As promised, I wanted to share with you how we started our study on fables and folk tales this week! We started on Thursday since we were taking benchmark assessments earlier in the week, so we’ve only just begun, but we’re off to a great start! First, I made this anchor chart to help my students understand the similarities and…
Hey all! I’m hoping you are all starting to thaw out if you were dealing with the extreme cold. Today it got all the way up to 25 degrees! That’s a lot better than 5 degrees, anyway. Today was our first full week back to school after the break, and we’ve been getting back into the swing of thing. I…
Hi All! Today was our first day back after break. Can I just tell you, when I taught first, coming back from winter break was always rough to say the least. My little sweeties often came back totally forgetting how school worked. Well, I don’t know if it’s just my awesome class this year, the fact that they’re a year…
It’s FRIDAY! I have a fun half day planned with my kiddos, a holiday party with my co-workers, and then I’m off! It has been a busy, but fun week. Now, I’m ready for a fun, but relaxed (ha!) last day before break. Also, Top 5 Freebies will be back tomorrow. Lots to look forward too! Before I get to…
Last week we focused on one of my very favorite skills to teach: inferring! Although this skill is not explicitly in the common core standards for 2nd grade, it is part of CAFE. Also, RL2.1 and RI2.1 both say “Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.”.…