This page is a directory to help you find all of the blog posts, tips, ideas, and downloads you might need when planning for Back to School.
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The resources we highly recommend to help you plan for an amazing year:
Morning Work (spiral review)
Homework (spiral review) – can be another option for a different, shorter style of morning work
Guided Discovery of School Tools
The 2nd Day of 2nd Grade Celebration
Morning Messages (no prep, paperless)
Word Play Phonics & Chunk Spelling Curriculum
Planning out your schedule
Read the blog post: Morning Routines: Setting the Stage for Success
Download the free guide: Morning Routines Planning Guide (download directly from the blog post above)
Read the blog post: My 2nd Grade Daily Schedule Part 1
Read the blog post: My 2nd Grade Daily Schedule Part 2
Making your plan for Guided Discovery
Read the blog post: Guided Discovery of School Tools
Download the free resource: Guided Discovery of Pencils
Get the full resource: Guided Discovery of School Tools
The First Day of School
Read the blog post: The First Day of School in 2nd Grade
Download the free guide: First Day of School Checklist for Success (download directly from the blog post above)
Download our first day of school script: Our First Day of School Script (download directly from the blog post above)
Download: Free Guided Discovery of Pencils
The First Week of School
Read the blog post: The First Week of School in 2nd Grade
Download: ATTA BOY Goal Sheet (download directly from the blog post above)
Read the blog post: The 2nd Day of 2nd Grade
Check out the full resource: The 2nd Day of 2nd Grade
Download: Free 2nd Day of 2nd Grade sampler
Download: Free All About Me & Me By the Numbers posters
Check out the resource: Back to School Bingo
Check out the resource: Back to School Glyph (non grade level specific, part of the 2nd day of 2nd grade bundle)
Download: Free Don’t Be Late Short Vowel Review game
Download: Free Just the Two of Us getting to know you game
Books we recommend:
The First 6 Weeks of School from Responsive Classroom
Tools for Teaching by Fred Jones
The First Days of School by Harry Wong
No More I’m Done by Jennifer Jacobson
The Daily 5: Fostering Literacy in the Elementary Grades by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser
Rules in School: Teaching Discipline in the Responsive Classroom by Kathryn Brady, Mary Beth Forton, Deborah Porter
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