Caring Classroom

Tired of resources that you have to mix and match together for the best fit for your second graders? This mini unit is everything you need to help your students understand syllable division rules and tricks. This is a FLEXIBLE resource! You can use the practice sheets and slides altogether as a unit, or you can use them throughout the year as extra practice or with corresponding phonics units. Get this mini unit now for: lesson slides with teacher notes and video linkssound cards with the syll

Tired of resources that you have to mix and match together for the best fit for your second graders? This unit is EVERYTHING your students need to master reading and spelling words with digraphs and trigraphs! This curriculum is best for whole-group instruction with some small group supports and activities in place. Lessons should take about 10 minutes or less per day with extra worksheets and activities included for each lesson! Each lesson includes either phonological or phonemic awareness an

Tired of resources that you have to mix and match together for the best fit for your second graders? These units have EVERYTHING your students need to master reading and spelling words with 2nd grade phonics skills! This curriculum is best for whole-group instruction with some small-group supports and activities in place. Lessons should take about 10 minutes or less per day with extra worksheets and activities included for each lesson! Each lesson includes either phonological or phonemic awarene

These sound wall posters were designed for second graders and older students in mind! Filled with rich vocabulary, easy to see pictures, and color coded sounds - these posters are perfect for any sound wall. And, you get individual PNG images of each poster (for personal use only) so you can print and resize to your heart's desire - or even attach them to your daily slides! A phonics sound wall is an educational tool used in elementary classrooms to support literacy development by visually repre

This bundle is now complete! - 2nd Grade Grammar Curriculum Bundle - Groovy Grammar! This curriculum is designed to engage students with 2nd-grade grammar skills via several different modalities so their learning really sticks. Each lesson is rooted in Common Core State Standards and has matching modified activities that use the Alternate Achievement Standards. Each unit includes a variety of resources from lessons and anchor charts to games like charades or write the room! Click on each unit

Those Wonders alphabet cards so many of us have up in our rooms? They're huge, ugly, and (shh) I've lost two of mine! Included are 45 re-sizable, cute, and relevant posters that you can display or use in small groups. I have a 4x6 size hanging on my wall with magnets (easy to take down/rearrange) and a smaller set hole-punched on a binder ring ready for centers. You will get 45 png (image) files plus one PowerPoint file with the posters sized at 4x6 inches. Key Features Include: a-z alphabet c

Included:color and b&w PDFcolor and b&w partially editable PowerPointStudents are asked what they were doing, what the rule is, how their choice affected others, and what they can do to make it better. Background:This resource was created to work with my school's research-based behavior systems. We implement RULER (Yale's Center for Emotional Intelligence), PBIS, and Restorative Justice. This resource works with all three programs. At my school, this sheet is used as a "C3" or: consistent remi

These writing pages were designed to work with Growing Educators' and Lucy Calkin's writing workshops. They are editable, though, so you could use them for any type of informational writing unit! Included: Title PageWriting Page with PictureFully Lined Writing PageTable of ContentsQuestion/AnswerHow ToFun FactsGlossaryDiagramAbout the AuthorPrimary Lined/Modified versions of ALL the above!Updates for life! If I ever create another page or modify an existing page, I will update the resource and

These graphic organizers work perfectly with 'matter stations' I set up 3 stations in the classroom as follows: 1. Scales 2. Measuring Tape and Cups 3. Balloon Measuring Experiment It's a great way to have kids observe and experiment with measuring matter!

This is a short lesson worksheet for a health/empathy unit all about students' feelings. This worksheet can help build students' understandings of their own feelings, and come to understand others through sharing. This is great for building an empathetic and caring classroom community!

In So Cal, a groundhog's shadow doesn't predict much...But Mojave Maxine at The Living Desert does! The worksheet and passage were derived using the Mojave Maxine webpage linked below. There is a printer-friendly letter from Maxine, including the times she's come out in the past. Supposedly, the time she comes out of her burrow signals when Spring will start. Both the passage and the letter include great vocab words like brumation, hibernation, reptilian, insulated, and burrows! Students can a