Students utilize The Nature Park Adventure educational software program to Introduce Modelling, Including the Estimation of Angles.

Students use their abilities to recognize coins and their values in this game that focuses on locomotor skills (skip, slide, gallop, run, jump). This game also requires students to add coin values.

Students measure and record weights and heights and compare to others in the class as they find out more about their bodies.

Second graders read "The Cloud Book" by Tomie dePaola to jumpstart their cloud study. They offer examples of liquids, solids, and gases and chart them. They observe the making of a cloud in a demonstration. They discuss and draw...

Students familiarize themselves with fables by listening to several of them. They define fables. They identify the moral of a specific fable. They identify characters, plot and sequence of events. They create a mask of a character in a...

Second graders look at the United States often over the next few months. Help them to see how the United States has changed as territories have become states. They may be surprised to know the areas of our country that were territories...

Students examine the role Martin Luther King Jr. played in America's history and what life was like in the 1960's. They watch and discuss an online video about the childhood of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the holiday enacted in his...

Students recognize a globe and distinguish between land and water, as well as recognize different cultures. They become knowledgeable regarding geography and cultural diversity.

Second graders, in groups, selects a letter as a starting point and announces the direction in which he intends to move on a map. The team that closes a square takes possession of the square and marks it with their symbol.

Students are introduced to the function and design of the following Lego pieces: beams, bricks, plates, axles, tires, hubs and bushings. They then work with a partner to build something using only these pieces.

Second graders study and review geographical terms for features. They classify those features and locate them on a map. They review geographical features of Tall Tales.

Second graders examine a portrait of George Washington, and analyze the historical record and likeness in portraits of the period. They create their own portraits from snapshots brought to school.

Second graders can find patterns in 4-digit numbers that will help them when counting over decades and centuries.

Patterns are prevalent in all levels of math. Common Core Standards expect students to be able to use structure - like that found in repeating the patterns of odd and even numbers or counting by 5s or 10s - to solve problems (MP7).

Patterns are everywhere. We can use patterns to help us deal with larger numbers

Are there patterns in nature that can be described by numbers? That is what we will find out here.

We can apply math to almost every part of the day and make math have a purpose for students.

I want my students to realize that numbers are everywhere and math is applicable to almost all other subjects. Geography offers a perfect opportunity for students to make this connection.

This lesson builds a foundation for adding larger numbers which is supported by the Common Core standards for second grade.

Second graders love to talk about pets and in this instructional activity they can share how many pets they have.

Revisit, Revisit, Revisit! Students need repeated exposure to math concepts to really understand how they work.

It is important to assess understandings of concepts that students have worked on before moving ahead with new concepts or higher level thinking.