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Wednesday, April 16, 2014
It's a Second Grade Thing!
I am so excited to team up with some of my second grade bloggy friends to bring you a brand new, collaborative Pinterest board!
The purpose of this board is to share some of our spectacular second grade teaching ideas and resources with our followers. Here are some of the amazing bloggers participating:
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To kick off our new board, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to Teachers Pay Teachers! WOO HOO!!! Check out the Rafflecopter below:
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We are SO excited to be connecting with our amazing readers on Pinterest! See ya over there!
~Jean~
Sunday, March 30, 2014
2nd Grade Product Swap and Blog Hop: Math Stations and Journal Prompts for April
Welcome to the second grade product swap and blog hop! EIGHTEEN wonderful second grade bloggers have joined together to swap and review each other's products. Best of all, we are giving away all of the products to one lucky winner!
If you are looking for the start of the hop, head over to see Casey at 2nd Grade Math Maniac to start hopping. As you check out all the fabulous products, make sure to follow each blog on Bloglovin' as well. There will be a Rafflecopter at the last stop. This is where you can enter to win all of the products being reviewed!
So, I was lucky enough to be able to choose something from Casey's store to review. It was a tough choice, but ultimately the item I chose was her Math Stations and Journal Prompts for April. ( All aligned to CCSS, of course.)
I was going to share pictures of my students using some of these awesome activities, unfortunately we had an ice day ( which makes day #14 off for the weather this year!) on Friday, so I am sharing pics of what we were GOING to do and I will update this post later on when we have actually had a chance to do some of the activities.
These are all of the activities you get with this product. I love that she puts the standard addressed for each activity right away and in large print. Very helpful when planning.
I chose two items that my students are currently working on, measurement and time, to have them practice a little more. 
This is the measurement activity. It comes with 6 pages that have pictures of two things to measure. Not only do students record their measurements, but they also have to find the difference between the two. This station activity packs a lot of punch. 
Finally, the last thing I am sharing is the journal prompts. Each page has 5 of the same journal prompts, but there are 20 different prompts to choose from! When my students come back from lunch that is our math time. But trying to get them focused on the lesson right away is impossible. So when we come back from recess and lunch I always give them about 5-7 minutes of time to either read or work on a math skill. I thought this would be the perfect time to use these prompts. I have really tried to get my students writing more in all subject areas this year and these journal prompts are just the thing to encourage it in math.
I would definitely recommend you check this product out. And if you are looking for a math activity, make Casey's store your first stop!
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Saturday, March 1, 2014
Five For Friday: Other People Are Creative and Talented Edition
Happy Saturday friends!
SO yesterday we had ANOTHER snow day and it was number 13...yes 13!! So after having worked only two days this week I thought that I would showcase other peoples hard work for my Five for Friday post.
My blogging buddy Angela over at Hippo Hooray for 2nd Grade has MANY great products. We have been hard at work learning and re-learning regular and irregular plural nouns. My kiddos have really become obsessed with playing Scoot. So I picked up her Plural Nouns Scoot game and we used that for me to assess their learning. ( Coincidentally it was Angela's Estimating Scoot games that got them addicted.)
We play Scoot 2 different ways in my room. Way #1 is everyone gets a card and we rotate around my tables. Way #2 is I put one card on our lockers out in the hall and we rotate down the line. Either way it gets them up and moving, so important for our littles, its a quick assessment and they think they are playing a game! Win/ Win for all!
Most of you do March is Reading Month activities at your school. We also do Kindergarten Round Up the first week of March and we do the same theme for both. This years theme is Fiesta. So my 2-5 are of different cute-cute bulletin boards around my school. Many of these ideas were inspired by Pinterest I was told.
This bulletin board is inspired by the book Chicks and Salsa. It is SOOOOO cute! I have never read that book, but just based on this bulletin board I am checking it out!
This frog literally made me laugh out loud when I passed it by the first time. One of the special ed parapros does the academic center bulletin boards and they always turn out spectacularly!
Finally, this last one doesn't really fit with our Fiesta theme but it is SO cute I had to share. Our office ladies made this board. TOTES ADORBS!
SO yesterday we had ANOTHER snow day and it was number 13...yes 13!! So after having worked only two days this week I thought that I would showcase other peoples hard work for my Five for Friday post.
My blogging buddy Angela over at Hippo Hooray for 2nd Grade has MANY great products. We have been hard at work learning and re-learning regular and irregular plural nouns. My kiddos have really become obsessed with playing Scoot. So I picked up her Plural Nouns Scoot game and we used that for me to assess their learning. ( Coincidentally it was Angela's Estimating Scoot games that got them addicted.)
