I am currently a 2nd grade teacher and love what I do! I have been a teacher for 25 years. Throughout my 25 years of teaching, I have taught 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade.
This is a great activity resource that can be used for a full day of End-Of-The-Year camp-themed fun or throughout your Camp Day or Camp Week! Its perfect for a Countdown to Summer Activity! Included in this packet are reading, writing, grammar, and math activities! Set up a tent, create a campfire in the center of your room and you are all set! Included in this packet are also lots of fun activities to keep your students excited and engaged. Here is a list of everything included:Camp Theme
Inspired by the book Snowmen At Night by Caralyn Buehner, this fun and engaging writing activity will have your students writing their own snowy, adventure narrative. This writing activity NOW includes a snowman craft for students to create for a bulletin board or hallway display! This standard-aligned writing activity has everything you need from start to finish to guide students through the process of fictional narrative writing. This activity aligns with the following writing standards
Are you looking for a fun, Christmas math or Christmas measurement activity that takes very little prep time? This is a great unit for you! Students will measure the Christmas items in inches, centimeters, or both! Aligns with standard 2.MD.A2. Your students will take a card, measure the picture using either inches, centimeters, or both. Students will then record the answer on the answer sheet. This set is perfect for math centers, individual practice, and remediation, and would be great to inc
Are you looking for a Winter themed measurement activity? This hands-on measurement activity is easy to prep! This measurement activity is perfect for math centers, individual practice, and remediation, and would be great to include in small groups! Your students will take a card, measure the picture using either inches, centimeters, or both and record the answer on the answer sheet. This Winter Animal themed measurement activity includes the following: 14 Color or Black and White Themed Pict
This is such a great persuasive writing unit! "Perfectly Persuasive!" is an engaging writing activity for all students. This unit also incorporates language standards by having students persuade another person by using a friendly letter format! **Buy the PRINT and DIGITAL BUNDLE and SAVE 20%!**Persuasive Friendly LettersThere are so many reasons you will love this unit!First of all, it is differentiated writing. Students select their persuasive topic from a set of 30 idea cards. This will be so
This is a set of highly engaging 2-digit addition and subtraction problems using an open number line digital activities. Perfect for 1st and 2nd grades. These are perfect for distance learning or virtual learning. These digital activities are for Google Slides™. All 32 slides will have students practicing using an open number line to determine the sum and difference of a 2-digit addition or subtraction problem. Included in this digital download are the following activities: Addition Problems:
Make measurement meaningful this March with this engaging St. Patrick’s Day Measurement & Line Plot Activity for 2nd Grade! This hands-on math center gives students practice measuring in inches and centimeters, recording data, and creating line plots — all in one festive, standards-aligned lesson. Perfect for March math centers, this St. Patrick’s Day math activity integrates measurement and data standards while keeping students engaged with a fun “Lengthy Leprechauns Day” theme. Students W
This is a set of Spring Break Writing NO PREP Activities. These are great to use after Spring Break and engage 1st -3rd graders in writing about their Spring Break experiences. 4 NO prep writing options, including crafts and a writing prompt. Each activity is differentiated for multiple grade levels. Included in this set of Spring Break Writing Activities: Spring Break Adventures Writing Activity and Craft (graphic organizer included)Spring Break 20_____ Flipbook Spring Break Selfies Hallway
This is a Daily 5 Poster and Label Set to use during your language arts rotations. This is a NEW Boho Rainbow | Natural Rainbow themed set. I have also included editable slides so you can personalize the posters and labels to meet the needs of your classroom. ike what you see but need a different color scheme? Check out this exact set in different color schemes.Farmhouse Daily 5 Poster and Label SetBright Shiplap Daily 5 Poster and Label SetWatercolor Daily 5 Poster and Label SetShades of Aq
Its almost Valentine's Day!!Are you looking for a fun, engaging, and Valentine's Day themed activity that takes very little prep time? This measurement activity is great for you! This activity is perfect for math centers, individual practice and remediation, and would be great to include in small groups. It's a very versatile set! Your students will take a card, measure the picture using either inches, centimeters, or both and record the answer on the answer sheet. This Valentine's Day-them
There is no better time to teach friendly letter writing than Valentine's Day! This unit provides lots of resources for you to teach students the correct way to form and write a friendly letter to their teachers, parents, and friends. Incl uded in this fun mini unit are the following items: Parts of a Friendly Letter GraphicParts of a Friendly Letter Anchor Posters (For Print or Projection) (Color and Black/White) Interactive Notebook Graphic (Boy and Girl)Parts of a Friendly Letter
