Second grade is my favorite grade to teach, and the grade I have taught the longest.  I am a wife, mother to 7 children, and a grandmother to 1 (one on the way!). I attended University of Iowa for my Undergrad and received my Master's Degree in Reading at Western Illinois University. Not counting the years I took off to be with my kids, this is my 24th year of teaching.   I consider myself your child's "school mom" and our room is like a family.