Ballet According to 2nd Graders

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

I was in a 2nd grade classroom recently and had the following comical conversation with two of the boys:

Boy 1: “Say this 2 times fast: two”

Me: “two two”

Boy 1: <laughing hysterically >

Me: “Do you know what a tutu is?”

Boy 1: “Yeah, it’s the dress that dance girls wear.”

Me: “Yes. Ballerinas wear tutus.”

Boy 2:”And the dance boys wear skinny jeans!”

Boy 1: “Yeah, I’m wearing skinny jeans today just like those dance boys!”

Boy 2: “I’m wearing skinny jeans too! I could be a dance boy in these pants.”

This Would Only Happen to a Kid…

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

I was in an elementary school nurse’s office the other day. A tiny girl standing against the wall accidentally scooted under the automatic hand sanitizer dispenser… yup. The machine squirted foam on her head! A little white dollop of foam on her cute little red head. I was trying SO hard not to crack up laughing!!!

Valentine’s Day Grammar (free worksheet for 3rd grade and up)

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

This grammar practice worksheet seems a bit too tough for the younger grades, so I’d suggest using it for 3rd grade and up. I know it’s hard to do super educational stuff on a day like Valentine’s Day when all the kiddos are wound up, but maybe this will help. Click here for the free printable PDF: Valentine’s day grammar worksheet PDF Happy heart day!

Camp Grammar (4 days of free worksheets for upper grades)

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

Here’s some upper grade grammar practice worksheets, including parts of speech, capitalization, spelling, punctuation and gerunds. Remember to right click on the worksheet and select “save image as” to save it to your computer. Happy camping! This post is in honor of my dad, who spent many a night hauling us kids to the wilderness to teach us valuable life lessons. Thanks Dad!

Silly Valentine’s Day Poems for Grammar Practice (free worksheets)

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

Happy Valentine’s Day! Enjoy these silly poems and some grammar practice! Click here for the free printable PDFs: poem 1 poem 2 poem 3

Valentine’s Day Grammar Practice- Adapted Indian folktale stories (upper grades)

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

Here are some Valentine’s Day stories for upper grade grammar practice. Great for independent seat work or whole class practice. Click here for the Prince’s Valentine printable PDFs: prince part 1 prince part 2 Enjoy!

Here’s a second story. Click here for the Valentine Box printable PDFs:
Box- part 1 Box- part 2

Simple Addition Practice (free worksheet)

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

You can’t have enough math practice pages. Here’s a free worksheet that practices the basics (which you need to practice over and over and over before you can move on to more challenging math concepts). Right click the worksheet, choose “save image as” to save it to your computer. Happy math-ing!

Click here for more free math stuff!

Valentine’s Day Informative Writing Activity

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

Here’s an easy paragraph planner to use when teaching younger grades about writing paragraphs. Given the topic “Valentine’s Day,” students can use the planner (Planner page) to prepare for their final draft on the heart page. You can color, cut out and display the final drafts if you’d like to make it more interesting. Happy heart day!

Here’s the final draft printable: Final Draft page PDF