FIRST FULL WEEK OF SCHOOL! - 2nd Grade Teacher Vlog 

You seem way happier this school year. I'm glad you still like teaching.

I like the "Who am I kidding?" statement because many of us (teachers and students) need a visual of some sort in order to put our thoughts together. Even if the method we use is disorganized, it helps us move forward with reaching our goal.

I’m going into my 6th year of teaching and I’ve been watching you since the beginning. I’m a mom of a 1 and a half year old and it’s so fun watching a mom/teacher on a similar journey! I love your practical content and your adorable outfits. 💕

Love your classroom Shelley. What a big difference when you covered some of that gray! Love it, many blessings this year❤💛🕊️✝️🙏🤲😊🥰🌺👍👍🌸🌺🌷💕

I like the weekly vlogs. I think some daily vlogs would be great to have every once in awhile too because I like to hear some more details of what you are teaching in a single day. Also, I would love to see how you lesson plan and prep for a new school week!

My hubby gave me that huge pack of markers for Christmas one year I was so so so thrilled. He just gets me!

Loving this vlog! Hope your Aid and 1 year old get better real soon!

Enjoy and appreciate whatever you have time to share! Glad you had a great first week of school!

Love the weekly vlogs and would love to hear your ideas for fast finishers.

Thank you for your vlog. Love week long vlogs.

I'm a second year college student working toward being an elementary teacher. You are an inspiration!

Glad the year is off to a good start! Can you walk use through the sentence writing strategy you mentioned in a later video?

I love ,love, love your content and your delivery style. It is helpful to see what you as a teacher of primary students are doing, how you plan your day and other ideas for student engagement. You can do weekly or daily videos, I will be watching them all and archiving them for future reference. Thank you for all of your hard work teaching your students and providing support for those of us who are watching.

Love the week long approach!

Great video, I left traditional schools but still work in education but love seeing your passion and excitement for the work you do.

Yes. I can relate. One thing I have found that helps me with students who don't want to write a long paragraph. I set a timer for 15 mins. ( You can pick how long you want.) and I tell the students we will work until the timer goes off. 😉 Or I tell them to write 5 sentences with 5 or more words each. 😉

Thanks for the great video! Love seeing how you kick off the year. Could you talk more about the sentence patterning chart? Thanks!

I love the weekly vlog format! Shelly, I hope that you know how much you are appreciated and your reach. When I watch other vloggers, I'll hear them reference you and your pile and list on the board. I'm a middle school teacher and I'm going to use some of your ideas. My principal often jokes that middle schoolers are kids reverting back to their preschool years (because they are growing and changing so fast that they often forget the simplest things and their behavior can be shockingly immature).

I teach in Northern CA as well!! Just found you on RU-vid! You are inspiring me to do a classroom rehaul. Thank you so much for sharing!!!!!!

I’m a second year teacher moving from kindergarten to 2nd grade this year and your videos are great for getting ideas!!

I love this type of vlog. I must find these Jenga games and do this with my class. Thanks for sharing so many great ideas!

Fantastic everything! 👏👍⭐️ I like the ‘deep dive’ activity- students need lots practice doing the basics correctly.

Love the week in the life style videos! You have amazing ideas that I implement in my classroom. Thank you! :)

I use those same Brain Teasers as well! I make a small packet for Fridays to use if they’re finished with the week’s center work. It’s a fun, relaxing incentive for them. Thanks for sharing your week with us! We are ending our third week with the kiddos. I saw your post today about your classroom move due to leaks. My daughter’s classroom and their entire building had to relocate yesterday due to the building flooding. I had two ceiling tiles down yesterday due to water leaks and hoping it’s not worse tomorrow. We were out today due to local flooding of roads. This rain needs to go! Happy Friday tomorrow!

This is my first year to use Rooted In Reading. I would love to see what all you use through the week. There’s so much in the curriculum that I know I will have to pick and choose. Thanks! Love all your videos!!

My class worked on Team Building on yesterday & did a Group Book Report. One student read the book, another assisted with words, the whole group work together to answer the questions about parts of the book, one student wrote the answers on the paper, and then a reporter from the group presented their information. However, I'm going to add in the Group Math you did & have my class do it on Monday. I really like the idea! It's great for teamwork & a quick assessment.

I love all of your activities!

Love the weeks!!!

We used the GLAD sentence strategy in my second grade dual language class and it was amazing!!

How great!

How is your son doing? My preschoolers started today and no tears😆. Have a great week

you and sams club?!?! WE LOVE TO SEE IT!!!!

I have watched alot of set up videos and i have heard many mention your pile method, your a hit

Thank you for your amazing content. I'm a grade 2 teacher from China. Get a lot of great inspiration from your videos. 😀

Can you go over how you used the Grammar anchor chart, Adj, nouns, verbs...Thanks, I am loving your vlog!