This is a DIGITAL Friendly Letter unit! This set of GOOGLE SLIDES includes anchor slides, engaging and interactive friendly letter activities for students, 2 friendly letter templates, and 7 friendly letter writing prompts! Writing a friendly letter has never been so fun! **This is also a great unit to incorporate when teaching students the correct placement of commas in a friendly letter. (2L2.2)Included in this fun mini unit are the following items:6 Parts of a Friendly Letter Anchor SlidesM
Thinking about adding Daily 3 to your Math Block? This is a colorful set of Editable Daily 3 Posters to use in your classroom. The EDITABLE posters can be customized to fit the unique needs of your reading classroom. Just simply print and go! Like what you see but need a different color scheme? Check out this exact set in different color schemes. Shiplap Brights Daily 3 PostersFarmhouse Daily 3 PostersBoho Rainbow Daily 3 PostersWatercolor Daily 3 PostersIncluded in the set are:Daily 3 Poste
This is a set of Shades of Meaning worksheets or practice sheets. This packet includes a poster/anchor chart and 15 worksheets focusing on shades of meaning and related words. These worksheets can be used as independent practice, in small groups, given as homework, or even as assessments. The worksheets in this packet were designed for 2nd graders and built around the 2nd grade language standard L2.5, but can be used with 1st and 3rd graders as well to boost vocabulary skills. Included in t
This is a set of SKIP COUNTING TO 100 activities that you can use for distance learning or virtual learning. These task cards are for Google Slides™. All 28 word problem slides will have students practicing to skip count by 2s, 5s, and 10s up to 100. Students will finish pattern typing the missing numbers and will identify the skip counting pattern for a given set of numbers. Great for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders! Included in this digital download is the following items: Slides 2-4: Studen
Heart Words Color By Code Mystery Pictures – Lesson 1.19–1.20 Make heart word practice engaging, meaningful, and fun with these no-prep Color by Code Mystery Pictures aligned to structured literacy and Science of Reading instruction. Students strengthen automatic recognition of heart words (high-frequency words) while revealing a hidden mystery picture — turning phonics practice into an exciting literacy activity! Perfect for reinforcing heart word lessons introduced during explicit phonics
K - 3rd
English Language Arts, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Reading
Engage your students in creative writing this Halloween with the How to Catch a Monster informational writing mini-unit. This resource is perfect for teachers looking for a fun, standards-aligned writing activity that’s easy to prep and highly engaging. Get your students writing with creativity, structure, and purpose—all wrapped in a spooky, monster-catching theme. This mini-unit is perfect for your October or Halloween writing plans and helps students practice informational (“how-to”) writi
Help your 1st and 2nd grade students master addition and subtraction within 100 using a hundreds chart strategy! This resource features number-paths on themed hundreds charts to make math visual, engaging, and conceptually clear. What this resource does: Makes addition/subtraction less abstract by showing visible paths across the hundreds chart. Builds students’ number sense, place-value understanding, and ability to see numerical patterns—skills that help with mental math and estimation. Gives
These Christmas graphing activities for 1st and 2nd grade include bar graphs, picture graphs, and tally charts that help young learners build data skills in a fun, holiday-themed way. Perfect for math centers, morning work, and December review. What’s Included: Christmas-themed picture graphs Bar graphs with easy-to-read data Tally chart activities Simple graphing practice pages (count, tally, graph, answer questions) Cut-and-paste graphing options for hands-on learners Graph interpretation que
This Christmas themed common core aligned writing activity is a must have for your holiday season. Santa is Stuck and needs your students help! In this no-prep writing activity, your students will be explaining “How-To” get Santa out of the chimney! The ideas are endless! This writing activity is perfect for a whole group informational or "how-to" writing unit or can be placed in a writing center. It is an easy, no-prep writing unit that will have your students LOVING writing during the holida
I am currently a 2nd grade teacher and love what I do! I have been a teacher for 25 years. Throughout my 25 years of teaching, I have taught 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade.
My own education history
I received a Bachelor's of Science degree in Early and Elementary Education from Jacksonville State University. I received my Master's of Arts Degree specializing in Reading and Literacy from Walden University.
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I am a second grade teacher and a Mom and Wife. I am married and have 2 beautiful teenage girls. When I am not teaching, I love creating products for teachers, reading, spending time outdoors and with my family.
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