Activities for 2nd Grade
Math Assessment
Submitted by: Darlene
June 22nd, 2010
Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | Math
Estimated Time: 10-20 minutes
Description: Students are given a Post-it® note and exchange a math problem with another student. The students write down a problem and the class gets to rotate around the rooom to complete 1 problem. They sign their 1st name when done. When time is up the students go back to their desks and check if the problem is done correctly. If it is, the student who completed the problem gets to pick a Post-it note of their choice for future use of their choice.
Shop Till You Drop
Submitted by: Monica
June 22nd, 2010
Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | Math
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Description: At the end of our money unit, my students turn our classroom into a store. Each student receives a small stack of Post-it® notes and creates price tags for the objects in our class. My students often like to place Post-its on me, selling my earrings and shoes ! After all of our items are tagged, the students are given a budget for which they will have 3-5 minutes to shop till they drop. The students use dry erase boards to keep track of their spending. When the buzzer goes off, the students will "drop" to the floor. Each child will present to the class their list of items that they have purchased. Teacher will check the totals to make sure they have stayed inside the budget. Round 2 of shopping will be changed by reducing or increasing the budget, or having the students only buy things with even/odd prices. This activity is also great to use with partners.
Word Work Lesson
Submitted by: melissa
June 22nd, 2010
Categories: 2nd Grade | Language Arts
Estimated Time: 0-10 minutes
Description: Adding to our word work lesson
4 Square Vocabulary
Submitted by: Shannon
June 20th, 2010
Categories: 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | ESL | History | Language Arts | Math | Reading & Writing | Science | Special Education
Estimated Time: 10-20 minutes
Description: Give each child 4 post it notes. Students write a vocabulary word on the outside of the post-it. When they flip up the post-it note, they write the definition or draw a picture of the vocabulary word. We did this for math and science vocabulary words and put it in student's journals.
Finding the Median
Submitted by: Joanne
June 20th, 2010
Categories: 2nd Grade | Classroom Management | Math
Estimated Time: 10-20 minutes
Description: When I am teaching median to my second grade students, I have them measure their arm, height, and length of their thumb. They write their own meausurement on a post-it, and they arrange the measurements from least to greatest on the board. We take off one Post-it from each end until we are left with the median or middle number.
