Playlist: 2nd grade
Drawing A 3D Staircase
This optical illusion looks like a 3D staircase, but it’s all drawn on a plain piece of paper.
What’s In My Brain: Pentagon vs Pentagon
We’re looking at regular vs irregular polygons.
Emoji Stories 🕰️
Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?
Emoji Stories 👁️
Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?
Multiple Meaning Matcher – Gamma
Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?
Super Specific Similes – Slimy Broccoli
Start with a basic simile. Now make it more specific. Now even more. Watch how much better writing gets with each round.
Robot Writing: Acropolis
One painting of ruins. Three robots. Three pieces of writing. Who wrote it best?
Idioms About Money
Five sets of idioms related to money.
Lipogram: Rewrite “Mary Had A Little Lamb”
What if we rewrote a piece of writing without using certain letters?
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?
Drawing An Impossible Triangle
Here’s how you can draw The Penrose Triangle, an example of an impossible shape.
Sets of Idioms Related to Food
Five sets of five idioms, all related to food.
What’s In My Brain: Trapezoids or Not?
Which are trapezoids and which are not?
Complex or Compound – What’s In My Brain
Can your class spot the complex sentences vs compound sentences?