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2nd grade math cultural activities
Diwali Craft - Rangoli Diya
A fun craft activity when celebrating Diwali / Deepavali (The Hindu Festival of Lights). This activity incorporates two aspects of Diwali: the rangoli and the diya.Design a pattern (use the grid lines to help keep your shapes consistent).Write a fact about Diwali, or a message (or use the template with the pre-printed message).Add colour.Cut.Glue the two flames together and insert into the diya. Glue together.Hang.Alternatively, you could make this into a greeting card and write a message ins
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2nd - 5th
Freedom Quilts - MINI UNIT
This freedom quilts mini unit is the perfect addition to your social studies curriculum with 4 different math connections!
This freedom quilts mini unit includes information pages to give students background knowledge on the underground railroad and the use of freedom quilts, printable of quilt patterns, and 4 different math connection printables. There are also book ideas to read aloud to your class on the topic!
The following are included in this product:
- 16 information pages (these can be
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1st - 4th
Day of the Dead Multiplication and Addition Math Craft
Celebrate El Dìa De Los Muertos with this beautiful multiplication craft! This project includes a sugar skull which students can decorate. Students will be able to apply their knowledge of multiplication strategies or addition/subtraction fact families to complete this festive craft. Multiplication Strategies included: arrayfact familiesnumber lineequal groupsrepeated additionmultiplication wheel Addition Strategies included: number bondfact familiesnumber lineten frameaddition wheel Included is
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1st - 5th
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Cinco de Mayo Math Worksheets: Color by Number Rounding
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with these fun coloring worksheets. Students practice or review rounding concepts. Students will round the numbers indicated on the worksheets and use specified colors in the key to color the pictures.
Also included are additional non-rounding, straight ahead color by number sheets for younger kids or just fun coloring time. Featuring cute original drawings with Cinco de Mayo themes.
9 sheets and 2 answer keys.
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-3 Pinata coloring sheets (rounding to near
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1st - 5th
3d Printable Paper Houses Coloring Pages - STEAM Activity for Geometry & Maths
Set of 9- 3d Paper House Printable Coloring Pages - STEAM Activity & MindfulnessNOTE: this is a duplicate product, as was unable to highlight the freebie otherwise. Please only purchase once!This is the full set of our 9 Printable Paper House Templates. They are a quirky little STEAM project looking at 3d shapes. Lots of fun to be had with coloring and design the details of these paper houses.Designed to stimulate imagination (e.g. see our student creating little paper dolls to go with it!).
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1st - 5th
Mardi Gras Mini Pack (Informational Booklet, Craft, Puzzles)
This Mardi Gras Mini Pack would be a great way to introduce the holiday in your classroom. It's designed with grades 2-5 in mind.
This download includes:
*Mini Informational Booklet that covers the history of Mardi Gras and how it is celebrated
*Design your own Mardi Gras mask templates
*Color by Numbers page (2 versions: 1 is two-digit addition/subtraction and 1 is multiplication/division)
*Vocabulary Word Search
*Creating Words Page
How I use this product in my Classroom:
I use the booklet
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2nd - 5th
Holidays Around the World: Diwali ~ Common Core Aligned
Diwali Lesson Plan: Diwali is the Festival of Lights celebrated in India. Teachers often include Diwali in "Christmas Around the World" or "Holidays Around the World" units because teaching multicultural celebrations can give us a glimpse into a new culture. As teachers we can open our kids' eyes to global holidays AND also instill pride in children as we feature their heritage.
Use the following Diwali activities and crafts to teach your children about a holiday celebrated by millions of India
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PreK - 3rd
South Africa! Ndebele Community—Lesson, “Painted” House Craft w Geometry
Introduce students to the Ndebele community of South Africa, and learn how this small community is famous for its beadwork, attire, and painted houses! This product includes the following, all as Adobe files:An images file in a slideshow format with embedded lessons on each slide. Lessons explore the Ndebele community and the heritage they display in their arts and crafts. There is no printout needed.An art project with step-by-step instructions for making an Ndebele painted house, full of color
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K - 8th
Also included in: South Africa! The BIG Bundle Grades 3 to 5—Crafts, Lessons & Activities
Grandfather Tang's Tangram Animals
This is a 15 page packet of tangram animal puzzles from the book Grandfather Tang's Story: A Tale Told With Tangrams by Ann Tompert. After reading this wonderful tale, have students try to figure out how the seven tangrams make each of the animals from this book. The answers are of course in the book. My students love to use their tangrams to figure out hoe to make each of the animals from this tale. After they crack the puzzle, they trace their shapes to prove they have solved it. This is
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1st - 3rd
Holidays around the World: Day of the Dead / Día de los Muertos ~ CC Aligned
As an alternative or an addition to Halloween activities, teachers can celebrate Day of the Dead with their students. This holiday also occurs at the end of October/beginning of November. Through a range of multicultural activities, crafts, and Common Core-aligned math and reading exercises, students can learn about a holiday celebrated by millions of people in Mexico, in other countries of Latin America, in the Philippines, in some countries Europe, and even in the US: Day of the Dead, or Día
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1st - 3rd
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Build Your Own SEL Calming Center [Classroom Cool Down Corner]
Research shows that teaching students to self regulate their emotions and learn to calm down is a crucial component to social emotional learning and overall student success! When students have the tools and strategies to calm themselves, they can be better focused and engaged.
