2nd grade Lesson Plans

Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To Game

Help your students make sense of the greater than, less than and equal to in this interactive lesson! Your students will have opportunities to compare either two-digit or three-digit numbers.

1st grade

Math

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Types Of Sentences

Lesson plan

Types Of Sentences

Use this lesson to introduce your class to four kinds of sentences, and how understanding and using different types of sentences allows writers to control the tone of their sentences.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Fractions of a Whole

Lesson plan

Fractions of a Whole

Ready, set, fractions! In this hands-on lesson, your students will familiarize themselves with common fractions using concrete materials to practice splitting items into halves, thirds, and quarters.

1st grade

Math

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Solving Word Problems

Lesson plan

Solving Word Problems

Word problems getting you down? Then spread the word on a lesson that will help students decide when to add or subtract, as they identify clue words that aid in solving word problems.

2nd grade

Math

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Pronoun Unit

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Pronoun Unit

Use this lesson to introduce, review, and teach pronouns! Your students will get to practice using these words and build their reading and language skills.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Main Idea: It's in the Bag!

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Main Idea: It's in the Bag!

Help your class grasp the concept of "main idea" with this fun, hands-on lesson. Students will dive into mystery bags full of supportive detail clues to determine the main idea of each bag.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Mindfulness: The Present Moment

Lesson plan

Mindfulness: The Present Moment

Mindfulness 101! Students focus on the present moment using their senses to observe what is happening right now. They are introduced to the idea that mindfulness is about paying attention to the present.

Preschool

Reading & writing

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Finding the Subject and Predicate

Lesson plan

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

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All About Landforms

Lesson plan

All About Landforms

Through creative and engaging activities, your students will explore and learn about landforms. In this lesson, they will make their own mini dictionary of landforms.

2nd grade

Science

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Explore the Seasons

Lesson plan

Explore the Seasons

Every season comes with different celebrations! In this lesson, your students will learn about the seasons while exploring different ways that people celebrate events in each season.

2nd grade

Science

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My Community and I

Lesson plan

My Community and I

In this lesson, students will develop an understanding of communities and will learn how to locate their communities on a map.

2nd grade

Social studies

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Asking and Answering Questions

Lesson plan

Asking and Answering Questions

This lesson helps students learn about asking and answering questions about a text. It also exposes them to valuable lessons about trying to figure out their dreams and not giving up along the way.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Emotion Charades

Lesson plan

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

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Regular vs. Irregular Verbs

Lesson plan

Regular vs. Irregular Verbs

Are you a rule-follower or a rule-breaker? Irregular verbs break all the rules! Use this lesson to teach your students how to use the correct past tense form of regular and irregular verbs.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Sub Plans for Second Grade

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Sub Plans for Second Grade

Sub plans just got a whole lot easier! In this second grade, week-long sub packet, subs can supercharge learning with "All About Me" themed lessons and activities. The “All About Me” theme is the perfect opportunity to reinforce foundational skills like understanding character traits, taking and interpreting meaningful data, and writing from the heart.

2nd grade

Math

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Using Context Clues to Understand Word Meanings

Lesson plan

Using Context Clues to Understand Word Meanings

This lesson will help your students use sentence level context clues to decode challenging words in a nonfiction text. Students will enjoy learning about maps and figuring out tricky words along the way!

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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I Can, You Can, We Can Write Sentences!

Lesson plan

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

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Teach About Odd & Even Numbers

Lesson plan

Teach About Odd & Even Numbers

Sometimes the best way to learn about something is to teach it! This lesson helps second graders become the experts on odd and even numbers as they prepare to teach younger students.

2nd grade

Math

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

Lesson plan

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

Do you have students who are constantly asking what, who, where, why, how, and when? It's your turn to ask now! Have them read various stories and ask them to answer these questions in this lesson.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Mad, Sad, Happy, Glad: Character Feelings

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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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Super Sequencing!

Lesson plan

Super Sequencing!

Teach your students about sequencing with this creative language arts lesson. After putting events in order and drawing their own stories, kids will be pros at using the words "first," "next," "then," and "last."

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Finding the Moral

Lesson plan

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

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2-D Shapes

Lesson plan

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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Inflectional Endings: -ing and -ed

Lesson plan

Inflectional Endings: -ing and -ed

Wondering how to teach your second graders about inflectional endings? Look no further. After playing with dice and learning through song, your students will be adding *-ing* and *-ed* like pros.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Reading Fluently to Support Comprehension

Lesson plan

Reading Fluently to Support Comprehension

Use this lesson to teach students about the importance of reading fluently to support comprehension. Use as a stand alone activity or a support for the Increasing Reading Stamina and Comprehension lesson plan.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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