Subject(s): Math Grades(s): Grades 2-3

Addition & Subtraction:

• An Arithmetic lesson that uses decks of cards
• Math lesson on addition and subtraction
• A lesson on addition and subtraction using calculators
• Another Arithmetic lesson involving writing and fairy tales
• A Lesson on Subtraction that uses area codes
• A Math Game to help teach subtraction
• A Math lesson on Addition and Subtraction
• This fun idea involves throwing balls into divided boxes to determine numbers to add
• A Math lesson that takes advantage of the War Card Game
• Here’s a Math Card Game idea – War with Addition, Subtraction, or Multiplication

• A Valentine’s lesson idea on Addition and Subtraction
• This lesson is on adding multiple numbers and is called Butterfly Math Matchup
• Here’s an idea for doing Chalkboard Addition and Subtraction
• Here’s an idea for “Math Skeeball”
• This Easter Egg Hunt lesson helps to review basic Math Facts
• This lesson reviews and reinforces 2 Number Addition
• Students Add 2 and 3 Digit Whole Numbers in this lesson plan
• Here’s an idea for Adding “Letters” with values assigned to them
• This Addition lesson looks at whether to Regroup or Not
• Students Practice Math with the Math Sampler computer program here
• Here’s a Math game idea for adding and subtracting
• This addition/absolute value lesson plan uses a song to help teach the concepts
• With the help of a telephone keypad, this idea reinforces spelling while working with addition of multiple numbers
• In this cooperative learning lesson, students estimate the number of objects in a box and add them together by grouping
• In this 2-digit subtraction lesson, students spend $99 on items costing over $10
• “How many fish in the fishbowl” is a commutative property of addition lesson
• This is a ladybug addition lesson
• Here is a Halloween 2-digit addition with regrouping worksheet idea
• In this thematic book unit, students create addition sentences by coloring “Chipo” the worm
  (Note: see the new Chipo’s Gift lesson in the Geometry – Other section below.)
• Here’s a simple idea for creating a Fact Family City
• This math and music idea instills numeracy without using number symbols

Algebra:

• This game on various Equations is called “Celebrity Heads”
• This lesson is on the Commutative Property of Mathematics

Counting:

• This math lesson on counting skills is called “Counting Colors”
• Here’s an idea for a holiday calendar countdown to Christmas (or other events)
• This lesson plan on skip counting uses a “Pass The Paper” game
• This counting lesson idea utilizes tally marks
• “Ten Apples Up On Top” by Dr. Seuss inspires this self-portrait art and counting project idea
• Here are some activities for the 100th Day of School
• Students count by tens here with “Chica Chica 123″ and “Mathomosis”
• The bean-filled shaker instruments made in this lesson can be used for counting

Date & Time:

• This math lesson involves dates and pennies
• Here is a lesson called “What Time Is It?”
• “Early to Bed” is a really good time addition game
• A grouchy ladybug and fun clock manipulatives help us tell time in this lesson
• 9:05, 9:10, 9:15 – with this lesson, students can tell time to 5 minutes
• “Salute” is a fun addition/subtraction fact learning game
• In this date lesson, the class sorts the years on 100 pennies
• “My Day Timeline” is a lesson on a.m. and p.m. and the events that occur in each
• Here students practice telling time on a website clock and on a customized clock worksheets
• This is a telling time to the hour and half-hour lesson
• This 5-minute interval time-telling lesson utilizes “Clocks and More”

Decimals:

• This idea on decimal addition and subtraction is called “Bingo Blitz”
• Here’s an idea for teaching decimal operations by means of a restaurant simulation
• This “Complete Me” decimal game teaches how decimals can be added together to form a whole

Equality & >, < Relations:

• Here’s a Card Game idea for studying Greater Than/Less Than
• This Math Card Game is on Greater Than and Less Than
• Here’s an idea for Greater Than / Less Than Bingo
• Here’s another Math game, this one on Greater and Less Than
• This is yet another lesson idea on Greater Than / Less Than
• “Al The Alligator” is the title of this lesson on Greater Than and Less Than
• This idea on Greater / Less Than uses Cand Bars
• This Greater Than Less Than lesson uses the card game War
• This yummy fall math idea uses candy corn to illustrate inequalities
• “The Greedy Grab” is a new idea for teaching greater and less than signs

Estimation & Rounding:

