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Comment LEAF for the link 🍁 If you can’t celebrat Comment LEAF for the link 🍁

If you can’t celebrate Halloween at school (that was me for many years!), here’s the cheat code 

1st grade and 2nd grade teachers, this is for you 👇

🍁 A printable fall leaf craft for K-3
🖼️ Makes a fall bulletin board display
🗓️ One fall theme stays up the whole season
✂️ Print, make, and hang it with almost no planning

Something fun and seasonal for kids -

No Halloween needed 🍂

Comment LEAF and I’ll send ya the link to check it out!

#2ndgradeteacher #secondgradeteacher #elementaryteacher #firstgradeteacher #teachergram
As a 2nd grade teacher, I handed out candy with my As a 2nd grade teacher, I handed out candy with my laptop open every Halloween (NOT recommending that) 🎃

p.s.👉🏼Comment CONFERENCE for the link to the resource in this post 

But I did reward myself with a piece of candy every time I completed a task.

I call that discipline 😆

Why was I working Halloween night?

Parent-teacher conferences were right around the corner!

I made a 6-step process, so you can get it done faster:

1️⃣ Post a digital sign-up
2️⃣ Send home reminders and questionnaires
3️⃣ Make a one-page Glows & Grows sheet
4️⃣ Gather data and work in one folder per student
5️⃣ Get student input
6️⃣ Wear an outfit you feel confident in

Already done with conferences? Save this for next time 📌

Still have them coming up? Fast-track your prep with this toolkit!!

Just comment CONFERENCE and I’ll send the link 

#elementaryteacher #2ndgradeteacher #firstgradeteacher #teachersofig #parentteacherconference
Teachers, Comment SKULL for the link ✨ More than Teachers, Comment SKULL for the link ✨

More than just a Day of the Dead coloring page! 

This Dia de Los Muertos activity has real measurement practice, for 1st or 2nd grade. 

How it works:
📏 Students measure and record each skull piece
✂️ They assemble their sugar skull
🌼 They decorate it with a flower crown or hat
🖼️ Every skull looks different, so your hallway display looks amazinggg

You can pick the version that fits your class: inches, centimeters, both, or non-standard units with paper clips or cubes. 

(you could use it only as a craft if you want to skip the math 🤫)

Comment SKULL for the link to check it out 

#2ndgradeteacher #secondgradeteacher #firstgradeteacher #elementaryteacher #1stgradeteacher
Comment MONSTER for the link ✨ Surviving Hallowee Comment MONSTER for the link ✨

Surviving Halloween as a 2nd grade teacher means making math Halloween themed any chance you get!

This build a monster Halloween math project combines real math with a Halloween craft. 

Here’s how it works:
👹 Kids pick their monster parts
⚡ Each part has a power number
🧮 They add up their total monster power with 2-digit addition
🎨 Then they build the monster and show off their monster power card

Anything to keep kids excited about math leading up to Halloween!

#2ndgradeteacher #firstgradeteacher #secondgradeteacher #elementaryteacher #mathtips

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