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Second Grade

Second Grade Enrichment Activities

    • Language Arts
      • Words Their Way - individualized spelling
      • Reader’s Theater - Fairy Tales
      • Integrate Ant story with live ant farm
      • Reading Comprehension Strategies
      • Shared Reading/Guided Reading
      • Reading Counts
      • Creative Book Reports
      • Animal Report - research an animal in the computer lab as well as look for books in the library
      • Use a “storyboard” format to plan edit their stories before they “publish” them
    • Math
      • Enrichment Team - focus has been math (work with high group on problem solving)
      • Math games to learn addition/subtraction strategies
      • Hands on manipulative work
      • Timed test (usually have a couple of kids pass division)
      • Play money they can spend
      • Set class goals for everyone to pass so many facts by a certain day
      • Flashcards and games to help each other practice math facts
      • Enrichment Time
    • Science
      • Field trip to Clark Planetarium
      • Animal Report (research paper, visual aide)
      • Gravity experiments - which hits first?
      • Rock demonstrations - igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
      • Observe life cycle of butterfly
      • Live butterflies, ladybugs, ant farm
      • Volcano - each student gets to make their own volcano
      • Blubber making when learning about animals
      • Moon and Star Journal
    • Social Studies
      • Traditions report (present a favorite family tradition)
      • School helpers come visit
      • Jr. Achievement
      • Map Activities - atlases and other
      • Pledge of Allegiance in American Sign Language and learn the history and meaning of the pledge.
      • “Meet the Family” at the beginning of the year
    • Art/Music/PE/etc.
      • Thanksgiving Songs
      • Patriotic Songs/Activities
      • Guests to teach about music
      • Play clarinet
      • Two self portraits (beginning and end of year to see change and progress)
      • Sugar Eggs
      • Songs to fit curriculum and seasons
    • Special Programs (ie debate, history fair, etc.)
      • Talent Show
      • Awards Assembly
      • End of year readers theater for parents
      • “The Mitten” skit
    • Student Projects
      • Service Project - class makes quilts to donate to a homeless shelter.
    • Other
      • Reading Buddies with older grades
      • Treasure Box
      • Store