• This is a math lesson on estimation using calculators
• Here is another lesson on estimation
• This estimation lesson uses the weight of pennies
• Here is the perfect Halloween math lesson plan: estimating with pumpkin seeds
• Here’s a mental math card game
• This is a rounding at the grocery store lesson
• Here’s a lesson plan on rounding to hundreds
• This lesson idea on rounding is called “We’ve Got Power”
• This lesson makes rounding simple
• This magical lesson uses the story of Cinderella to teach rounding

• Here is a contemporary rounding storytelling idea
• This is an idea for rounding “bossy” numbers
• In this PE-related game, students “bound-and-round” numbers to the closest ten

Fractions & Percentages:

• Here is a very useful fractions lesson
• This is an estimation, counting, and fractions lesson
• This fractions lesson involves Cuisenaire Rods
• This is an “Exploration of Fractions”
• This “Introduction to Fractions,” uses manipulative blocks
• Smarties candies are used in this comparing fractions lesson
• Here is a look at fractions as part of a collection
• “Conversation Heart Fractions” is a fun idea to add and eat!
• “Fraction Pyramid” is an idea that combines math, social studies, and cooperation
• This is an equivalent fraction lesson using sets
• A fraction circle manipulative is used here to introduce fractions
• Students create a fractions photo story presentation here using pictures of common objects
• Children use Geometer’s Sketchpad in a center here to explore basic fractions and fraction equivalencies
• Here students learn strategies for adding common fractions with like denominators without provided pictures
• Players take turns shading a selected fraction to make a whole shape in this “Complete Me” fraction game idea

Geometry – Measurement:

• A Math lesson on geometry and measurement
• A Math lesson on Measurement
• A lesson on measurement of area and perimeter
• A Math lesson plan on perimeter and problem solving
• A Math lesson on Weight and the Estimation of it
• This lesson on Angles integrates Science, Social Studies, and Art
• This is a Easter “Egg Wrap” lesson on circumference, measurement, and estimation
• A Measurement lesson plan called “Look How I Measure Up!”
• Here’s an idea for comparing different Cup Measurements
• This idea is called “Measure It” and involves classroom objects
• This excellent circle measurement activity lesson plan uses bubbles
• Choosing the right measurement tool and standard unit is the topic of this lesson
• Bring geometry to your students level with this “Geo-Mat” idea
• Geometer’s Sketchpad is used in this lesson to compare lengths and weights of common classroom items
• In this station activity, students measure the perimeter of real life objects

Geometry – Shapes & Architecture:

• A Math lesson on geometry using Tangrams
• A Math lesson on Symmetry
• A Geometry Lesson using Tangrams
• A Math lesson on shapes in geometry
• A Math lesson plan on 2-Dimensional Objects
• A Geometry lesson called Building a Model of a Dream Home
• This lesson on Geometrical Shapes uses the story “The Greedy Triangle”
• Kid Pix software is used in this fun idea for teaching Geometric Shapes
• Another idea on Shapes, this one involves creating pictures out of Shapes (collages)
• This lesson idea on Shapes involves students creating Windsocks out of Shapes
• This lesson uses the software “KidPix” to teach Geometric Shapes
• This is just a brief song to help with teaching Circles, Diameter, and Radius
• Polygon Monsters – create them and write about them!
• Here’s a great idea for using cheerleader arm movements for practicing angles and parallel lines
• Students build geometric shapes and animals with tangrams in this Math/LA lesson
• Everyone will have fun on this school shape scavenger hunt
• This “Shape Ship” geometric art project also teaches the concepts of slide, turn, and flip
• Students “graph” symmetric and congruent shapes here
• Here students discover how math relates to art by designing dimensional shapes and forms, by observing angles, and by counting faces of their favorite polyhedra
• Pretzel and marshmallow solid geometric figures are assembled here
• Here Geometer’s Sketchpad is used to create and define equilateral triangles
• Students learn here that solid figures are real world applicable and can be found all around us
• This is an attributes of shapes game

Geometry – Other:

• This geometry lesson involves spatial reasoning
• In this lesson, students describe, create, replicate, and extend patterns using websites and Unifix cubes
• This new Chipo’s Gift “glyph” activity is about symmetry and the comparison of two species of moths

Graphing & Mapping:

