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Math Logic Puzzles: 2nd grade Enrichment - [Digital & Printable PDF]
Math Logic Puzzles for 2nd grade includes 16 higher-order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.--------
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2nd - 3rd
Summer School Activities Camping Theme Camp Days Fun Summer School Activities
Our week-long Camping Theme unit is a fun way to review this summer while having a blast! Get ready for a classroom transformation! With engaging activities like an all-about-me worksheet, camp games, and more where students enjoy camping days. Keep kids engaged and learning while creating memorable adventures during this unforgettable summer school or summer camp experience!⭐️ Be sure to open up the preview to see what is inside.Key Features In This Week Long Camp Themed Unit:✓ Daily activities
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1st - 3rd
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Math Challenge - Critical Thinking - Addition, Subtraction, Place Value Puzzles
Keep your students excited about learning with this fun set of pirate themed critical thinking math challenge riddles, designed to practice second grade and third grade addition, subtraction, and place value skills. Here's how these math riddle cards work!Choosing from the nine possible answers on each of the cards, your students will determine the Pirate's Secret Number by using a variety of math clues plus critical reasoning to eliminate eight of the options.What does this math review set incl
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2nd - 3rd
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2nd Grade Math Word Problem of the Day: Daily Problem Solving Bundle | FULL YEAR
We all know that kids in 2nd grade need help with word problems. The good news is, there's a resource for that! Daily Problem Solving for Grade 2 takes a "problem of the day" approach to avoid overwhelming struggling or reluctant learners while they work to build confidence and competence with strategies for math word problems.Students love the format because it's both fun and engaging, with each week centering on a kid-friendly theme. A fun fact starts the week to build interest and get things
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2nd - 3rd
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Shark Week in the Classroom | End of the Year Activity | Shark Themed Unit
This Shark Week resource is a week long themed unit, packed with shark week activities, all about sharks! This resource includes 250 pages of everything you need to have an entire week filled with SHARK WEEK lessons and activities in your classroom. Shark Week is a great end of the year activity. Everything you need to host a Shark Week in your classroom! Your ENTIRE WEEK PLANNED with Shark Week Activities that cover reading, writing, word work, math, science, STEM, and more! Look Below to see
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K - 2nd
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K-2-ETS1-2
End of the Year Camping Activities: Theme Camp Days With Camp Themed STEM Bundle
Do you dread the end of the year hustle and bustle? There is just so much to do and so little time! Not anymore, my friend. End of the year activities have never been more engaging, time-producing for teachers, and just plain AWESOME than with this End of Year Camp Themed Week Long Unit BUNDLE with Camp STEM included! Keep teaching until the end WHILE giving yourself TIME to get everything done at SCHOOL. This BUNDLE includes both the Digital and Print camp unit PLUS Camp STEM Challenges all in
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1st - 3rd
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-1
2nd Grade Math Faceoffs Error Analysis and Problem Solving
These print-and-go or digital problems ask students to solve a problem, find the error, explain the error and therefore decide who was correct! Each problem targets a misconception in mathematical thinking. By identifying and explaining the error, the misconceptions second graders often have should be addressed and rectified. This resource is broken down by strand. Operations and Algebraic Thinking - 10 problemsNumbers and Operations in Base Ten - 22 problemsMeasurement and Data - 20 problemsGeo
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2nd
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Enrichment Activities 30 Critical Thinking Worksheets Fast Finishers
Do you need to keep your fast finishers and high flyers challenged? Here are 30 Critical Thinking and Enrichment activities. This is one of my best sellers - students really love these activities! If you would like this product in both print and digital versions, Click here.CategoriesMaking CategoriesHealthy Foods Word SearchStates Logic PuzzleMusical Instruments Logic PuzzleSorting and ClassifyingAnalogiesMagic SquaresMystery Animal Addition & SubtractionMystery Animal Addition & Subtr
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2nd - 4th
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Hundred Board Number Puzzles! Math Enrichment Activities (2nd grade)
This resource includes 20 higher order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem solving skills while building a deeper understanding of numeracy and place value. Each of the 20 activities offers an interesting, non-routine way to explore essential math concepts and skills. Each Hundred Board puzzle provides a series of 4-6 mathematical clues. Students use the clues to determine the value of the mystery number. Wh
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Hundred Board Enrichment Puzzles - The BUNDLE!
