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2nd grade Thanksgiving math cultural activities
Family Heritage and Culture Lapbook Project
This is a great project to motivate and engage students while learning about their family heritage and culture! The project contains a Family Heritage Interview and parent letter. Using the information from home (8 questions on heritage and culture), students are able to assemble and complete this cute lapbook at school.
Includes all foldable templates and clipart for assembly.
The lapbook contains:
✺Family Heritage Interview questions
✺Family Heritage Project parent letter and questions
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Grades:
1st - 5th
Diwali Craft - Rangoli Diya
A fun craft activity when celebrating Diwali / Deepavali (The Hindu Festival of Lights). This activity incorporates two aspects of Diwali: the rangoli and the diya.Design a pattern (use the grid lines to help keep your shapes consistent).Write a fact about Diwali, or a message (or use the template with the pre-printed message).Add colour.Cut.Glue the two flames together and insert into the diya. Glue together.Hang.Alternatively, you could make this into a greeting card and write a message ins
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2nd - 5th
Freedom Quilts - MINI UNIT
This freedom quilts mini unit is the perfect addition to your social studies curriculum with 4 different math connections!
This freedom quilts mini unit includes information pages to give students background knowledge on the underground railroad and the use of freedom quilts, printable of quilt patterns, and 4 different math connection printables. There are also book ideas to read aloud to your class on the topic!
The following are included in this product:
- 16 information pages (these can be
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1st - 4th
Thanksgiving Placemats
This Thanksgiving Placemat is a print and go craft and writing that doubles as a timeless holiday keepsake! Complete, cut, paste, laminate, and roll it up with a bow to send home for Thanksgiving! Students, parents, and teachers will all LOVE the festive ease of this product!
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PreK - 3rd
Thanksgiving Bible Lessons for November, Complete Unit
This set of three Thanksgiving Bible Lessons is perfect for kids' church, Sunday School, home school, Christian schools, and more. This no prep themed teaching pack will show children - through the use of Bible stories and Bible characters - that with God and because of God, we are to be thankful in everything. It ties perfectly in with Thanksgiving! The coloring pages are kid-friendly with a touch of Thanksgiving fun! Student Experience: With each carefully written, kid-friendly story from th
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PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Bible Curriculum, Year-Long BUNDLE of Holiday-Themed Lessons for Kids
Thanksgiving Activities Lapbook - Thanksgiving Compare and Contrast Activities
This fun Thanksgiving Activity Lapbook is high interest for any elementary grade level. Lapbooks can be used in every subject area, and they are perfect for differentiation in the classroom as students compare the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags. This product, with 11 different templates, incorporates common core skills compare and contrast, vocabulary, and writing. Templates include updated clipart. (TPT Featured Product)Templates for the lapbook include photographs to act as a guide. Students can
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2nd - 4th
Also included in: November Bundle - Informational Text and Math Activities
Day of the Dead Multiplication and Addition Math Craft
Celebrate El Dìa De Los Muertos with this beautiful multiplication craft! This project includes a sugar skull which students can decorate. Students will be able to apply their knowledge of multiplication strategies or addition/subtraction fact families to complete this festive craft. Multiplication Strategies included: arrayfact familiesnumber lineequal groupsrepeated additionmultiplication wheel Addition Strategies included: number bondfact familiesnumber lineten frameaddition wheel Included is
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1st - 5th
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November Daily Oral Language Thanksgiving Morning Work for Editing
Morning work for your students. ☀️ This resource teaches reading, editing, and writing skills.✍ Students are engaged in learning right away while you take attendance or lunch count. It can also be used during your morning meeting❗Your students will be anxious to get to your classroom every morning! ❤️This monthly activity is part of a package -Morning Message for the Whole School YearSave by purchasing the bundle!Your students will learn crucial editing skills while correcting the messages writt
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1st - 4th
3d Printable Paper Houses Coloring Pages - STEAM Activity for Geometry & Maths
Set of 9- 3d Paper House Printable Coloring Pages - STEAM Activity & MindfulnessNOTE: this is a duplicate product, as was unable to highlight the freebie otherwise. Please only purchase once!This is the full set of our 9 Printable Paper House Templates. They are a quirky little STEAM project looking at 3d shapes. Lots of fun to be had with coloring and design the details of these paper houses.Designed to stimulate imagination (e.g. see our student creating little paper dolls to go with it!).
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1st - 5th
Native American Studies Craft: Woodlands Indian Birchbark Canoe
Great way to support your Native American unit! The canoe is very realistic looking! Materials Needed: cardstock, scissors, glue
The 3-Dimensional Canoe Craft includes:
3 different canoe templates
Easy-to-copy pictographs
The craft is flexible enough to allow you to adjust the difficulty level to the abilities of your students. Great craft to use with various themes such as Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, Native Americans, Westward Expansion, boats. Have fun with it!
