June 27, 2014
I finished my newest pack of math centers this week. These 8 math centers are mostly review of first grade skills and can easily be implemented at the beginning of school. With this pack, students will practice their basic facts and place value. I hope you’ll check it out on TPT by clicking on the…
Homework, homework, homework. This can be so frustrating for any teacher. I have worked on my homework system for the last few years and I finally have a system that works for me. Each student in my class has a homework folder. This can be any kind of folder but I use the plastic folders…
Today is all about grouping. Group work is a huge part of my classroom and I’m going to share how I make it work for me. I have to admit that I always hated group work. I was always that person who did all the work and everyone else got credit for it. I…
Today’s post is all about Fact Fluency. It is so important for 2nd graders to really know their math facts without using their fingers or number lines. They just need to know them. My grade level team has really made math facts an important part of our classrooms for the past 2 years. Since the…
I was racking my brain to come up with a word that started with E. Then, it came to me. If your district is like my district, evaluations have become a huge part of your school life. I am a lead teacher at my school. That means that I observe other teachers and evaluate their…
Today’s post is going to focus on dismissal. Dismissal can be an extremely stressful part of the day because students can easily get out of control as you are rushing them to the bus or the car. Before the school year begins, you need to think about what you want students to do before they…
It’s time for the 3rd post in my ABCs of 2nd Grade series. Today, I am going to focus on centers. Centers are a huge part of my classroom. FYI – Part of this post has been recycled from a previous post. My students do literacy centers during my small group reading time. I usually…
Yes, you read that right…B is for Bathroom breaks. There’s nothing more disrupting to a classroom routine than kids constantly having to go to the bathroom. It never fails that when I let one of my little darlings go to the bathroom, three more of them have to go. So, we make a journey to…