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One of the writing genres I enjoy teaching in second grade is procedural writing (aka – How-To Writing). I’ve been working to update my writing files, beginning with my How-To Writing unit. I also saw that Ginger over at Ginger Snaps had a post about an upcoming How-To Writing Unit. I don’t know about you, but I am excited to… Read More
It’s that time again 🙂 Guided Math Chapter 5: Using Guided Math with Small Groups Hosted by: Pitner’s Potpourri and Toad-ally Exceptional Learners This chapter focuses on the following: Advantages & Disadvantages to Small-Group Instruction Effective Uses of Small-Group Instruction Forming & Organizing Small Groups Teaching a Guided Math Lesson with a Small Group I have always used small group… Read More
I finally finished updating my classroom library labels. They have been created using blue, green, and purple backgrounds. Click on the picture to get these labels from my TpT store: This file contains book tub labels with pictures. You will receive 90+ labels in all three colors. The labels I made are targeted towards the primary grade levels, but I… Read More
I have been playing around with different ideas for math workshop for a few weeks now. I saw this idea on Pinterest. It comes from Cassie at Adventures in Teaching. To read more about how she uses BUILD in her classroom, click here. Since this will be my first year trying Guided Math & Math Workshop, I wanted to simplify… Read More
Guided Math – Chapter 4 Using Guided Math with the Whole Class is being hosted by Sweet Seconds and Once Upon a Teaching Blog “Whole-class instruction provides teachers with a quick method of presenting information to all students. Everyone receives the same information…at the same time.” (Laney Sammons) At the beginning of a unit, I post our learning targets in… Read More
After my last post about Guided Math, I received numerous e-mails and comments asking about the Number of the Day worksheets. I have to point out that I did NOT create these sheets and for many of them, I do not have the original source. Therefore, I feel bad about sending them off as files. Instead, I went back on… Read More
