This is a lesson plan for 2nd grade students in Social Studies.  Students will recognize and practice civic responsibility in the community and the nation.  This lesson will take approximately 4 lesson periods of 1/2 hour each.  This lesson plan is designed for face-to-face instruction.Image created by Tamara Baggett on Canva 

3.2.4  Students will compare the structures and functions of different species that help them live and survive such as hooves on prairie animals or webbed feet in aquatic animals.3.2.2  Students will differentiate between inherited traits of plants and animals such as spines on a cactus or shape of a beak and learned behaviors such as an animal learning tricks or a child riding a bicycle.Created by: Shellet Rowley.  Picture taken by: Shellet Rowley

"Children's Books" by lydia_x_liu is licensed under CC BY 2.0.Standards:Reading: Literature Standard 3Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.Reading: Literature Standard 5Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

This resource is a Science student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Explora Elementary in EBSCO - to help students learn about the characteristics of rocks.

This resource is a Science student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Gale's Kids InfoBits and Student Resource Center - Junior - to help students learn about clouds.

Students will learn to compose shapes using 2D shapes.Picture from: Pexels by Magda Ehlers

This resource is a Science student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Gale's Research in Context 6-8 to help students learn about the moon. 

Kid's Info Bits is an amazing resource for your students to use when doing research, and it's FREE in Utah's Online Library. Learn how to use it with your c...

This resource is a Social Studies student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Gale's Kids InfoBits, Gale's Research in Context Grades 6-8, Gale's InfoTrac Student Edition, EBSCO's Explora Elementary and Middle Schools, and World Book Encyclopedia to help students learn about The Liberty Bell. 

This resource is a Science student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Gale's Kids InfoBits, Digital Science Online, and World Book Encyclopedia - to help students learn about the life cycles of frogs.

I thought it would be great fun to have my Second Graders write a narrative piece on their "Summer Fun". The students will be working in whole group, small group, and one-on-one with me to complete their stories. After their stories are completed, they will present their stories to the class 'living in the moment' of their memories while they present us with all of their fun times! 

This resource is a Science student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, EBSCO's Science Reference Center - to help students learn about mountain types.  

In this lesson students will be learning about 3-D shapes. They watch a video about 3-D shape and how to describe those shapes by identifying the number of faces those shapes have. Students will then either find examples of 3-D shapes in the classroom and photograph them or they will create 3-D shapes using toothpicks and playdough.Image Citation: Picture taken by Amanda Lawing

Lesson plan for a small group language group targeting prefix understanding.The image was created by Deanne Bradshaw.UTAH STATE STANDARDS for P-12 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTSP-12 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS | 18„Standard 3.R.3: Demonstrate mastery of age-appropriate phonics skills.a. Identify and begin using the combined knowledge of allletter-sound correspondences, syllabication patterns, mor-phology (e.g., roots and affixes), and etymology to accurate-ly read unfamiliar multisyllabic words in and out of context.c. Identify and know the meaning of the most common pre-fixes and derivational suffixes.

This is a simple lesson plan to teach students about resources and recycling.There are three activities that my students have found to be fun and informative.  There are also lots of links to videos to learn more!  https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=21&picture=recycle-sign https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fjrm.cnic.navy.mil%2FInstallations%2FNAVBASE-Guam%2FAbout%2FDepartments%2FEnvironmental%2FRecycling%2F&psig=AOvVaw1S9yP6bcDPybmUEKqEHQ2Q&ust=1675994924986000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=2ahUKEwjemLvirYf9AhWxjY4IHSsuAdwQjRx6BAgAEAo

This resource is a tutorial video showing how to use Soundzabound on Utah's Online Library to find royalty-free music that can be used in student or teacher projects and lessons.

Students will learn about the three states of matter and their properrties. Picture by: Yelod - Wikimedia Commons * Yelod - Wikipedia (En) * ילוד - ויקיפדיה העברית, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

This resource is a Social Studies student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Gale's Kids InfoBits, EBSCO's Explora Elementary, and World Book Encyclopedia to help students learn about Thanksgiving. 

This resource is a Social Studies student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Gale's Kids InfoBits and EBSCO's Explora Elementary to help students learn about the United States Pledge of Allegiance. 

Practice your research skills and learn more about Utah's Online Library in this online scavenger hunt!