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Tag Archives: Second Grade
With Criminal Intent
Last week on my way to work – with a basket full of carefully wrapped presents resting in the passenger seat next to me – I pulled the car over fully intending to commit a crime. I did it for … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher
Tagged Children, Christmas, Gifts, Kids, Second Grade, Second Grade Happenings, Snowflake Poems, Students, Teaching
2 Comments
What a Treasure!
I teach second grade. This is my second year of teaching. When I was setting up my classroom last year, I had to do some serious prioritizing. One of the items that ended up on my “want” list, was to … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher
Tagged Children, Classroom, Classroom treasure box, Kids, Life, Lovin' my new treasure box, Second Grade, Teaching
13 Comments
Old School
An old box of dot matrix printer paper found collecting dust in a classroom closet. This paper, its glory days having come and gone, became a simple box of scrap paper in my classroom last year. We use it to … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher
Tagged Dot Matrix Paper, Jewelery, Kids, Second Grade, Teaching
5 Comments
Overwhelmed
Summertime is rapidly slipping away. I start back to work in 12 days. In 17 days it is Meet the Teacher Night and the students start back to school two days after that. I feel unprepared on so many levels. … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher, Random Thoughts
Tagged Children, Classroom Library, Dogs, Family, Kids, Legos, Life, Pets, Second Grade, Summer, Teaching, Travel
5 Comments
All in an Unplanned Ten Minutes
Today in class, small math groups ended early. I looked at the clock and realized that I had about ten minutes in which I had nothing planned. I usually have lined up across the lip of the white board, a … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher
Tagged Children, Kids, Life, Second Grade, Shel Silverstein, Small Moments, Teaching, The Giving Tree
4 Comments
Heroes
Tuesday’s writing assignment in my second grade classroom was to write about someone the students considered to be a hero in their lives – someone who has been important to them, has inspired them. We brainstormed ideas of who this … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher, Blogging/Writing
Tagged Elementary school, Grief, Heros, Kids, Second Grade, Teaching, Writer's Workshop, Writing
9 Comments
Valentine’s Day, Second Grade Style
Yesterday was not Valentine’s Day – unless you were an elementary school student or elementary school teacher. The first week of February the students cut out construction paper hearts and wrote on them who their favorite book character was and … Continue reading
Posted in Being a Teacher
Tagged Arts and Crafts, Children, Death, Family, Heart Shaped Crayons, Kids, Life, Loss, Love, Second Grade, Teaching, Valentine's Day
2 Comments
Dear Students
Dear Students, Good morning and welcome to Second Grade! This is going to be one very amazing year and I am glad that as your teacher, I get to share it with you. I have been thinking of what to … Continue reading
Posted in On Becoming a Teacher
Tagged Children, Education, First day of School, First year teacher, Life, Moving, School, Second Grade, Teaching
17 Comments
Shoes On The Wrong Feet 