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2nd - 5th
Also included in: Woodland Indian Wigwam and Canoe Craft Pack
Thanksgiving Play or Readers Theater and Songs with Literacy Activities
Make your November and Thanksgiving literacy activities memorable this year with integrated Reading, Writing and Drama and Music activities. These are the most excellent ways to include all students and offer diverse learning activities, while developing reading, writing, speaking and creativity skills. Use the Readers Theater or Play about the Native Americans and the Pilgrims to help children learn how to become friends and celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Integrate READING, WRITING, MUSIC and DRAM
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K - 3rd
Dreamcatcher Craft for Native American Heritage Month
Native American Heritage Month is in November and what better way to learn about their culture than by making a differentiated craft and practicing mindfulness and social-emotional learning?!Dreamcatchers are a fun and interactive way to keep the kiddos engaged while learning about Native Americans. The Ojibwe tribe first created dreamcatchers and it is believed that the dreamcatcher catches the bad dreams while letting the good dreams through.***Save money and grab the Dreamcatcher Craft and Dr
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1st - 3rd
Also included in: Native American Dreamcatcher Craft and Flipbook Bundle
Over the River and Through the Woods - Thanksgiving Song with Orff Accompaniment
"Over the River and Through the Woods" is a beloved, classic Thanksgiving song, with words by Lydia Maria Child. Background information is included on the author and history of the song. You will receive slides for each of the four non-pitched percussion instrument ostinatos and two melodic instrument parts. "Over the River and Through the Woods" is definitely a holiday favorite to sing, but now your students can enjoy adding instruments to accompany the song. Arrangement includes a variety
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1st - 5th
Also included in: Thanksgiving Music BUNDLE! Folk Songs w/ Arrangement + 16 Rhythm Games
The Mayflower (PPT)
This started out as a simple sharing of some photos I took while touring Plymouth Plantation. Before long it developed into an exciting project --- 22 informative slides, with fun facts and researched information.
I experienced new learning along the way,and had a blast creating it !
I hope you and your students will find this presentation informative, as well as engaging. Each slide has a 'bounce in' Fun Fact, too, for some added fun and learning.
The personal photographs I used have
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K - 3rd
Mardi Gras Mini Pack (Informational Booklet, Craft, Puzzles)
This Mardi Gras Mini Pack would be a great way to introduce the holiday in your classroom. It's designed with grades 2-5 in mind.
This download includes:
*Mini Informational Booklet that covers the history of Mardi Gras and how it is celebrated
*Design your own Mardi Gras mask templates
*Color by Numbers page (2 versions: 1 is two-digit addition/subtraction and 1 is multiplication/division)
*Vocabulary Word Search
*Creating Words Page
How I use this product in my Classroom:
I use the booklet
Grades:
2nd - 5th
The First Thanksgiving Unit | Pilgrims | Wampanoag | Native Americans
Teach your class the history of The First Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims, and the Wampanoag, a tribe of Native Americans, with this historically accurate PRINTABLE BOOK. Your students will love reading and illustrating the book as they learn. They’ll gain experience in presentation skills and public speaking as they practice in class or at home and present it at their own Thanksgiving dinner! Writing prompts, writing papers, book suggestions, and resources for research are included.Click here to sav
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Thanksgiving Activities | Reading Writing and Craft BUNDLE
South Africa! Ndebele Community—Lesson, “Painted” House Craft w Geometry
Introduce students to the Ndebele community of South Africa, and learn how this small community is famous for its beadwork, attire, and painted houses! This product includes the following, all as Adobe files:An images file in a slideshow format with embedded lessons on each slide. Lessons explore the Ndebele community and the heritage they display in their arts and crafts. There is no printout needed.An art project with step-by-step instructions for making an Ndebele painted house, full of color
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K - 8th
Also included in: South Africa! The BIG Bundle Grades 3 to 5—Crafts, Lessons & Activities
Holidays Around the World: Diwali ~ Common Core Aligned
Diwali Lesson Plan: Diwali is the Festival of Lights celebrated in India. Teachers often include Diwali in "Christmas Around the World" or "Holidays Around the World" units because teaching multicultural celebrations can give us a glimpse into a new culture. As teachers we can open our kids' eyes to global holidays AND also instill pride in children as we feature their heritage.
Use the following Diwali activities and crafts to teach your children about a holiday celebrated by millions of India
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PreK - 3rd
Arizona Indian Tribes Mini Book - Now DIGITAL too!
