Campout Race for Expanded Form -- Freebie

Second graders are required to read and write numbers up to 1,000 in expanded form under the Common Core standards.

Two students race each other by reading numbers written in expanded form. Click on the pic above to download the game.

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Skip Counting Racetrack -- Freebie!

Common Core requires second graders to skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.

My kids loved practicing on this racetrack game.

Click on the pic above to get the game.

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Circus Poetry -- Task Cards -- Freebie

Give your kids some fun poetry practice using these task cards with a circus theme.

Just click on the pic above to get the cards.

Please leave a comment if you download! I'd like to know how you are going to use the cards.

Who is Stronger--Hulk or Spidey? -- Freebie

Who is stronger -- The Hulk or Spidey?

To find out, students must draw cards for the super heroes and count the money on the cards. The hero with the most money for that round wins and gets both cards.

Click on the pic above to download the game.

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Random Robots -- Long O Words -- Freebie

Your students will have fun distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds with this card game. Students will shuffle the deck of cards. They take turns drawing a card form the pile. They get to keep the card if it has a long O vowel sound. If they draw a Random Robot card, they have to put all their cards back in the pile.

Just click on the pic above to download the card game.....and please leave a random comment!

Multiple Meaning Cookout -- Freebie

Students must work with multiple meaning words in order to meet both the second and third grade Common Core Standards.

Use this as either a whole group activity or in a literacy learning station. For whole group work, place the word cards on different desks or other places around the room. Hand definition cards out to students and get them to find their matching definitions, then run to the correct word card.

Just click on the pic above to download the activity.

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