2nd Grade Teaching Resources
Explore 2nd-grade math worksheets, spelling words and so much more with thousands of teacher-created second-grade worksheets, activities, and more resources for teaching.
These curriculum-aligned resources were all designed by expert teachers to meet second-grade Common Core standards and state curricula. And only at Teach Starter do resources undergo rigorous peer review, including fact-checking and spell-checking to make sure every Google Slide, printable, poster, or game is ready to be used in your classroom.
Engage your second graders in ELA with writing prompts and reading comprehension exercises, explore 2nd-grade reading worksheets, and open students' worlds to new ways to communicate while engaging with and creating their own texts.
Find 2nd-grade math activities for algebraic thinking and number operations, measurement and geometry, statistics and graphing, plus hundreds of science, art, and social-emotional learning activities to fill their days and minds.
Teach Starter's unique teaching resources use clean layouts, grade-level-appropriate text, and interactive features to engage second graders and set them up for success.
Browse second-grade lessons, games, task cards, worksheets, and more below!
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Things I Can and Cannot Control – Sorting Activity
Help students identify things in life they can and cannot control with this sorting activity.
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American Symbols and Monuments Posters
Promote patriotism, decorate your classroom, and teach your students the beauty of America with a set of 12 American symbol and monument posters.
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Blends and Digraphs Clip Card Reading Center
Practice identifying digraphs and blends in word through interactive Google slides and traditional PDF printable formats.
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Calming Strategies A-Z Poster
Help students find coping methods with our classroom display poster highlighting 26 effective strategies for handling intense emotions.
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Counting by 5's Maze
Get to the party by skip counting to 100 with our counting by 5’s worksheet.
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All About Me Name Tag Template
Use this All About Me Name Tag Template to have your students design a name tag for their desk on the first day of school.
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Free Map Skills Worksheet- Using Cardinal Directions
A worksheet to practice using cardinal directions.
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Using Words with Prefixes - Worksheet Pack
Practice using the prefixes Un-, Re-, Mis-, Pre-, Dis-, and In- with a pair of printable prefix worksheets.
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Morning Message Slide Templates - Days of the Week
Start the day off right with this set of editable days of the week PowerPoint slides for a morning message or meeting.
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"All About ..." - Informational Writing Template
Practice informative writing with this versatile template.
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Digital Learning Background – Holiday Lights
A special virtual background teachers and students can use around the winter holidays.
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Number Talks - Place Value Task Cards
Build number sense skills with 3-digit numbers with this set of 24 task cards.
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2-D Shape Match
A fun match-up activity to consolidate your students’ knowledge of 2-D shapes and their attributes.
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Capitalization Worksheet - Beginning of Sentences, Names, and Pronoun I
Identify and write correct capitalization in sentences with our capitalization practice worksheet.
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Adjectives: Articles Worksheet
A worksheet to practice working with articles.
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Nonfiction Text Features: Match It Up!
Download this nonfiction text features game to teach elementary school students about the common text features of informational texts.
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New Year's Goals Worksheet
Use this goal-setting worksheet to get your students excited for the new year.
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Sweet Sight Words Worksheet - DOES
Practice reading, writing, and identifying the high-frequency word “does” from the Second Grade Dolch sight words list.
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Blank Letter and Number Cutouts
A set of printable bulletin board letters and numbers to use when decorating your classroom.
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Picture Graph Templates
A set of blank picture graph templates for students to represent data.
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Goldilocks and The Three Bears - Finish the Story Writing Prompt
Finish the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story in your own words.
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Search and Find – Santa's Sleigh
Santa's sleigh search and find activity.
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Worry Jar – Cut and Assemble Kit
Create a worry jar for your students to help them recognise and cope with their worries.
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What's Missing? - Ten More, Ten Less Task Cards
Find numbers ten more or ten less than a given two- or three-digit number with this set of 20 task cards.
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Fact Family Find and Flip - Addition and Subtraction Up to 20
Addition and subtraction game cards demonstrating the relationship between fact families.
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Readers' Theater Script - The Lion and the Mouse
A readers’ theater script that can be used for reading fluency and expressive reading.
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Readers' Theater Script - The Three Little Pigs
A readers’ theater script that can be used for reading fluency and expressive reading.
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Growth and Fixed Mindset Poster
Help your students decide which type of mindset they currently have with this poster.
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Cause and Effect - Scenario Worksheet
A worksheet and answer sheet to use when teaching students the about the cause and effect text structure.
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12-Part Color Wheel Template and Color Theory Worksheets
A set of warm/cool color wheel worksheets featuring the 12 primary, secondary, and tertiary colors.
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Procedural Writing Checklists
Use these procedural writing checklists when teaching your students how to editing their procedure texts.
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We're Going On a Shape Hunt! Graphing Game
Consolidate students' knowledge of 2D shapes while teaching about data collection, recording and graphing!