2nd grade literacy stations

Forty ideas to inspire you!

Classroom teachers have a ton of daily tasks to guarantee that students are engaged and learning. It's a tough job, and a stressful one, too. Teachers wear out easily if their classrooms aren't well managed. Creating a classroom that runs itself while you teach in smaller groups is the best way to keep students engaged.

Check out these Poem of the Week packs for first and second grade! Poems and activities for the whole year! It's a great way to incorporate poetry every day... can be used for shared reading, word work, daily 5, literacy stations, and more!

My students love working on writing blends and digraphs through this fun Blends and Digraphs Write and Wipe Activity! Once my students master the ability to read and write CVC words, then we move on to introducing blends and digraphs. After introducing the sounds, I put these activity mats into their literacy center rotations. Each student will pull a card, say the word, write the word, and use the word in a sentence. When students are able to complete the activity mat with accuracy, I offer…

Writing Station Suitcase is a year long writing center all-in-one solution. Keep students excited and learning at the writing center.

Word work is my FAVORITE literacy center. I love including a variety of activities. Here are 10 ideas for word work in the classroom,

Literacy centers in the classroom should be simple, easy, and fun! Using no-prep or low-prep ideas helps with time management, lesson planning, and easy weekly setup. Throughout the years, I have tried a plethora of ideas for my literacy centers. Some worked okay, and some did not work at all. Finally, I realized I was overthinking and making center time WAY more complicated than it should be for both myself and the students. Once I realized that the simplicity of the centers was what made…

Wanting to create a writing center station for your students to visit during ELA centers, but not sure how to make it functional and low-prep?! I’ve got you covered! There are 3 print and go resources that I use to create my writing center, and my students love coming back to this station each day b

Your students will love learning to read and write Wild Old Words with these wild old words games and activities. Great for small group instruction or for activities within first grade literacy centers or second grade literacy centers!

Ideas for each of the daily five rotations