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Math Logic Puzzles: 2nd grade Enrichment - [Digital & Printable PDF]
Math Logic Puzzles for 2nd grade includes 16 higher-order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.--------
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2nd - 3rd
2nd Grade Math Faceoffs Error Analysis and Problem Solving
These print-and-go or digital problems ask students to solve a problem, find the error, explain the error and therefore decide who was correct! Each problem targets a misconception in mathematical thinking. By identifying and explaining the error, the misconceptions second graders often have should be addressed and rectified. This resource is broken down by strand. Operations and Algebraic Thinking - 10 problemsNumbers and Operations in Base Ten - 22 problemsMeasurement and Data - 20 problemsGeo
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2nd
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Cinco de Mayo Activities for 1st, 2nd, 3rd Grade
Wondering what you can do to commemorate this Mexican holiday, Cinco de Mayo? Well, look no further I have Cinco de Mayo activities to make your task easier and engaging! Here are activities for multiple subjects—social studies, writing, math, and vocabulary building. There is little preparation to save valuable teacher-time. Links to resources make content learning easy for you with a couple accessible for students. Content differentiation is easy with several of the pages and answer keys make
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1st - 3rd
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Guided Math Lesson Plans (Year Long - 2nd Grade)
A YEAR OF GUIDED MATH LESSON PLANS for 2ND GRADE!Over 648 Pages of Lesson Plans, Anecdotal Records Sheets, Vocabulary Pages and Graphic Organizers!This product includes 30 weeks of Guided Math Lesson Plans for the teacher and activities for the students! 26 CCSS Aligned and 43 TEKS Aligned Skills are broken down into 1-week segments (4 days each week with the 5th day being used as a “getting caught up day”) of lessons equaling 30 weeks!WITHIN EACH LESSON:• CCSS Skills (Or TEKS Skills) Binder Div
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1st - 3rd
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SECOND GRADE STRATERGY POSTERS ANCHOR CHARTS AND VOCABULARY WORD iREADY MATH
SECOND GRADE STRATEGY POSTERS ANCHOR CHARTS AND VOCABULARY WORD iREADY MATHThis set of 140 pages includes eye-catching Strategy Posters, Anchor Charts, and Vocabulary Posters for the full year that go along with the Second Grade iReady series or any other Second Grade math curriculum. These posters are great to hang in your classroom as a resource for your students to use daily to help reinforce the standards! The illustrations and instructions on each poster help students understand the learnin
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1st - 3rd
End of School Year Escape Room | 2nd Grade Math | Digital Google Forms | Team
Please help us!!! It is the end of the year and we are on our class field trip, but we can’t find how to get to the zoo. Please help us get to the zoo. This is our last field trip and we are super excited.This is an escape room like activity in which students complete math tasks and use problem solving skills. Students are very EXCITED and ENGAGED when working through this activity. Students will have to solve problems and follow the directions in a scavenger like hunt working on math concepts a
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2nd - 3rd
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Math Focus Wall - First Grade Number Sense Activities | Place Value to 120
These Math Wall Number Sense to 120 activities can truly have a lasting effect on your student's numeracy skills! Kids absolutely love these number sense activities and teachers love being able to start their math lessons with this engaging resource. KIDS love to walk into a bright and colorful room and so do PRINCIPALS! There's just something that screams, "This is an AMAZING Place to learn!" You can have that room with this beautiful, colorful, yet very POWERFUL Math Wall!Small Group Idea: If
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K - 2nd
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Counting Collections Survival Kit
I absolutely LOVE building number sense in the primary grades with Counting Collections. Counting Collections is a student-centered activity where students become aware of their mathematical thought processes and gain a strong sense of numerical relationships. It’s perfect for building number sense in preschool-2nd grade. Counting Collections can also be used as an intervention tool for 3rd-5th graders.This is a collection of ALL the resources I could possibly think of that can support you in su
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PreK - 3rd
Early Finisher Math Task Cards (Math Brain Busters)
