Month: October 2014

October 21, 2014

I’m a little late sharing my plans but better late than never, right?? My plans have a bunch of freebies linked for you. All you need to do is download the file to get the link. I would love a comment too! We are reading pumpkin books this week for fiction skills and also for…

October 19, 2014

Fall is my favorite time of year. I love all the fun themes that can be taught during this time of year.  On Friday, my grade will be taking a trip to a pumpkin patch and I am so excited. So this week will be focused on pumpkins. Our main comprehension skill is cause and…

October 14, 2014

Main idea is such a tough skill for second graders. It seems like I can never teach it enough for my students to understand it. I’ve been trying to hit main idea in as many ways as I can and throw in a bit of science or social studies too. Science and social studies have…

October 13, 2014

This is a short school week for me because of fall break. It never fails that I end up sick on fall break. Ugh! Oh well, at least I have time to recover.  Because this is a short week, we do not have a reading story to do so we are going to be studying…