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Tips for Hosting Student Teachers

Are you hosting any student teachers in your classroom this year? Having a student teacher is an exciting opportunity to inform and inspire the next generation of educators. A positive student teaching experience can lay the foundation for an amazing teaching career! Make your classroom

Tips For a New 2nd Grade Teacher in 2026

Are you a new 2nd grade teacher? Welcome to a fantastic grade level! Second graders love their teachers, love school, and are creative and funny! They are eager to learn and soak up content like sponges. Below are the best tips for taking on grade

Math Fact Mastery: Teacher to Teacher Advice

When children fail to master basic math facts, they often struggle with multi-step, higher-level math concepts in later grades.  So what are the best ways to help kids master their math facts?  We asked hundreds of veteran teachers this very question in our Lucky 2nd

Tips for Teaching Sentence Writing Skills: Advice From Teachers

Do your students consistently forget to start their sentences with a capital letter… end with punctuation… correctly spell common words… and apply basic grammar rules in their writing? This seems to be a universal problem because teachers from all over the world bring it up

How to Print Poster-Sized Anchor Charts

Do you have some PDF resources that would make fantastic anchor charts? Have you ever wished you could print anchor charts in a much bigger size?But, you’ve never actually made them into charts – because that would require some serious art skills (and time!!)  Well, did

Tips From Teachers: Teaching Main Idea and Key Details

Determining main idea and key details in a text can be difficult for second graders. And this means it’s also a challenging skill to teach!  So, we scoured our archives, drew upon our own teaching experiences, and relied on the expertise of teachers in our