Pinteresting Boards for 2nd Grade Teachers

If you teach second grade, you should check out these collaborative boards on Pinterest:

• 2nd Grade Blogs
• 2nd Grade -- $5 & Under
• Math for Second Grade
• Grades 1-2: TPT
• Super Second Grade
• Sailin' in Second
• Common Core Math K-2
• Common Core Literacy K-2
• Second Grade Free Stuff
• *Kinder, First, and Second Grade Common Core Math
• 2nd Grade Specific
• Second Grade Materials under $3
• K-2nd Worksheet Free Zone
• SecondGradeSquad
• 2nd Grade Collaboration
• K-3rd Freebie Round-Up!
• Super 2nd Grade
• TLAP in 2nd Grade
• Teaching Resources to Share K-2
• Teaching Resources to Share K-2 Math
• 2nd Grade Classroom
• 2nd Gr. Common Core
• 2nd Gr. Common Core - Collaborative
• 2nd Grade :)
• Back to School K-2

If you have a favorite 2nd grade collaborative board on Pinterest that isn't listed, please put the address in a comment. I'll gladly add more to the list.

Happy pinning!

G/T and Enrichment Differentiation

Do you find it taxing, daunting even, to provide challenges for your gifted and talented students?  Is differentiation difficult?  Do enrichment opportunities elude you?

If you answered "Yes" to any of these questions, then I have many gifts for you.

Because I am passionate about G/T, differentiation, and enrichment, I've been creating materials for these areas for more decades then I care to admit.  My experience with G/T and enrichment students ranges from teaching multi-age gifted students in a private school -- to creating district-wide programs for pull-out enrichment -- to providing differentiated instruction in my heterogeneous classroom -- to instructing university students in graduate level gifted education courses.

Among the materials I create are language arts curricula combined with critical thinking and problem solving.  One of the most popular categories is Hink Pinks, Hinky Pinkies, Hinkity Pinkities, and Hitinkity Pitinkities.  Kiddos love them because they are learning disguised as fun. Teachers can't get enough of them because they really make students think.

You can unwrap a FREE gift of these ridiculously fun and addictive word riddles by clicking here.  Currently, there are 3 more FREE Hink Pink, et al. products that you can grab by going here.  Try them; I think you'll like them.

99¢ Store on TpT

I'm pleased to announce the launch of my 99¢ store on TPT.  There are dozens of products listed there for just 99¢.  The inventory will change often, so stop in frequently for incredible bargains.  Go here!

I've spent years creating and refining products so that you can save your TIME for family, friends, and fun.  

Birthday Sale on TN

Sale starts 6/27/13.

Shop here.

Birthday Sale on TpT

June 23 - June 24, 2013

Shop here.

What the Teacher Said

Having been a teacher for more than 30 years, I've said a lot.  But that's not what this post is about.  This post is about what teachers have said about my products.

My teaching passions are many, but chief among them are materials that promote critical thinking and problem solving.  My appetite for this was first whetted wwwaaaaayyyyy back in my second year of teaching when I attended a state conference on gifted education.  It was there that I was first introduced to the  critical thinking activity, Hink Pinks, and their cousins, Hinky Pinkies and Hinkity Pinkities.  

 My enthusiasm for Hink Pinks et al. has never waned.  Indeed, I have used them with every class from 1st grade to 5th. It takes a little more prompting to get 1st graders to combine syllable constraints with synonyms, but there is nothing more rewarding than seeing that "lightbulb moment" when a little one gets it.

You can see examples of my Hink Pinks et al. by going here.  Several of them are free! If you try them, I think you will like them. But, you don't have to take my word for it.  Here's what the teachers said:

If you would like to check out my Hink Pink et al. products, click here.  By the way, they are CCSS aligned.

FREEBIES!

(To the tune of A Bicycle Built for Two)

Freebies, freebies  ♪ ♫ 
Everyone loves freebies.  ♫
They are sublime!        ♪ ♫
They save you oh so much time! ♪
So go to my TpT store  ♪ ♫
Where you'll find freebies galore!  ♪ ♫   
'Cause if you do    ♫ ♪ ♫
I promise you    ♪ ♫ ♪
Will find freebies that you adore.  ♫ ♪ ♪

Click here.