Seasonal Units Part 2
Adventures in Second Grade
by Mrs. Youel
5y ago
So from late December/January til the end of the year (May for us).  I will say I don't do Mother's Day or Father's Day since those are handled in the classroom.  Plus, you have those students who are raised by grandparents or in foster situations, so I like to avoid those, if possible. Sorry for skipping a few weeks - we had the shock of our lives when my 18 year old, 4 days post graduation, was diagnosed with leukemia!  He had complained about his leg hurting and my husband thought, at worst, a hernia.  Imagine our shock when he got that diagnosis! So I've been spending a lot of time in the ..read more
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Seasonal Units (Part 1)
Adventures in Second Grade
by Mrs. Youel
5y ago
Last time I blogged, I mentioned I'd do some lessons on emotions as well as a fall seasonal one.  I am still going to share the "emotions" one, but for this post, I thought I would just throw all the seasonal ones I do together. If you're like my district, you do have students that celebrate and don't celebrate certain holidays.  I tend to leave some of the traditional ones to the individual classrooms, but there are some that I do in the library that I feel are appropriate for everyone, no matter what you do or do not celebrate! So let's go!Book:  Monster Needs a Costume by Paul Czajak (Octob ..read more
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Friendship and Sharing: Kindergarten Unit 2
Adventures in Second Grade
by Mrs. Youel
5y ago
The second unit for Kindergarten was "Friendship and Sharing."  It's a hard concept for those that are not used to a school environment or a class size of 20.  Not to mention the playground!  So, using the following books, we focused on positive messages: Dinosaurs series by Jane Yolen Elephant and Piggie series by Mo Willems Groovy Joe by Eric Litwin Snatchabook by Helen Docherty I would have used Pete the Cat and I used to do a unit on different Pete books, but now it's part of Kindergarten curriculum, so I didn't want to "double up", but it is fun to read later because the whole "Did Pe ..read more
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Flexible Schedule and Starting Over
Adventures in Second Grade
by Mrs. Youel
5y ago
So here's to keeping up with my blog (again)!  Next year, I'll be leaving our resource rotation and going to a flexible schedule.  I'm excited, but a little nervous about it.  I had to wait to announce it, so I haven't had too much time to work on teacher buy-in before the end of our school year.  So, I'm compiling a list of questions and ideas on a Google Doc to talk to my administrator as well as keeping all my ideas in one place (and not on various sticky notes that can get lost!).  I have the wonderful help of a Facebook Group - Learning Librarians - which is super helpful!  Out of our fou ..read more
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Google Certified Training And a Few Surprises
Adventures in Second Grade
by Mrs. Youel
5y ago
So, wow, it's been almost a year since I last posted - no excuses, right?  I'm currently taking training to be a Level 1 and 2 Google Certified Teacher and when Blogger came up as one of the assignments, I was a little ashamed that I had to blow the dust off my Blog!  Have you been certified as a teacher or trainer?  I honestly thought I knew a lot about Google - how to use everything with it - but whoah, it has surprised me how much I DIDN'T KNOW!  So what have I done with some of this newfound knowledge? Well, being the end of the year and our poor 3rd-5th graders testing (state mandated ..read more
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