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Grade 2

• Literacy Foundations

  • 2.LF.1
  • 2.LF.2
  • 2.LF.2.a
  • 2.LF.2.c
  • 2.LF.3
  • 2.LF.4
  • 2.LF.5
  • 2.LF.6
  • 2.LF.7.b
  • 2.LF.7.c
  • 2.LF.7.d
  • 2.LF.7.e
  • 2.LF.7.f
  • 2.LF.9
  • 2.LF.9.a
  • 2.LF.9.c
  • 2.LF.9.d
  • 2.LF.9.e
  • 2.LF.10
  • 2.LF.10.a
  • 2.LF.10.b
  • 2.LF.10.c
  • 2.LF.10.d
  • 2.LF.10.e
  • 2.LF.10.f
  • 2.LF.10.g
  • 2.LF.10.l
  • 2.LF.10.m
  • 2.LF.10.n
  • 2.LF.13
  • 2.LF.14
  • 2.LF.15
  • 2.LF.15.a
  • 2.LF.16
  • 2.LF.16.a
  • 2.LF.16.b
  • 2.LF.16.c
  • 2.LF.16.d
  • 2.LF.17
  • 2.LF.17.b
  • 2.LF.18
  • 2.LF.19
  • 2.LF.20
  • 2.LF.21
  • 2.LF.22
  • 2.LF.23
  • 2.LF.23.a
  • 2.LF.23.b
  • 2.LF.23.c
  • 2.LF.23.d
  • 2.LF.23.e
  • 2.LF.24
  • 2.LF.24.a
  • 2.LF.24.b
  • 2.LF.25
  • 2.LF.25.a
  • 2.LF.25.b
  • 2.LF.26
  • 2.LF.26.a
  • 2.LF.26.b
  • 2.LF.27
  • 2.LF.28
  • 2.LF.29
  • 2.LF.30.a
  • 2.LF.30.b
  • 2.LF.30.c
  • 2.LF.31
  • 2.LF.32
  • 2.LF.33
  • 2.LF.34
  • 2.LF.34.a
  • 2.LF.34.b
  • 2.LF.35
  • 2.LF.36
  • 2.LF.37
  • 2.LF.37.a
  • 2.LF.38
  • 2.LF.38.a
  • 2.LF.38.b
  • 2.LF.38.d
  • 2.LF.38.e
  • 2.LF.38.f
  • 2.LF.38.g
  • 2.LF.38.h
  • 2.LF.38.i
  • 2.LF.38.n
  • 2.LF.38.o
  • 2.LF.39
  • 2.LF.40
  • 2.LF.41
  • 2.LF.42
  • 2.LF.43
  • 2.LF.43.b
  • 2.LF.43.d
  • 2.LF.44
  • 2.LF.45
  • 2.LF.45.a
  • 2.LF.45.b
  • 2.LF.45.c
  • 2.LF.45.e
  • 2.LF.46
  • 2.LF.46.a
  • 2.LF.46.b
  • 2.LF.46.c
  • 2.LF.46.d

• Standards

  • 2.R1
  • 2.R2
  • 2.R3
  • 2.R4
  • 2.R5

Alabama ELA Standard: 2.LF.46

Gather and use research to answer questions to complete a research product.

Founding The Colonies

13 colonies activities including a word search and task cards packed with facts. Plus, students will create their own colony with a name, story, and map!

Two Animals Switch Biomes

What if a capybara and a kangaroo rat switched homes? Would their adaptations be helpful at all?

New Uses For A Cardboard Tube

So, what can a cardboard tube be used for other than holding wrapping paper?

Create A Civ: Capital City

Every great capital is part geography, part human design. Research real ones, then build your own from scratch.

Categorize and Re-Categorize Countries

Put these countries into groups. Then do it again. Then… do it one more time. How does re-re-grouping the same places reveal new patterns and give new insights?

Categorize and Re-Categorize Animals

Put these animals into groups. Then do it again. Then… do it one more time. How does re-re-grouping the same creatures reveal new patterns and give new insights?

Famous Structures

The Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House — group them, pick the best from each group, then design your own.

Not Like The Others: Types of Volcanoes

Which of these types of volcanoes is not like the others?

Not Like The Others: Deserts

Which of these deserts is not like the others?

Create A Civilization: Currency

What type of currency will your civilization use? What symbols will be on it? Why are they significant?

Create A Civilization: Design A Flag

What makes for a good flag? What makes a bad flag?

Self Portraits: Pointillism

Turn your students into a bunch of Monets with q-tips and some tempera paint.

The Pros and Cons of Producers and Consumers

Sure, students might know the difference between a producer and a consumer… but have they considered how they feel about each other? What, in a producer’s opinion, are the pros and cons of a consumer?

How Renewable Is That Resource?

Which resource is more renewable? And which is easier to find?

Investigating Christmas Trees

Start with facts about Christmas trees. Group them. Label them. Can you boil it all down to one big idea?

Create A Civilization: Calendars

Why 12 months? Why 30ish days? Why 7 days in a week? Your civilization could organize a year in any way you want!

Create A Civilization: From Hunter Gatherers to Farmers

What happens when your civilization suddenly has a surplus of food? Think of the possibilities!

Create A Civilization: The River

The Nile, the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Seine, the Thames, and now… your river!

Depth and Complexity: ❓ Unanswered Questions

This underutilized tool focuses students on what we don’t yet know and even what we can’t know.

Create A Civilization Introduction

Your students build a civilization from scratch — rivers, flags, calendars, currency, government. Social studies, science, and writing woven into one year-long project.

Creating A Realistic Flower and Pollinator

Your students will create a new flower, designed to attract a specific pollinator.

Create A Creature

Create a new creature based on the adaptations of existing creatures from the same biome.

An App For A Historical Figure

What kind of an app could have helped Abe Lincoln accomplish his goals?

Engineering: Build A Bridge

Using real bridges as their starting point, students will construct bridges out of straws and paperclips.