Happy Friday! My life has been consumed with moving and school! Talk about tired. But we’ve been overloaded with fun activities in 2nd grade thanks to amazing teacher-bloggers, teacher-instagrammers, and pinterest {my 3 favorite places to look now, sorry Google}!
Check out what we’ve been up to thanks to creative teachers everywhere…
{How adorable are these new numbers from Jen Jones at Hello Literacy?}
Sprouting Seeds in a Baggy
Our baggy lima beans went crazy!
{yes it grew this wild in a plastic bag with NO SOIL}
Intervention
We started our after school intervention for the kiddos who need just a little {okay…a LOT} more help. I’m the Phonics Intervention Specialist {self appointed ;)}! I love giving phonics instruction. Here are the activities I’ve snagged from other wonderful teachers.
Sound Boxes from Jen at The Teacher’s Cauldron. Check out her post on these sound boxes here.
I’ve mostly been using it for them to use sound/spelling patterns in a more organized way than just dictation on paper or a whiteboard.
Obviously this is best done in a small group setting, so what’s more perfect than 7 little intervention kids? They loved it to say the least..
I recently saw this from Adventures in Whole Brain Teaching. But thanks to everyone else who’s posted it on instagram 😉
Text Features
We discovered and labeled text features in non-fiction! Talk about exciting! My kids are beginning to love post-it’s as much as me!
Thanks to The Teacher’s Calderon & Ashley Schroeder for sharing the idea!
Place Value, Place Value, PLACE VALUE!
We’ve been overloading the concepts of place value into their little brains this week. Here are some GREAT activities that helped with grasping the different concepts of place value. Total success.
Expanded Form: I love this activity for expanded form and showing the value of each place.
You can find my TpT Free Expanded Form Roll a Dice here.
Place Value Initials: I saw this idea from Ms. Amy Lemons from Step Into Second Grade. I modified it a little by using initials only, she did full names. The kids build their initials and count the 10’s and 1’s they used and tell the value of their initials. Fun & a quick check on who knows how to count tens and ones.
Marshmallow Place Value: a fun way to reinforce hundreds, tens, and ones! My kids told me today–can we do this everyday??? If only marshmallows weren’t so sugary..
{I can’t remember where this came from…if you do, please let me know!}
Today is my wonderful big brother’s birthday! Happy Birthday 🙂
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Enjoy the weekend!
Catherine says
Looks like you're working hard and making learning fun! The marshmallow place value activity is from, I believe, Abby Mullins from The Inspired Apple. I first saw it posted on her blog last year or the year before. 🙂 Have a great day!
Angie Olson says
Hi Jen! What a cute and useful blog you have! I love the chevrons BTW! I came across your blog from the list of 2nd grade blogs listed under Caffeine and Lesson Plan's blog. I, too, am a 2nd grade teacher. I look forward to reading more about what you do in your classroom as the year goes on!
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