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2nd grade math literature circles for Gifted and Talented
Playdough mats galore- ABC, 123, shapes, skills and pictures
This packet is full of fun hands on play dough mats for you to use with your students. They are perfect for fine motor skills, number, letter, and shape recognition, learning to count, and practicing handwriting skills.Included in the packet....the alphabet, 2 different options plus task cardsnumbers, 2 different options plus task cardsI can make.... mats and task cards for...… handwriting skills, pictures, and shapesthere's 16 different shapes, 8 pictures, and 7 skills mats8/4I added apple, go
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PreK - 2nd
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Elephant & Piggie - Waiting Is Not Easy!
These No Prep Sub Plans feature a FULL day's worth of activities for the popular book "Waiting Is Not Easy" by Mo Willems. These emergency sub plans are perfect for K-2 classrooms!!This set is DAY 2 from my Elephant & Piggie No Prep WEEK! You can save $$ by purchasing the Elephant & Piggie BUNDLEThese No Prep plans come complete with directions for you or a sub. Just print and circle which activity you want your sub to complete. It's that easy!! Make sure to leave a copy of the book "Wai
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K - 2nd
Socratic Seminars and Philosophical Chairs
Teaching kids to be more philosophic helps them acquire new ways of expressing themselves and innovative ways of thinking. It pushes students to be more logical, think critically, connect ideas, and to be more accepting of opposing views.Through the use of Socractic Seminars and Philosophical Chairs, you can bring philosophy into your classroom and give your students the opportunity to formulate questions, reason with peers, develop arguments, and contribute to constructive conversations.I trie
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1st - 5th
Accountable Talk Posters | Academic Language Sentence Stems
Looking for a way to support your student's academic discourse? The Accountable Talk Posters for Academic Language Sentence Stems! This handy set gives students everything they need to participate in deep partner and class discussions through academic discourse with sentence stems.The Accountable Talk Classroom Posters are perfect for ALL students, including English Language Learners, with the use of academic language sentence stems. With clear and concise visuals, these posters provide an excel
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1st - 4th
Also included in: Back to School Classroom Setup - Beginning of Year Materials & Forms
Emergency Substitute Lesson Plans: If You Give A Pig A Pancake Unit
These easy, no prep substitute plans correlate with the book If You Give A Pig A Pancake by Laura Numeroff. This first, second and third grade unit is 100+ pages of ideas, discussion questions, activities, graphic organizers, worksheets and printables. If You Give A Sub A Plan: If You Give A Pig A Pancake Unit- Perfect For Emergency Substitute Lesson Plans: Reading, Writing, Math, Science and Social Studies All In One Unit!* "If You Give A Sub A Plan" series.... This unit has activities for
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1st - 3rd
Socratic Seminars for Elementary Students
Contains: an explanation of Socratic Seminars, PLUS a pdf of the norms to post on your wall (or digitally), as well as questions to discuss that apply to multiple topics, a reflection activity and "compliment cards." Socratic Seminars are conversations between students where there are questions to be discussed after reading a fiction or nonfiction text, and students are “safe” to share thoughts and ideas without the fear of getting the “wrong answer.” It will help students to increase oral
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1st - 6th
Sir Cumference Books Math Extension Lessons - Grades 2-4 - PRINTABLE
This huge resource includes lessons, games and worksheets to use along with 9 of the Sir Cumference books by Cindy Neuschwander! Math concepts covered in this download:*Measurement of circles and rectangles*Adding, subtracting and rounding large numbers*Exploring 2D and 3D shapes*Calculating area and perimeter*Understanding Euler’s Law*Measuring and classifying angles*Graphing on a coordinate plane*Using and writing algebraic expressions*Analyzing bar graphs and pie charts*Using fractions to rep
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2nd - 5th
Advanced Novel Study: Charlotte's Web with Depth and Complexity
This novel study was designed for use with gifted second through fourth graders, but could be modified and/or scaffolded to meet the needs to students in grades 2-5. The main focus of this unit was to guide students to analyze text on a deeper level, gaining rich understandings of theme and descriptive language. Students will need to think, infer, and cite text evidence to support their answers.Students will meet objectives for deep thinking using a combination of discussion, independent and/or
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2nd - 4th
