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My district began using Math Expressions this fall. As a 2nd grade teacher, I needed to create some materials to help the students understand the concept of Math Mountains and give them extra practice (since they did not have it in kindergarten and 1st grade). This download includes: * colored "poster" demonstrating a Math Mountain (with a mountain graphic and the tiny tumblers on the sides) * black and white copy of the same poster to be reproduced (i.e. for students' notebooks) * flash car

This download includes the following detective-themed activities for your primary classroom: * Detective notebook (cover and blank page) * Types of Fingerprints chart (loops, arches, whorls) * My Amazing Fingerprints – Students will stamp their own fingerprints and then examine them with a magnifying glass (recording sheet included). * TOP SECRET – This activity is designed to be a hunt or “gallery walk” activity. There are 16 “evidence cards” with math problems for students to solve. Reco

This download includes games and worksheets to help your 2nd grade students practice counting money and solving word problems using various money amounts. Activities and games are aligned with the 2nd grade common core math standard 2.MD.8 (solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using the dollar sign and cent sign appropriately). The following sheets are included: * Collect 25 Cents game (directions, recording sheet, sample recording sheet) * Collec

I made this 5-page math test as an assessment for my 2nd graders. Some of the questions included are: * Equal or not equal shares? * Shade in a given fraction * Identify a shaded portion * Sharing sets of objects among 2 and 3 people * Shade in 1/2 of a circle * Divide a circle into thirds * Divide a square into fourths

I made this packet for my 2nd graders to practice answering multiple choice questions (which is the format for our end of the year testing). In this packet you will find the following 13 multiple choice practice pages: * States of Matter * The Water Cycle * Life Cycle of a Frog * Butterfly or Moth? * Life Cycle of a Frog * Abraham Lincoln * George Washington Format - Paragraph with 4 multiple choice questions * Language Arts (synonym, antonym, contractions, etc.) * Geometry * Fractions * M

I made this 2 page assessment for my team to assess our second grade students' math knowledge. The entire test is shown in the thumbnails. Some of the skills assessed include: * 2 and 3-digit addition and subtraction with regrouping * counting money * telling time * identifying fraction shaded * 10 more, 10 less, 100 more, 100 less * place value * fact family * counting base 10 blocks * faces, edges, vertices of a cube * word problems An answer key is included.

This download contains 40 sheets of math homework that I have been creating for my 2nd grade classroom. Our district recently adopted a new math program. I love the program, but have found the accompanying math homework to be too difficult for students to complete at home. As a result, I have been creating these sheets, using the same "spiral review" idea as presented in our new program. I have made 2-3 sheets each week since September. This download includes the material covered in the fir

This 43 page download includes the following fractions activities for your primary classroom: * 8 posters defining whole, part, fractions as equal shares, numerator, denominator * Equal Share or Not (2 sheets) * 4 sheets for students to color in a given fraction * 2 sheets for students to write fraction for part shaded * 2 "concentration game" activities - Each game has 18 cards and a recording sheet * 2 fraction cut and paste activities (cut out and match picture, word, and fraction) * 2 fract

This download includes the following cowboy-themed ELA and Math activities for the primary classroom: * I Know the Cow is Brown – 12 picture and word cards with “ow” words. Students will sort cards (by sound of “ow”) and write on the recording sheet. *Horsing around with Contractions – 8 contraction puzzles (3 pieces in each). Students will put together and record the 2 words and their contraction on the recording sheet * Roll a Cowboy Story – Cube template with 6 characters, cube template

This download contains 40 sheets of math homework that I have been creating for my 2nd grade classroom. Our district recently adopted a new math program. I love the program, but have found the accompanying math homework to be too difficult for students to complete at home. As a result, I have been creating these sheets, using the same "spiral review" idea as presented in our new program. This download includes the material covered in the third quarter of 2nd grade. Some of the practice incl