Nocturnal Animals Thematic Unit Integrated Unit
This Nocturnal Animals Integrated Unit will teacher your students all about things that go bump in the night. This unit contains activities for the following nocturnal animals: spider, bat, raccoon, firefly, moth, porcupine, mouse, owl, opossum, fox, mole, and badger.This is a fabulous unit for October or any time of year.Included in this unit you will find:Vocabulary CardsNocturnal Animal Photo CardsNonfiction Reading Passagesbatsfirefliesmice spidersmothsowlsporcupines raccoonsopossumsbadgers
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1st - 3rd
Math Facts Color by Number Addition and Subtraction
Bring joy and excitement into your class while practicing addition and subtraction math facts! 15 different color-by-number pages each with a different habitat theme for a nice cross-curricular connection with science. These are fun for homework, seat work, a sub day, early finisher work, and more!To be inline with Common Core, unknowns are placed in all positions (ex: 6+___=10).What Others Are Saying:"Cannot say enough positive about these worksheets. Will be great for morning work. Thank you
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1st - 2nd
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Also included in: Back to School Mega Bundle | 2nd Grade
2nd Grade Christmas Math Activities Holiday Classroom Transformation Escape Room
Get ready for Santa with this Christmas classroom transformation! This 2nd grade Christmas math activity is a fun and EASY Christmas room transformation (similar to a Christmas math escape room). Rigorous Christmas math activities for 2nd grade like this are fun and engaging. Students complete Christmas color by number (also known as Christmas coloring pages) in this second grade classroom transformation.It's filled with plenty of EDITABLE Christmas math worksheets for 2nd grade but students fee
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2nd
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All About Sharks | Shark Activities Writing Craft | Shark Week Science
Do your students or children want to learn all about sharks? Looking for a fun and engaging way to connect important science and language arts skills? Look no further than this jam-packed All About Sharks Unit. This shark unit will take your students on an underwater journey to the world of sharks. They will work on key reading skills while learning about sharks, their habitat, characteristics, and important facts. They will love tackling life science standards as they learn about the shark
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1st - 2nd
Guided Math Lesson Plans (Year Long - 2nd Grade)
A YEAR OF GUIDED MATH LESSON PLANS for 2ND GRADE!Over 648 Pages of Lesson Plans, Anecdotal Records Sheets, Vocabulary Pages and Graphic Organizers!This product includes 30 weeks of Guided Math Lesson Plans for the teacher and activities for the students! 26 CCSS Aligned and 43 TEKS Aligned Skills are broken down into 1-week segments (4 days each week with the 5th day being used as a “getting caught up day”) of lessons equaling 30 weeks!WITHIN EACH LESSON:• CCSS Skills (Or TEKS Skills) Binder Div
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1st - 3rd
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Math Enrichment & Project Based Learning Operations & Algebraic Thinking BUNDLE
These CCSS Operations & Algebraic Thinking project-based activities are a way to enrich your high-achieving students through independent work study, while you are able to focus on providing instruction and support to your on level and approaching level students. These high-level thinking projects incorporate reading and writing, and allow all students to stay actively working on the same standards as the instruction you are giving to the students who are still working on learning addition, s
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K - 2nd
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SECOND GRADE STRATERGY POSTERS ANCHOR CHARTS AND VOCABULARY WORD iREADY MATH
SECOND GRADE STRATEGY POSTERS ANCHOR CHARTS AND VOCABULARY WORD iREADY MATHThis set of 140 pages includes eye-catching Strategy Posters, Anchor Charts, and Vocabulary Posters for the full year that go along with the Second Grade iReady series or any other Second Grade math curriculum. These posters are great to hang in your classroom as a resource for your students to use daily to help reinforce the standards! The illustrations and instructions on each poster help students understand the learnin
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1st - 3rd
Hundred Board Enrichment Puzzles - The BUNDLE!
