This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important asects of the task and its potential use. Here are the first few lines of the commentary for this task: Materials * Whiteboard or chart paper and markers * Empty number line or magnetic cubes lined up on the whiteboard, alternating colors every 5 (see sol...

This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important asects of the task and its potential use. Here are the first few lines of the commentary for this task: Materials * Number cards labeled 1-10 (attached as a PDF) Actions * Begin by playing the game as a whole class to demonstrate the rules and for student...

This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important asects of the task and its potential use. Here are the first few lines of the commentary for this task: Louis wants to give \$15 to help kids who need school supplies. He also wants to buy a pair of shoes for \$39. How much money will he have to save for ...

This activity helps students develop concepts and language related to position by experimenting with the size and relationships between two circles in a qualitative way. They use terms such as outside, touching and overlapping. The Teachers' Notes page includes suggestions for implementation and discussion questions. Students then can move to a follow-up activity, 3 Rings, cataloged separately.

Students are confronted with a scenario of a student who is texting and driving in the school parking lot and they are tasked to determine the effect of various parameters to see if a student will collide with a pedestrian. Students must begin by breaking the scenario down into more manageable parts to determine what must be studied about the situation. Through a series of labs and activities, students learn how to model and predict situations with constant velocity and acceleration. Then, coding a spreadsheet, students model the complex situation of a texting driver, reacting, and braking during a potentially hazardous situation to create an evidence-based argument.

After reading stories about relationships, students will record their thoughts using a "Before" and "After" organizer.

Students will use letters to make several short words. The words being constructed will be in word families and discussion should occur over chunks and letter patterns. At the culmination of the activity, all letters will be used to make one word.

This lesson takes a closer look at character, tapping into what a character thinks, says, feels, does, and tries, as well as his or her strengths and weaknesses. Students will use what they read to analyze the character in the story.

Students will create thought bubbles for either the brother or the sister from Patricia Polacco's story "My Rotten, Red-Headed, Older Brother".

Dr. Seuss' story "Horton Hears a Who" is used in this lesson to prompt a discussion about communities and cooperation.

Students will select four characters from familiar books and determine if they have healthy or unhealthy characteristics.

Students will sort breakfast food items into sources: store, factory, natural world, and farm.

After reading Joan Sweeney's book "Me On the Map", students will create a map of their bedroom and of their house.

Playing the World Game will make students more familiar with continents, oceans, countries and states.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders an overview of addition (sums to 100).

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about mixed operations: addition and subtraction i - word problems.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about adding or subtracting lengths in one step.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about adding and subtracting (numbers up to 20) - word problems.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about adding unit lengths in one step (english units).

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders an overview of addition.