We play Scoot 2 different ways in my room. Way #1 is everyone gets a card and we rotate around my tables. Way #2 is I put one card on our lockers out in the hall and we rotate down the line. Either way it gets them up and moving, so important for our littles, its a quick assessment and they think they are playing a game! Win/ Win for all!
This bulletin board is inspired by the book Chicks and Salsa. It is SOOOOO cute! I have never read that book, but just based on this bulletin board I am checking it out!
This frog literally made me laugh out loud when I passed it by the first time. One of the special ed parapros does the academic center bulletin boards and they always turn out spectacularly!
This last one is going to have quotes from the staff about why we love our school for Kindergarten Round Up night. I love the tacos!
Finally, this last one doesn't really fit with our Fiesta theme but it is SO cute I had to share. Our office ladies made this board. TOTES ADORBS!
Well that is all for me. I am hoping to actually WORK next week and have more things to share from my room. ( I know, I know, poor me having snow days. But we are now in make up mode, so while those of you who don't have 3 snow days to make up are relaxing in June think of my sweltering in my old un-air conditioned building.)
Go link up with Doodlebugs Teaching to share your week with us!
Enjoy your weekend friends!
~Jean~
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Work Stations Wednesday
Happy Wednesday Friends!
Today I am starting a new blog series where I share with you what my students do during Literacy Work Station time in my classroom. AND ( the best part) I will be sharing a freebie ( or two or three) with you for each post.
I tried starting this series last April when I shared how I rotate my students through stations. However, I took a class that suddenly took up all my time and I never stuck with it. To see how I rotate my students through stations and read my back story on how I " discovered" LWS click HERE.
I <3 this book!
You can purchase it through Amazon HERE.
Today I am sharing how I have my Reading Corner/ Independent Reading Station set up and organized. Stick around to the end because I have a freebie to share with you.
So this is what my reading corner looks like:
Let's be honest here. It's not a large space. But neither is my room. But like all spaces in my room it is well organized. I have my books organized into bins. All of the bins have a label. I got the labels from the ocean theme classroom set that I purchased HERE. I just used the generic labels and typed in my own categories. This way students can easily put their books back where they belong.
My kiddo's rotate through stations once a week. Our station time lasts from 9:30- 10:15 each day. That gives us enough time to do 2 station rotations everyday. Everyone goes to reading corner at least once throughout the week.
There are three different stations where they read ( or listen to) books: Reading Corner, Listening Station, and Buddy Reading. On the reading log they use it has a space for them to mark which one they are at. This helps to hold them accountable and gives them a focus when they get to those stations.
Once they fill out their reading log, they spend the rest of their time reading! ( Kind of a giveaway by the name of the station.) Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond my control my kiddo's only get about 15- 20 minutes of schedule independent reading time per day so that is why I have everybody go to reading station at least once a week.
When I introduce stations this is the first station that I introduce because to me it is the simplest one to understand. There are only two steps to remember: Fill out the log and Read! I keep it fresh by allowing them to read with stuffed animals only at this station. I also read out loud to them at least once a day and many times I pull a "special" book from my book shelf for read aloud. I leave that book out for them to read during reading station. If they have any issues with words they can whisper/ ask someone at the station with them, but otherwise they are independently reading the whole time.
SO! Now the promised freebie.
I have included both the reading log I use with my kiddo's and a more generic log. Plus two different response sheets ( the same questions but one has a boy and one has a girl).
Click HERE to get your freebie!
So that is how I run my reading station. Check back next Wednesday for a peek at my word work station and ( of course!) a freebie!
Do you use Literacy Work Stations in your room? I would love to hear how you run yours.
~Jean~
Today I am starting a new blog series where I share with you what my students do during Literacy Work Station time in my classroom. AND ( the best part) I will be sharing a freebie ( or two or three) with you for each post.
I tried starting this series last April when I shared how I rotate my students through stations. However, I took a class that suddenly took up all my time and I never stuck with it. To see how I rotate my students through stations and read my back story on how I " discovered" LWS click HERE.
I <3 this book!
You can purchase it through Amazon HERE.
Today I am sharing how I have my Reading Corner/ Independent Reading Station set up and organized. Stick around to the end because I have a freebie to share with you.
