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Second Grade Back to School Theme/Thematic Unit

The Best of the Mailbox Back to School

Grade Level: Second Grade - Third Grade
Price: $12.95
Product #: 2001498
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This school year, like every year, you want to get your class off to a strong start. Meeting your new students, decorating and organizing your classroom, greeting parents at open house, finding the perfect first-day activities, and many other important tasks are on your mind. How can you do it all and do it well?

This resource can help. It's packed with favorite ideas featured in The Mailbox magazine from 1998 - 2002, so you know it's good. Plus you'll find patterns and reproducibles to make school year preparations even easier.

With this all-in-one collection in hand, back to school will be better than ever. Get off to a great start this year! Whether you're an experienced teacher beginning another exciting year or a new teacher about to meet your first class this book will be your ultimate resource for back to school planning.

Inside the pages of this book you'll find:

tips for planning, organizing, and setting up your classroom
back to school activities
ideas for parent communication
reproducibles and patterns
clip art

Table of Contents:

Before School Starts
Classroom Displays
Organizational Tips
Classroom Management
The Back to School Express
'Tis the Season for...Back to School!
Getting Acquainted
Birthdays and Celebrations
Parent Communication
Open House
Art Activities
Clip Art and Student Reproducibles
Answer Keys

Pages: 96
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Second Grade Self-Esteem Theme/Thematic Units (2 products)

Building Character
Grs. 1-3
$7.95

Self-Esteem Thematic Unit
Grs. 1-3
$9.99

Building Character

Grade Level: First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade
Price: $7.95
Product #: 2003181
Table of Contents
Sample Pages

This theme book provides everything you need all in one place—tons of ideas, centers, patterns, crafts, AND reproducibles. The best thematic units and related ideas from The Mailbox and Teacher's Helper magazines are compiled in one handy resource! Whether you need an entire unit or just a few creative activities to energize your current lessons, this timesaving collection of ideas can meet your needs.

Some of the features you'll enjoy include:

basic-skills reinforcement
critical-thinking activities
whole-class and small-group activities
skill-based games
literature connections
writing activities
timesaving patterns and reproducibles
follow-up and extension activities
student-created booklets
bulletin boards

48 pages
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Self-Esteem Thematic Unit

Grade Level: 1st Grade - 3rd Grade
Price: $9.99
Product #: 1000269
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This item is available as an ebook only.

This book contains a captivating thematic unit which will help children build a positive self-concept. Its 80 exciting pages are filled with a wide variety of lesson ideas and activities designed for use with primary children. At its core is a high-quality children's literature selection, George and Martha. For the stories in this book, activities are included which set the stage for reading, encourage the enjoyment of the book, and extend the concepts gained.

In addition, the theme is connected to the curriculum with activities in language arts, math, science, social studies, art, music, and life skills (cooking, physical education, etc.). Many of these activities encourage cooperative learning.

Suggestions and patterns for bulletin boards and unit management tools are additional time savers for the busy teacher.

Furthermore, directions for student-created Big Books and culminating activity, which allows students to synthesize their knowledge in order to produce products that can be shared beyond the classroom, highlight this very complete teacher resource.

This book includes:

literature selection - summary of a children's book with related lessons (complete with reproducible pages) that cross the curriculum
poetry - suggested selections and lessons enabling students to write and publish their own works
planning guides - suggestions for sequencing lessons each day of the unit
language experience ideas - daily suggestions as well as writing activities across the curriculum, including Big Books
bulletin board ideas - suggestions and plans for student-created and/or interactive bulletin boards
homework suggestions - extending the unit to the child's home
curriculum connections - in language arts, math, science, social studies, art, music, and life skills
group projects - to foster cooperative learning
a culminating activity - which required students to synthesize their learning to produce a product or engage in an activity that can be shared with others
a bibliography - suggesting additional literature and nonfiction books on the theme

Pages: 80
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Second Grade Friendship Theme / Thematic Unit

Friendship Thematic Unit

Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
Price: $9.99
Product #: 1000274
Sample Pages

This reproducible teaching resource is filled with ready-to-use lessons and cross-curricular activities. Also included are management ideas, creative suggestions for the classroom, and a bibliography.

At its core are two high-quality children's literature selections: Friends and Best Friends.

For each of these featured books, activities are included which set the stage for reading, encourage the enjoyment of the book, and extend the concepts gained. In addition, the theme is connected to the curriculum with activities in language arts (including daily writing suggestions), math, science, social studies, art, music, and life skills.

Suggestions and patterns for bulletin boards and unit management tools are additional time savers for the busy teacher. Furthermore, directions for student-created Big Books and culminating activities, which allow students to synthesize their knowledge in order to create products that can be shared beyond the classroom, highlight this very complete teacher resource.

This thematic unit includes:

literature selections - summaries of children's books with related lessons (complete with reproducible pages) that cross the curriculum
poetry - suggested selections and lessons enabling students to write and publish their own works
planning guides - suggestions for sequencing lessons each day of the unit
language experience ideas - daily suggestions as well as activities across the curriculum, including Big Books
bulletin board ideas - suggestions and plans for student-created and/or interactive bulletin boards
homework suggestions - extending the unit to the child's home
curriculum connections - in language arts, math, science, social studies, art, music, and life skills (such as cooking and physical education)
group projects - to foster cooperative learning
a culminating activity - which requires students to synthesize their learning to create a product or engage in an activity that can be shared with others
a bibliography - suggesting additional literature and nonfiction books on the theme

Pages: 80
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My Body
Five Senses

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