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In my second grade class, we always learn about the life cycle of a mealworm. I buy mealworms from the local pet store, and my class provides a habitat for them. We are able to watch the entire life cycle unfold. It is truly amazing! While the mealworms grow, we do some fun experiments with them. I usually do the attached activity in small groups. They love this!

This is a rubric for a second grade habitat diorama.

This is a 14 page Word document that I created for the common core standard 2. OA. 3 It includes the following: - Even and Odd game played with either cards and/or dice. It's a great game for whole group or stations. I used it as a whole group game and then the following day used it in stations. This game includes directions, game board, score sheet, and two enrichment pages. - Math Review and Practice test that I gave my students to use as homework. it could even be used as a pre-assessment

This task is intended to assess student application of area and perimeter for 2-D Shapes. Every year my students get excited to complete this assessment. They can't believe I take this for a grade because it's so fun to do! Objective: Students are expected to create a house plan/layout of their dream house. They can be as silly or creative as they wish with the types of rooms their dream house entails (trampoline room, bubble room, gokart room, arcade room). Once students create a house plan

This is a Halloween and Grammar activity I used after I read aloud Arthur's Halloween. The words in the word sort is from the story Arthur's Halloween. Students have to identify which word is a common and proper noun. All the words are lower case, which make it harder to identify. Then, students must use their editing marks to correct the Proper Noun. After that, students can cut and paste the nouns into the correct category, common noun or proper noun. This could be used in a Halloween Station,

This is a 15 question powerpoint on Even and Odd. I used it as a review game with my 2nd graders the day before our assessment. Each question is worth a certain amount of points. The kids loved keeping score!

This is a fun way to get your students engaged while learning Life Cycles. Using live mealworms, students will watch their mealworm go through metamorphosis all while documenting the experience. This resource entails the following: - Implementation ideas/tips - Activity Booklet - Rubric to Grade the Activity Booklet (The rubric has a checklist so students can take ownership in their grade.)

This is a rubric I created while teaching 3rd Grade Social Studies. Our school system uses Gallopade for Social Studies. This rubric goes along with Chapter 15 in Gallopade. Activity: This was a fun summative assessment for students. Students created mini-booklets for each explorer we learned about. I allowed students to use their Gallopade books and this self-made rubric to complete the activity/assessment over a few class periods.

This is the second page I have created that consists of 2nd grade ELA Common Core Standards typed out on individual labels. The first page of labels is free. These labels fit Avery #5160. This document includes the following standards: W 2.6 W 2.7 W2.8 L 2.1 - L 2.6 I have used these to label all of my ELA folders. It is very helpful! Don't forget to pick-up the 1st page of these labels. They are free! So, if you can't see the preview that well, download the free page. That will give you an i

This is a Word document that I have created to fit Avery labels # 5160. It consists of Grade 2 - ELA Common Core Standards: RL 2.1 - RL 2.10 RI 2.1 -RI 2.10 RF 2.3 a - f W 2.1 - 2.5 I created these to label my ELA folders and organize my activities by Common Core Standards. The second page of ELA standards are not attached to this document. It consists of the remaining ELA standards. It is provided at my store. If you like this document, then head to my store to pick-up the other!

This is an Avery templet with every 2nd Grade Common Core Math standard typed out. This can be used to help organize 2nd Grade Common Core Math resources. You can place these on file folders, file drawers, math books, etc. to help organize your materials. This document uses Avery 5160 templets.