Classroom management for 2nd grade (page 5)
Awards, boards, schedules, labels, signs and records for running the room.
- Feelings check-in for kidsTool
A child taps the face that is like them and breathes with a growing bubble if they want to. No typing, nothing leaves the device, and it says to tell a grown-up they trust.
Checked 2026-11-07
- Morning meeting calendar boardTool
Today's date, a weather picker, days of school, a counting-on strip and class jobs on one screen for morning meeting. Free, no sign-in.
- Calm-down breathing for the boardTool
One big silent bubble for the whole class: it grows as everyone breathes in and shrinks as they breathe out. Three patterns, then a calm brain break.
Checked 2026-11-07
- Place value anchor chartPrintable
A free place value anchor chart: ones, tens, hundreds and thousands, what each digit is worth, and three ways to show a number.
- Fractions anchor chartPrintable
A free fractions anchor chart: numerator and denominator, why the parts must be equal, and equivalent fractions with pictures.
- Multiplication strategies anchor chartPrintable
A free multiplication strategies anchor chart: equal groups, arrays, repeated addition, skip counting and breaking a fact apart.
- Solving a word problem anchor chartPrintable
A free math problem solving anchor chart: four steps for any word problem, from reading it twice to checking the answer.
- Math facts wheelTool
A math facts spinner with twelve fact-practice routines, from doubles and make ten to counting by fives and times tens. Spin, then practise together for two minutes.
- Theme anchor chartPrintable
A free theme anchor chart: what a theme is, how it differs from the topic, and questions that help you find it in a story.
- Author's purpose anchor chartPrintable
A free author's purpose anchor chart: to persuade, to inform, to entertain, with the clues for each and a sentence frame.
- Character traits anchor chartPrintable
A free character traits anchor chart: what a trait is, traits versus feelings, and how to prove a trait with evidence from the text.
- Main idea and details anchor chartPrintable
A free main idea anchor chart: the main idea is what the whole text is mostly about, held up by key details, like a table and its legs.
- Point of view anchor chartPrintable
A free point of view anchor chart: first, second and third person, the clue words that give each one away, and one sentence told three ways.
- Cause and effect anchor chartPrintable
A free cause and effect anchor chart: what a cause is, what an effect is, the signal words that join them, and a sentence to try.
- Chore and routine charts for kidsPrintable
Printable helper charts, bedtime routines, First / Then boards and picture schedules with pictures, from our parent site. Free, nothing sent.
Checked 2026-11-07
- US teaching calendarPage
The national days teachers plan around, month by month, with a printable calendar for each month and printables for each day. Free, no sign-in.
- Making inferences anchor chartPrintable
A free inference anchor chart: clues in the text plus what you already know make an inference, with an example and a sentence frame.
- Compare and contrast anchor chartPrintable
A free compare and contrast anchor chart: alike and different, the signal words for each, a Venn diagram and a sentence frame.
- Summarizing anchor chartPrintable
A free summarizing anchor chart: what belongs in a summary, the Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then frame for stories, and a plan for nonfiction.
- Tone words anchor chartPrintable
A free tone words anchor chart: what tone is, how it differs from mood, and lists of positive, neutral and negative tone words to use in writing about a text.
- Rounding anchor chartPrintable
A free rounding anchor chart: find the place, look at the digit to its right, and the rule for rounding up or down, with tens and hundreds examples.
- Area and perimeter anchor chartPrintable
A free area and perimeter anchor chart: perimeter is the distance around, area is the space inside, with one rectangle worked both ways and the units for each.
- Parent email draftTool
Say what an email home is for and get a clear, kind draft with [Student] and [Parent] left for you to fill in, so no name is sent anywhere. An AI draft to check.
- Talk topics wheelTool
A random topic wheel with thirty light topics for one-minute talks, morning meeting and partner chats. Spin, think for ten seconds, and talk. Free and fair.