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Students learn best when they are engaged. Second graders have now mastered the basics and need a push towards solving more complex word problems, introductory multiplication, and building fluency in reading & writing. Using Education.com's second grade lesson plans will keep students continuously engaged and growing in every academic subject.

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Potential And Kinetic Energy

Potential And Kinetic Energy

Walk, sleep, run, eat! We're constantly using energy, whether we're moving or not. In this lesson, students learn how their bodies are constantly converting potential energy into kinetic energy and kinetic energy back to potential energy.

1st grade

Science

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Subjects & Verbs Get Along

Subjects & Verbs Get Along

Subjects and verbs agree! This grammar lesson includes a fun interactive segment that students will love, and they will practice matching subjects to their verbs.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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2-D Shapes

Shape up your students' understanding of geometrical attributes with this hands-on math lesson. Students will gain a better understanding of how to describe a shape by the number of edges and vertices it has, rather than by its name.

2nd grade

Math

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Adding it All Up

Adding it All Up

In this lesson, students will learn how to add a one-digit number to a two-digit number. This will help students build upon the skills needed for regrouping larger numbers.

1st grade

Math

Lesson plan

Counting Coins

Help your students learn to count money with this teacher-approved lesson. They'll love learning how much their favorite things are worth.

2nd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Introduction to Similes

Introduction to Similes

This lesson provides a concrete introduction to similes. Students will get a confidence boost after working together and completing some fun and colorful worksheets.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy

Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy

Energy is an essential part of our daily lives, but the resources that power the Earth are being threatened. In this lesson, students learn about renewable and non-renewable resources, including those that need protection.

2nd grade

Science

Lesson plan

Vertebrate or Invertebrate?

Vertebrate or Invertebrate?

Use this lesson to teach your students about the different types of species and how to categorize them! Your students will learn characteristics about vertebrates and invertebrates.

2nd grade

Science

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Facts and Opinions: What's the Truth?

Facts and Opinions: What's the Truth?

Use this lesson to teach your students about facts and opinions. Teach them that a certain belief that they have about someone or something is not a fact!

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

It's A Small World: Different Cultures

It's A Small World: Different Cultures

Make your students global citizens with this lesson that has them learn about the different cultures of the world.

1st grade

Social studies

Lesson plan

Finding the Subject and Predicate

Finding the Subject and Predicate

Help your students avoid the dreaded sentence fragment with this lesson that gives young writers the building blocks they need to succeed in English class.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Classroom Directions

Classroom Directions

In this lesson, your students will learn how to identify what direction they are going when they move from one place to another. They'll be able to visually see directions in the classroom.

2nd grade

Social studies

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One Tree, Three Branches

One Tree, Three Branches

Get your kids excited about social studies with this comprehensive lesson, which will allow them to make their own visual comparisons of the three branches of the United States government.

2nd grade

Social studies

Lesson plan

Proper Noun Town

Proper Noun Town

Knowing when to capitalize can be confusing. This lesson serves as a review on which types of nouns require a capital letter. Students will love designing their own towns while learning about the distinction between common and proper nouns.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Writing: Descriptive Words

Writing: Descriptive Words

Improve your students' writing skills with this neat lesson on adjectives. From bright to dark, light to heavy, your little writers will be able to describe the world around them in no time.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

What is Recycling?

What is Recycling?

What is recycling all about? What can and can't be recycled? What can I do to help others understand the importance of recycling? This activity helps students answer all of these questions as they learn about saving planet Earth.

2nd grade

Science

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Contraction Action

Contraction Action

Give your students a chance to create contractions and play with macaroni with this fun-filled reading lesson. Early learners will have a blast using flash cards to identify ways word combinations.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Sticky Reading Comprehension

Sticky Reading Comprehension

Sometimes students struggle with comprehension, and it can be difficult to pinpoint where the breakdown occurs. Help your students make visual summaries on sticky notes in this lesson!

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Comparing Three-Digit Numbers

Comparing Three-Digit Numbers

Students will get a chance to use multiple methods to compare three-digit numbers. They will also get practice using greater than and less than symbols to show their answers.

2nd grade

Math

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Fact or Opinion: Part 1

Fact or Opinion: Part 1

Cats are the best! Pizza is better! My teacher rules! In Fact or Opinion: Part 1, your students will combine reading and writing to learn about the differences between facts and opinions and how those differences are communicated.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Mad, Sad, Happy, Glad: Character Feelings

Mad, Sad, Happy, Glad: Character Feelings

Your students will have loads of fun discovering new words and using them describe the feelings of different characters. Featuring No, David! by David Shannon, this lesson will help kids practice reading and writing.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Addition with Regrouping Center

Addition with Regrouping Center

Make addition with regrouping easy with this lesson plan that makes the task a visual learning experience.

2nd grade

Math

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My Life in Timelines

My Life in Timelines

What life events have made an impact on your own life? This activity allows students to make a timeline of their own life events!

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Classroom Map

Have you ever had to explain to someone where something is? Learning to create a map is a fun way to show where objects and places are.

2nd grade

Social studies

Lesson plan

Bird, Star, and the Bossy R

Bird, Star, and the Bossy R

Ever wonder how to get your students to understand r-controlled vowels? Meet Bird, Star, and the Bossy R! These characters will help your students understand how to read and identify that pesky Bossy R through a story and sorting activity.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

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