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Lesson Plans - 2nd Grade

Summertime-Camping Memory Game

Talk about outdoor camping with the children. Ask if any of the children have geen on a camping trip and encourage them to tell the group what it was like. Explain that when we go camping out innature, we are away from such things as electricity, our own beds, etc. We want to take along

Smiling In The Sun

Students explore the relative positions of the sun and Earth, and how this affects changes from night to day at any point on Earth.

Wind Spinners

Catch the wind and see colors spin! Hang your wind spinner beside an open window or under a protected porch roof to catch the wind in the four Color Sticks-designed sections of your spinner

Sun Paper Plate Craft

This is a simple craft made from a paper plate and a child’s handprint cutouts.

Descriptive Writing and the 100th Day of School

Learning to write nonfiction text is an important literacy skill. This lesson guides students in writing descriptions of 100th day bottles they create at home. They will write clues about their bottles for a guessing game, practice descriptive writing, and create a class book. Several pieces of literature appropriate for use with this lesson are suggested.