This resource is the perfect starter to kit to crafting a high quality calm down corner or space in your classroom!
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K - 6th
Valentine' Day Geometry Craft | Pizza Shapes Activity | Math craftivity
Valentine's Day Shapes Activity | Valentine's Math Craft and Center | 2d Pizza This activity is included in my Craftivities for the whole year Bundle and cointains: MATH CRAFT, a fun and easy activity to encourage students to count and write the number of shapes they use to make a 2D shape pizza.SHAPE PIZZA CENTER, with templates for counting shapes. A great review of 2D shapes and includes squares, circles, rectangles, rhombus, triangles and ovals.=>Follow me to be the first to know about
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Seasonal craftivities for Kinder and Writing activities
Math Vocabulary Blank Dictionary - Add new words ALL YEAR!
This Math Vocabulary Dictionary Packet is perfect for learning new math definitions and meanings. This no prep resource is the perfect scaffold/tool for students to create their own encyclopedia with math words all year long! Your elementary / middle school / high school students will love looking back at their self-made vocabulary book!This resource is a great tool for English Language Learners (ESL). At the beginning of the year, students will receive their "math vocabulary briefcase". Through
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1st - 12th
Ovoid Shape Northwest Native Art 2D Shapes Math Indigenous Inclusion
Learn and draw the ovoid shape--the most dominant shape in Northwest Native Art.Learn about its qualities, where it is reflected in nature and practice drawing it on various animals that look similar to the art of First Nations People. Add this project to your study of 2D shapes. The ovoid is part of the NEW BC Curriculum to study for Grade 2. A great way to integrate Math and Art.Suitable for: Grades 1-3 integration of Math and Art Please find included activities for:learning the basic characte
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1st - 3rd
Building Classroom Community:An Anti-Racist Approach to Establishing a Social...
Full Title: Building Classroom Community: An Anti-Racist Approach to Establishing a Social Justice Classroom“The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it—and then dismantle it.” - Ibram X. KendiWhen building classroom community, it is essential to establish routines and procedures. It is important to set the foundation for your classroom culture. Classroom culture can make or break your school year.This resource is intended to help you establish an anti-racist classroo
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2nd - 4th
Read Across America with Diverse Books
During Read Across America, this is a time to explore books from across America that shows our diversity as a country. In this product it includes 10 books with different activities. Books included are:-The Word Collector (explaining powerful words)-Those Shoes (wants vs. needs)-What If... (creating something from everyday objects)-The Most Magnificent Thing (inventing one thing or coming up with one goal)-Stella Brings The Family (labeling your own family)-All Are Welcomed (writing about when y
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K - 3rd
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Feast Parent Letter Classroom
Have a fun and silly time with your kiddos, by having a mock Charlie Brown Thanksgiving feast in classroom. Send this letter home to solicit parent participation. It is editable. Have fun!
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PreK - 12th
Unscramble the Famous Faces® of Black History (Volume 2)
Unscramble the Famous Faces® of Black History Volume 2. This is a great Black History Month activity! In these unscramble grid activities, students are presented with a scrambled image of a portrait of a famous person. Then each student works to unscramble the grid pieces to produce the final “unscrambled” portrait. I have included options both for cutting and pasting, as well as for drawing, which makes this great for students of any age and makes differentiation in your classroom really easy.T
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K - 9th
Also included in: Unscramble the Famous Faces® BUNDLE
ICELAND Unit Study Cultural Studies w/Viking, Tundra Biome, Puffin & Geysers!
