Sleepless in Second Grade

WOW! After that excites game last night, ROLL TIDE! I am going to be pushing through the day today. But it is Tuesday and I love Tuesday's lessons! So I should be good to go.

I have created an combined group of addition strategies that has really helped some of my kids. In AMSTI we teach them so many different ways to add numbers, they often forget one or two by the second semester. So I put them all together in one pack. I did go back and create anchor charts for each of the strategies. Here are three of them.

These serve as a great reminder to all my students about the different strategies we have learned all year. Visit my store on TeachersPayTeachers to check out this pack.

The Cornerstone Classroom

Back in the Saddle!

OK, I know that I have been absolutely terrible at my blogging. I was trying hard to get this thing up off the ground and then the holidays happened. But I am back now and one of my New Years Resolutions is to blog at least once a week. I have really enjoyed the holidays this year and hate to see them go, but it is time to get back in the saddle. I hope you all have had a wonderful break and are as excited as I am about the upcoming semester. While it's even busier than the first, I love this semester because it is when you can see great changes and growths in the students. Talk to you soon. Oh and don't forget to check out my Teachers Pay Teachers store!

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Good morning everyone. I hope you all are enjoying your short week. I know that I love to have the long weekend, but short weeks at school kill me. There is just so much to do and they seem to be so busy. I do have a Main Idea activity that I am going to share with you later tonight. I just wanted to stop by and say hello and ask you to check out my Thanksgiving Pack on TPT. Hope you have a wonderful day!!!

Creative Sunday

Hey Guys!

   I had a little extra time today between cooking sweet potatoe casserole, broccoli casserole, and cleaning the kitchen. So I decided to create a quick set of tens frames that can be used month to spice things up a little.

   Being an AMSTI school, we love to use ten frames. The kids really like them too. It turns into this big contest between them and me.

I am excited to use this in my classroom and I will update as soon as I get some feedback from the kids.

If you would like some of your very on visit my TeachersPayTeachers store.
Thanks and talk to you soon.
Jessie

Beginners Frustration

OK. So I am new at this as you can see, but here is my frustration. I am having trouble connecting with people. I don't know how to get my name out there. So if you have any advice or comments, help a guy out. Thanks and Roll Tide Roll!!!!

Main Idea Monday

WOW!!! What a day we had in my second grade class! I get to school early only to remember that I had PD scheduled for the last half of the day. SO I got to spend a whole two hours with my kids today. I wanted to start posting a Main Idea Monday today, but there was no time to get to that. So just to start the trend off, here is a main idea project I did with the kids last week.

 

We read the story "I Need My Monster", which by the way the kids really loved! We then talked about what the main idea might be from the story. The students then created these mobils that have the main idea listed on the big part and three details listed on the ghosts.

 

 

They had a great time with this and the activity really helped them understand the concept a little better. Since main idea and details are on our CIP this year, I am sure you will be seeing a lot more of it from me. Hope you enjoy!

First Time Around

OK! So I have a friend that is showing me how to create my very own blog. I must say that while I am excited, it is all a little overwhelming. So I am just gonna take it slow and go with it. I hope you all enjoy this adventure with me. I know I will!!!