Unlock the Potential of Your Grade 2 and Grade 3 Students with Math Brain Busters Aligned to CCSS!Looking to enhance critical thinking, problem-solving, and math discourse in your classroom? Look no further! Introducing our Math Brain Busters, a comprehensive collection of CCSS-aligned prompts perfect for your grade 2 and grade 3 students.Versatile and Effective for Any Classroom SettingThese Math Brain Busters can be seamlessly integrated into your lesson plans in numerous ways, catering to the
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1st - 3rd
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Georgia Rivers
Students will be locating the following: Flint River, Chattahoochee River, Savannah River, and Georgia Coastline. Included in this Product:The Shape of Georgia - Understanding Rivers and the Georgia BorderRiver and Coast Map - (to label)Small River and Coast Map - (to label for students journals) River Journal Entry - Ordering 3 Digit NumbersGeorgia's Border - GIFTED Math Extension (more detail below)Teaching Tips:Georgia's Border - GIFTED Math ExtensionStudents will be using math to explore th
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2nd
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Also included in: Digital Learning BUNDLE: Georgia Regions and Rivers
I Can Statements 2nd Grade BUNDLE for North Carolina
***UPDATED 9/6/21*** This product includes North Carolina I Can Statements for 2nd Grade with NC Course of Study Math, NC Course of Study ELA, NC Essential Standards Science, and NC Essential Standards Social Studies. There are three different size options; full page, half page, and a third of a page; to best meet your needs! This product has a colorful option with a black chalkboard background, white lettering, and rainbow colored dots. It also includes a color-saving option with a white backgr
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2nd
Valentines Escape Room | 2nd Grade Math | Digital Google Forms | Teamwork
Please help us!!! A little purple monster came and took our special Valentine’s Day hearts. Please help us catch the little monster and get our hearts back.This is an escape room like activity in which students complete math tasks and use problem solving skills. Students are very EXCITED and ENGAGED when working through this activity. Students will have to solve problems and follow the directions in a scavenger like hunt working on math concepts along the way. The teacher may need to help guide
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2nd - 3rd
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Math Enrichment and Project Based Learning for Comparing and Ordering Numbers
These comparing and ordering numbers project-based activities are a way to enrich your high-achieving students through independent work study, while you are able to focus on providing instruction and support to your on level and approaching level students. These high-level thinking projects incorporate reading and writing, and allow all students to stay actively working on the same standards as the instruction you are giving to the students who are still working on learning to compare and order
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1st - 2nd
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Digital Learning BUNDLE: Georgia Regions and Rivers
**DIGITAL LEARNING BONUS FILE:**27 Georgia Topography Activity SlidesGeorgia Borders FormUnit Assessment FormLearn about the 5 regions, 3 major rivers, and 9 common landforms of Georgia. You will be getting 2 .mp3 songs, a landform PPT, and 53 pages of vocabulary work, journal entries, extension activities, writing, and assessments. This BUNDLE has integrated reading and math skills! Play the VIDEO to hear short clips from BOTH included songs!Addresses Georgia Social Studies Standard SS2G1: Loca
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2nd
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Place Value Lessons and Activities for Grades 2 and 3: Standards Based
The Common Core clearly wants students to be able to work flexibly with large numbers. This set of 4 "investigations" help build number sense and an understanding of how our base 10 place value system works. Each activity can be done as whole class “interactive demonstrations” or in small groups. Students LOVE these! Teachers do too--because they are low prep, low ink, and all the directions are included!Each also has a follow up independent practice activity that can be used as homework, rev
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2nd - 4th
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Winter Escape Room | 2nd Grade Math | Digital Google Forms | Team
Please help us!!! The Evil Frost Wizard has stolen our magical globe. Without our globe our kingdom will melt. The globe gives our kingdom our frost power.This is an escape room like activity in which students complete math tasks and use problem solving skills. Students are very EXCITED and ENGAGED when working through this activity. Students will have to solve problems and follow the directions in a scavenger like hunt working on math concepts along the way. The teacher may need to help guide s
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2nd - 3rd
