Just Call Me The Grammar Queen...

OK, so I'm  little embarrassed to write this post...but hey...you always know where you stand with me. I'm upfront and honest...so here it goes.

This is my 4th year of teaching and I have moved up to 2nd grade. I LOVE it. (another post to come) The kids are completely different and so incredibly independent. Well, little did I know the content would be quite advanced as well. The morning of, I was reminded that we were supposed to be teaching what a declarative, exclamatory, imperative and interrogative sentences are.  I mean how did I know I was supposed to know (remember is more like it)?? So as i begin teaching this I realize I don't remember what these mean. So while my students are listening and ready to work I'm frantically trying to quickly figure out what these 4 types of sentences are. SO where do I turn...GOOGLE!!! It refreshed my memory and we were back on track within seconds...Man oh man, what did we do before we had GOOGLE...?? Use a dictionary maybe??

So my lessons learned...I cant just BS everything like I did in Kindergarten. These 2nd graders SEE straight through it! Secondly, thank goodness for flexibility and Google right at my finger tips. I flew through that lesson with pure ease.

The Grammar Queen, Meredith