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Grade 2 Lesson Plans
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The Source
 Read the student booklet aloud to the class. After listening, discuss the sources of many different items. Also discuss the many steps that object went through in the process of manufacturing.
Chocolate
Read this story on chocolate, which will provide a background on cacao production in the tropics and continues through the making of chocolate and cocoa. At the end, students will be able to: arrange completed sentences in a sequence to show a logical story progression, generate complete punctuated sentences summarizing a story they have read, use sensory terms to describe a common object, and understand where chocolate comes from and how it is produced.
More Than One Name
The English language, unlike many others, has many words for the same item. Peanuts, for example, are called goobers, guinea seed, pinda, ground nut, monkey nut, earth nut, and manilla nut. At the end of this lesson students will be able to utilize the synonyms of the vocabulary words of this lesson accurately.
Chocolate Puzzles #1
This first part of the puzzle series makes a game out of identifying vowel sounds. Students color in sections according to the directions. The rest of the word, "chocolate" will be completed in the math part of the puzzle series.
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| Mathematics |
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Chocolate Puzzles #2
The students will solve the mathematical calculations and follow a coloring key to color the answers correctly. They can then piece together the puzzles in sequence to form the word "chocolate."
Measurement Cow
Students will be able to understand the measurement of a gallon, quart, pint, and cup and how they relate to each other by assembling a liquid measurement cow on paper. Patterns are provided.
Peanut Math
These activities teach a few fun facts about peanuts, reinforce mathematical skills and add to the knowledge in the Science lessons. The students will complete addition and subtraction problems, key out the letters in the puzzle, and fill in the peanut fun facts.
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Celery
Students will learn: how celery is grown; how to utilize the vocabulary words of the lesson accurately; some of the uses of celery; and how a plant's stem supports the plant and provides a pathway for water to move up the plant and for food traveling down to the plant's roots.
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver single-handedly revolutionized the peanut industry in the south. Share with your students information about Mr. Carver, then read the "Peanut Wizard" story. Then complete the worksheet, discuss the scientific method and perform the peanut experiment.
Ink
Make two types of ink from two common food items: beets and onions. The onion actually makes invisible ink!
Peanuts and Peanut Butter
At the conclusion of this lesson, students will have made peanut butter, peanut butter and celery, and peanut butter fudge. They will learn the parts of the peanut plant, and that a peanut is not actually a nut, but the fruit of the plant which has developed underground.
Plant Power
This activity shows very clearly that plants store energy in their seeds in a very simple way. Watch the lid pop off of a container as the swelling seeds absorb water.
Root Structures
This lesson will show how plants need energy and nutrients in order to grow, and that a plant can store food in root structures and tubers. Do several hands on activities to understand that gravity and sunlight have an effect on plants.
Temperature
These exercises address the adaptations of living things to weather changes, particularly heat and cold, and also help students become more aware of the protective functions of bodily coverings. Students will express their knowledge of seasonal differences in a drawing exercise.
The Plant
Begin to understand the process of photosynthesis by the introduction of the parts of a plant and their function. Label the plant worksheet.
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Blueberries
By completing the blueberry maze activities, students will begin to understand the many factors that affect the production of small fruits. They will be able to describe what affects a blueberry crop, and will be able to understand some of the life cycle of the blueberry and our control of it to produce blueberries. This lesson also teaches about the close link of the American Indian to both the natural world and their spiritual life. Students can also make moccasins and pemmican.
Butter
Allow students to make butter, taste it, and gain an appreciation for the amount of manual labor spent in the past to produce this food. Share with them how pioneers separated cream from their milk and churned it into butter.
Pizza
Where does pizza come from and what goes into it? Learn the path of food from the farm to your table, and then make your own pizza.
Sheep/Wool
Your students will be able to describe where wool comes from, "spin" fiber into yarn, and be able to recognize natural fiber versus synthetic. Other activities include making sheep puppets, a bulletin board of vocabulary words and phrases, and a discussion on weaving versus knitting.
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