A Visit to 2nd Grade

I thought I would share the 2nd grade teacher's  classroom with you all. She did a complete makeover this summer in her classroom, inspired by many bloggers out there! She also got super organized. I am jealous of her organization!
I told her it looks like she won an extreme classroom makeover!

      

I didn't like the schema poster I was using so I made a new one. Here it is as a freebie for you! Click the picture!

I have been busy creating easy to use math

games for my kiddos. We no longer have

a laminator at our school, so I need reproducible

products with minimal prep!

Here are a few I have completed.

Click the pics to check them out!

(2 of the 3 have a freebie in the preview!)

              

 Thanks for stopping by!

A Little Late....A Little Early....Remind101

I will start with my "a little late"!
Since school has already started  for most, you can file it away for next year if you are interested!
It's a freebie!
     We have used the purple take home folders for years at our school. Most call them MOOSE books, but
I, of course, call them SAFARI books!
Click the picture to get an editable version.

Now for my "a little early"!
Okay...this may be a lot early...

This is a story I wrote, packed

with 18 common core activities to go with it.

No pictures are included in my story.

Students become the illustrators

and then you bind it and have a class

book for them to reread!

I hope you check it out!

Click here or the picture above!

Here is a peek at what is inside!

***First 3 to comment and leave

your email, get it FREE!

Here's a question for you...

HOW do you all manage NOT

to laugh...when one of your little

angels passes gas so LOUD and the

ENTIRE class bursts out laughing?!?!

It took everything I had folks...

everything I had...

I may or may not have let out 

a little snicker or two...

not because passing gas is funny 

of course...those kiddos laughs are

contagious!

Remind101

This site is awesome! Parents can sign

up, only takes a minute, and you can send

a mass text to remind families about things

such as sack lunch, field trip, school pictures, 

unplanned early outs, etc. It is private, no 

phone numbers are shared, and they can't

respond back. You will need to get the free

app if you want to send messages by cell 

phone, otherwise it can be done from the

computer on your Remind101 homepage!

Here is a little peek at our week!

We have been building stamina for

Daily 5, working on routines and rules

and getting out early due to the heat...

EVERY SINGLE DAY!

Makes it hard to establish routines!

Mentos and diet Coke experiment

Roll and cover for subitizing

Thanks for stopping by!

Classroom Tour, Lesson Plans and Get Playing Cards for FREE!

Welcome to our 

1st Grade Safari!

Homework/Note Return

Mailboxes

Store/Word Work Storage

Behavior Clip Chart

Author Study Read Alouds

Opening/Meeting Area

 

Meeting Area

I would LOVE a cute rug, but we have
pea gravel on our playground, so it would
get destroyed! The students get FILTHY!

Games

Math Manipulatives & 

Math Centers

Read to Self/Someone Areas

Listening Center

Word Wall

Math Baskets for Centers

Library

Loft for Read to Self

Book Boxes for Good Fit Books

In The Loft

My Desk

Guided Reading Table

Student Lockers

Miscellaneous Storage Containers

Math Manipulatives

Student Supplies

Enjoying our Jitter Juice!

Practicing our alphabet with chalk!

I ended up with 27 students.

This is my largest class ever in 13 

years of teaching! We sure have

a tight fit in my classroom!

I haven't been snapping pictures

of all of our activities either.

There just doesn't seem to be time!

I am pretty disappointed by this fact.

I started my blog in October last year

so I didn't get to blog about all of my

back to school activities.

Maybe next year!

This is a quick list of our 1st week.

We are working on routines, procedures

and attention-getters.

Whole Brain all the way!

Monday- First Grade Jitters & Jitter Juice

The Kissing Hand & handprint sugar cookies

with a red frosting heart in the center.

I put frosting on the fingertips of the cookies

for the girls for nailpolish.

Tuesday- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Chase

& CCBB treats ) Alphabits & Cocoa Puffs

mixed like Rice Krispie treats...

I did have one left so I got a picture.

Wednesday- Will I Have a Friend?

Sugar cookies & orange juice (from the story)

Thursday- The Crayon Box that Talked

Scribblers popsicles

Friday- My Teacher Sleeps in School

Cakes decorated like the cake in the book

       

Now, if you are like me, I am

always curious about other 

1st grade lesson plans.

Click here to get my

editable version on TPT for free!

It shows up wonky on the preview,

but when I downloaded it for a test,

it was fine.

FREEBIE PLAYING CARDS!

If you have a casino in your area,

they may donate their decks of 

used playing cards to you!

They can only use them so many

times so they are in great shape 

and they have a ton.

Just take out the face cards

and you have easy and FREE

math centers for games.

No more copying, laminating

and cutting out number cards!

There are so many games to play!

Addition War, 10's Memory Match,

Tens Go Fish, to name a few!

Thanks for stopping by!