Word Problem Posters

I made some posters to help my kids remember what operation to do when solving word problems.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-PPrHmWft7fbGg4SnN1X1dnRVk

Inquiry

Wow!  I can't believe that June is flying by!  I am teaching summer school so my mornings are still filled with teaching.  I love it!  The kids are so cute and want to learn to read and do math better. 

I have been really racking my brain to think about next year.  Our school is now a charter and all of us will be teaching using the inquiry based approach.  This is basically giving the kids a topic and then they come up with questions they have about it.  Of course we guide them to think of questions that will answer the common core first and but then we dig deeper, teaching them to ask better questions to find out more than just the facts.  We do research from many sources but mainly using technology and then do a project showing what we have learned.  It is so exciting to see the kids love learning!  I think they feel more ownership of what they are learning so it has more meaning.  We began this 2 years ago and our test scores have improved so it seems to be a successful approach so far! 

I am going to post some of the worksheets I have come up with to help record the questions we come up with along with the information that is gathered.  I want it to be easy for the kids to understand so if you have any suggestions, please feel free to send them!  We are always looking for ways to improve!


https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-PPrHmWft7fV01URm5LWVluUjA

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-PPrHmWft7fVTFvbWVuVktMbkE

Welcome Summer

So...June has arrived and school is behind us for a bit.  We are really excited to help teachers out there that are just beginning as teachers or feel pulled in every direction by creating units that would help you. 

We want your ideas!  What are units you need and/or want created?  Give us feedback and we will see what we can come up with for you. 

Our First Blog!

   Hi!  We are so excited to begin our blog! We have just started reading blogs and buying items on TpT and decided that we wanted to share some of the great things going on in our classrooms! 

   But first, I guess we should tell a little about ourselves.  We are two good friends that work together teaching second grade.  We have known each other for about six years and although we are at different places in our lives, we have become good friends and have the same teaching philosophy and style.  However, we are first and foremost Christians, loving Jesus and growing in our faith in Him.   Since we are close like sisters and like sisters in the Lord - voila! The Second Grade Sisters begins! So this blog will be a little personal sprinkled in with a lot of professional happenings in our classrooms!  And the best part is, you get TWO people's-worth of ideas not just one on the SAME blog!  A deal for sure! LOL!

                                                                                  The older half of the Second Grade Sisters