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3 Digit Place Value Digital Escape Room | Football Math Activity
Are your students ready for the Super Bowl? A digital escape room will have your students thinking critically while working to solve fun, engaging puzzles using their place value skills. Assign this to your students that are completing distance learning for a fun challenge at home as well!Click HERE to save by purchasing this resource in the Digital Escape Room Bundle!This game is interactive and engaging and requires NO PREP! Just share the link with your students and watch them have have a bla
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Digital Math Escape Room BUNDLE
Room Transformation Bundle | Theme Days for the Primary Classroom
A collection of theme day activities and/or room transformation plans and activities. These were designed with first and second graders in mind. Theme days and room transformations are such a big hit in my classroom. They are fun and engaging and something to break up the routine and keep excitement for learning at the forefront! These are a great option for review days, once a quarter or seasonally. I will be adding more as I complete them.Here's What You Get:Back to school read aloud (20 socia
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1st - 3rd
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Math Escape Rooms Bundle
Are your students ready for something different to practice their math skills? An escape room will have your students thinking critically and using teamwork while they work to solve challenging puzzles using their math skills. Save money buy purchasing this bundle, and have your students enjoy escape rooms ALL YEAR LONG!These games are designed to be played with 5 different kinds of locks, and you will find links for them when you purchase. Don't have the locks? No problem! I have included a set
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2nd - 3rd
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Teaching Second Grade Math Morning Work Reading Intervention Bundle 2nd Grade +
19 of my best selling 2nd grade resources are in one place at a deep discount. Grab yours, and you'll have all of my favorite second grade essentials!The following topics are covered:First day activities for 2nd grade1st day letterClass listPlan bookBack to school night formsYear long planMorning workEmergency sub plansNewslettersBehavior clip chartMain idea activitiesReading comprehension worksheetsMap skillsWord wall letters black & whiteEditable labelsSentence writingClass management sitt
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2nd
Georgia Regions and Rivers Unit
This unit will help your students locate the 5 regions of Georgia and the 3 major rivers. A short, catchy song is included for the 5 regions. Students will love it! This unit has 39 pages of engaging students work including journal entries, extension activities, a comparison writing activity ,and assessments. Reading and math skills are integrated! Play the VIDEO to hear a short song clip!Addresses Georgia Social Studies Standard SS2G1: Locate and compare major topographical features of Georgi
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2nd
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Money Teaching Slides
This product includes over 100 teaching slides to launch money in your classroom. You can use this product as slides to model or print and use for reinforcement. This product covers...Counting coins up to $2.00Comparing amountsProblem-SolvingMaking ChangeEquivalent Amounts and more!Each skill has enough slides to MODEL and provide support via homework or small group exit slips.
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: Money Bundle
2nd Grade Emergency Sub Plans Week 5 - American Symbols & Pioneers
These engaging and comprehensive sub plans include everything you need to leave with a sub for a week of engaging activities including:Reading PassagesComprehension Question & Higher Order ThinkingVirtual Field TripWriting ProjectMath Skills Practice & GamesScience InvestigationReader’s TheaterVocabulary BuildingSpecific Skills/Topics Addressed:Point of View WritingInterview WritingAsk & Answer QuestionsPlace Value3 Digit Number ComparisonWord Form, Expanded Form, Standard Form Skip
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2nd
Also included in: 2nd Grade Sub Plans 6 Week Bundle Maternity Long Term Sub Plans
Holiday Virtual Field Trips! *GROWING BUNDLE* with FREE HALLOWEEN Escape Room!
Introducing the extraordinary Holiday Virtual Field Trips bundle! This comprehensive and ever-growing collection of virtual field trips celebrates a diverse range of holidays observed across the United States, offering an immersive and engaging learning experience like no other.Special Features:Virtual Tours: Embark on a journey of exploration and discovery as students delve into the vibrant world of virtual tours. These captivating experiences transport students to iconic destinations that emb
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K - 12th
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