In this fun exploration of materials, students will practice differentiating between heavy and light objects.

Your students become masters at character analysis as they learn how to describe fictional characters by identifying traits and providing concrete evidence to support their thinking.

In this food-focused lesson plan, students will get to learn from real-world examples how to solve a subtraction problem. Perfect for all of your pizza lovers!

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.

Practice reading and spelling names in this math infused writing lesson!

Your young scientists will have tons of fun visiting measurement stations and using tools to measure various objects. They'll even be able to create posters at the end of the activity.

What’s the deal with all of those text features? Use this handy lesson plan to help your second graders answer that very question.

Get out the measuring tape and head outside! In this lesson, students gather measurement data and build a model of the school playground.

What exactly does the number 97 mean? How about 454? In this lesson, students explore how two-digit numbers are made up of tens and ones. Then they use this understanding to subtract numbers within 1000.

Let’s build! Students will explore subtraction and patterns of one less in this hands-on lesson. Get out the snap cubes and dive in.

Get ready to develop important comprehension skills! Students will read different informational passages and learn to identify the main idea. They will then use their knowledge of main ideas to write their own informational passages.

Help your students' story telling abilities grow with this lesson that helps them recount what happened in a story and has them point out key details.

Some problems are easy to fix, while some are more complicated. Use this lesson to teach your students to identify the characters’ attempts in a story to solve problems.

Engage your students in a fun, hands-on lesson about addition using a well loved topic—birthday presents!

In this fun hands on lesson, students will be introduced to and get practice using positional language!

Can you tell what the author thinks about this subject? What do you think about it? Use this resource to help your students recognize the author's point of view and establish their own.

How are plants’ traits affected by environmental factors? In this integrated science and reading lesson, students will use multiple sources to identify and determine how traits are influenced by the environment.

How big is a foot? Students find out to explore how to measure in feet by comparing their own feet to rulers. Then they set off to measure the length and width of the classroom!

Teach your students how to use timelines to organize information from nonfiction texts.

Getting ready to subtract fractions? This lesson reviews how to subtract like denominators and teaches students how to subtract unlike denominators. The focus is on understanding the process and reasoning behind each step.

When reading, we all encounter unknown words at times. But how do we figure them out? In this lesson, students learn how to become a “human dictionary” by using a variety of strategies to figure out the meaning of unknown words.

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

What does it feel like to take 120 steps? In this lesson, students practice counting and completing word problems up to 120.

Teach your second graders how to write a prediction and summarize book chapters in this exciting lesson!

Change is inevitable, even for story characters! In this lesson, your students will determine how a character changes throughout a story by focusing on the character’s dialogue and actions.

More or less? In this hands-on lesson, your students hone important fine motor skills and learn how to compare quantities.

Ever wondered how to explain what an index is to a 6 year old? Look no further! Use this engaging lesson to help your students become text feature experts.

How well do your students know decimals? In this lesson, introduce your students to decimal multiplication using models.

This lesson will help students build an understanding of multiples as they learn how to subtract from multiples of 100!

Being a fluent reader means being able to use different strategies to figure out unknown words. In this lesson, students learn how to use pictures and context clues.