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Place Value Games with Spinners

In my experience, 2nd graders LOVE to play games, especially games with dice and spinners. Here are some fun and engaging ways to get kids working on place value.
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Air & Weather Freebies

Here are some fun ways to incorporate other subject areas into your Air and Weather unit.
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Air and Weather Songs and Poems

Here are a variety of songs and poems to add to your Air and Weather unit.
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Air and Weather Games and More

Here are some fun games to add to your Air and Weather unit.
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Air & Weather Freebies, Day 1 – Clouds

Here are a variety of cloud activities to add to your Air and Weather unit.
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Air & Weather Freebies

One of my favorite units to teach every year is the Air & Weather unit. Our district uses the FOSS Science Kits and I love how many hands-on activities there are for kids. However, over the years I have added a few extra activities to use during this unit and I wanted to share these activities with you. In this series of Air and Weather posts, you'll find activities for clouds, songs & poems, games, art activities, and more. Enjoy!
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Geometry Games and Ideas for 1st & 2nd Graders

I was busy developing my new Geometry games pack, but I needed a break.  So I hopped online and scoped out Pinterest and Bloglovin'.  I got a little distracted by some amazing art projects online that I could easily tie in with our Geometry unit.  Some of these even lend themselves to writing and science, too!  Here are a few that caught my eye:
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Mother’s Day Cards

The dilemma arrives year after year....what will my students make for Mother's Day this year? In the age of Pinterest, it's hard not to get bogged down and feel the pressure of one-upping the previous year's gifts. However, I am emotionally and physically exhausted this year. I needed to streamline and simplify. If you're anything like me, keep reading to see what we made this year.
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Walking Water

We have been working on making predictions in science.  Last week my students had a great opportunity to make a prediction, make observations, and practice measurement skills. The students watched water walk.  Here's how it works.  
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Photos of Our Measurement Mania!

We have been elbows deep into our measurement study for almost 2 weeks and we still have a week to go.  I've mentioned in several previous posts that we have had to start introducing some Common Core Standards now for fear we will not get to them in our new curriculum.
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Graphing in 2nd Grade

Looking for a way to take a simple graphing worksheet to the next level? Use sticky notes and have students write questions that can be answered using information from the graph!
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Scavenger Hunt for Nonfiction Text Features

We have reached the halfway point in our nonfiction text features study.  It was time to slow down and see if students could identify the features within a piece of nonfiction text.  
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Captions, Labels, Tables, and Graphs

In the past two weeks we added to our Nonfiction Text Features hunt by identifying captions, labels, tables, and graphs in our texts.  
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Gobstoppers Experiment

We have been making predictions in science. I thought this Gobstoppers Experiment would be a great addition to the unit.
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Bold and Italic Print & Groundhog Freebie

We continue to learn about the features of nonfiction text.  Last week we added bold and italic print to our list of features we can identify.
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