In this post I’ll share simple ways to make your phonics centers easier to manage. These tips will help make your center time more effective, more organized, and less time consuming to plan. They’ll help you and your students make the most of your minutes as they practice … [Read more...]
My Weekly Phonics Routine in Second Grade
Developing routines with our students not only makes the most of our instructional time, but they add structure to our students’ daily activities. Students know what to expect and how to do what is expected. In this post, I’ll explain my weekly phonics routine in second grade and … [Read more...]
7 Secrets to Student Independence During Centers
As a first-year teacher, I dreaded center time. Mostly because I didn’t yet know that the secret to getting my students to work independently during centers was to train them. I didn’t yet know how to train my students well and I wasn’t consistent. And I was certainly no expert … [Read more...]
How to Start Centers at the Beginning of the School Year
In this post we’ll cover decisions to make and things to consider as you start centers at the beginning of the school year. Centers and guided reading groups are one of my favorite times of the school day. I love how structured the time is and how smoothly centers can run with … [Read more...]
Mayflower Math & Pilgrim Parts of Speech
It's all things Plymouth and Pilgrims in my classroom and I'm still wondering where October went! I thought I'd share a few things we've been up to now that October has come and gone! Some of my second graders are still having trouble identifying proper nouns so I … [Read more...]