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Counting Money Practice Worksheet - Coins and Dollar Bills
I created this math counting money worksheet with 11 problems to help my kids count dollars and coins. The amounts fall between $1-$3. This would be a good guided activity during small math groups. It could also be used for seatwork during math centers, homework, morning work, extra practice/remediation, or even a quiz! Check out all of my other money worksheets for the seasons/holidays and non-themed like this one! :)
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1st - 4th
Novel Study/ Book Report "Exploding Box" Project (For Any Book)
Creative Book Reports are always a hit with teachers, students, and parents. That's why I created this interactive foldable book report to use in your classroom or with your homeschool children. This Exploding Box Project can be used as an extension menu activity for a novel study, picture book, or literature circle. Your students will be so excited to present what they learned from the book with this hands-on activity. All you will need to create this easy project is scrapbook paper, scissors,
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2nd - 6th
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The Smart Cookie Read Aloud Book Companion | Multiple Intelligences | Activities
The Smart Cookie by Jory John is a great book to teach students that everyone is smart in different ways and the importance of perseverance. It is also the perfect segue into a study of multiple intelligences. This The Smart Cookie Book Companion requires students to delve into analyzing and interpreting literature. This book companion is jam-packed with resources that provide opportunities for your students in grades 2-4 to think critically and creatively, analyze the author's craft, and make c
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2nd - 4th
Weight Sorting Worksheet - Ounces, Pounds or Tons?
I created this sort for my students to practice determining if an object should be weighed using ounces, pounds or tons. Students simply read the words and decide if the item is light and should be measured in ounces, or heavier, and should be weighed in pounds. Really heavy things should be weighed in tons. They then cut, sort and record the words into the correct category. This can be used for morning work, whole group guided practice, small group work, independent practice or an assessment.
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1st - 4th
The First Thanksgiving - Booklet & Activities - Low Prep!
Happy Turkey Season! You'll love teaching your students about the first Thanksgiving with this Low Prep The First Thanksgiving Booklet and Activities! Every page is interactive! Students can color, reinforce sight words they are learning, and discover why the Pilgrim's celebrated the first Thanksgiving. Included in this product is also a math activity, Thanksgiving word search, and a writing activity where students can express what they are thankful for.This can be used from kindergarten to 3rd
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K - 3rd
Harriet's Halloween Candy
This download includes math and literacy activities to go with the story Harriet's Halloween Candy by Nancy Carlson.
Skills include: estimating, counting, sorting by attributes, graphing, analyzing data from a graph to answer questions, problem solving, sequencing, identifying characters, setting, problem and resolution
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1st - 2nd
Weight / Mass Sorting Worksheet - Grams and Kilograms
I created this sort for my students to practice determining if an object should be weighed using grams or kilograms. Students simply read the words and decide if the item is light and should be measured in grams, or heavier, and should be weighed in kilograms. They then cut, sort and record the words into the correct category. This can be used for morning work, whole group guided practice, small group work, independent practice or an assessment. Also check out all of my other Math - Measurem
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2nd - 4th
Counting on Katherine by Becker 25 Book Extension Activities NO PREP
This picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Katherine Johnson, a brilliant mathematician. This is a perfect book to share in your elementary classroom or school library. This resource includes 25 no prep activities that allow for customizing exactly what your students need and meeting all of your students at their levels. Katherine Johnson was a pioneer of her time. Her work for NASA in the Mercury and Apollo missions was instrumental in the safe flights and returns of our astronaut
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2nd - 5th
The Day the Crayons Quit - Book Companion w/ ELA and Math Activities
This packet has activities for ELA & Math to go perfectly with the adorable story "The Day the Crayons Quit." These activities can be completed in a whole group, small group or independent setting. There are interactive journal and whole sheet pages included.
