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Practical Ideas & Resources for 2nd Grade Teachers


National Cheese Pizza Day Activities: A Fun Day of Pizza, Fractions, Sequencing & Writing
Looking for a fun way to celebrate National Cheese Pizza Day? We worked on sequencing, fractions, graphing, writing, and following directions, and then students made their own mini pizzas.


End-of-Year Reading Reflection Activities to Celebrate Student Growth
My first year as a reading interventionist went by so fast. It felt like one minute I was learning my students’ names and setting goals with them, and the next we were getting ready to wrap up the school year. One of my favorite parts of the year was watching students realize how much they had grown as readers. Some made big gains in decoding and fluency, while others became more confident or started enjoying reading more than they had before. As we got closer to the end of t


Book Review Templates for Students: An Easy Reading Response Activity
Book review templates are an easy way to help students organize their thoughts, share their opinions, and respond to the books they read.


Developmental Spelling in 2nd Grade
What’s Developmental Spelling? I am a believer in using a developmental spelling approach in my classroom. A developmental approach is a...
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