2nd Grade
Discover what's going on in your second grader's classroom. Find out how you can enhance her learning experience at school and encourage her educational development at home. Build her academic strengths with our skill-builders. Be alert to possible social struggles as your child progresses through school.
Addition Practice
Children practice making a variety of number sentences that total 12. read more
Addition Practice and Connect the Dots
After children find the sums to these problems, they will have a connect-the-dots picture of a plant. read more
Animal Home Puzzles
Creating a puzzle on animal homes will help children to classify animals. read more
Class Vote for Favorite Season
Children practice reading a pictograph by surveying the favorite seasons of their classmates. read more
Coin Patterns
Groupings of coins will provide children with the opportunity to determine the patterns. read more
Counting Leaves and Acorns
Children practice adding and counting leaves and acorns. read more
Critical Thinking: Similar
Children practice classification by identifying similar objects and putting them into groups. read more
Describing Letter to Parents
This letter to be sent home to parents suggests some activities for them to do with their child to enhance describing skills. read more
Describing Letter to Parents - Spanish Version
This letter (in Spanish) to be sent home to parents suggests some activities for them to do with their child to enhance describing skills. read more
Do Your Know What Your Second-Grader Should Know?
Will she begin writing in cursive this year? Take this quiz and find out! read more
Draw a Picture
Children draw pictures and practice writing addition sentences. read more
Estimating and Measuring Letter to Parents
This letter should be sent home to parents to suggest activities for parents to do with their children to enhance estimation and measurement skills. read more
Estimating and Measuring Letter to Parents - Spanish Version
This letter (in Spanish) should be sent home to parents to suggest activities for parents to do with their children to enhance estimation and measurement skills. read more
Explore Addition with Fish
By drawing fish in bowls and sorting them, children can write math stories. read more
Explore Subtraction
In this activity, students explore subtraction by solving math problems. read more
Graphing: For Spanish Speakers
This handout for Spanish speaking families helps them encourage their child's graphing skills at home. read more
How They Grow in Second Grade
How They Grow in Second GradeWhere They AreAt age seven, children start to focus a bit more. They:Begin to reason and concentrate.Worry, are self-critical, and may express a lack of confidence.Demand more of their teacher's time.Dislike being singled out, even for praise.Where They're GoingAt seven years old, your child is continuing to learn about herself and others. You can help by encouraging her as she: read more
Language Arts in Second Grade
Language Arts in Second GradeWhat Kids Should Learn in Reading In the area of reading, the teacher's principle goal is that the children view reading as central to learning and as a source of endless information and enjoyment. The teacher also wants each child to know that he or she can be a successful reader. More specifically, the second grade curriculum is designed to ensure that children can read more
Mathematics in Second Grade
Mathematics in Second GradeMathematics in grade two builds on what the child has already learned; experience in using math is a process of continuous growth. Although second graders are introduced to new, more complex forms of math, the study of mathematics remains far more concrete than abstract -- numbers stand for something that the children can see. read more
Maze Subtraction
Children solve subtraction problems to move through a maze. read more
Missing Parts Through 10
Subtraction practice is the focus of this worksheet. read more
Missing Parts to Seven
Children are encouraged to use counters to practice adding and subtracting. read more
Odd and Even Color Coding
Children are asked to color-code numbered boxes by whether they are odd or even. read more
Order Numbers 1 to 10
This connect-the-dots activity will help Children to put numbers in order. read more
Patterns in Data
Children use a data chart to answer an addition word problem. read more
