Subtraction

A House For Hermit Crab Subtraction

Fish Subtraction

Sticker Subtraction

(a paper plate book)

Addition

Lima Bean Addition

preparation: reuse Altoid mint tin; paint five lima beans for each tin.

paint one side of each lima bean yellow, the other side red.

Click here for recording sheet.

Directions: student closes tin and gently shakes. Open the tin and observe the colors shown. Record the addition problem on the recording sheet by coloring in the ovals (lima beans). 

Write the addition problem.  All sums should equal 5.

Easter

Spring Bunny Bump Game

My students loved this game!  I found it at

Sunny Days in Second Grade blog.

I modified the game for 2 dice addition. The students rolled the dice,

added, found the sun om the game board and covered it with a marker. 

See the blog for game directions.

Bunny Addition Fun

We used bunny cutouts on pocket chart to create addition problem. Students demonstrated addition problems using colored marshmallows as the the bunny's teeth. If they got the sum correct, they ate the marshmallows!

Short Vowels Word Search

Bunny diecuts were placed around the room. Some had long vowel words and some had short vowel words.  The students "Read and Write the Room" by searching for the short vowel words and writing them on Easter stationery.

Magnets

Magnet Stations

Set up stations to determine if the object is magnetic or not magnetic.  Give the students a recording sheet and a magnet to make their own discoveries!

Antonyms

Antonym Flip Book

Use your own clipart and create an antonym flip book.

Antonym Elephants

We created "big and little" elephants using our handprints.



Earth Day

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

We reused our milk cartons and planted sunflower seeds.

Earth's Natural Recyclers

We talked about worms and how they are Earth's natural recyclers.

Plants

Parts of a Plant

a TLC art type activity to show the parts of a plant

Sing Dr. Jean's "Parts of a Flower" song. (Can be found on

the "Kiss Your Brain" CD.)

The Surprise Garden

We read the book, "The Surprise Garden" by Zoe Hall. Then we sorted our seeds on the pocket chart and glued them on a sorting graph.

Tops and Bottoms

We read the book, "Tops and Bottoms" by Janet Stevens and sorted picture cards from story by tops or bottoms.  Then we did a writing activity about our favorite plant to eat.

Roots

We read the book, "Roots" by Vijaya K. Bodach. Then we did a science experiment to show how roots help plants.

 

Jack and the Beanstalk

After reading several versions of "Jack and the Beanstalk" we sprouted and planted our own popcorn seeds.