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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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The Two Sounds of C and G

The Two Sounds of C and G

Does that pesky letter G say /g/ or /j/? How about the sneaky letter C, does it say /k/ or /s/? Use this lesson to teach your students how to tell the difference between the hard and soft sounds of consonants.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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A Solid Investigation

A Solid Investigation

In this lesson, your students will explore the properties of solids and learn to describe them in various ways.

2nd grade

Science

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Alphabetical Order

Alphabetical Order

Students will practice real world organizing as they learn how to alphabetize the classroom library.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Pledging Allegiance to the Flag

Pledging Allegiance to the Flag

The Pledge of Allegiance has been recited for years, but how many truly know its meaning? This lesson allows our student citizens a chance to learn and appreciate the pledge, as they understand the meaning behind it.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Add It Up! Counting Money

Add It Up! Counting Money

Students will work together as well as individually to add up coins to a desired amount. This real life skill will be made fun when students get to physically count out their cents!

2nd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Inflectional Endings: -ing

Inflectional Endings: -ing

Use a silly movie clip and fun activity to teach your second graders how to spell and recognize words with the inflectional ending *-ing*.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Butterfly's Life Cycle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Butterfly's Life Cycle

In this lesson, you will use “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to teach students about the butterfly life cycle. After listening to the story read aloud, students will use their knowledge to create their own butterfly life cycles!

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Mindfulness: A Home Inside

Mindfulness: A Home Inside

We all have our own home of feelings inside, like a shell that we can tuck into when needed. This we learn from turtles, and now your students can too. This lesson helps students access that place inside full of feelings, emotions, and thoughts.

Preschool

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Mindfulness: Mindful Listening

Mindfulness: Mindful Listening

Owls hear so well that they can hunt in the dark. Have your students try on their owl ears! In this lesson, students open up their ears to all the sounds around them, close and far away, and go on a sound hunt.

Preschool

Lesson plan

Capacity Comparison

Capacity Comparison

Your class will love this outdoor activity that teaches them how to compare the capacity of different containers.

2nd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Emotion Charades

Emotion Charades

Help your ELs practice identifying how their peers are feeling to develop emotions vocabulary and support comprehension. It can be used as a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Give Me Five Minutes

Give Me Five Minutes

What time is it? Give your students an overview of time with this colorful lesson. They'll have a great time manipulating clock hands and completing a variety of worksheets.

2nd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Increasing Reading Stamina and Comprehension

Increasing Reading Stamina and Comprehension

This lesson provides teachers with an opportunity to teach students about reading stamina and assess student comprehension during independent reading.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

I Can, You Can, We Can Write Sentences!

I Can, You Can, We Can Write Sentences!

Let's write some simple sentences. This creative lesson has students pairing subjects and predicates to create their own expressive statements.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Writing From the Heart

Writing From the Heart

This lesson will inspire your students to focus on the people, pets, things, places, and ideas that mean the most to them! Your students will practice writing in this heartfelt lesson.

1st grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Subtraction Stories

Subtraction Stories

Let’s make subtraction real! In this lesson, students dive into three-digit subtraction by solving real-world word problems.

2nd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Inferring With Pictures

Inferring With Pictures

In this lesson, the class will review what it means to make an inference. After you model how to make an inference in a painting using your schema, your students will work in groups to analyze additional paintings to make more inferences.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Let's Jump to Add Two-Digit Numbers

Let's Jump to Add Two-Digit Numbers

Do your students ever want to just hurry and finish their homework? Your students can use the number line jumping strategy to quickly add two-digit numbers and show their understanding of place value and expanded form in the process.

2nd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Math Story Problems

Math Story Problems

Help your students make the connection between what they're learning in the classroom and why they need it in the real world with this lesson on word problems.

2nd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Play Dough Earth: Layers Of the Earth

Play Dough Earth: Layers Of the Earth

Use hands-on activities involving play dough to show your students the layers of the Earth!

1st grade

Science

Lesson plan

Greater Than, Less Than: Comparing Three-Digit Numbers

Greater Than, Less Than: Comparing Three-Digit Numbers

In this lesson, your students will compare numbers to one thousand using place value charts and symbols. Your students will love practicing with numbers!

2nd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Finding the Moral

Finding the Moral

In this lesson your students will find and examine the morals in the classic folktales of "Stone Soup" and "The Boy Who Cried Wolf."

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How Questions

Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How Questions

Students will be able to answer questions to show understanding of important details in a text. This can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to be used prior to the Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How? lesson plan.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Liquid Detectives

Liquid Detectives

This hands-on lesson will get your students to investigate some mystery liquids, and they will have to use their observational skills to figure out what they are.

1st grade

Science

Lesson plan

Mapping My World

Mapping My World

Give students an opportunity to show what they know! In this lesson, students will review key terms and construct a map of a familiar place. Whether it’s school or home, or a make believe place, students will enjoy mapping their world.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

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