Main idea is such a tough skill for second graders. It seems like I can never teach it enough for my students to understand it. I’ve been trying to hit main idea in as many ways as I can and throw in a bit of science or social studies too. Science and social studies have…
October 13, 2014
This is a short school week for me because of fall break. It never fails that I end up sick on fall break. Ugh! Oh well, at least I have time to recover. Because this is a short week, we do not have a reading story to do so we are going to be studying…
September 28, 2014
Hi everyone! Hope you are enjoying your weekend. Monday is getting here way too fast. I don’t know about y’all but I’m exhausted from the past few weeks. We have a short fall break coming up in 2 weeks and I can’t wait. That’s pretty much all that’s motivating me right now. I’m here to…
September 21, 2014
It’s time for another week of visual plans. Where, oh where, does the weekend go? This week, we are working on r-controlled vowels, cause and effect, nouns, and place value. You can download my plans through Google Docs. I would love it if you would leave a comment if you download. It makes my heart…
September 20, 2014
A few weeks ago, BIC sent me a package of some of their new back to school goodies. There were 3 different 4-color pens in the box. I remember how fun these were when I was growing up but I always remember that they didn’t work well back then. Of course, I probably got the…
September 14, 2014
Thanks for all your sweet comments about my plans last week! I’m back sharing my plans for this week. We are working on digraphs, facts and details, imperative and exclamatory sentences, and place value this week. I forgot to add in that we will be reading our main selection, “The Strongest One” on Monday during…
September 8, 2014
I have a confession. I am a school supply hoarder. I know that most teachers are the same way. We all love brand new pencils, fun pens, and any school supply that will make our life easier. A few weeks ago, I was contacted my BIC to see if I would like to review some…
September 7, 2014
Happy Sunday! Today I am stopping by to bring you my plans this week. I had lots of requests to share my schedule so I decided to share my actual plans this week. I will probably continue to do this because visual plans take a long time and I don’t really use them for my…