2nd Grade - Content

• 2nd Grade - Act. 26: It Looked Like...
  After reading Charles Shaw's book titled "It Looked Like Spilt Milk", students will create a page in a class book.
• 2nd Grade - Act. 27: How Animals Prepare for Winter
  This lesson teaches students that some animals migrate and others hibernate during the winter months.
• 2nd Grade - Act. 28: Calendar & Weather Book
  Students will record and track weather patterns through the year.
• Cloud, Rain, and Fog
  Students will learn to identify information from a non-fiction text on weather, by asking questions, and focusing on the text features of the book.
• Cultural Lit. 7: Expand Weather Conditions Vocabulary
  Students will observe and describe weather, and recognize weather related vocabulary in Navajo, Ute and Spanish, after receiving direct instruction and taking part in cooperative group activities, in 1-2 class periods.
• Cultural Lit. 8: Recording Local Weather
  Students will measure, record, graph and report changes in local weather utilizing Navajo, Ute and Spanish words for weather conditions, after receiving direct instruction and taking part in cooperative group activities, over an extended time period, e.g., month, term, semester, academic year.
• Cultural Lit. 9: Learning the Effects of Weather
  Students will describe how weather affects people and animals and know about Navajo and Ute stories told during hibernation, after direct instruction and taking part in cooperative group activities, in 1-2 class periods
• Grandma Thinks It's Cake Baking Weather
  This activity uses Patricia Polacco's book "Thunder Cake" to help students understand how daily life has changed over the past 150 years.
• High in the Clouds
  The weather lesson plan focuses on types of clouds.
• Mr. E Graphs
  This fun activity will allow students to explore several ways to sort and graph information according to certain attributes.
• Pedometer Play
  Students will use pedometers to record and graph various activities.
• Weather Whys
  This lesson will heighten students' awareness of weather.
• Weather Wizards
  These activities help students understand weather concepts, particularly those related to storms.
• What's the Weather?
  Daily weather observations are recorded and then summarized at the end of the week in the form of a bar graph.
• Where do I fit on the graph?
  Students will become familiar with several different types of graphs, such as bar graphs, pictographs, Venn Diagrams, and organized tables. Students will also learn to use a key to relate the meaning of various symbols on graphs.