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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
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. I created this pack to help my grade level… Read More
Our 2nd grade team has been working hard at introducing graphing to our students. Our district is piloting a new curriculum this year. Since we got a very late start with using the program, we know we will not finish teaching everything before the school year is over. We looked ahead and are tacking the measurement strand. For the past… Read More
We are just wrapping up our unit on Geometry. Our learning targets were directly related to 2D and 3D shapes as well as a few other skills (i.e. parallel line segments, polygons, etc.) My students needed a lot of hands-on practice with counting the faces, edges, and vertices. I am fortunate to have access to a set of Giant Geosolids… Read More
