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Grade 2

• Language

  • 2.L.1.b
  • 2.L.1.d
  • 2.L.1.e
  • 2.L.1.f
  • 2.L.1
  • 2.L.2.a
  • 2.L.2.c
  • 2.L.2.d
  • 2.L.2.e
  • 2.L.2
  • 2.L.3
  • 2.L.4.b
  • 2.L.4.c
  • 2.L.4
  • 2.L.4.d
  • 2.L.5.a
  • 2.L.5.b
  • 2.L.5
  • 2.L.6

• Reading: Fluency

  • 2.RF.3.b
  • 2.RF.3.c
  • 2.RF.3.d
  • 2.RF.3.e
  • 2.RF.3.f
  • 2.RF.3
  • 2.RF.4.a
  • 2.RF.4.c

• Reading: Informational

  • 2.RI.1
  • 2.RI.2
  • 2.RI.3
  • 2.RI.5
  • 2.RI.6
  • 2.RI.7
  • 2.RI.8
  • 2.RI.9

• Reading: Literature

  • 2.RL.1
  • 2.RL.2
  • 2.RL.3
  • 2.RL.4
  • 2.RL.5
  • 2.RL.6
  • 2.RL.7
  • 2.RL.9
  • 2.RL.10

• Speaking & Listening

  • 2.SL.1.a
  • 2.SL.1.c
  • 2.SL.1
  • 2.SL.2
  • 2.SL.3
  • 2.SL.4
  • 2.SL.5
  • 2.SL.6

• Writing

  • 2.W.1.a
  • 2.W.1.c
  • 2.W.1
  • 2.W.2.a
  • 2.W.2.c
  • 2.W.2
  • 2.W.3.a
  • 2.W.3.b
  • 2.W.3.c
  • 2.W.3
  • 2.W.4
  • 2.W.5
  • 2.W.6
  • 2.W.7
  • 2.W.8
  • 2.W.10

CCSS ELA Standard: 2.RI.3

Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.

Chaos Makes Sense (Later)

In the moment, a chaotic event makes no sense. But later, that same event can feel like it was part of a larger story.

Gr 1-8

Holiday Worksheets

Writing prompts, non-fiction analysis, and science topics related to Christmas and Hanukkah.

Gr 1-8

Order to Chaos: Dominoes or Dam?

Sometimes outside forces turn order into chaos. But sometimes chaos comes from within.

Gr 2-8

Indirect Power – Lighthouse vs Magnetism

Students explore the idea of indirect power – which can be both visible (a lighthouse) or invisible (magnetism).

Gr 1-8

Hero or Not A Hero?

Students will determine what makes a hero a hero.

Gr 1-8

What’s In My Brain: Pentagon vs Pentagon

We’re looking at regular vs irregular polygons.

Gr 1-8

A System Similar to a Cell

Which parts of a cell serve a similar job to the parts of a cruise ship, human body, computer, or other system?

Gr 1-8

Pluto – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about Pluto back into the correct order?

Gr 1-8

Great Sloths – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about great sloths back into the correct order?

Gr 1-8

The Moon – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about The Moon back into the correct order?

Gr 1-8

The Great Sphinx – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about The Great Sphinx back into the correct order?

Gr 2-8

Rainclouds – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about rain clouds back into the correct order?

Gr 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Coral Reef – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about the coral reef back into the correct order?

Gr 2, 3, 6, 8

What Happens In Your Brain When You’re Worried or Afraid

Allison Edwards explains how blood flow in your brain affects your decision-making

Gr 1-8

What’s In My Brain!? Gold vs Wood

Some of these examples are conductors and some are insulators!

Gr 1-8

Automobiles – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about automobiles back into the correct order?

Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Washington, DC – Mixed Up Paragraph

These sentences about Washington, DC got scrambled. Can you put them back in order using nothing but context clues?

Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Trains – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about trains back into the correct order?

Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Earthquakes – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about earthquakes back into the correct order?

Gr 2, 3, 4, 6, 8

Drawing Knots, Level 3

How to draw the final version of the twisty Henri Matisse knot!

Gr 1-2

Drawing Knots, Level 2

How to draw a more complex version of this twisty Henri Matisse knot!

Gr 1-2

Think Like A Historian

Here’s how effects be causes and causes can be effects!

Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8

Generalization: Problems Lead to New Rules, Which Lead to New Problems

Problems create rules. Rules create new problems. Can you trace the cycle in history, stories, and your own life?

Gr 2-7

Paragraphs: Systems of Sentences

Blow up a paragraph into individual sentences. Now reassemble it. The clues hiding in each sentence will surprise you.

Gr 1-8

What’s In My Brain: Trapezoids or Not?

Which are trapezoids and which are not?

Gr 1-8

Fraction Ordering Tournament

Which set of fractions would be the trickiest to order from least to greatest? Let’s have a tournament!

Gr 2-8

Content Imperatives: Parallel

Get students thinking broadly by exploring similarities across multiple topics. Combine with Depth and Complexity for bonus points!

Gr 1-8

Depth and Complexity: 📈 Trends

Has something been changing recently? What might be causing that? What are the effects?

Gr 2-8

Depth and Complexity: ⏳ Change Over Time

Want to get students thinking about how a topic has changed or might change in the future? The ⏳ Change Over Time thinking tool is just what you need!

Gr 2-8

Historic Social Media

How would people from history have interacted online? Students will develop a conversation online between people involved in the same event from history.

Gr 1-8

Educational Valentines

Let’s make valentines with an educational twist!

Gr 1-8

Teach Non-Fiction Writing Structure With Fractals

Did you ever notice that the structure of an essay is very similar to the structure of a paragraph? Hmm…

Gr 1-8