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Venn Diagram and Shape Sorting Lesson Plan
Students use Venn diagrams to represent classifications of shapes and to use counting arguments to find the number of objects in a given set.
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Circle the Wagons a Number is Missing
Second graders have an opportunity to work in pairs as they search for the missing addend to complete a mathematical sentence. They identify and demonstrate the ability to change the order of the addends and still produce the same sum....
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Buckets of Bucks for World Hunger
Learners participate in a nonprofit organization activity for hunger outreach problems. In this service project lesson, students practice counting coins, complete a service project for a hunger outreach, discuss nutrition and healthy...
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The Money of Great Britain
Students complete a KWL chart about money including what they would like to learn about the currency of Great Britain. In this British currency lesson, students read a text about this topic and view both American and British pictures of...
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What Do I Really Have to Gain?
Second graders further develop simple addition facts and their ability to record the facts.
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Calculate the Answer
Students solve basic multiplication or addition facts using a calculator and product cards. They draw a card, read the sum or product, and press single digits on the calculator to display the number on the card.
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Shapes are Everywhere
Second graders gain an understanding of geometric shapes and spatial reasoning. They learn the attributes of solid shapes in everyday activities. Students compare geometric shapes to everday objects, finding things that serve a purpose...
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 7, Lesson 36: DeSign Sampler
Second graders, in groups, write quilt reports.
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 7, Lesson 37: Summarizing for the Summative
Students listen for specific information during summary presentations. They practice giving feedback on given topic according to a set of standards. The speaker reports to the rest of class from a report and listeners determine if...
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A Teeny Tiny Book: My Friends
In this mini book worksheet, students cut apart and complete a teeny tiny book with names of friends and their phone numbers.
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Place Value Lessons
Students can learn about place value using interesting lessons, activities, and games.
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Native American Blocks
Students research information about a Native American tribe and document their knowledge by creating a block (cube) containing pictures about the homes, tools, food, clothing, and transportation for this tribe.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Food Guide Pyramid - TV and Peers
Students identify foods that belong in each group on the food guide pyramid. They discuss how TV and peers may negatively influence eating habits.
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The Monarch Butterfly Watch
Students explore monarch migration through the Journey North web site. In this butterfly instructional activity, students use the internet to identify a butterfly's migration pattern. Students write in electronic journals.
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Mathematical Problem Solving
Second graders solve story problems. In this story problem lesson, 2nd graders solve the problems and explain how they came up with their answers. They create their own story problems to be solved.
Alabama Learning Exchange
The Strength of the Sun
Students explore the sun and take a "trip" to outer space.
Curated OER
Bats: Fact and Fiction
Learners describe the characteristics and behaviors of bats. After viewing a video, they explain how bats use echolocation to navigate and how they find their young within a group. They list four misconceptions about the animal and...
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P & P "Portraits and Perspective" Digital Photography for Kids
Learners use digital photography as a lesson on portraits and perspective. For this photography lesson, students explore their school grounds and take pictures using their cameras. Learners' goal is to create architectural and...
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Making E-Books in the Kindergarten Classroom
Students produce e-books using themselves and their physical surroundings to demonstrate content standards, such as number sense or color recognition. They provide evidence using a digital camera, props, and the presentation tool.
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Electrical motors
Students investigate and experiement with a 9-volt motor. They will use the connecting wire and battery pack to discover fans.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Interpreting Costs of Items Word Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video describes how to write cents in a numeric value from a written word problem. The video is followed by a series of practice questions to assess student...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Rectangles Squares Circles and Triangles
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video briefly shows and describes a triangle, circle, rectangle, and square and uses process of elimination to determine the given shape. The video is followed...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Identify Parts of 3 D Shapes
Identify the parts of 3D shapes in this assessment.