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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Koala Gratitude Hug Card
Have your students show their gratitude to someone they love with this koala hug template.
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Color by Sight Words - 5 Words - Bee
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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Origami Box Step-By-Step Instructions
A visual instruction page to use when creating an origami box.
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Adjectives Worksheet
Practice identifying and writing adjectives in sentences with this 1-page worksheet.
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Color by Sight Words - 4 Words - Cat
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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Addition and Subtraction Minute Math Booklet
Warm-up (or assess) with this 10-page booklet of addition and subtraction drills.
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Collective Nouns Memory Game
Practice identifying collective nouns with a set of 30 match-up cards.
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Making Ten Teaching Slide Deck
A 14-slide PowerPoint that uses engaging animations to walk students through the 'making ten' addition strategy.
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Linking Addition and Subtraction Worksheet
Explore the relationship between addition and subtraction with a fact family worksheet.
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Three Little Pigs Area Worksheet
A worksheet to practice finding area using square units.
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Map Elements Worksheet
Apply knowledge of the components of a map to this map elements worksheet.
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Addition Strategy - Counting On Worksheet
Solve addition problems in this 2-page Counting On Addition Worksheet.
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Goods and Services Sorting Activity
Identify things as either "goods" or "services" by looking at 20 examples and sorting them into their appropriate category.
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Rosa Parks Timeline Activity
Craft an illustrated timeline for students to visually explore 6 events in Rosa Parks’s life.
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Behavior Reflection Sheet – Lower Grades
Get your primary students to reflect on their behaviors with this reflection worksheet.
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Number Talks - Fluency to 20 Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 24 task cards.
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The Great State Of... State Research Template
A free template for students to identify important aspects of their state.
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What's the Value? - Money Task Cards
Practice identifying coins and their values when added together with this set of 40 money task cards.
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New Year's Pop-Up Card
Ring in the new year in your classroom with this engaging 3-D cityscape craft activity for students.
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Cursive Practice - Sentences
A set of 6 sheets to practice writing sentences in cursive.
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Color Me Carefully – Geometric Animals
Hone in on your students' speaking and listening skills with this barrier activity.
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Place Value Work Mat
Practice place value concepts with this work mat for students.
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'I Have a Dream' Mobile
Celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. with this ‘I Have a Dream’ craft.
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All About Me - Retro Video Game Bulletin Board Display
Help your students get to know one another at the start of a new school year with this back-to-school bulletin board.
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Decodable Text Worksheets – Set 2
A set of 10 decodable text worksheets for early readers.
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BUMP! - Irregular Plural Nouns Board Game
A board game to practice forming irregular plural nouns.
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Library Scavenger Hunt – Lower Grades
Explore the school library with a scavenger hunt!
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Parts of Speech Word Search – Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs, and Adverbs
Find and categorize nouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs with this color by parts of speech worksheet.
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I See My Dream — MLK Art Activity
Encourage students to share their dreams for the future with an MLK Art activity.
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MLK Day Word Search
Identify the words and works of Martin Luther King Jr. in our MLK Word Search.
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Science of Reading Decoding Strategy Bookmarks and Poster
Help students succeed in reading fluency with this free printable bookmark and poster set of strategies for decoding unknown words.
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5 W's Graphic Organizer
A blank 5 W's graphic organizer to use when planning a piece of writing text.