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If your second grade students are working on opinion writing or persuasive writing, you may be looking for a few tools to get started. Here are some resources to help. Opinion Writing Resources Back when the Common Core was first being implemented in our state, I was diving into opinion writing without a road map telling me where to go…. Read More
If your second grade students are working on how-to writing or procedural writing, you may be looking for a few tools to get started. Here are some resources to help. It’s Wednesday, so I’m back with another writing post. Today’s focus is on How-To Writing (some of you might call it Procedural Writing). Because each class of students is different,… Read More
If your second grade students are working on writing friendly letters, you may be looking for a few tools to get started. Here are some resources to help you with friendly letter writing. Friendly Letter Writing in Second Grade I decided I’m moving forward with my series of writing posts. Today I want to delve into what friendly letters look… Read More
I’ve been toying with the idea of doing a series of writing posts. I thought I’d start with how I provide kids with something to write about during Work on Writing, part of my Daily 5 routine. Stick with me to the end and there will be a few goodies waiting for you. OUR DAILY 5 WORK ON WRITING ROUTINE… 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
Welcome to Day 4 of the Air & Weather freebies! If you are just joining in on the fun, you can play catch up here: Cloud Activities Games & More Songs and Poems Today I’m here to bring you even more Air & Weather freebies! As you are collecting books for your unit, here are some graphic organizers… Read More
