2nd Grade Reading Street Planner on Sale

I was just looking at my statistics on TPT and saw how many people had my Reading Street Planner on their wish list.  I decided to put it on sale for today and tomorrow only.  If you have been wanting to purchase it now is a great time.  You can snag a copy for $5.00.  Enjoy!

Three-Digit Subtraction FREEBIE

We have been working hard on adding and subtracting three-digit numbers with regrouping.  My class did great with subtracting two-digit numbers.  When I threw in the hundred's place they were completely thrown for a loop.  So we have been working with manipulatives this week.  I think they are finally starting to get it.  This is the hardest concept for 2nd graders to get.  I made these cards to use with my intervention students.  I just love the qr codes.  You simply go to www.qrstuff.com to make your codes to copy and paste into your task cards.  Feel free to grab this freebie.  I ask that if you use it and enjoy it, that you would pin it on pinterest so that it can be shared with as many people as possible.  I just love getting ideas from other teachers.  I also love to read comments!!!!!  Just click on the picture below to download these cards from my TPT store for free.

We will start studying about MLK tomorrow.  I hope to post about our fun activities this weekend.

Next Tuesday is our 101st day of school.  We have lots of fun things planned.  I had my good friend Kristy make me this t-shirt to wear.  I love the way it turned out.  Click on the picture below to visit her Etsy shop. She also made our Kindergarten and 1st grade teachers shirts that say, "I survived 100 days of school".  They will celebrate the 100th day Friday.

Reading Street Resources

We had another busy week.  These weeks just keep flying by faster and faster.  I don't know where the time is going.  I am loving every day though.  I LOVE teaching 2nd grade!!!!  I can't imagine doing anything else.  I just stopped by to introduce a couple of items I added to my TPT store tonight.  I created a resource pack  last week to go with our Reading Street story,  Pearl and Wagner.  Today I made an even bigger resource pack to use this week with Dear Juno.  You can check them out in  my store. 

 

My Pearl and Wagner pack includes four skills practice pages to review phonics, vocabulary, and grammar.  You can grab it here.  I used the first practice as a pre test and the other practices to review with students who didn't do well on the pretest.  I also sent one home for homework the night before our test.

 

 

My Dear Juno pack includes 4 skills practice pages for phonics, vocabulary, and grammar.  It also includes a Long O word sort and a scoot game for verbs with singular and plural nouns.  You can grab it here. 

 

I will give both of these away to the first 3 people who comment.  I love to read comments!!!!

 

Reading Street Review for Unit 2 Test and a freebie

Sorry I abandoned my blog for a while.  My kids have been keeping me very busy.  My 7th grader is in the high school band and we have a had a band contest every weekend for the last month.  Yesterday was the state championship.  Our band is the State Champions for the 4th year in a row.  WOOHOO!!!!
Today I am letting my tired band student sleep in while I get some school work completed.  We just completed Unit 2 in our reading series.  It was a hard unit for my kids to understand.  They had a really hard time with nouns, especially possessive nouns.  They will have an even harder time next week when I give them the Unit 2 test and the questions are in a strange format.  So I created 5 different reviews to use to get them ready for the Unit test.  I plan on giving three of them for homework so they can get some one-on-one practice with their parents and using the other 2 as morning work this week.  Click on the picture to purchase the review in my TPT store.

 

I also completed my behavior calendar set for the rest of the year.  You can grab it for free in my TPT store by clicking the picture below.

 

I hope someone can use these.  We have been having lots of fun learning about bats and getting ready for Halloween.  We are also learning to regroup with two-digit addition.  I hope to come with some extra practice for this skill soon.

 





Scoot Over for this Fun Game!

If you have never played scoot with your class, you have to do it tomorrow!!!!  My principal was joking that I never let my class move.  I admit I love to be in control.  We do not talk or leave our seats in my class without permission to do so.  When I found this game I knew it was just what we needed.  You can review any skill while playing scoot.   You just need flashcards and an answer sheet. I didn't have any flashcards with 3-digit addition, so I made some.  I also made a Statements and Questions Scoot game. 

How to Play:  Place a flashcard at each desk.  Because I am a control freak, my kids are not allowed to touch the cards after I lay them down on the desk.  (Their fingers are sticky!)  Each child copies the problem on their answer sheet that corresponds with the number on their flashcard and solves the problem.  When  you say scoot, the students move to the next seat with their answer sheet.  The flashcards do not move.  Students then solve the next problem.  This continues untill everyone is back at their desk.  The trick is to keep them moving so quickly they don't have time to play around.  I make my students stand like soldiers to let me know that they are ready to scoot. 

Yesterday we played addition scoot to review 3-digit addition because we were having a test on it today.

Today we played my Statements and Questions scoot game.

You can puchase these in my TPT store by clicking on the images above. 

I will give both sets to the first 5 people to pin these games on pinterest and leave a comment with a link to your pin here.  Be sure to leave your e-mail address so I can send you your free copy.

If  you like these be sure to become a follower because I am working on a subtraction scoot game and a command and exclamation scoot game.  This is a game we will be playing all year!!!

Rockin Behavior Take Home Calendar - August

Do you use this clip chart behavior from The Inspired Apple?

I am using it this year.  I have been trying to figure out a way to send home the child's report to parents.  After seeing this  blog post on Teaching with Love and Laughter, I came up with a calendar to send home.  The kids will color in the chart on the right at the beginning of the month.  Each day they will draw a star with a crayon to show where their clip was for that day.  Parents will sign inside the calendar box each day.

You can get it here in my TPT store.  I will be adding other months as I make them so follow my blog and TPT store to get the coming months.  Enjoy!

Happy Birthday to Me! TPT Sale

Today is my 37th birthday.  It has been a great day so far!  I woke up to an e-mail that my first teachers-pay-teachers money had been transfered to my paypal account!  We went to my in-laws for a party with my whole family, except my sister :( (she had to work)  I got new running shorts, a t-shirt, a purse, 2 pair of earrings, some money, and a new otter box for my iPhone.  I really needed a new phone cover.  The kids had fun swimming and then having an ice fight with the ice from the cooler. 

I am throwing a flash sale on my Reading Street Planners to celebrate my birthday.  They are 20% off through tomorrow. 

I hope everyone is having a safe and fun 4th of July!

To make my birthday even better, I hear rain pounding on my window!!!!  Hooray!  I can't remember the last time it rained here.  

Kyle (my14 year old), Scott (my hubby), me, and Hunter (my 12 year old baby)

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My birthday cake.  These are the best cakes ever.  They come from King's Bakery in Meridian, MS.

I think I will go have another piece of cake now.  It's ok.  I started my first day of Couch to 5K this morning, so I already walked/ran it off.  :)

Happy 4th of July!!!!!

Math Poster Freebie

Sorry I haven't gotten the jobs chart started  completed yet.  Tomorrow will wrap up my third week of summer school with one left to go.  I have been working every afternoon in my classroom.  I am trying to get my room ready by the time summer school is over so that I don't have to step foot in school during July.  Yeah right, who am I kidding.  I really do plan on spending 99% of my time, at the pool, with my kids in July.  I will take my laptop or iPad with  me to design some things for next year.  So hopefully I will have some more freebies in July.  I created this for Kim tonight.  I hope you enjoy.  I plan on creating one in red, black & white to match my room also. 

I am off to go pack for a short trip to the beach this weekend with my sister-in-law and nieces.  I love spur-of-the-moment trips like this.  My boys and I are really excited.