• A Math lesson on graphs
• This one is called Joes Treasure Hunt and involves finding x y coordinates on a graph
• A fun Graphing lesson to track the home runs of Big Mac and Slammin’ Sammy
• An idea for posting a Daily Graph on the board
• This Math and Science lesson plan involves creating Favorite Flower Graphs
• This brief idea is on Graphing with Dice
• This Graphing lesson is for use around Valentine’s Day – Graphing the colors of candy hearts
• This one involves creating M&M Graphs and Spreadsheets on a computer
• This one is on Graphs and involves taking a Sandwich Survey
• A Valentine’s Day idea on Latitude, Longitude, and Coordinates called “Valentine Battleship”
• Students create a Bar Graph of Balloon Colors in this lesson idea
• This graphing idea involves students’ favorite ice cream
• An idea for a lesson on spatial reasoning and directions using human “mazes”
• Here’s a brief graphing idea to use during the Olympics
• Here’s a magically delicious graphing activity with Lucky Charms
• Students make a classroom graph showing how many letters are in each student’s name in this lesson
• This is a student height graph idea involving “snowballs”
• A birthday pictograph is created here
• This activity uses “Skittles” to create a tally chart, pictograph and bar graph
• This problem-solving bar-graph lesson uses centimeter measurements of hat sizes
• In this “Supermarket Math” lesson, students complete and interpret a KWL chart and food pictograph
• This real world bar graph lesson uses an easy bar graph generating website
• In this lesson, students make a bar graph of their home activities using Kidspiration software
• These “First Excel Lessons” teach students how to enter and format data to create simple bar charts

Money:

• Here is a lesson on money
• This is another math lesson on money
• This lesson is about money and the values of nickels and pennies
• This is a lesson on estimation using pennies
• Here is a brief idea for teaching about money and buying products in a store
• Here’s an idea for setting up a class shopping center to reinforce math concepts
• This is an interesting idea for buying groceries for a Thanksgiving dinner
• This “Book Shopping” idea helps students learn to make change from a dollar
• Here’s a good Money idea – Christmas “ornament” shopping in class
• This lesson plan is on distinguishing coins and their value

• This money idea is on grocery shopping
• “Time Is Money” teaches total cost by using a class store
• “It’s On Sale” is the title of this lesson on money and shopping
• “Alexander,Used to be Rich Last Sunday” turns reading a book into a money activity
• This “Price is Right” money lesson is fun for a “change”
• This coin collection math activity starts “Where the Sidewalk Ends”
• This is a money lesson on making and using change
• This is a fun song that teaches the values of coins
• In this math lesson, students learn how to save money at the grocery store with sales ads and coupons
• Student entrepreneurs experience business, calculate profit, and develop an understanding of “economic growth” as settlers in a new community in this multidisciplinary activity
• Young students take a money test here by shopping for items in the class store

Multiplication & Division:

• A Math lesson on division (sharing)
• A Math Bingo lesson plan on Multiplication
• A Math lesson plan that uses Music to help teach the Multiplication Facts
• This lesson idea presents a fun way to learn the Multiplication Tables – with a “Military Song”
• This lesson is on Multiplication Facts with the Numbers 3, 6, 7, and 9
• Here’s a lesson on The Times Table
• This lesson plan is on Multiplication By 2
• This lesson idea uses Insects to help teach how to Multiply By 6
• Here’s a lesson on One Digit Multiplication by Repeated Addition
• A Multiplication & Division lesson using “The Doorbell Rang”
• Here’s a unique Multiplication Game idea that uses a Soccer Ball
• “Easter Count” is a lesson idea for Easter on Division and other Arithmetic
• A multiplication table is filled out by using circles to model multiplication as repeated additions in this lesson
• Here students truck their products to the Multiplication Garage
• “Timez Attack” uses a downloaded computer game to improve multiplication table skills
• This is a multiplication order of operations game
• “Swat It” is a multiplication game idea using flyswatters
• These mathematical operations and technologylessons can be use together or individually:
  • PowerPoint is used here to reinforce the use of operations and how they relate to one another
  • Here students use cameras and video to show mathematical operations used in everyday life
  • This is an operations and inverses webquest
• Learning multiplication facts with this lesson is as easy as singing “Row, Row, Row your Boat”
• This multiplication warm-up lesson teaches the idea that real things come in multiples
• Young students create number garlands here to begin their exposure to multiplication
• This motivational Mad Minute Team Relay game builds both social and math skills
• With Kidspiration and some rhyming skills, students create a multiplication rap video in this lesson for “The Fours”
• This “Mardi Gras Tokens” physical agility game motivates students to transition from addition to learning their multiplication facts while improving their teamwork skills
  

Numbers & Number Sense:

• Here is a lesson on number sense and numeration using literature
• This lesson uses literature to introduc Number Sense
• Here is a lesson on prime numbers
• Here’s a lesson idea on Standard Form vs Expanded Form
• This plan is called “How Much Is a Million?”
• This card game idea is on positive and negative numbers
• Here is a number recognition hide-and-go-seek game
• This is an even and odd number dice idea
• This is another easy way to learn “evens” and “odds”
• Here is a prime number chart generating lesson
• This an Odd and Even Song
• After discussing infinity and Fabergé, students decorate paper Easter eggs in this idea demonstrating the “infinite” possibilities of human imagination

Place Value:

• A Math activity on Place Value
• A Math lesson on place value
• A Math Activity on Place Value for grades 1 and 2
• Another Math lesson on Place Value
• Another Math lesson on Place Value usinng Paper Strips
• A Place Value lesson in a Game format
• A Math lesson plan on Place Value in the Hundreds
• A Place Value and Number Conservation lesson using Coins
• This lesson is on Grouping and Place Value using various objects
• A lesson on Addition and Place Value involving creating a Mathematical Board
• Here’s a lesson on Place Value using a Place Value Mat
• Here’s a fun Place Value Bingo Game
• This is an Interactive Place Value lesson
• In this lesson, students will learn place value by playing poker
• This idea teaches place value the “dice” way
• Here is a expanded form place value lesson

Probability & Statistics:

• A Math lesson on Probability
• A Math lesson on Probability and Chance
• This is a probability lesson with spinners

Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, & Logic:

• This is a problem solving activity using the cows and chickens problem
• Here is a problem solving lesson involving shopping
• Here is another math problem solving lesson for “first”
• This is a lesson on attributes and logic
• Improve critical thinking and problem solving skills by teaching chess
• This lesson gives students hands-on experience creating and illustrating word problems
• Decoding these pumpkin math riddles will make Halloween learning fun
• This is a word problem game idea
• Logic Problem – Daniel made a spinner – Is it impossible or certain it will always land on a number less than 5?
• Card Yahtzee is a team building probability game with human cards

Other / Multiple Topics:

• A Collection of 22 Math Lesson Plans covering a wide variety of topics (Various grade levels)
• A Lesson plan on Geometry and Fractions
• A collection of questions for a Math test
• A Valentine’s Day idea to do Math with Candy Conversation Hearts
• This lesson plan is on Measuring, Graphing, and Cardinal Numbers
• Here’s an idea for having students maintain their own Strategy Books
• Here’s a fun way for getting students involved in Math Problems on Valentine’s Day called Mend My Broken Heart
• This is just a fun game idea that can go along with Math or Spelling
• Here are some good ideas to get Students involved in getting Parents to Parent’s Night
• This is an idea for using old decks of cards for Math Problems
• Here’s a fun idea called “Who Wants To Be A Mathematician?”
• “The Twelve Days of Math” Christmas song is the basis for this lesson idea
• Teaching Temperature is the title of this lesson involving Fahrenheit Vs Celsius
• This is a Tic-Tac-Toe game idea that can be used with any math problems
• Here is a math lesson that will help students remember their birthdays
• This idea puts a simple hide-and-seek twist to number fan activities
• Here are several Halloween math ideas using clever pumpkin/ghost lima bean counters
• What could be more exciting than NASCAR and math?
• Here is a really good sorting lesson
• With “Dice Math,” you can practice multiple operations on multiple numbers

• The “Freeze, Pair and Share” strategy is practiced here for addition
• This good behavior “money” idea solves the “I lost my pencil” problem
• The book Caps For Sale is used here to explore patterns
• This 5-day friendship lesson integrates character education, language arts, math, music and a craft activity
• Here is a clever numerical way to introduce yourself to your students on the first day of school
• This math operations (+ – x /) game requires students to pool their assigned numbers into a math sentence to reach the target answer

Art Connections:

• An Easter lesson on patterns in art and math
• Creating a class birthday quilt from old cards brings the class together, teaches patterns, and how to tie
• Students print meaningful geometric Adinka Design patterns in the Ashanti tradition in this multi-disciplinary lesson
• This outstanding cartography lesson combines the elements of art, geography, geology, math, and more
• This is a Thanksgiving project-based multidisciplinary learning plan

Computers & Internet Connections:

• Here student height comparison charts are created with Microsoft Excel

Language Arts Connections:

• This lesson on Venn Diagrams uses the book “A Promise is a Promise”
• “Class Bank” helps develop good habits, learner awareness, and spelling
• This is a fabulous 8-day multidisciplinary unit on deafness and American Sign Language
• This is an outstanding multidisciplinary integrated unit on “Patricia Polacco: A Crafty Author”
• This multidisciplinary lesson is on “The Very Hungry Caterpillar,” ordinal numbers, and sequencing of events
• After each student creates a self-descriptive bubble map, the class graphs the popular adjectives in this first day of school idea
• This is a program for writing and illustrating a topic-centered hardbound class book
• Comic book stories are rewritten here to include numerical content that is then turned into word problems for peers to solve

