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Grade 2

• Strand 1

  • 2.1.A
  • 2.1.B
  • 2.1.C
  • 2.1.D
  • 2.1.E

• Strand 2

  • 2.2.A
  • 2.2.A.i
  • 2.2.A.ii
  • 2.2.A.iii
  • 2.2.A.iv
  • 2.2.B
  • 2.2.B.i
  • 2.2.B.ii
  • 2.2.B.iii
  • 2.2.B.iv
  • 2.2.B.v
  • 2.2.B.vi
  • 2.2.B.vii
  • 2.2.C
  • 2.2.C.i
  • 2.2.C.ii
  • 2.2.C.iii
  • 2.2.C.iv
  • 2.2.C.v
  • 2.2.C.vi
  • 2.2.D
  • 2.2.E

• Strand 3

  • 2.3.A
  • 2.3.B
  • 2.3.C
  • 2.3.D

• Strand 4

  • 2.4

• Strand 5

  • 2.5

• Strand 6

  • 2.6.A
  • 2.6.B
  • 2.6.C
  • 2.6.D
  • 2.6.E
  • 2.6.F
  • 2.6.G
  • 2.6.H
  • 2.6.I

• Strand 7

  • 2.7.A
  • 2.7.B
  • 2.7.C
  • 2.7.D
  • 2.7.E
  • 2.7.F

• Strand 8

  • 2.8.A
  • 2.8.B
  • 2.8.C
  • 2.8.D

• Strand 9

  • 2.9.A
  • 2.9.B
  • 2.9.C
  • 2.9.D
  • 2.9.D.i
  • 2.9.D.ii
  • 2.9.D.iii
  • 2.9.E
  • 2.9.E.i
  • 2.9.E.ii
  • 2.9.F

• Strand 10

  • 2.10.A
  • 2.10.B
  • 2.10.C
  • 2.10.D
  • 2.10.E
  • 2.10.F

• Strand 11

  • 2.11.A
  • 2.11.B
  • 2.11.B.i
  • 2.11.B.ii
  • 2.11.C
  • 2.11.D
  • 2.11.D.i
  • 2.11.D.ii
  • 2.11.D.iii
  • 2.11.D.iv
  • 2.11.D.v
  • 2.11.D.vi
  • 2.11.D.vii
  • 2.11.D.viii
  • 2.11.D.ix
  • 2.11.D.x
  • 2.11.D.xi
  • 2.11.E

• Strand 12

  • 2.12.A
  • 2.12.B
  • 2.12.C

• Strand 13

  • 2.13.A
  • 2.13.B
  • 2.13.C
  • 2.13.D
  • 2.13.E
  • 2.13.F
  • 2.13.G

TEKS ELA Standard: 2.6.G

evaluate details read to determine key ideas

What’s In My Brain: Grass vs Mold

Two columns. One is an example, one isn’t. Can you figure out the hidden rule before the big reveal?

Gr 2-8

Main Idea and Details

Young students can use this big idea organizer to identify the main idea and support it with details.

Gr 1-2

Who has more power: the Queen Bee or the Hive?

Sometimes power is concentrated in one place. Other times it is spread out.

Gr 2-8

Identifying A Story’s Theme

Teach your young students to identify the moral or the theme of a story.

Gr 1-2

Hero or Not A Hero?

Students will determine what makes a hero a hero.

Gr 2-8

What’s In My Brain: Inventions vs Discovery

We’re looking at inventions vs discoveries.

Gr 2-8

What’s In My Brain: Lion vs Bear

We’re looking at carnivores vs omnivores.

Gr 2-8

Earth Day Worksheets

Worksheets for Earth Day! Featuring reading, writing, and math… with a pinch of Depth and Complexity.

What’s In My Brain: Spain vs Germany

One column is an example. The other isn’t. Can your students figure out the hidden rule before the reveal?

Gr 2-8

Tournament of Not-So-Famous Inventors

Which inventor and invention will win the tournament?

Gr 2-8

What’s In My Brain: Tree vs Tree

Let’s look at deciduous vs coniferous trees.

Gr 2-8

What’s In My Brain: Crocodile vs Tree Frog

Is it a reptile or an amphibian?

Gr 2-8

What’s In My Brain: Narwhal vs Penguin

We’re looking at the arctic vs the antarctic.

Gr 2-8

Domesticated Animals Tournament

Which domesticated animal will win the tournament?

Gr 2-8

Types of Energy Tournament

Which type of energy will win the tournament!?