Learn all about the beautiful country of Iceland with interactive, hands-on activities! Learn about the country with our placemat/poster and flag, study landmarks with full color three-part cards, and visualize locations of landmarks and cities with our map pinning. See where Iceland is in relationship the rest of the world with the continent flag pinning & outline. Learn about indigenous animals with the Icelandic fauna full color three-part cards.Made a 3D Model of the iconic church, Hallg
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PreK - 8th
COLOUR WORDS and INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF CANADA, First Nations, Métis, Inuit
Our busy days make it feel impossible to teach all the subjects. This resource teaches or reviews 9 basic colour words by using the Indigenous Peoples of Canada Medicine Wheel and their beading traditions. The NO PREP activities will provide your students practise in identifying the colours while learning about the culture of Indigenous Peoples of Canada - the Métis, Inuit and First Nations. The worksheets are PRINT and GO. Plus, it is differentiated. There are 3 versions of the activities: Mos
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1st - 2nd
Native American Inspired Geometric Shape Craft: Concentric Circles, Shapes,Lines
Students will learn the importance of geometric shapes in Native American art in this no prep lesson to go along with your Native American studies. This includes everything students need to design a Mandela or circular art form using geometric shapes and line patterns inspired by Native American Art. A great Fall, Autumn craft when teaching about the first Americans. This is a great lesson for integrating math, Native American culture and art. Students will create pattern using geometric shapes,
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1st - 7th
Maramataka & Gregorian Calendar Wall Display
This brightly coloured wall display is a beautiful and alternate way to track the seasons in your classroom! It makes comparing & contrasting the Maramataka (Māori lunar calendar) with the Gregorian (solar) calendar easy. It can be assembled and displayed as 2 separate calendars or combined - the central wheel is 35cm across and when added to the other elements that are part of the resource, makes an eye catching display around a metre wide. Ideas for use include: Use the 'plant me' vegetab
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Time Bundle (Time Resources for Kiwi teachers)
You Can't Catch Me! {Multicultural Gingerbread Unit}
This 97-page product is full of resources to implement a literature-based, cross-curricular, hands-on, multicultural unit of study all about gingerbread stories! (Aligned with Common Core Literature Standards for Grade 2: Comparing similar stories across different cultures)
Books suggested for this unit of study (most can be found at your local library!):
*The Gingerbread Man (Any traditional version works)
*The Runaway Latkes (Leslie Kimmelman)
*The Runaway Tortilla (Eric A. Kimmel)
*The Run
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2nd - 3rd
The Olympics and Me! A Global All About Me Unit
This is an "All About Me" unit for the beginning of the year that incorporates the fun of the Summer Olympics. This unit includes reading, language arts, math, science, social studies, and health activities that correlate with the Common Core Performance Standards (CCPS). Four craft ideas are also included...great for Open House or Meet the Teacher. Hands-on activities and student pages are included. All activities have been differentiated to meet the needs within your classroom.
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Importance of learning math skills in 2nd grade
It's no secret that mathematics is a foundational subject for students to learn. Math forms the basis for many other subjects — like science, engineering, and technology. Because of that, it's essential that kids develop strong math skills from a young age as it makes them more likely to succeed in other courses in the future.
Learning math in 2nd grade helps kids begin to develop critical thinking, logical reasoning, and problem-solving skills. It also helps second graders further develop their understanding of numbers and basic operations, which are important tools for everyday life. Lastly, math is an important life skill that children will use in their everyday adult lives, whether they're calculating a tip at a restaurant or creating a budget.
The key concepts for 2nd grade math
The following are the key math skills that students learn in 2nd grade.
Addition and Subtraction
Students will learn how to solve simple addition and subtraction problems with numbers up to 100. They will also learn how to solve word problems using addition and subtraction.
Place Value
Place value is a critical concept that children learn in 2nd-grade math. They will learn how to read and write numbers up to 1,000 and understand the concept of place value.
Geometry
In geometry, students will learn how to identify and classify two-dimensional shapes such as squares, circles, triangles, and rectangles. They will also learn about lines, angles, and symmetry.
Measurement
Measurement is another essential concept that kids will learn in 2nd-grade math. They will learn how to measure length, weight, and volume using standard units.
How to find 2nd grade math resources
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Frequently asked questions
What types of math lessons are available on TPT?
There are many different types of math resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular math lessons include: telling time, counting money, addition and subtraction, and word problems.
What are some good resources for practicing 2nd grade math?
Websites like TPT offer free and paid resources for teachers who want to help their students practice 2nd grade math.
What are the key concepts of 2nd-grade math?
Second graders will learn how to count, read, and write numbers up to 1,000, and solve simple addition and subtraction problems. They will also learn basic geometry concepts such as identifying shapes, lines, and angles, and learn how to measure length, weight, and volume.
Why is 2nd grade math important?
Second grade math is important for children because it lays the foundation for more advanced mathematical concepts. It is also an essential life skill that children will use throughout their lives.
How can I help my child overcome math anxiety?
You can help your child overcome math anxiety by providing a supportive and positive environment, breaking down math concepts into manageable chunks, and doing math problems that use real-world examples.
What should I do if my child is struggling with a specific math concept?
If your child is struggling with a specific math concept, you can provide extra support and resources such as worksheets, tutoring, or online educational tools. Sometimes, visual aids like charts, graphs, videos and manipulatives can help children understand abstract concepts better. The use of visuals can help explain math concepts to kids and better engage them in their learning.
How can I make math fun for my child?
Children learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your math lessons by using games, videos, puzzles, and real-life scenarios. If your class seems to find math boring or uninteresting, you can also try connecting it to their interests or hobbies.
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