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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First Day of School Photo Props and Display
A printable photo props pack to be used on the first day of the school year.
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Push and Pull Sorting Activity
Use these push and pull sorting cards as a hands-on activity during your science lessons on forces.
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Free Map Skills Worksheet- Using Cardinal Directions
A worksheet to practice using cardinal directions.
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This Is Me Game - Task Cards
Get to know your students on the first days of a new school year with this fun 'This is Me' game.
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This or That! PowerPoint Game - Final e Words
An active PowerPoint game to practice decoding words with final -e.
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Back to School Today! Poem for Kids
Ease back-to-school jitters and launch your students into a love of poetry with a short poem for kids written just for the first day of school!
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The Wacky Professor's Treasure - Mini Escape Room Activity
A mini escape room activity that allows students to complete grammar tasks, while working together to solve a riddle!
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Addition Strategies Worksheet
A worksheet to use when reviewing different addition strategies.
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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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Gingerbread Man Freeze Frame – Task Cards
A set of 8 freeze frame task cards about the fairy tale, The Gingerbread Man.
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We Are a RAINBOW of Possibilities! — Bulletin Board Bundle
Add a rainbow themed bulletin board to your teacher toolkit with this printable bundle.
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Addition Strategy - Decompose, Then Make 10 Worksheet
Build addition strategies using digits 1-10 with this two-page decomposing numbers worksheet.
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Pattern to Picture Activity
A fun art activity to experiment with the use of line and pattern.
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My Nonsense Word Mini-Book - Template
Celebrate Read Across America and Roald Dahl Day by creating a nonsense word mini-book with this handy template.
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Vowel Sounds Winter Picture Puzzle
Distinguish between long and short vowel sounds with this 15 piece vowel picture puzzle.
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Patterning Guide Template
A template to use when learning about line in visual art.
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Parts of Speech Flip Book
A flip book to use when learning about parts of speech.
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Sprinkle Kindness - Bulletin Board Set
Get your students reflecting on ways to show kindness with this interactive bulletin board!
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Stick Person Graphic Organizer
A simple and effective graphic organizer that can be used for a wide range of purposes including note taking, mind mapping, and planning writing responses.
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Sorcerer Supplies – Name Tags
Sorcerer Supplies themed printable name tags.
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Periodic Table of Education Acronyms
Use this guide as a reference for the many acronyms used in education.
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Making Ten Cut and Paste Worksheet
A cut and paste worksheet to practice finding the missing addend when making ten.
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Winter Virtual Background for Teachers
A special virtual background that teachers and students can use during the winter months.
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Describing Dragons Worksheet
With this 2-page worksheet, students will draw an original dragon and describe it by writing sentences using vivid adjectives.
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Nothing but Nouns Game
A game to practice working with common, proper, and collective nouns.
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Computer Login Cards
Computer login cards for students to use.
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Comparing Numbers Task Cards
Practice comparing 2 and 3-digit whole numbers with this set of 24 task cards.
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Ten More, Ten Less Dominoes
Practice adding ten more or subtracting ten from a particular number with a set of 27 dominoes.
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Comparing Whole Numbers Worksheet
A set of worksheets to practice comparing whole numbers.
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SPLAT! Capitalization Card Game
Practice capitalizing the pronoun I, the names of people, and the beginning letter in sentences with our set of 20 capitalization game cards.
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At-Home Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt that students can complete during virtual learning.
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How to Make a Paper Airplane – Procedural Writing Worksheet
Explore how to make a paper airplane while your students fine-tune their procedural writing skills.