1st and 2nd Grade Lesson Plans : Page 7

Your class will need to put their creativity caps on for this lesson where they will create their own creature and write a story about its life.

Let’s start building numbers! Just as building skyscrapers is a visual representation of mathematics, students will use the visual representation of base-ten blocks to add—or build—onto a two-digit number.

Students put their understanding of one and 10 more to work as they write word problems for classmates to solve. This lesson plan can be used alone or with Picture Addition.

Geometry meets data in this fun lesson! Students will build a design using pattern blocks and then graph the number of each shape used. This scaffolded EL lesson can be used alone or alongside Graphing Colored Counters.

Everyone has experienced special occasions in their lives! Get your students excited to write about a special occasion they have experienced in this fun lesson plan.

Get your students moving with this activity that helps them practice their addition skills while having fun hunting for their next problem.

Could there be a pot of gold waiting for you at the end of that rainbow? Or is it hiding elsewhere? In this St. Patrick's Day lesson plan, students will write about what they would do if they found a pot of gold.

Read and roll! This interactive game can be used as an engaging activity or an assessment tool that allows you to easily monitor your students’ ability to blend phonemes together to create words.

What's the difference.... between two numbers? Play this fun game to get students talking and practicing subtraction. Use this scaffolded EL lesson plan alone or alongside Subtraction Card Sharks.

From labeled pictures to glossaries, there are lots of different nonfiction text features for students to learn about. In this lesson, students hunt for text features while learning how they provide meaning and present information.

Games are a great way to help students look closer at words! In this lesson, students will learn more about contractions and consonant pairs by creating their own games of concentration.

What happens when students explore their senses on the inside? This lesson encourages students to look at, listen to, and feel what is happening on the inside through practicing mindfulness.

Your students are probably used to answering questions. Give them a chance to ask their own with this imaginative lesson on reading comprehension and the ways one can use who, what, when, where, and why.

Teach your class about the genre of traditional literature, made up of stories from around the world that have been told for generations. In this lesson, students will read fairy tales and compare story elements in each piece of literature.

Help ease your students into the school year with this lesson that helps them share their feelings about the first day of school.

This lesson provides students with instruction in strategies based on number sense. Use this lesson alongside Show Me the Money: Understanding Value or as a stand-alone lesson.

What do red envelopes, pomelos, and water narcissus flowers have in common? They all bring good fortune during the Chinese New Year! In this lesson, students will write about someone to whom they would like to grant good fortune.

What do like to groove to? Bebop or hip-hop? In this Black History Month lesson plan, students will listen to and learn about two music genres heavily influenced by African-Americans. Then they will write about which genre they prefer.

This support lesson provides students with the opportunity to explore elapsed time by discussing the time between timer rings. Use as a pre-lesson to Elapseable or as a stand-alone activity.

Motivate your students by engaging them in a competition! In this lesson, your students will review and practice multiplication strategies.

In this fun Valentine’s Day lesson plan, students will practice addition facts up to 10 and then use the sums to design their own Valentine’s Day-themed color by sum worksheet to trade with a partner.

Give your students the resources they need to solve word problems with this math lesson. Your class will learn how to categorize important keywords using a WIKED map, a visual tool that helps them through the problem-solving process.

Carefully find the adverbs in sentences that give more information about the verb! Use this lesson to teach your students how to pick out an adverb and understand what information it gives about the verb.

In this scavenger hunt lesson, students will look for rectangular arrays within their school environment. Whether it is a set of cubbies or windows, students will see that arrays are all around us.

Teach your students how to identify the main topic using story cards and an interactive read aloud in this engaging lesson.

Get ready to do some shopping! In this lesson, students will learn about subtracting 100 from multiples of 100 when making big purchases.

Your students will enjoy reading the classic story “The Ugly Duckling,” written about a very lovable duck! This reading lesson also includes a fun partner activity to help your students practice comprehension.

This creative parts-of-speech lesson will have your students laughing out loud as they master making silly phrases using adjectives and nouns.

Your students will be experts in subtraction with regrouping after this lesson that has them work as a class and individually to perfect their skills.

Students love to explore instruments! Add some method to the madness by having students count, add, and subtract when working together to make music.