So this is what my reading corner looks like:
Let's be honest here. It's not a large space. But neither is my room. But like all spaces in my room it is well organized. I have my books organized into bins. All of the bins have a label. I got the labels from the ocean theme classroom set that I purchased HERE. I just used the generic labels and typed in my own categories. This way students can easily put their books back where they belong.
My kiddo's rotate through stations once a week. Our station time lasts from 9:30- 10:15 each day. That gives us enough time to do 2 station rotations everyday. Everyone goes to reading corner at least once throughout the week.
There are three different stations where they read ( or listen to) books: Reading Corner, Listening Station, and Buddy Reading. On the reading log they use it has a space for them to mark which one they are at. This helps to hold them accountable and gives them a focus when they get to those stations.
Once they fill out their reading log, they spend the rest of their time reading! ( Kind of a giveaway by the name of the station.) Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond my control my kiddo's only get about 15- 20 minutes of schedule independent reading time per day so that is why I have everybody go to reading station at least once a week.
When I introduce stations this is the first station that I introduce because to me it is the simplest one to understand. There are only two steps to remember: Fill out the log and Read! I keep it fresh by allowing them to read with stuffed animals only at this station. I also read out loud to them at least once a day and many times I pull a "special" book from my book shelf for read aloud. I leave that book out for them to read during reading station. If they have any issues with words they can whisper/ ask someone at the station with them, but otherwise they are independently reading the whole time.
SO! Now the promised freebie.
I have included both the reading log I use with my kiddo's and a more generic log. Plus two different response sheets ( the same questions but one has a boy and one has a girl).
Click HERE to get your freebie!
So that is how I run my reading station. Check back next Wednesday for a peek at my word work station and ( of course!) a freebie!
Do you use Literacy Work Stations in your room? I would love to hear how you run yours.
~Jean~
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Five For Friday
Ok, I just realized that I never finished this post Friday...so what better to do while hubby is watching The Walking Dead, but finish my Five For Friday Post. LOL! Read on....
Happy Valentines Day Friends! Hope you got some LUV today!
Me? We had today off. So I spent 7 hours in my 2nd home, AKA my classroom, getting lesson plans/ organizing/ cleaning/ laminating done. Peanut spent ALL 7 of those hours with me. She was amazing. Then we brought home pizza to the Mr. and enjoyed some family time and Funniest Videos. Not the most exciting of Valentines Days, but great since I got to spend it with my favorite people.
Now both of those people are in bed and I am spending the rest of my night blogging and doing laundry.
So here I am, linking up with Doodlebugs Teaching for the Five For Friday linky.
1. We started an informational writing unit this week. So I busted out my Pinterest project from last year and the non fiction text features freebie from my TPT store and got down to work. We have been reading a lot of non fiction lately and they really enjoy it. I think they are going to love writing non fiction.
2. Since we had today off we had our Valentines party yesterday. I didn't have a ton of time,but wanted something cute to pass out to my students. So I grabbed a bag of suckers, a freebie border and font from TPT and VOILA. Insta- Valentine. Then one of my beans brought me a cute homemade Valentine. It is S'more stuff in a jar with a note that says " There is no teacher I love S'more than you." SO Cute!
3. I am working on a post on my classroom management. I rarely have issues with students and my administrators have sent teachers to observe in my classroom to see my classroom management at work. This is just a taste of what will be in that post....and a good way for me to really get on with it and get it done! :)
Well, that is all from me. Can't believe I forgot to post this...What a nut. Oh well, better late than never. :)
~Jean~
Friday, January 31, 2014
Sweet Second Grade Savings $1 Sale!!
Happy Friday Friends! I am so excited to share this linky with all of you!
Happy weekend everyone! Your favorite second grade bloggers are back, this time with sweet savings for you. We have gotten together to form a dollar sale linky party! Each blogger will be adding 2-4 products to the link up below that will be on sale for ONE DOLLAR now through Sunday night. Come Monday morning, all of the products will go back to their regular price, so make sure to grab them while you can!
Here's what you will find for one dollar in my store, this weekend only:
At the end of this post, you will find previews and links for all of the items on sale for one dollar. Click on the links below and you will be taken directly to the TpT store where the products can be found to add to your cart. We hope you can find everything you need for the upcoming month(s). Happy shopping!
Saturday, January 11, 2014
Five For Friday
Happy Saturday Friends!
No, your eyes are not deceiving you. I am ACTUALLY participating in Five For Friday this week. ( Yes, I know it's Saturday, but better late than never....Especially since it was never for MONTHS now!)
If you want to join in all the fun head over to DOODLEBUGS TEACHING and join in.
