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. ...

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...

Wow! A mid-week post! That’s something special (at least recently). I’m just popping over to show you a cute freebie I used in my class today. We were reviewing compound words, and while I was looking over my plans this...

This post will be short and sweet. You know how they say a picture is worth a thousand words? I feel like this one is worth about 2000. I’m happy to announce that THIS is what I’m thankful for this year (and also the reason...

Hi Everyone! I have to be honest. I started this post on Sunday, and am JUST finishing it up now… oops! Anyway, I have some great stuff to share from my second grade classroom. My kiddos have been hard at work and of course we had...