2nd Grade English Language Arts Lesson on Active Listening
Some lessons promise that they will magically fix every classroom management issue you have ever faced. That is not the case here. This second grade English language arts lesson is not a silver bullet for student behavior. Instead, it is a straightforward, practical... read more
Supporting 2nd Grade English Language Arts with Text Features
Second graders are usually pretty good at decoding sentences, but informational text demands a different kind of visual scanning.When I taught 2nd grade English Language Arts, I found that students often tried to read every single word on a science page just to find... read more
Making and Reading Graphs for 2nd Grade Mathematics
Students most often trip over the difference between the label of a category and the count of the items themselves. When you see a student staring at a bar graph, they are usually looking for the number right there on the paper rather than tracing the bar down to the... read more
Supporting 2nd Grade Math Skills with Place Value Decomposition
I know how quickly the second grade math calendar can feel like it is running away from you. Usually, by the time we arrive at three-digit numbers, there is very little room left in the day for one-on-one reteaching.Keeping pace with the math calendarIf your students... read more