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Grade 2

CCSS ELA Standard: 2.RI.7

Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.

Rebus Puzzles Gr 1-8
Notice, Wonder: Fountain
Notice, Wonder: Fountain
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: Dazzle
Notice, Wonder: Dazzle
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: Burton Island
Notice, Wonder: Burton Island
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: Tenzing
Notice, Wonder: Tenzing
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Halloween Worksheets
Halloween Worksheets
Crosswords, image analysis, and writing prompts for Halloween!
Gr 1-8
Power and Symbols
Power and Symbols
When does a simple symbol have more power than a word?
Gr 1-8
Notice, Wonder: Brooklyn
Notice, Wonder: Brooklyn
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
What’s In My Brain: Pentagon vs Pentagon
What’s In My Brain: Pentagon vs Pentagon
We’re looking at regular vs irregular polygons.
Gr 1-8
What Happens In Your Brain When You’re Worried or Afraid
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
Notice, Wonder: Sombrero
Notice, Wonder: Sombrero
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: Silver Torch
Notice, Wonder: Silver Torch
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: Barringer
Notice, Wonder: Barringer
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: Critter
Notice, Wonder: Critter
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: A House
Notice, Wonder: A House
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: SLS Test
Notice, Wonder: SLS Test
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: Butterball
Notice, Wonder: Butterball
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Notice, Wonder: Ramses
Notice, Wonder: Ramses
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Drawing An Impossible Triangle
Drawing An Impossible Triangle
Here’s how you can draw The Penrose Triangle, an example of an impossible shape.
Gr 1-2
Notice, Wonder: Craters
Notice, Wonder: Craters
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: Bloom
Notice, Wonder: Bloom
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Notice, Wonder: Skylight
Notice, Wonder: Skylight
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Drawing Knots, Level 3
Drawing Knots, Level 3
How to draw the final version of the twisty Henri Matisse knot!
Gr 1-2
Drawing Knots, Level 2
Drawing Knots, Level 2
How to draw a more complex version of this twisty Henri Matisse knot!
Gr 1-2
Notice, Wonder: Krzywy Las
Notice, Wonder: Krzywy Las
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: Scales
Notice, Wonder: Scales
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: Vortices
Notice, Wonder: Vortices
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Notice, Wonder: Swirls
Notice, Wonder: Swirls
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Notice, Wonder: Witch’s Fingers
Notice, Wonder: Witch’s Fingers
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: Green Circles
Notice, Wonder: Green Circles
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: An Orange Thing
Notice, Wonder: An Orange Thing
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Thinking With Art: Head Down
Thinking With Art: Head Down
One artist, two paintings. Notice details, compare, synthesize, then find a parallel in another creator’s work.
Gr 1-8
Inferring With Art: A Couple
Inferring With Art: A Couple
What’s going on in this room? There are shoes everywhere! Are those… oranges? Let’s make some inferences!
Gr 1-8
Inferring With Art: Two Women
Inferring With Art: Two Women
What are these two women up to? What’s that thing she’s holding? Let’s make some inferences!
Gr 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Art Lesson: One-Point Perspective
Art Lesson: One-Point Perspective
Let’s give our students an art history lesson while teaching them how to enhance their drawings using one-point perspective.
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Art Lesson: Two-Point Perspective
Art Lesson: Two-Point Perspective
Let’s get students’ art really popping with two-point perspective!
Gr 1-8
Self Portraits Part One: Line Drawings
Self Portraits Part One: Line Drawings
Anyone, yes anyone, can create a (somewhat) realistic self-portrait using these steps. Anyone!
Gr 1-2
Notice, Wonder: Kuiseb
Notice, Wonder: Kuiseb
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: A Long Line
Notice, Wonder: A Long Line
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice Wonder: Blood Falls
Notice Wonder: Blood Falls
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
What’s In My Brain: Trapezoids or Not?
What’s In My Brain: Trapezoids or Not?
Which are trapezoids and which are not?
Gr 1-8
Notice, Wonder: Forest
Notice, Wonder: Forest
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: Akron
Notice, Wonder: Akron
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
Notice Wonder: Electronics
Notice Wonder: Electronics
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice Wonder: Turbine
Notice Wonder: Turbine
Your students will be surprised by the size of this turbine… and by what’s hanging from it!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: A River
Notice, Wonder: A River
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: The Cliff
Notice, Wonder: The Cliff
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: Michael
Notice, Wonder: Michael
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: Etna
Notice, Wonder: Etna
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: Plateau
Notice, Wonder: Plateau
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Notice, Wonder: A Ship
Notice, Wonder: A Ship
A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Depth and Complexity: Patterns
Depth and Complexity: Patterns
Can your students spot anything that repeats? Or that has stopped repeating?
Gr 2-8
Drawing Natural Curves Like Andy Goldsworthy
Drawing Natural Curves Like Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy turns leaves and stones into art. Your students will learn to draw his signature natural curves — then build on them.
Gr 1-8
Reduce Anxiety: Brain Plate (Tool 3)
Reduce Anxiety: Brain Plate (Tool 3)
When a student’s brain is full of worries, everything feels urgent. Brain Plate helps them sort what’s real from what’s noise — and actually do something about it.
Gr 1-8
Engineering: Build A Bridge
Engineering: Build A Bridge
Using real bridges as their starting point, students will construct bridges out of straws and paperclips.
Gr 1-8
Add Layers To Direct Instruction
Add Layers To Direct Instruction
Take direction instruction beyond a monotonous practice of the same skill over and over.
Gr 1-8
Better Stories Part 1: The Big Idea
Better Stories Part 1: The Big Idea
We open our unit on narrative writing with a big idea: “structure increases creativity.” I show how this is true by bringing in examples from across all disciplines.
Gr 1-8