Questioning Anchor Charts

2nd Grade Sentence Surgery

Inspired by a post on Pinterest, my kiddos and I will be conducting sentence surgery this week! I took our vocabulary words from Frog and Toad All Year, Lesson 2 and used each vocab word in a sentence (one statement, one question). The students will receive 1 popsicle stick, 1 band-aid with a period on it, 1 band-aid with a question mark on it, and of course the sentence strips to perform their "surgery" on. 

Their job: As the sentence surgeon you must decide if any word in the sentence needs a capital letter (popsicle stick) and if the ending punctuation is a period or a question mark (band-aid's). 

Pics will be taken of my second graders completing this lesson, cannot wait! 

Anchor Charts!

Pinterest Inspirations!

Found on Pinterest this A.R. Line will help my 2nd graders avoid bickering about whose turn it is to take an A.R. Test!

With telling time being a 2nd grade indicator I thought this customized clock idea from Pinterest would be a perfect reference guide! 

DIY Clipboard

Looking to fix up an old clipboard? 

All you need is a roll of patterned duct tape (I got mine for $4 at Walmart) and I added a little extra touch to my polka dot theme by hot gluing a polka dot ribbon on the top :) 

Parent Orientation Goodies

As a beginning teacher I went way and beyond preparing for parent night! I made goodie bags, found cute parent sign in sheets, and created a power point presentation to play as parents mingle. 

My goodie bag poem goes:

I am so glad you are here!
I have some goodies for you!
The eraser is to let you know it is okay to make mistakes. We will correct them and learn from them no matter what it takes.
The smarties say you are really smart, and really special too.
The lifesaver is to let you know I am here for you.
The pencil represents the learning that we will do. School can be pretty tough but its a ton of fun too!

Organizing Pocket Chart

As a 2nd grade teacher I feel that buying this pocket chart was possibly one of the best investments I have made so far in my classroom. I purchased this on Amazon and it has just what I need for my weekly Harcourt Reading stories. 

If you'd like to purchase this pocket chart you can find it at the following link: 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F8QZME/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i01