This camping-themed packet includes the following Literacy and Math Centers for your primary classroom: * Synonym Match - 12 picture cards (with words) and a recording sheet * Antonym Match - 12 picture cards (with words) and a recording sheet * S'more Contractions - 6 marshmallow cards with contractions, 6 graham cracker cards, 6 chocolate cards, and a recording sheet * ABC Order - 12 camping-themed picture cards with words and a recording sheet * Money Match - 6 s'more cards with cents amount

This is a visual I made to help my students practice their fact families. In the past I have copied the blank houses and have hand-written the numbers in depending on my students' readiness level. For this sale, I have included 5 practice pages with the numbers placed in the houses (fact families up to 19). The last page is a page of blank houses for you to write in your own. NOTE - To help students who struggle with this concept, I give them a sentence strip with ___ + ___ = ____ and anothe

This 16 page baseball-themed download includes the following: * ABC Order - baseball words * Counting Syllables - baseball words * Quick center - match two words on baseballs with their contraction on mitts (8 matches plus a recording sheet) * 2 Contractions worksheets * Fact and Opinion about baseball * Baseball Story Problems * Baseball Acrostic Template * Synonym, Antonym, Compound Word sheets Clipart and frames from www.kpmdoodles.com and www.scrappindoodles.com.

I wrote these math story problems for my 1st graders to go along with the book "The Napping House" by Don and Audrey Wood. This download contains 3 sets of differentiated story problems (A,B,C). There are 8 problems on each page. The problems are all centered around the number of feet on the bed at different points in the book. Sets A and B have similar problems (with B having larger digits or a 3rd addend). Set C is the most difficult. The story problems are outlined with dashed lines for

This download includes the following ocean-themed centers and research activities for your primary classroom: *ABC Order – 12 word cards with pictures, directions, and a recording sheet * Ocean Animal Mini-Research Foldables - Students will use books, encyclopedias, or the Internet to research the ocean animal they choose or are assigned. They will then complete the mini-book. Each mini-book follows the same pattern: Page 2 – facts about your animal, Page 3 – where your animal can be found,

This download is 2 quick math centers for your primary classroom. I have made them as a pre-assessment for my incoming 2nd graders, but I think they would work especially well for 1st or even Kindergarten. Each center has 18 cards that students will sort/match: picture of shape, shape name, and real-life object. The first center is 2-dimensional shapes, the second center is 3-dimensional shapes. Both centers have a recording sheet for students to write the shape's name and draw pictures of t

This 67 page unit includes the following activities and answer keys: * sequence - life cycle of a frog * cloze activity - frog facts * true or false - frog facts * addition to 10 * addition to 18 * subtraction (2 sheets) * counting coins (quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies) * patterns (colors, symbols, skip counting) * hidden picture (addition/subtraction on 120 chart with a color code) * story problems (addition/subtraction) * telling time (hour, half-hour - reading clocks and elapsed time) * s

This download contains a set of 5 pre-assessment tasks that I created for my 1st and 2nd grade students. I created these tasks for a parent volunteer (who used to be a math teacher) to complete for me. The information she collects in a one on one "interview" setting is priceless! The skills assessed include: * time (hour, half hour, elapsed) * money (coin identification, counting change amounts) * days of the week, months of the year * skip counting (2s, 5s, 10s) * place value Each pre-asses

This download includes the following full color pieces to turn your classroom clock into a flower: * petals displaying the digital minutes (:00-:55) * long leaf labeled "minute hand" * short leaf labeled "hour hand" * stem (2 pieces - can be cut to size) * 4 butterflies labeled "o'clock", "half past", "quarter after", and "quarter to" Print pages in color and laminate for durability. Cut out and arrange around clock. All flower parts were made using shapes and clip art from Microsoft Wo

This 103 page download includes the following June/end of the school year activities for your primary classroom: * ABC Order - 12 word cards with pictures, directions, and recording sheet * Modified ABC Order - 4 cards (with 4 words on each). Students will alphabetize the 4 words (recording sheet included) * Syllable Sort - 12 word cards with pictures, directions, recording sheet, and labels * Noun or Verb - 8 word cards with pictures and recording sheet * Flag Day mini-research foldable * Fath