2nd Grade

Addition facts - sums up to 20

Sequences - count up and down by 1

Start at 100 and count backwards to 1

Identify each sound in a word

Read your favorite book to your favorite stuffed animal.

Draw out hopscotch on the sidewalk or driveway. Count forward and backward as you jump!

Addition word problems - sums up to 20

Compare objects: length and height

Baking Fun! Count the ingredients needed to bake a sweet treat and bake and share with friends and families.

Statement, question, command, or exclamation?

Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend

Write friendly messages to your neighbors outside with sidewalk chalk.

Play a card game with a family member or friend.

Complete the addition sentence - sums up to 20

Measure length with cubes

Find as many coins as possible around your house. How much money do you have?

Is it the naming or action part of the sentence?

Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture

Write 3 sentences about your day. Be sure you use 3 different end marks!

Go bird watching! Take photos and keep track of your sightings. Use an app or guidebook to identify feathered friends.

Subtraction facts - up to 20

Write your own word problem about a family member or friend. Then have them solve it!

Spell the digraph word

Write a short poem about summer.

Start a nature journal with your kids, then take it outside to record all the beautiful sights and sounds that you notice.

Subtraction word problems - up to 20

Measure your bedroom. How many feet is it from one side to the other? (If you don't have a ruler or measuring tape, how many of your own feet does it take to get from one side to the other?)

Unscramble the words to make a complete sentence

Watch your favorite cartoon. Who is the main character? Draw a picture of them and write 3 words that describe them.

Try this shadow sidewalk chalk art project.

Interpret picture graphs

Complete the subtraction sentence - up to 20

Which is more? Do you have more cups in your house or plates? How many do you have all together?

Read along with realistic fiction

Compare pictures using comparative and superlative adjectives

Draw a picture of two items from your house that start with the same digraph sound (either "ch," "sh," "th," "ph")

Collect rocks and paint them. Turn them into pet rocks, garden ornaments, or gifts for family members.

Compare numbers up to 100 using symbols

Addition and subtraction - ways to make a number

Count the number of objects in a room (for example: windows) and compare them to the same object in other rooms. Decide if the number of objects in the first room are > < or = to the objects in the second room.

Sort short and long vowel words

Form and use the regular past tense

Make a list of zoo animals. Sort them by different categories, such as type of animal (mammals, fish, etc.) or coloring (green, brown, striped, etc.).

Look for shapes in the clouds. Put a blanket in the grass and stare up at the sky. Take turns talking about what you see in the clouds.

Match analog and digital clocks

Add a one-digit number to a two-digit number - with regrouping

Find an old analog clock and set the time for different events of the day. Set the clock for the time you wake up, eat lunch, go to bed, and any other activity. There are websites with analog clocks that you can use as well.

Use actions and dialogue to understand characters

Select the best preposition to match the picture

An animal has escaped from the zoo! Make up a story about it. Tell it to a friend or family member – or write it down. Add pictures, if you'd like.

Create musical instruments from materials found around the house. Need help? Enchanted Learning provides instructions for such Musical Instruments as a rattle, box guitar, maraca, and rain stick.

Ten more or less

Use models to add a multiple of ten and a two-digit number

Count the number of spoons, forks, cups, windows, and chairs in your house, how many would you have if you had 10 more? How many would you have if you had 10 less?

Complete the vowel team words

Match the contractions

Word game! How many smaller words can you find in the word watermelon? Write them down!

Talk to an older relative about what it was like when they were a kid. Draw a picture of something that represents them.

Select two-dimensional shapes

Count sides and corners

Look around your house, what objects have 4 sides? What objects have 3 sides? What objects have 4 corners? What object have more than 4 corners?

Choose the sight word that you hear

Capitalize the names of people and pets

Make an alphabet book of only things related to summer. (sunscreen, hat, etc.)

Cool down by making Ice Cream in a Bag with your family. The simple technique produces delicious ice cream in about 5 minutes.

• Equal parts - halves and fourths

• Make halves and fourths in different ways

• As you are eating today, cut your food into halves and into fourths. Can you cut them in different ways or multiple times?

Read animal fantasy

Put the sentences in order

Plan an end-of-summer celebration. Record a list of the 10 best things you did this summer. Create a menu of your favorite summer treats to be enjoyed on your last day of summer!

Have a water balloon baseball game. Use a plastic bat, a bucket of water balloons, and old towels as bases and you are all set.