2nd Grade Resources

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These 4 posters will have your kids feeling like super learners! The posters follow the Marzano self-assessment scale with hand signals to help engage your lessons.

The posters say: 

1: I need help. I don't understand.
2: Where's my sidekick? I can do it with some help.
3: I got it! I can do it all by myself.
4: I'm an expert! I can teach a friend!

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I hope this resource helps your students reflect on their own learning WHILE having fun at the same time! 

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- Jessica

Help your kids start the new year off with a good book and this fun January Reading Log :)

This product is a Reading Log for the month of January. The Reading Log includes the following columns:

Date
Title and Author of Book
Number of Pages
Number of Minutes
Parent Initial

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*A DIGITAL OPTION HAS BEEN INCLUDED FOR GOOGLE SLIDES/GOOGLE CLASSROOM* Be sure to re-download! There are directions and links inside the pdf. 

This printable booklet is a fun way for your students to reflect on the school year during the last few days. The booklet totals in 10 pages on the inside with a front and back cover. The pages are copied back to back and then folded to form a booklet which students and families can cherish forever! 

Booklet Pages include the following:
{These are the half-sheet pages of the booklet}

Front Cover- Best of 4th Grade! My End of Year Reflection
(The cover page comes in 8 versions K-6 as well as a generic one for any grade level.)
Page 1 - All About My Teacher 
Page 2 - People Say the Funniest Things-Speech Bubbles for funny or interesting things people said throughout the year (i.e. teachers, friends, principal, etc.)
Page 3 - Important People (6 Boxes for illustrations &lines for captions, yearbook style format)
Page 4 - Top Ten Things You Should Know That I Loved About This School Year!
Page 5 - Top Ten Things You Should Know About My Teacher
Page 6 - Top Ten Things I Learned This Year
Page 7 - Top Ten Things You Should Know About Our school
Page 8 - Top Ten Moments to Remember
Page 9 - Autographs 
Page 10 - Autographs
Back - All About the Author 

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Happy Teaching!
- Jessica

This resource is a unique way to get your students warmed up in the morning. The math is aligned to 5th Grade Common Core Standards and meant to be a review. If you teach 6th grade, this might also work for you depending on your students’ needs.

Each month contains 4-5 (except for August) weeks of math morning work, which will have a theme around the season, national holidays, or events associated with that particular month. The morning work is focused on Math with a sprinkle of Science, a pinch of grammar, and a dash of Daily/Weekly Updates to keep your students engaged and open doors for conversations. At the beginning of the year, the math will be mostly 4th Grade review and increase in difficulty as the year goes on. However, the morning work is intended to be a review to keep students engaged, build confidence, and complete with independence.

Each week follows the same routine. The focus for each day was created based on fundamental needs I noticed in my own classroom: Multiplication & Division, Number Sense, & Fractions (including Fractions & Decimals). While these are not the only areas addressed, they are the main focus. Each week follows the same routine and structure:

• Multiplication Monday- Problems are centered around Multiplication.

• Base Ten Tuesday- All about the Base of our Number System. These problems are centered around our number system and place value.

• Wordless Wednesday- No Word Problems! Students have 3 problems without words.

• Throwback Thursday- Review Day! Other days may offer a review problem, but Thursdays are typically focused on review. I also added problems from other standards such as Measurement, Data, and Geometry. There is also a short paragraph in which students Box the Verbs, Circle the adjectives, and Underline the nouns. There may also be a short sentence or paragraph in which students edit the sentence or answer a question after reading a short paragraph related to Social Studies or Science.

• Fraction Fun Friday- Nothing says Fun Friday like Fractions! There is always a need to review fractions. By keeping it short, sweet and including a fun personal question, this may help build your students’ confidence in fractions while also keeping it fresh.
  

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Who needs a pot of gold when you have a good book?!

Help your kids love reading and keep track of their reading progress with this fun March Reading Log :)

This product is a Reading Log for the month of March. The Reading Log includes the following columns:

Date
Title and Author of Book
Number of Pages
Number of Minutes
Parent Initial 

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This resource contains plans for the Read Aloud How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara & G. Bryan Karas. In addition, this resource also has a Pumpkin Investigation Sheet that you can use in class!

This fun read aloud is perfect for the month of October. The plans are notes for the teacher to refer to as you are reading the book and also notes for when to stop along the way to do Pumpkin Investigations in your own room. The notes are on squares that can be cut and pasted onto Post-It notes. When placed in the book on the designated pages, your Read Aloud is prepped and ready to go!

Each Post - It square contains either a Think Aloud prompt or Question with an Example Student Response to help guide you in your read aloud. You can use as many or as few as you would like. The last post-it is intended to be blank for you to add any other teaching ideas. The questions can also be used as a formative assessment and are centered around:

• Characters

• Character Relationships

• Scientific Observations

• Activity Breaks

In order to use the Post-It Notes and place them on the appropriate page, it helps to add the page numbers to the book if they are not already listed.

For the purposes of these plans, page 1 starts with “Charlie liked school..”

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This product could be used by printing the pages onto card stock (or regular white paper). I suggest laminating the cards. There are several ways in which you could display the cards in your classroom. 

1. Bulletin Board Display
2. Attach to two pieces of ribbon, then use clothespins for student names.
3. Laminate and use magnets on a white board.
4. Any way you choose! 

