Author: Jessica Boschen

Jessica shares her passion for teaching and education on What I Have Learned. Jessica has 16 years of elementary teaching experience and currently homeschools her two middle school boys. She enjoys scaffolding learning for students, focusing on helping our most challenging learners achieve success in all academic areas.

Math

Understand Fractions by Using Sentence Frames

Math is almost like learning a foreign language. Have you ever felt that way during your own school career? Teaching students the language of math and helping them articulate their mathematical thinking…

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End-of-the-Year | Summer

End-of-the-Year Art Projects That Keep Students Busy

The last few weeks of school bring a very specific kind of energy. Students are restless, afternoons feel long, and focus drops fast. At the same time, the daily schedule…

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Classroom Management

How to Build Character in Your Classroom

The past couple of years, I have had quite the groups of students. I teach in a low-income school and there are so many emotional and social issues that students bring…

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Math

13 Fun and Effective Ways to Teach Coin Counting in 2nd Grade

Do your students have difficulty counting money? Coin counting is an important part of solidifying early math skills, but it can be tricky for children to master. Teaching your second-grade…

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Writing

Teach How to State an Opinion to 2nd Grade Students

How do you teach opinion writing in your second-grade classroom? These writing strategies will help you teach students to use academic language when expressing their opinion and then turn that in excellently written paragraphs.

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Math

Partition Rectangles into Rows & Columns

Being able to partition rectangles takes a bit of spacial reasoning and ability to draw straight lines. It’s a difficult skill for second graders, especially those with poor printing skills. Being…

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Teacher Professional Practice

How to Survive as an Introverted Teacher

Confession time. I’m exhausted. At the end of each and every day I’m exhausted. I’m not just tired. I’m exhausted, spent, done. I’m introverted. Are you an introverted teacher? Find out what I do to make it through the day and the week. #introveretedteacher #teachingishardwork

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Life Science | Spring

Life Cycles & Metamorphosis: Articles & Graphic Organizers

How do you teach students about life cycles? Below are some ideas and resources on how we build background knowledge and work with information about life cycles and animals that…

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Back-to-School | Instructional Strategies

81 Sponge Activities to Soak up 5-10 minutes of time throughout the day

Are there ever moments in your day when you have 5-10 minutes to spare but don’t know how to make the most of them? Well, here’s a clever solution: introduce…

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Classroom Management

Organizing Your Classroom & Digital Files

I’m a super organized person (that’s what people tell me anyway). After a husband and two small kiddos who stay home most of the day (my husband is a stay-at-home…

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Spring

Second Grade March Math Centers

We’re almost into the final stretch of the school year! March, April, May and part of June! It seems so close and yet so far away at the same time!…

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Math

Addition Go Fish Game & a Video of Addition Strategies

This Addition Go Fish Game is a great way for first and second-grade students to practice using the addition strategies they have learned in a fun classroom game. It’s the traditional Go Fish game with a twist. Students match expressions that have the same value.

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