Gr 2-8

Natural Disasters Tournament

Earthquake vs. hurricane. Tsunami vs. wildfire. Students set the criteria, argue their case, and crown a champion. Warning: it gets heated.

Gr 2-8

Van Gogh Self-Portrait Tournament

Who will win the tournament of Van Gogh self-portraits!?

Gr 1-8

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 2-8

Cooking In Space

Watch astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti cook a meal in zero gravity on the International Space Station.

Robot Writing: Volcano

Read three pieces of writing from three different robots about the same beautiful painting of a volcano. Who wrote it best?

Gr 2-8

Robot Writing: Acropolis

One painting of ruins. Three robots. Three pieces of writing. Who wrote it best?

Gr 2-8

Robot Writing: Orchestra

Read three pieces of writing from three different robots based on a beautiful painting and decide who wins!

Gr 2-8

Zig Zag Cipher (Codes Part 3)

Let’s try a cipher that doesn’t substitute new letters or shapes. We just mix things up.

Gr 1-8

What’s In My Brain!? Japan vs Jamaica

Is it an island or an archipelago?

Gr 2-8

Not Like The Others: US National Parks

Four US national parks. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.

Gr 2-8

What’s In My Brain!? Gold vs Wood

Some of these examples are conductors and some are insulators!

Gr 2-8

Chess Variant: Monster Chess

What if you had really weak chess pieces, but you could always move twice?

Gr 1-8

Not Like The Others: Microstates of Europe

Four of the tiniest countries in Europe. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.

Gr 2-8

Notice, Wonder: Ramses

A mysterious image. Reveal it slowly. Let your students wonder!

Gr 2-8

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 2-8

Plant Adaptation Tournament

Who will win in a tournament of eight plants with Interesting adaptations!?

Gr 2-8

Tournament: 8 Wonders of the Solar System

Which location is the most wondrous place in the solar system?

Gr 2-8

Exploration Technology Tournament

Which of these pieces of exploration technology is most important? Most underrated? Most long-lasting?

Gr 2-8

Tournament of Ancient Inventions

Which of these inventions of the ancient world is most influential? Least useful today? Most taken-for-granted?

Gr 2-8

Animal Adaptation Tournament

Which animal has the most interesting, most valuable, or strangest adaptations?

Gr 2-8

Not Like The Others: Mountains

Which of these mountains is not like the others?

Gr 2-8

Not Like The Others: Birds of the Tropical Rainforest

Which of these four birds is not like the others?

Gr 2-8

Tournament of Presidents

So who was the strangest of these eight presidents?

Gr 2-8

What’s In My Brain: Owl vs Eagle

Some of these animals are nocturnal and some are diurnal.

Gr 2-8

Analyze Paragraphs: Empire State Building

Three paragraphs about the Empire State Building. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Gr 2-8

A Lunar Survival Mission

A favorite of mine! This task is delightfully complex and ambiguous, forcing students to make choices without enough information and with no right answer. How will they survive on the moon for three days?

Gr 2-8

Thinking With Art: Head Down

One artist, two paintings. Notice details, compare, synthesize, then find a parallel in another creator’s work.

Gr 2-8

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 4-6

The Tournament of Biomes

Want to move beyond memorizing the characteristics of biomes? In this lesson, students work through a Tournament of Biomes, explaining which biome wins in each round (based on criteria you choose). In the end, they crown a 👑 Champion Biome!

Gr 2-8

Investigating Christmas Trees

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

Gr 1-8

The Thinking Hats

So… do your students moan when forced to work in a group? Part of the problem is that lack the structure to work well with peers. Edward de Bono’s Thinking Hats are a perfect tool to help with this problem.

Gr 1-8

Depth and Complexity: ⚖️ Ethics

Want to add drama to any topic? Use the Ethics prompt!

Gr 3-8

Depth and Complexity: 🏛️ Big Idea

Let’s get students thinking big and focusing on more abstract ideas.

Gr 1-8

Depth and Complexity: 🌻 Details

Get kids focusing on the small, but essential, details of a topic.

Gr 1-8

Analyze Character Change with Depth and Complexity

Your students will use Depth and Complexity to note how a character’s main trait changes across a story.

Gr 2-8

Romeo and Juliet Summary

Romeo and Juliet in just about five minutes.

Gr 1-8

Intellectual Intensity

Do you know someone who becomes a bit overexcited by ideas?

Gr 2-8