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Trading Pennies and Dimes
Second graders, while in the computer lab, explore the strategy of making and grouping to ten. They assess how to trade pennies for dimes and create original word problems along with corresponding number sentences to illustrate grouping...
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Like A Good Neighbor
Second graders discuss the characteristics that make a neighborhood. As a class, they create a KWL chart assessing their knowledge about neighborhoods. Students develop a list of rights and responsibilities of good neighbors and...
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Geo Jammin' By DeSign - Day 1, Lesson 1: Math in Motion
Second graders, through large screen monitor, study geometric design. They participate in a diagnostic assessment in which they use pnecils, scissors and paste.
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Caring for Our environment
Second graders study the environment by reading and discuss information on pollution in the texts. In this environment lesson students read Wicker School Takes Action, and City Green and discuss what we do with our trash. ...
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The ABCs of Citizenship
In this lesson, students read the book that focuses on the ascpects of citizenship/ Students imagine a scene in which each statement is actually happening. Students descirbe rights, repsonisbilities. Assess students by asking what is...
PBS
Righteous Reptiles
Young scientists write and draw about their knowledge of reptiles. They also view a nature video focusing on lizards and snakes, complete a chart comparing and contrasting them. Next, they focus on the defense mechanisms...
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Whose Parts Do I Have? (Wings and Things)
Students identify an animal and a body part and then matches a body part to a specific animal. This will assess their ability to sort organisms and objects into groups according to their parts and describe how the groups are formed and...
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Math Quilts
Students examine geometric shapes. In this geometric shape lesson plan, students examine how geometric shapes flip, turn, and slide to create a pattern. Students analyze the role that quilts played in helping slaves escape to freedom. ...
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If These Walls Could Talk: Seeing a Culture Through Human Features
Students read Talking Walls and discuss the walls presented and their importance to the culture. In this geography lesson, students locate and label each country/continent discussed in the book on a world map. Students take a walk and...
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Narrative Prompt - Lesson 2
Second graders review the structure of a narrative piece of writing. Individually, they write a narrative based on their best day of school. After being read different stories, they share their own narratives with the class. They are...
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Math-Addition
Second graders practice adding numbers that add up to less than 100. In this addition activity, 2nd graders use candy to practice adding after participating in a demonstration activity. They complete a worksheet, and an assessment.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Compound Words
Learners identify compound words in the story, "Once There Was A Bull." They work with a partner to discuss what makes up a compound word and participate in a game that helps them to understand the concept better. As the assessment...
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Power of the People
Students determine the meaning of democracy and investigate accomplishments of a number of United States presidents. They look at images of the presidential one dollar coins before they determine how the job of the president differs from...
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Terrific Taste Buds
Students explore descriptive writing by eating food in class. In this descriptive word lesson, students assess different foods in class such as jelly beans and utilize their vocabulary to describe the taste. Students read the story...
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Original Rhythm Compositions for Poetry
Students create and perform original musical compositions using poetry as a basis for the creative process. This cross-curricular two-day instructional activity can be done in two 45 minute class periods. Students evaluate performances...
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Creepy Crawlies
Second graders study the world of insects. They join Greenpatch Kids, an organization of young people who are interested in nature and want to protect our environment. In addition, the students assess use of technology as a valuable...
Helping with Math
Worksheet: Dividing by 3
Multiplying each number by three serves as a warm-up on this division task. The remainder of the instructional activity provides 28 division problems, each with a divisor of three. Ideal for an assessment, especially because the answer...
Helping with Math
Worksheet: Dividing by 4
First notice that an answer key is available by the click of a box at the top of the page. Then you will see that learners practice the four times table before delving into division. Twenty-eight quotient-finding problems follow. A...
Helping with Math
Worksheet: Dividing by 9
Review the nine times facts and then apply those facts to division. With 28 division problems to find quotients for, this makes a terrific assessment. All of the problems have the number nine as a divisor, and an answer key is provided...
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Using Graphic Organizers for Sensemaking
Pupils create concept maps in order to assess the information that they have gathered during research. They study the concept map to determine if the research is complete.
T. Smith Publishing
Halloween Add or Subtract Worksheet 1
Twenty-eight subtraction problems are presented using single- or double-digits. Because of a fuzzy bat at the top of the page, this is a Halloween-themed worksheet. Use it as a homework assignment or assessment of subtraction skills.
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Aluminum Can Drive
Second graders complete a recycling project to clean-up their school. In this service project lesson, 2nd graders assess their campus for litter, set up a recycling project, clean up their campus, and recycle the trash. Students also...
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Animal Games
Learners explore a variety of games on the Internet that will teach them about animals; they focus on the Florida panther. Students choose the activity that is of interest to them, and then rotate between the games online and the...
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A Notebook for Using There, Their, and They're
This PowerPoint enables students to recognize the troublesome words, "their," "there," and "they're." Each slide contains examples of how these words should be used in context, along with a quiz to assess understanding.