First Grade Classroom Hello teacher friends! It has been the craziest summer for me. I got married, bought a house, got a new job, switched grade levels . . . CRAZY. So, I have been a little absent from my blog these days. However, I am so excited to show you my new first grade classroom for the year! Because…
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Fun Ways to Teach Two-Digit Subtraction With Regrouping
Two-Digit Subtraction With Regrouping After four years of teaching second grade, one thing has stayed the same from year to year: my little munchkins always rock two-digit addition, but two-digit subtraction with regrouping always seems to bring a struggle! Obviously, the only way to help the struggle is to practice over and over and over again, which can be exhausting…
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Place Value Activities To Keep Your Students Engaged
Place Value Activities One of my favorite units that I used to teach in second grade math was place value. You can never have enough fun place value activities. It sets the base for all other math skills that we will use this year and there are SO many hands on ways to teach it. Click HERE for a link…
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Types of Communities Activities
We have wrapped up our third full week of school and we have been busy bees! I don’t know about your schedules, but in second grade it can be tough to squeeze in things like science and social studies. Because of the tight schedules, I try to pack as many science and social studies standards into my reading curriculum. The…
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