Second grade fun activities

One of my favorite things about back to school, is knowing that I get to meet and love on a brand new bunch of kids for the school year. I’m sure you feel the same way, and have your lesson planner packed to the max with different “get-to-know-you activities.” I want to share with you […]

Need ideas for the first day of school? Find a Friend Scavenger Hunt is a fun activity for the first day of school. I also listed some of my favorite read alouds for the first week of school.

Printable and digital version for practice sheets on ordinals. This will give students the language to say what order something is in.

These fun classroom activities for year of end will delight your students. I've got them planned out for you, so it's no stress for you...

If I were an Elf free printable sheet for children to use during the holidays. Get in the spirit of Christmas with this fun and creative kids activity. #kidsactivities #christmasprintables

These second grade reading comprehension activities motivate young readers as they transition from "learning to read" to "reading to learn."

Activities to Practice Counting Coins 5 comments Freebies, math, math games, Money Money is one of my favorite math topics. Maybe it's because it lends itself so easily to hands-on learning. In second grade, most of the money activities we do are centered around counting combinations of coins. Rather than spend a few weeks covering this skill and then moving on, I make a point of revisiting it as often as I possibly can throughout the school year. Here are a few of my go to activities. Be…

I am hoping that all of our snowy fun the past two weeks is going to bring us a couple of snow days here in Oklahoma.. :) If not that, please let it at least be warm enough for outside recess. We are all sick of this eternal indoor recess!! These past two weeks we used a lot of ideas from my Snow Much Fun! pack and we did have "SNOW" much fun! We worked on synonyms {or, as Common Core calls it, "shades of meaning"} using paint chips! Students worked in pairs to come up with synonyms for a…

20 Simple and Fun Second Grade Science Experiments and Activities. Give second grade science students some hands-on experience with earth science, states and properties of matter, plant and animal life cycles, and more. #secondgrade #science #activities #STEM #STEAM #teaching

10 creative, at-home science lessons for kids that are perfect as distance learning activities, for homeschooling, or to continue students' learning over a scheduled school break.