Teaching 2nd grade

Two weeks from the day that I am writing this blog post, I will be heading back to school. I’ve spent a decent amount of time this summer getting my room set up, and I felt good about walking away for a while after a few days of setting up. But now, my brain has turned to: What in the world are the

Fun 2nd grade writing prompts

Literacy centers in 2nd grade are a way to achieve engaged meaningful reading instruction with differentiated activities.

Centers are the hallmark of my classroom. Call them whatever you want: purposeful practice, rotations, stations…whatever they are to you. They are IMPORTANT. Without a solid center routine, your small group instruction is disrupted and disjointed. Without a solid center routine, your literacy bloc

Setting up for small group in 2nd grade can be challenging! This post outlines one teacher's simple center rotation schedule.

The idea of setting up your classroom feels very overwhelming. Jump into 5 classrooms for 2nd grade classroom ideas from seasoned teachers!