We also had a snow day the day BEFORE break ( so I really got 2 1/2 weeks off). The only thing is, that is the ONLY day of the year that I DON'T want a snow day because we get to wear jammies, comfy read, open presents, make crafts, and watch Polar Express in the afternoon. Basically the most awesome day of the year. :)
We rescheduled it for this Friday. I wish I could share all the cutey-cute pics of my Little Beans in their jams. You will have to settle for this impromptu wehavetogetourkidsfromrecessasapquicksmile picture of me and my grade level team. :)
( Super bummer that we took this pic AFTER one of my teamies student teachers left. She was wearing FOOTIE jammies. SO cute!)
Last weekend I took part in a Facebook Freebie hop with some of my FAVE bloggers. I hit over 500 followers on this blog. So you know I am going to have to do SOME sort of giveaway as a thank you. :)
The Facebook Freebie Hop was just the thing I needed to get me back into the groove of creating and blogging. Not only did I create this for the hop
( And if you missed it, it is in my TPT store now. You can get it here.)
But I also finished something I have been working on since the beginning of the school year.
I like to change my kiddo's seats monthly and I like to change their desk name plates when I move their seat. I started creating this product for myself at the beginning of the year ,and have been adding to it each month for my own use. After creating the freebie for the hop I got inspired and finished it. You can see that there are over 20 different kinds of name plates. It might be my favorite product of mine. :)
This is also in my TPT store and you can get it HERE.
Finally I just HAD to share my find from last night. I am not as extreme as some people, but I do stockpile gifts ( for my whole family) and clothes for my peanut. I know a lot of people know about clothing or after season decoration sales ,but one of the things that I discovered after Christmas last year was that many stores also mark their toys down.
I have been stocking up on items for my Peanut and I already have her Valentines presents done.... Yes, we do presents for Valentines day in my house. :)
So anyways, last night I was shopping and found this Ariel play set for 75% off! I paid only $12.50! ( I know what the Easter Bunny will be bringing her this year.)
So that was my week. I am glad I was finally able to share!
Have a great weekend!
~Jean~
No, your eyes are not deceiving you. I am ACTUALLY participating in Five For Friday this week. ( Yes, I know it's Saturday, but better late than never....Especially since it was never for MONTHS now!)
If you want to join in all the fun head over to DOODLEBUGS TEACHING and join in.
So this week was our first week back after our Christmas break. I was not really feeling ready to go back and I guess God was listening because we got hit with FUH-REE-ZING cold weather. SO, we got two days off of school. :)
Peanut and I decided that while we had some extra fresh snow laying around we would make snow ice cream. Iused to make this with my aunt when I was little. I think you can tell by the smile on her face that she loved it. :)
We also had a snow day the day BEFORE break ( so I really got 2 1/2 weeks off). The only thing is, that is the ONLY day of the year that I DON'T want a snow day because we get to wear jammies, comfy read, open presents, make crafts, and watch Polar Express in the afternoon. Basically the most awesome day of the year. :)
We rescheduled it for this Friday. I wish I could share all the cutey-cute pics of my Little Beans in their jams. You will have to settle for this impromptu wehavetogetourkidsfromrecessasapquicksmile picture of me and my grade level team. :)
Last weekend I took part in a Facebook Freebie hop with some of my FAVE bloggers. I hit over 500 followers on this blog. So you know I am going to have to do SOME sort of giveaway as a thank you. :)
The Facebook Freebie Hop was just the thing I needed to get me back into the groove of creating and blogging. Not only did I create this for the hop
( And if you missed it, it is in my TPT store now. You can get it here.)
But I also finished something I have been working on since the beginning of the school year.
I like to change my kiddo's seats monthly and I like to change their desk name plates when I move their seat. I started creating this product for myself at the beginning of the year ,and have been adding to it each month for my own use. After creating the freebie for the hop I got inspired and finished it. You can see that there are over 20 different kinds of name plates. It might be my favorite product of mine. :)
This is also in my TPT store and you can get it HERE.
( Like my numbers? The background is by DOTS OF FUN and the Numbers are LITTLE RED.)
I have been stocking up on items for my Peanut and I already have her Valentines presents done.... Yes, we do presents for Valentines day in my house. :)
So anyways, last night I was shopping and found this Ariel play set for 75% off! I paid only $12.50! ( I know what the Easter Bunny will be bringing her this year.)
So that was my week. I am glad I was finally able to share!
Have a great weekend!
~Jean~
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