas for second grade classroom management, from teachers who've been there and know how it works.

Congratulations fifth grade teacher! Fifth graders are very independent and curious. They have such fun personalities starting to emerge and are beginning to act like miniature adults. I love their sense of humor! Now that you know you will be teaching fifth grade, you are probably starting to wonder what resources you might want to

Two weeks from the day that I am writing this blog post, I will be heading back to school. I’ve spent a decent amount of time this summer getting my room set up, and I felt good about walking away for a while after a few days of setting up. But now, my brain has turned to: What in the world are the

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Help students learn how to count money with these 5 money games for 2nd grade. I first teach students how to...

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Teachers know, getting kids in second grade to learn sight words is key for their reading skills. Usual methods can get a bit dull. So, how to make it fun and effective, but without spending too much? A printable list of sight words could be a game changer, making practice easy and engaging at home or in class.We create easy-to-use printables for second grade sight words.

Literacy centers in 2nd grade are a way to achieve engaged meaningful reading instruction with differentiated activities.

Interactive Read Alouds allow us to teach a broad range of standards within one text. This month's read aloud lessons focus on the Key Id...

An easy way to encourage a love for reading is to read to students everyday. So here's a list of the best chapter books for 2nd grade...

Learn how to implement a 3 day lesson plan for second grade guided reading. Your small groups will benefit from this way of organizing your lessons and schedule.

Figuring out how to successfully organize small group math and reading rotations is tricky. Learn a game-changing solution here!

Looking to strengthen your teaching strategies to teach your 2nd graders how to or procedural writing strategies? Look beyond using first, then, next, last, and use templates, read alouds, mentor texts, anchor charts, lesson plans, prompts, activities and graphic organizers that are engaging, fun and effective. Perfect for second grade, but can also be differentiated with first grade (1st) or third grade (3rd).

Create a solid math foundation with these tips for teaching place value in 1st grade. Use these ideas to avoid place value mistakes!

I DID IT! I survived the first week of second grade, again! It was actually probably my best first week yet! I spent lots of time at the end of the year preparing for back to school. Opening my Back to School box was such a relief, because so much work was already done! Of ... Read More about The First Week of Second Grade