The ELA activities include: A before reading writing and craft activity to get them thinking about different colors. There are several activities for point of view, response writing, comparing & contrasting, and point of view lett
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K - 3rd
Depth and Complexity Primary Extension Literature Units BUNDLE (Gate)
Depth & Complexity Primary Literature Units (4 Included)4 Units Included: Details, Big Idea, Unanswered Questions and RulesEACH UNIT CONTAINS: 1 Week Long Unit - 5 LessonsThis weeklong unit was designed to introduce primary aged students to the one depth and complexity icon through mentor texts. It is great for whole group lessons, small group extensions, and independent practice.Each unit has:One full week of lesson plansActivities and extensionsSuggested mentor texts (fiction and non-ficti
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K - 5th
EDITABLE Reading, Writing, Math Stations | Rotations | Workshop Slide Templates
Use these Editable Student Rotation Google Slide Templates for your classroom this year! Simply customize your student names, activities, and timer to implement successful transitions during your rotation time.What's Included:30 ready to use templatesOptions of 2 or 3 rotations4 Groups (editable)Timers included on each slideTimer options of 5, 10, 15, or 20 minutes (video included on how to add your own)Clipart Icon SlideTitles included: "Stations" "Rotations" "Workshop" "Math Rotations" "Math W
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1st - 12th
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All I want for Christmas: 10 Common Core Literacy Centers AND 10 Math Centers
Reindeer Line-Up! ABC Order: R. FS.3G.-Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
Santa’s Sleigh of Sentences: R.FS.1.A- Recognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word,
capitalization, ending punctuation).
North Pole Nouns- Proper vs. Common Nouns: LS.1B.- Use common, proper, and possessive nouns
Digraph Dash: R.FS.3.A.-Know the spelling-sound correspondences for common consonant digraphs
Stocking Syllable Sort: R.FS.3D.- Use knowledge that every
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1st - 2nd
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Place Value (Fast Food and Project Based Learning)
There are two different levels in this packet. The materials with calories in food go up to the hundreds place. The materials with the number of restaurants in the United States go up to the ten thousands place. Both levels have all the same activities.
*Activity #1: Writing the number of calories or restaurants in the USA in expanded or word form.
*Activity #2: A scoot game where students will add two numbers and then write the sum in expanded or word form. Some of these cards also as
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2nd - 3rd
CALDECOTT BOOK ACTIVITIES BUNDLE Literature Extensions Critical Thinking GATE
Story Sleuths I, II, and III Bundle delivers 3 products at 20% savings. You will receive 12 weeks of clues for the Story Sleuth challenge; an enrichment unit using Caldecott Award winning books to cultivate critical thinking. Your students will use text features, illustrations, and context to determine which book is described by the set of clues. By involving your students in this project, you will exercise their deductive reasoning, analysis, evaluation, and problem solving skills. This unit is
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K - 4th
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Philosophy Questions Kit Printable - 78 Question Cards with Discussion Guide
Philosophy Questions Printable Kit : Suitable for Kindergarten to Fifth Grade
These printable Philosophy Question Cards will provide teachers with ideas to facilitate whole class or small group philosophy discussion sessions.
The kit includes:
-A full list of the seventy-eight philosophical questions
-A poster titled ‘A Guide For Philosophical Discussion’
-Seventy Eight Philosophical Question Cards (Two large cards per Landscape Letter/A4 size page)
Philosophical inquiry offers students the o
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K - 5th
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Listening and Following Directions - Math
This product is filled with worksheets that promote building listening skills and following directions. These worksheets are for whole group, small group, or independent. Depending on the students level of independence, it can be for independent or teacher prompted instruction. These are great self-explanatory sheets that are good to leave for substitutes.
This is the MATH Edition.This product is also available as part of a discounted bundle in my store: Listening and Following Directions BUNDL
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K - 12th
Also included in: Listening and Following Directions - BUNDLE
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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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