I want to share with you some FREE, fun, supplemental learning resources for second grade students! With so many students off of school due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), teachers and parents are scrambling to find learning resources that can be used at home. So I have put together ten days of ... READ the POST
3-D Haiku Poems
With Poetry Month right around the corner, I want to share with you one of our favorite writing activities... Haiku poetry is a form of traditional Japanese poetry, consisting of three lines. Often Haiku poems use sensory language to express a thought or feeling about nature. Each line of the ... READ the POST
Teaching Listening Skills to Students
Do you explicitly teach listening skills to your students? Did you know that 70-80% of our waking hours are spent in some form of communication? Of that, listening makes up about 45% of our daily communication! When I learned these statistics, I knew that I needed to be as intentional about ... READ the POST
Money Math Walk Activity
Learning to count money is such a fun skill to teach! Students get so excited to practice counting coins, especially when real money is involved. However, when it comes to practicing writing word problems about money, well, that's usually where the fun is lost for kids. So, I created this Money ... READ the POST
“Big Piggie” Math Game
This math game is one of our favorites! Meet Big Piggie....isn't she cute?! Big Piggie (yes, we voted on the spelling of "Piggie") is one of my favorite ways to review money skills with a whole class. This game is highly engaging, and very simple! All that is needed for Big Piggie is a ... READ the POST
Cutesy Calendar FREEBIE!
I want to share with you my free set of Cutesy Calendars. These are perfect for a student-made holiday gift, but they can also be used for a variety of other purposes, too. Handprint calendars make the sweetest gift for parents to receive from their student during the holiday season! I love these ... READ the POST
OCTICORN
OCTICORN is one of my new favorite picture books for teaching students that IT IS OKAY TO BE DIFFERENT! This cute story is about a octopus/unicorn who doesn't seem to fit in with either group. This book provides lots of good teaching points for students, too. This post contains ... READ the POST
The Compliment Box
Teaching students the power of their words is so important, especially early on in the elementary years! Giving students an opportunity to practice using their words for encouragement, kindness and to bring others joy is something that we as teachers can so easily build into our day. The Compliment ... READ the POST
Adjective Collages
I love Adjective Collages! They make such a special teacher gift (or a gift for parent volunteers)! To make an Adjective Collage, I have each student choose a word to describe the teacher (or parent volunteer). Every student gives me three adjectives, that way if there is any overlap (which there ... READ the POST