Arizona Tribes Mini-Book – Now with FULL-Size, Mini-book and Google Slide versions!Find the Google link in the PDF.Please see the preview. Meet the new Arizona Social Studies Standards by getting to know about all the Federally Recognized Tribes in Arizona. Please note – the names used on each page were taken from the sovereign nations, some call themselves ‘tribes,’ some ‘nations,’ and others 'Indian communities." This minibook includes· All 22 tribes (2 pages for Navajo – one of the largest
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2nd - 4th
The First Thanksgiving Story Mini Book Reader & Anchor Chart Posters
Your students will learn about the events leading up to the "first Thanksgiving" and will come away with an understanding that Native Americans are the first and longest people to live on the land, and that the Pilgrims relied on the help of the Wampanoag people. Your students will also learn that this holiday is seen as a day of sadness for Native Americans as it was the start of many broken promises. This is written in kid-friendly language with images that are more realistic to give students
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2nd - 4th
Holidays around the World: Day of the Dead / Día de los Muertos ~ CC Aligned
As an alternative or an addition to Halloween activities, teachers can celebrate Day of the Dead with their students. This holiday also occurs at the end of October/beginning of November. Through a range of multicultural activities, crafts, and Common Core-aligned math and reading exercises, students can learn about a holiday celebrated by millions of people in Mexico, in other countries of Latin America, in the Philippines, in some countries Europe, and even in the US: Day of the Dead, or Día
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1st - 3rd
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Valentine' Day Geometry Craft | Pizza Shapes Activity | Math craftivity
Valentine's Day Shapes Activity | Valentine's Math Craft and Center | 2d Pizza This activity is included in my Craftivities for the whole year Bundle and cointains: MATH CRAFT, a fun and easy activity to encourage students to count and write the number of shapes they use to make a 2D shape pizza.SHAPE PIZZA CENTER, with templates for counting shapes. A great review of 2D shapes and includes squares, circles, rectangles, rhombus, triangles and ovals.=>Follow me to be the first to know about
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PreK - 2nd
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Also included in: Seasonal craftivities for Kinder and Writing activities
Ovoid Shape Northwest Native Art 2D Shapes Math Indigenous Inclusion
Learn and draw the ovoid shape--the most dominant shape in Northwest Native Art.Learn about its qualities, where it is reflected in nature and practice drawing it on various animals that look similar to the art of First Nations People. Add this project to your study of 2D shapes. The ovoid is part of the NEW BC Curriculum to study for Grade 2. A great way to integrate Math and Art.Suitable for: Grades 1-3 integration of Math and Art Please find included activities for:learning the basic characte
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1st - 3rd
Grandfather Tang's Tangram Animals
This is a 15 page packet of tangram animal puzzles from the book Grandfather Tang's Story: A Tale Told With Tangrams by Ann Tompert. After reading this wonderful tale, have students try to figure out how the seven tangrams make each of the animals from this book. The answers are of course in the book. My students love to use their tangrams to figure out hoe to make each of the animals from this tale. After they crack the puzzle, they trace their shapes to prove they have solved it. This is
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1st - 3rd
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Importance of learning math skills in 2nd grade
It's no secret that mathematics is a foundational subject for students to learn. Math forms the basis for many other subjects — like science, engineering, and technology. Because of that, it's essential that kids develop strong math skills from a young age as it makes them more likely to succeed in other courses in the future.
Learning math in 2nd grade helps kids begin to develop critical thinking, logical reasoning, and problem-solving skills. It also helps second graders further develop their understanding of numbers and basic operations, which are important tools for everyday life. Lastly, math is an important life skill that children will use in their everyday adult lives, whether they're calculating a tip at a restaurant or creating a budget.
The key concepts for 2nd grade math
The following are the key math skills that students learn in 2nd grade.
Addition and Subtraction
Students will learn how to solve simple addition and subtraction problems with numbers up to 100. They will also learn how to solve word problems using addition and subtraction.
Place Value
Place value is a critical concept that children learn in 2nd-grade math. They will learn how to read and write numbers up to 1,000 and understand the concept of place value.
Geometry
In geometry, students will learn how to identify and classify two-dimensional shapes such as squares, circles, triangles, and rectangles. They will also learn about lines, angles, and symmetry.
Measurement
Measurement is another essential concept that kids will learn in 2nd-grade math. They will learn how to measure length, weight, and volume using standard units.
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What are the key concepts of 2nd-grade math?
Second graders will learn how to count, read, and write numbers up to 1,000, and solve simple addition and subtraction problems. They will also learn basic geometry concepts such as identifying shapes, lines, and angles, and learn how to measure length, weight, and volume.
Why is 2nd grade math important?
Second grade math is important for children because it lays the foundation for more advanced mathematical concepts. It is also an essential life skill that children will use throughout their lives.
How can I help my child overcome math anxiety?
You can help your child overcome math anxiety by providing a supportive and positive environment, breaking down math concepts into manageable chunks, and doing math problems that use real-world examples.
What should I do if my child is struggling with a specific math concept?
If your child is struggling with a specific math concept, you can provide extra support and resources such as worksheets, tutoring, or online educational tools. Sometimes, visual aids like charts, graphs, videos and manipulatives can help children understand abstract concepts better. The use of visuals can help explain math concepts to kids and better engage them in their learning.
How can I make math fun for my child?
Children learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your math lessons by using games, videos, puzzles, and real-life scenarios. If your class seems to find math boring or uninteresting, you can also try connecting it to their interests or hobbies.
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