Mrs. Shaw’s Second Grade Class

       I feel it is very important for students to learn basic addition and subtraction facts. However, I was perplexed by the idea of students just memorizing and not fully having a solid conceptual foundation.  In second grade, I found some children are ready to memorize or learn facts by recall while others still need  manpulatives  to build that [...]

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We read to become a better reader.
We read to become smarter.
We read to gain information.
We read for FUN!!!!!!!!
WHY DO YOU READ????????  

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Starting a blog is very exciting.  My hope is for this blog to be informative and a hand-on tool for my students in reading as well as other areas of the curriculum.   

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