Hundred Board Enrichment Puzzles – The BUNDLE!This is a bundled set of 3 individual listings. Purchase the bundle and save over 20%!!! Each individual resource includes 20 higher-order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building a deeper understanding of numeracy and place value. Each of the 20 activities offers an interesting, non-routine way to explore essential math concepts and ski
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K - 4th
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Eclipse Solar - Solar Elcipse SPANISH ACTIVITIES 2024
Eclipse Solar Mega bundle - Solar Elcipse SPANISH ACTIVITIES and craftivities 2024Bono librito y otras actividades para el eclise lunar Este paquete contiene actividades académicas lista para imprimir para los grados de Kinder a Segundo grado:Lectura, escritura, matemáticas, fonética, gramática, coronas y actividades divertidasCONTENIDO!!!!!Manualidad del eclipse solarSeis coronas del eclipse solarCorona del eclipse solar – Fases de la LunaEl eclipse y yoYo en el mapa de corazón del eclipse so
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K - 2nd
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NGSS:
1-ESS1-1
Winter Math Enrichment Logic Puzzles Early Finisher Activities Critical Thinking
Looking for fun winter math activities to help your students build problem solving skills? These winter math logic puzzles are perfect for early finishers or in a center. Logic puzzles challenge students to think creatively about math and lay the foundation for problems in which students use variables in mathematical expressions. Each winter themed math logic puzzle card contains 4 problems using pictures and numbers, where they must figure out the value of each picture. Students use addition a
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1st - 4th
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Also included in: Winter Math Literacy and Critical Thinking Activities
Fall/ Halloween STEM Challenge - Rescue the Witch
Rescue the Witch Halloween STEM ChallengeThis engaging STEM challenge is a fun way to incorporate the engineering design process and related math word problems into your class with a festive theme. A storyline is provided. Your students will be excited to work in teams to rescue the kind witch!This packet includes:Storyline with a Halloween themeEditable Teacher Slides & Student HandoutsDesign Challenge and introduction to the Engineering Design ProcessStudent worksheets to complete the chal
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1st - 4th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Fall & Halloween STEM Challenges Activity Bundle
Place Value Enrichment - 2-digit Number Puzzles
Place Value Number Puzzles are a fun, interactive way to challenge and engage your students. The 20 original puzzles are designed to build a solid understanding of place value and number sense, while also developing critical thinking and problem solving skills.
How do Place Value Puzzles work?
Students use hands-on number tiles (digits 0-9) and a series of 4-6 clues to build the one correct 2-digit number that meets the given criteria.
Each number puzzle includes a variety of math concepts,
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2nd - 3rd
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2nd Grade Full Day Sub Plans - ELA, Math, Science, SS, Art, P.E. + more - Kit 1
These full day, cross-curricular sub plans offer everything your substitute will need to have a successful day of teaching and learning in second grade! Our favorite part? All activities and lessons are themed to be based on the book, "Hey Little Ant."Teachers can breathe easy when they need to take a sick day with these no-stress, print and go lesson plans that are perfect to cover every subject with 2nd graders! These sub plans are jam-packed to include printables, graphic organizers and more:
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2nd
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Apple Activities STEM Challenge Fall STEAM October Johnny Appleseed November
Celebrate Apple Johnny Appleseed Day with this fun fall STEM Challenge. In this engaging Fall STEM challenge students will design their own tower to balance apples. Use any materials you have!! Includes a digital & printable version! They will even incorporate math skills to answer questions. LOW PREP so set up is easy for you!This activity is included in my FALL BUNDLE. Use STEM all month long with the FALL BUNDLE! Click here to Save 30% with 5 activities!MaterialsI bought fake plastic app
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K - 3rd
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2nd Grade Math Enrichment Addition Subtraction Place Value - Math Riddles Bundle
Are you always looking for new math challenges for your second grade and third grade students? These three riddle card sets for addition, subtraction, and place value will keep even your most capable learners thinking hard and having fun!You'll save more than 30% when you buy these resources in this bundle!Here are the resources that are included. ✅ Two Digit Numbers Math Riddle Activities | Monsters✅ Addition, Subtraction, and Place Value Riddles | Pirates✅ Addition, Subtraction, and Plac
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2nd - 3rd
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