Activities for 2nd Grade
Get to Know You
Submitted by: Kelly
June 3rd, 2010
Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | Reading & Writing
Estimated Time: 0-10 minutes
Description: This is first day/week of school activity and can be used for numerous grade levels. Students are learning to work cooperatively and view positive attributes of their classmates.
Sticky Scavenger Hunt
Submitted by: Krista
June 3rd, 2010
Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | ESL | Language Arts | Reading & Writing
Estimated Time: 10-20 minutes
Description: I work with English Language Learner and one of the most important lessons that I teach them is position words. After spending time teaching them words such as up, down, around, over, under, etc., a fun learning activity to do is the "Sticky Scavenger Hunt." I will write short notes on the Post-it® Notes, such as "under the red table", and actually stick the next Post-it® under the table. The students have a great time collecting the sticky notes and finding their final destination. As an extension, I put the students in groups and they make their own Sticky Scavenger Hunt. The students enjoy being able to follow the clues themselves and find their surprise at the end!
I’m lost in space..Who am I?
Submitted by: Sheila
June 3rd, 2010
Categories: 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | 4th Grade | 5th Grade | 6th Grade | 7th Grade | 8th Grade | History | Language Arts | Reading & Writing | Science
Estimated Time: 10-20 minutes
Description: This is a knowledge review game. This game could be adapted for most sujects including History, literary characters, Social studies, and work with most grades 2 grade and up.
Swat It!
Submitted by: Nichole
June 3rd, 2010
Categories: 1st Grade | 2nd Grade | 3rd Grade | ESL | Language Arts | Reading & Writing
Estimated Time: 10-20 minutes
Description: I use Post-it® Notes to write Sight Words, Vocabulary Words, or Spelling Words (which ever we are working on at the time) and place them randomly on the board for an exciting 2 team "I spy" type game of locating words.
Little D the Dragon
Submitted by: Adelia
June 3rd, 2010
Categories: 2nd Grade | Art | Classroom Management | Reading & Writing | Science
Estimated Time: 20-30 minutes
Description: During the last week of school I teach a mini unit on Nutrition. The curriculum includes wonderful and memorable characters on the 5 food groups, including an unhealthy dragon named Little D. Little D learns the value of each food group and grows into a very healthy and strong little dragon. One of the activities is to "build" the dragon. We have large circles in the color of each food group. The students are to create the scales of the dragon's body as we learn the food groups. The scales are Post-it® Notes!!! We cut them into the shape of the scale and "post them up" on each colored circle!! I try to use the colored Post-it® Notes that are closest to the color of the food group! Each year that I have completed this unit, my students have loved it! I use Post-its nearly every day in my classroom! Thanks for letting me share just one of the fabulous uses!