I like the weekly blogs.

I prefer when you film your week. Thanks

I love your classroom. I get so inspired to decorate & organize my classroom. I’m also a second grade teacher. I have 21 kiddos this year but unfortunately my classroom is half the size of yours 🥹

I love your classroom ! Where did you get your calendar and the alphabet you have on the wall? Have a great year and thank you for sharing your great ideas!

Hey elarly EDVENTURES how are you doing today im happy to see you

Love watching your vlogs! So I am all about allowing students space to share their authentic selves and while “This is easy!” may cause some students to shrink, saying you can’t say that feels limiting. Have you considered perhaps reframing it as an opportunity for showing care and promoting collaboration and peer engagement? Like if a kid is given space to say, “This seems easy FOR ME…AND I am happy to share my knowledge to support making it feel easier for someone else.” That is something I’d likely promote. I would not want kids to feel shamed for getting and/or not getting a concept. I like that this slight variation promotes voice but also encourages helping peers. Just food for thought! Here’s to a great school year for all of us! I don’t teach primary, so that could play a role in my thinking as well. 💕

Hi! Great video! Where did you get the math collaborative activity printable?

Loved this vlog! Thanks for doing this despite the beginning of the year being crazy. One question, I’ve noticed my 3rd graders really struggle with games where they get out. Do you have any recommendations for working through that with students while still enjoying the game?

Where did you find your number 1-100 poster for the collaboration activity? I love the idea! 👍

Love long videos and what’s in my teacher bag video

Love your classroom rug! Where did you get it?

Love the number collaboration! Did I miss the link?

i love watching these. where did you get your rug. im not sure it will go okay with my theme, but i love it. Also, where did you get the thing you're using to hold your paper up while you read and do an activity, like the one in the video with classmates are.

I know this is lastvyears video but oh my did those suppies make me wanna dance a happy jigg thanks for that link i love the markers so many colors

I love your videos! I love how you run through quickly what you did each day. I am a recent graduate and am doing long term subbing until I can get my own classroom. Can you link where you got that 1-100 collaboration form! Thank you, you're awesome!

waw! Your week was intense! Which teacher didn't like school supplies? I'm always very excited to open my boxes.

Where did you get your shoes? They're super cute!

Hello! What is the link for the collab activity where the kiddos take turns circling the numbers in order? Loooove the weekly vlogs. Subbed, liked and turned on notifications!

Can you please explain your eagle ticket system a bit more in depth? 🥰

Can you please link the 1-100 math collaborative activity sheet. Loving your channel!

Weekly works. 😊

Do you have the link for that number activity for collaboration?

Full week vlog

I love your energy. Do you ever feel that you have more authority over your classroom while wearing heels? I do. Stay safe.

How does the number collage collaboration game work again? Do they take turns circling numbers?

Hi, I really liked your DDD idea. Did you make it all by yourself for the whole year, or you found it at TPT?

Aussie teacher here. Long time watcher, love your channel! Edward the Emu, great book… The Aussie way to pronounce Emu is ‘Eemyou’ not Emoo.

I wish that many snacks would have lasted my sons class last year. 😩 I swear over half his class never brought snacks they had lunch 1st at 10:15. Those poor kids. I fed that room snacks all year I was the only one to donate snacks from Sam's. I would go and buy literally 7 or 8 boxes at least 4 maybe 5 times last year. I feel like I fed 3 classes they always asked for more. I'm now homeschooling tho. That school failed my boy. Thanks for your videos though I love them!

Hello love you videos

Where did you get you fact fluency number posters?

Hello! Do you have the link for the number collaboration activity?

Hello! Where can I get the guided reading questions that you showed in the notebook(bright orange questions)? My son has autism and needs a lot more help with reading comprehension and I think this would help him slow down and pay more attention to what he is reading. He will be going into 3rd grade but reading comprehension is his worst area academically.

Because if your videos and after watching for sooo long, you’ve inspired me to start recording and posting. If you could please give some feedback.

How often do you get observed in a school year?

Unfortunately the link for the $19.99 Sam’s club membership has expired. 😢 I would like more info on the DDD prompts how you do that. I love the idea!

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Good ebening

I thought your pta gave you a generous amount of supplies...

I like the weeklong vlog but if things get hectic and it needs to be shorter that’s fine too!

Is there somewhere where we can find the directions for the directed drawing activity?

I'm a para right now in school for Elementary Education. We've been in school for 21 days already with the students. If you don't mind sharing, could you like the number collaboration page? Our kiddos are STRUGGLING with working together and I think it would help our teacher out a ton.