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Moving from K to 2nd - what will help the most?

by Allison W

Apr 6, 2009

Hey gang!

It's been a long time since I've posted here... but 09-10 will be my 6th year of teaching. I did K for my first year, 1st grade for the next two, and then K again for the past two.

Now I'm being moved to 2nd. I actually always wanted to teach 2nd grade (I did my student teaching in 2nd and loved it) but all my stuff is for K-1! (Mostly K)

So besides teacher's manuals and the state standards, what kinds of resources do you guys feel are "must-haves" for teaching 2nd grade? It's definitely going to be a switch. One of my fav resources is the "Organize Now" books for each month.. so I plan on gradually adding the grade 2-3 edition to my files...

But what else will help? I know I'll be doing Guided Reading & Open Court... we also use Everyday Counts for calendar and Think Math... I think my biggest benefit will be to find out what I can do in GR with 2nd graders. In K- 1st a lot of the focus was on decoding. 2nd graders for the most par...See More

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Debbie On 4/06/09, Allison W wrote: > Hey gang! > > It's been a long time since I've posted here... but 09-10 > will be my 6th year of teaching. I did K for my first year, > 1st grade for the next two, and then K again for the past > two. > > Now I'm being moved to 2nd. I actually always wanted to > teach 2nd grade (I did my stu...See MoreOn 4/06/09, Allison W wrote: > Hey gang! > > It's been a long time since I've posted here... but 09-10 > will be my 6th year of teaching. I did K for my first year, > 1st grade for the next two, and then K again for the past > two. > > Now I'm being moved to 2nd. I actually always wanted to > teach 2nd grade (I did my student teaching in 2nd and loved > it) but all my stuff is for K-1! (Mostly K) > > So besides teacher's manuals and the state standards, what > kinds of resources do you guys feel are "must-haves" for > teaching 2nd grade? It's definitely going to be a switch. > One of my fav resources is the "Organize Now" books for > each month.. so I plan on gradually adding the grade 2-3 > edition to my files... > > But what else will help? I know I'll be doing Guided > Reading & Open Court... we also use Everyday Counts for > calendar and Think Math... I think my biggest benefit will > be to find out what I can do in GR with 2nd graders. In K- > 1st a lot of the focus was on decoding. 2nd graders for the > most part will have that part down so I'll need to work on > other skills. > > Thanks in advance and sorry for the long post! I'm just a > little nervous. :) > > Allison Congrats! I've taught 2nd for 11 years. They are obviously more independent but still want your approval (is this OK?). I find 2nd to be a year to fine tune the skills introduced in K-1. Most reading problems have been diagnosed. You'll need some easy chapter books because your proficient readers will need those (Junie B.Jones, Magic Tree House, BFG, etc.)You'll still need math manipulatives, especially base 10 blocks. Many 2nd graders are eager to start cursive writing. You'll have some that have beautiful printing and some who look like they've just learned. Some 2nd graders have moved into the next Piaget stage while some are still in concrete operations and those who have one foot in one, and the other foot in the other. Some still believe in Santa Clause/EasterBunny/Tooth Fairy, etc and some who don't but aren't quite sure. Some are quite tall physically while some are still little peanuts! I'm sure that you're going to enjoy 2nd grade!

Apr 7, 2009

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Barbara You will love second grade. Go to powerteaching.com. They helped me a lot with management skills.

On 4/06/09, Allison W wrote: > Hey gang! > > It's been a long time since I've posted here... but 09-10 > will be my 6th year of teaching. I did K for my first year, > 1st grade for the next two, and then K again for the past >...See More

Apr 9, 2009

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