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Second graders use data to create a tally chart and make a bar graph. This lesson includes a detailed plan, videos of students engaged in the lesson, and printable worksheets.

This lesson is an informal assessment of student understanding of the base ten system, a critical area in the Common Core.

Explore subtraction and addition but having student collect data from rolling objects. This lesson has students adding and subtracting numbers they collected using strategies used in class. Use the document and video found on this page...

Students get very confused when asked to use >,<, and = to compare numbers. This lesson will show students how to make the crocodile eat the biggest number and free their minds to compare numbers and not focus on which symbol is...

Second graders oftentimes struggle with comparison problems since there is no "action" in the problem (i.e.: nothing is getting taken away or added). In this lesson, 2nd graders practice strategies for solving comparison problems.

Can your students tell time? Use this lesson that includes a getting started, an activity, and practice to help students be able to tell time.

Multiplication sounds cool to second graders, but we have to know what it is first. Creating and counting sets is one way to get there.

Using the size of the planets, 2nd graders are able to work with numbers to 1,000. This lesson introduces larger numbers (even beyond 1,000) to extend student understanding of the patterns in numbers.

A lesson to help conceptualize fractions as numbers. Students work to see fractions as a part of a whole and a length.

Second graders often become confused as they count from one decade to the next. In order to become fluent with operations in addition and subtraction, 2nd graders need to be able to move across decades. This lesson includes a detailed...