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By second grade, most students have a great grasp on odd and even numbers. However, there is always a small handful who need a little intervention. With December being a shorter month, it’s a great focus for intervention groups. Here’s what I use to keep the interest level high with my struggling students while we practice, practice, practice! I don’t… Read More
Students need repeated practice on skills in order to work towards mastery. I recently shared with you how my grade level team uses a customized Daily Math Review for our morning work (click here to read more about it). Another key component of my morning is our math warm-up. A few years ago I purchased this pack from Jen Ross… Read More
I have tried all kinds of things for morning work over the years. Each has had its own pros and cons, but nothing ever seemed to be the right fit for my teaching, curriculum alignment, or student needs. So what does a teacher do in this case? She creates something that will work. My colleagues and I use a Daily… Read More
In my experience, 2nd graders LOVE to play games, especially games with dice and spinners. The joy of using spinner games in the classroom is that they can be re-used many times with different results. All you need to do is print the games on cardstock and slip the page inside a sheet protector. Students can write on them… Read More
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… Read More
I am almost finished giving my dice games packs a makeover. I just keep going back and forth on the cover design. It’s the details…always the details. I’m also creating a multiplication version, too. I decided to offer this game as a freebie while I finish creating the rest of the pages (link at the bottom of the post). Here… Read More
