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Butterfly Adventure
Students in second grade are paired with fifth grade computer research buddies. They observe the characteristics of caterpillars, and identify the four stages of the caterpillar to butterfly life cycle. They graph the number of...
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Patterns
Second graders create an ABAB pattern with their name. In this early elementary math instructional activity, 2nd graders first model their names in an ABAB pattern with unifix cubes. They then recreate the pattern using letter stamps on...
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Counting By 5s
Second graders count by 5's to 100. In this math lesson plan conducted on the 100th day of school, 2nd graders use picture stamps in the KidPix program to count by 5's and get to 100.
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What Balances?
Students explore another meaning of subtraction as it pertains to the inverse of addition. In this what balances lesson, students identify the concept of subtraction as a balance. Students use subtraction facts to generate addition...
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Links Away: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Young scholars explore fact families. In this math lesson, students use links to model a fact family. Young scholars solve addition and subtraction problems.
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Does the falling tree make a sound if no one if there to hear it? (or communication via encryption)
Students explore encryption. They discuss the importance of cryptography in our daily lives. Students use games and cryptography to discover transformational geometry and modulo systems. They design their own encryption puzzles and...
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Patterns Here, There and Everywhere
Pattern recognition is a skill often used in mathematics. Learners count and sort manipulatives, organize the data into a graph and answer questions about the information displayed. They collect the objects to be used and create patterns...
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Pattern People
Students describe a wide variety of classification schemes and patterns related to physical characteristics and sensory attributes of people. They recognize, extend and create a wide variety of those patterns and relations.
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Trash Count
Students identify pollution around their local community. They discuss the sources of polution and categorize objects based on their properties. They discover ways to make changes to the environment and how to inform the public.
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Tunnel Traps
Pupils identify shapes that match specific shape descriptions involving a range of geometric terms and correct polygon names. They utilize a mathematics educational software program to gain practice.
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Poison Boxes
Students utilize the Poison Boxes activity on The Nature Park is used to practice the recognition of 2D shapes and their properties. They utilize a mathematics educational software program to gain practice.
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Defining Culture
Second graders define the term culture and are exposed to a variety of cultures from around the world. They read books, play Native American games, develop a class book that examines their own culture and, after examining currencies from...
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Learning by Sorting
Students sort Lego Duplo pieces after determining the attributes to classify them by. They work in pairs to sort a group of Duplo pieces and explain their process to others.
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Dr. Seuss: "Old Fish, New Fish"
In this Dr. Seuss instructional activity, students find opposites of fish from the story One Fish Two Fish...drawing lines to the opposites of pictures given. A website reference is given for additional resources.
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Dr. Seuss Activity: Turtle Tower!
In this Dr. Seuss worksheet, students count a "stack" of turtles, then draw one of their own. A website reference is given for additional resources.
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Rounding to the Nearest Ten
In this rounding worksheet, students complete the thought process sentences and round numbers to the nearest ten. Students round twenty-four problems.
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Add With No Regrouping
For this finding the sums worksheet, students add one digit-numbers plus two-digit numbers with no regrouping. Students solve 30 problems.
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Addition: Number Bonds to 30
In this addition worksheet, students fill in the missing addend to an addition problem that adds up to 30. This number could be a one or two digit number. Students complete 41 missing addend problems.
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Addition: Number Bonds to Fifty
In this identifying numbers that total fifty worksheet, students use an addend and the sum fifty to write the missing number. Students solve 41 problems.
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Multiply One-Digits
In this finding the products worksheet, students multiply one-digit times one-digit numbers to solve. Students solve 35 problems.
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Numbers in Art
Students choose a number from one to twelve and tell a number story about it. They listen to the teacher read "Numbers in Art" by Lucy Micklethwait. Students choose three numbers from one to twelve and view works of art while looking for...
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Polygons
Second graders view a PowerPoint presentation on Identifying Polygons by their number of sides and their individual properties. They separate polygon tiles into groups by their attributes.
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Not Enough Drawers
Young scholars describe three different categories to sort into. They sort these clothes into these three chosen categories. After asking questions the student divide the clothes.
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Blindfolded Building
Young scholars build a Lego design and then work with a partner to reproduce that design. They guide the building of the reproduction by description only and then check their work.