Word Problems 2nd grade

A site the second grade team showed me to help 2nd graders with word problems.  Especially 2 set problems that will you work and things to put up on your board.

http://www.wherethemagichappensteaching.com/2016/10/word-problems-its-all-about.html

Tina and Mrs. Scott teachers Tips

Tina teachers Tips

• Bulletin boards: cute butcher paper, it looks simple
• print off dibels (intervention) sheets online very useful at parent teacher conference
• --Tina's emailed this to me
• Birthdays: each student writes about that person for their bday
• Find black outline, write spelling words over
• Math Challenge 2: blue and green for fast finishers
• Order: white notebooks from district
• Handwriting for wonders; "Be fun/goofy and positive praise a lot"
• Unit/Week into file folders; for wonders
• Dr. Suess book cut out from target to get word wall
• BEHAVIOR: for class use DOJO app, each kids a monster, tables pts am and pm groups, get a prize make coupons, 3 kids w/ the highest score, parents have access to it.
• DOLL on desk, for am/pm students that are doing best
• Focus on INTRINSIC/EXTRINSIC motivation; countdown then give warning for DOJO points 
• use GOMATH; use the interventions
• WONDERS: graphic organizers put in clear folder so you can REUSE them! 

Mrs. Scott Tips

• Do day by day planning (this will SAVE you lots of time) 
• Collen has keys (get books, say books 1a/2b) cardboard
• set reading levels; DRA meetings;

TO BUY:

• Speakers (bluetooth),  see if another teacher has one 
• Have a microphone,  see if another teacher has one 
• Home depo aprons; 47cents on side of desk to put tools in 
• Target: check front desk, pocket chart organizers 
• Get a school calendar
• Recording App (free) for EDTPA, Janna can help, get done over xmas break 
• Sub for graduation by March, go through the district 
• Correction Tape (3 rolls)
• Order 100 sheet protectors to give to Lora 

Teacher Resources!

Teacher Resources

• Postermywall- organizer for making templates or posters
• Canva- Images that you put the text over it 
• Adobe Spark- Make graphic organizers/posters 
• Powerpoint- make posters