Miss Second Grade

Use these fitness station cards to get your students moving and make basic workouts seem manageable. Our school does not have a PE teacher, and we are on our own to create activities for our elementary classes. These can be used in short rotations as a warm-up activity or as a longer activity that also includes time for jogging and water breaks. Each card includes basic directions for the exercise as well as a clip-art reference photo. The directions serve as a reminder for students of what t

This packet goes along with The Year of Billy Miller, the new book by Kevin Henkes about a second grader. This book is perfect for a beginning of the year read-aloud for a second grade class. The book is too high of a reading level for most second graders to read on their own, but they will love listening to the story as Billy navigates his way through the school year facing many of the same problems they will see (an annoying sister, a mean girl in his class, a big project, and a scary presen

This file contains 58 different labels featuring both popular series, genres, and leveled fiction books. Once printed, these fit perfectly on shoebox-sized bins (I use sterilite bins) and can be attached with tape or contact paper. They are colorful labels that will help keep your classroom library organized. Most feature clip-art or images of characters from popular series. Labels include: - Black Lagoon Adventured - Lemony Snicket - Eric Carle booka - Clifford the Big Red Dog - Berenstain B

This packet features a spin-off of the Gingerbread Man story. Students read short passages that describe the escape of the Gingerbread Man, stopping to solve math problems that go along with his adventure. The 13 math problems cover second grade standards and include - * addition and subtraction word problems * basic multiplication * time/elapsed time * perimeter * basic fractions * number sense (ordering numbers) The packet can be done with second graders either whole class or in small grou

Have students color these in to make your classroom's alphabet strip an original masterpiece! Just print our the file and give one letter to each student during one of the first days. Encourage them to be creative as they color. I get them laminated each year and hang them above the whiteboard at the front of our class. They serve as a reference for the students, a cute decoration, and a reminder of the first week of school. They're also a fun, no-prep activity for the first days when you ne

This file contains 12 different labels that correlate to Saxon math manipulatives. They fit perfectly on shoebox-sized bins (such as Sterilite or Rubbermaid) and can be attached with tape or contact paper. Labels include: -Clocks -Money -Pattern Blocks -Wrap-Ups (multiplication and addition) -Color Tiles -Tangrams -Base-Ten Blocks and Flats -3D Shapes (not a part of Saxon Math)

If your students are sick of practicing symmetry by dividing squares and hearts in half, let them practice with these fun worksheets. This packet includes 10 different symmetry practice sheets with content ranging from cartoon characters to more simple shapes like a butterfly and a flower. I hope your students will enjoy trying to recreate the pictures and reinforce their understanding of symmetry!

Includes 10 different Word Work cards. These were designed for a second grade class but could be used in K-3. They can be used with weekly spelling words, sight words, or high-frequency word lists given to each student. These can be printed full size (8 1/2 x 11") and used on folders or large ziplocs or printed smaller for use on bins, small ziplocs, drawers, small tubs etc. If applicable, supplies for completing the center can be placed inside the bag/bin. * Note, these cards do not contain

I created this to use with my students who rush through word problems in math. The idea is that each step of the bookmark is done with a different color - ideally a colored pencil but crayons or thin markers can be used as well. This forces students to go through each step and is also a motivator for my kiddos who love any excuse to use colored pencils! The steps correlate with the problem solving steps in our math curriculum, which is Saxon Math. These should be modeled (either whole class or

Short passages about each of the five branches of the military. Can be used with younger students and done whole group or small group. Older children (3rd-4th grade) could complete independently.

This booklet covers different multiplication strategies taught in 4th grade math. Included strategies are: area model, standard algorithm, place value chart, and partial products method. When glued together, the booklet has a flap for each strategy.

A great activity for the first days of school. Prompts are easy enough for students to work independently while you have a chance to put supplies away and get students settled on the first day. One option is to have students do this the first week, and then again at the end of the year to see how things have changed.