Inside the zipped file, you will find the Job Cards (jobs listed below), Our Classroom Jobs Checklist, EDITABLE Our Classroom Jobs Checklist (in case you want to use only some of the jobs, Our Classroom Jobs Display Header. This resource includes the following jobs:

1. Line Leader
2. Door Holder
3. Classroom Librarian
4. Ticket Master (I use tickets as a reward system in my classroom. Students earn tickets for good behavior. They write their name on the ticket and put the tickets into a bucket. I draw two names at the end of the week for a Homework Pass, Computer Time, or Lunch with the Teacher. The student who has the job of the Ticket Master is responsible for giving out tickets when I am teaching or any owed tickets at the end of the day.)
5. Messenger One
6. Messenger Two
7. Cleanup Crew
8. Pencil Patrol
9. Lights and Technology
10. Teacher’s Assistant
11. Paper Passer
12. Time Keeper
13. Classroom Columnist {One}- I have students keep track of events happening in our classroom. I then use this in my Classroom Newsletter 
14. Classroom Columnist {Two}
15. Classroom Columnist {Three}
16. Classroom Columnist {Four}
17. Job Manager- This person keeps track of who is doing what when a job needs to be done. They get to keep track of the checklist!
18. Materials Manager
19. Board and Behavior Updater
20. Homework Manager
21. Desk Inspector
22. Recycling Specialist
23. Green Thumb Gardener
24. Job Substitute

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This resource contains posters to display the 10 IB Learner Profiles and a quote associated with each profile. These can be displayed in your classroom as a poster and used to help teach each of the IB Learner Profiles. Please note there are multiple quotes/posters for some of the profiles because there are some amazing quotes out there! So, you have choices for some of the profiles. 

What's Included:
Posters for each of the 10 IB Learner Profiles
Inquirer 
Knowledgeable
Thinker
Communicator
Principled
Caring (x2)
Balanced (x3)
Risk-Taker (x2)
Reflective (x2)
Open-Minded (x2)

Classmate Recognition Card:
I used these in my 4th grade classroom to help students notice the Learner Profiles in their classmates. Students filled out the card and put in a drop box or you could also display on a bulletin board. Students write what they noticed another classmate doing to show the IB Learner Profile. For example…

Cody showed he was a Risk-Taker when he shared his thinking in Math.

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Happy Teaching!
- Jessica

This reading log has students color in one s'more each evening that they read! There are no dates or amount of reading time needed written on the form.

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Help your students stay accountable for their school attendance. This dog-themed attendance data collection helps your students track their attendance throughout the entire school year. 

Attendance can be an issue in the classroom, thus affecting student achievement. This data sheet will help your students track and reflect on their own attendance. By collecting this data, it opens more doors for students to set goals for themselves as well as see the relationship between their presence at school and their academic success.

The data sheets can be used as part of their Morning Work routine or as a Weekly Update. In our classrooms, this became a part of their data folders that were presented to parents at Student-Led Conferences. This was effective as well for parents to see their child’s attendance in a visual model. 

This might also be helpful identifying students with attendance issues or to recognize students who have perfect attendance. 

The data collection sheets can be printed front to back or you could shrink them down and have two on the front page and two on the back. Each day, students shade in with a colored pencil to show they are present. They can either leave absent days blank or shade in with a different color. I suggest you define the colors! You might also shade in days where there is no school black to avoid any confusion. How you have students do this is completely up to you! There are a variety of possibilities. 

If you find other useful ways to use this resource, we would love to hear from you! help@theliteracyloft.com

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We appreciate any feedback and hope you find this product as useful as we did! 

Happy Tracking!
Erin and Jessica

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I created this resource after seeing success with the Math version in my own classroom that you can find HERE!

How can you cover a LOT of critical content in a LITTLE amount of time? This ELA + Math Morning Work is a unique way to get your students warmed up in the morning.

ABOUT THE ELA MORNING WORK:

The bundle includes morning work for the months of August - June. Each month includes 4-5 weeks of morning work. The morning work is focused on ELA 2nd Grade Common Core Standards. Each day has a thematic structure to cover Language Standards, Grammar, as well as enhance Vocabulary and Comprehension skills.

• Meaningful Monday: Monday is focused on making meaning. Tasks will focus on vocabulary and comprehension. At the beginning of the year, tasks will include drawing a picture to go with the sentence, matching words to pictures, write about the picture, real or nonsense words, and match the sentence to the picture.
• Take a Try Tuesday: Tuesdays lead to Text Structure Tuesday in the above grade levels. In 1st Grade, students will write about the text, write about the picture, complete the sentence, and move into comprehension questions and vocabulary as the year progresses.
• Wordy Wednesday: Wednesday is all about working with words. Tasks include phonics activities, spelling sorts, homophones, and other word work activities.
• Throwback Thursday: Thursday is all about grammar usage and conventions.
• Fluency Friday: Friday is dedicated to building fluency. Students will work with sight words, complete close reading activities, poetry activities, and anything related to building fluency.

ABOUT THE MATH MORNING WORK:

• Mathematician Monday- Problems are centered around 1st Grade math review and problems leading up to the understanding of more complex problems, especially Multiplication & Division. In the 3rd-5th Grade morning work, it is called Multiplication Monday.
• Base Ten Tuesday- All about the Base of our Number System. These problems are centered around our number system and place value.
• Wordless Wednesday- No Word Problems! Students have 3 problems without words.
• Throwback Thursday- Review Day! Other days may offer a review problem, but Thursdays have problems that may come from Kindergarten or the beginning of the year. We also added problems from other standards such as Measurement, Data, Geometry, and Number Patterns.
• Fun Friday- Nothing says Fun Friday like Math! There is always a need to review. By keeping it short and sweet and including a fun personal question, this may help build your students’ confidence with different math skills while also keeping it fresh. The problems may also lead up to the understanding of Fractions in 2nd grade.

-Jessica

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This is a simple reading log to give to your students over the Thanksgiving Break. The reading log states students will receive a reward upon returning their reading log. Please be sure this is something you want to do before purchasing this product. 

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