Music Connections:

• A lesson on Texture in Music and Math
• This multidisciplinary plan is called Music Basketball and deals with Note Values
• “Musical Math” deals with the Values of Musical Notes
• This is a neat idea where students help make a real “Rhythm Pizza”
• This lesson is on “Math Through Rhythm”
• This Musical Notes game is called Note Pyramids
• A fun way to learn math using the song, “Who Stole the Cookies”
• In this multidisciplinary lesson, students form a beautiful bulletin board using rhythm and math
• This learning to whistle idea teaches the value of fortitude
• Quick Draw is an old-west note value math game
• Here is another note value math game
• Using a jump rope rhyme is another way to teach note values
• Math manipulatives are used in this lesson to show how fractions apply to note values
• In this game, students use their bodies to represent rhythms
• This “Math through Music” lesson encourages mental math and quantity analysis while educating students musically

Physical Education / Health Connections:

• This idea has students hopping to answer math problems
• Jump-O-Math is a game idea that combines hopscotch, counting, and addition
• “Around the World Math” is an idea that combines basketball and math problems
• Here students answer math problems by forming into groups of the appropriate number
• This is a packet for K-6 Olympic Opening Ceremonies and Game Day events
• Here group members throw a softball like a shot put and the averaged length is calculated
• Throwing and counting are the skills practiced in this Oscar’s Garbage Can game
• This “Bob the Builder” warm-up activity integrates math with a cardiovascular workout
• This is a sequencing relay game

Science Connections:

• A Science and Math lesson on volume (uses pumpkins)
• A Science lesson on Leaves and Observation (uses some Math)
• Here’s a lesson for Valentine’s Day called Love Bugs, used to discuss Bugs
• A lesson plan on Melting Snow and Thermometers
• Below is a collection of lesson plans to form a Magnet unit:
  • A good introductory lesson, this one is on What Attracts and Why
  • This one deals with Magnetic Attraction through Objects
  • Here’s a lesson for measuring Magnetic Strength
  • This lesson is on the North and South Poles of a Magnet
  • A lesson plan on Problem Solving with Magnets
• Listed below are the lessons for a big multidisciplinary unit on Rocks:
  • This section is meant to be a general Exploration of Rocks in general
  • This one is on Rocks from an Ant’s Eye View
  • Here you can teach Art Concepts using Rocks
  • This lesson introduces Moh’s Hardness Scale to test the Hardness of a Rock
  • This part is on Native Americans and their Rock Art
  • Similar to the one above, this one is on Native American Rock Designs
  • This part deals with “Pet Rocks”
  • Here’s an interesting idea for keeping Pet Rock Journals
  • Rock Sculptures are the subject of this lesson
  • This portion is on Rock Streaking
  • Careful here, this one is on Rock Throwing
  • To integrate Music, this section is on making “Rocky Music”
  • This part is on Weight and Balance with Rocks
  • This idea is on Oceans and the Math topic of Classification of Seashells
  • This lesson is on Researching and Charting Farm Animal Information
• Force, Motion, and Velocity are the subject of this lesson using Balloon Rockets
• Here’s a multidisciplinary plan on The Water Cycle
• Below is a complete Multidisciplinary Thematic Unit on Butterflies:
  • What Caterpillars Eat
  • From Caterpillar to Butterfly
  • Life Cycles of Butterflies
  • Life Cycle Sequencing
  • Eat Like a Butterfly
  • How to Attract Butterflies
  • Symmetry Lesson
  • Butterfly Poetry
  • What Have We Learned?
• Here is an integrated thematic Solar System Research Lesson Plan using > & <
• Students learn the parts of a seed and the effects of lack of sunlight on the growth process in this multi-disciplinary lesson
• These center activities serve as a delightful introduction to the common garden snail
• Students measure ingredients to make ice cream in this physics lesson

Social Studies Connections:

• Here’s a four part thematic unit on Aviation:
  • This first part is on pilot jobs and vocabulary
  • The second lesson is on measurement, graphing, and creating art for their plane
  • This lesson involves writing a paper as a culminating activity
  • Here is a collection of extension activity ideas
• The unit below is on Simple Machinesand includes 10 lesson ideas:
  • The unit begins with an introduction to the Simple Machines Unit
  • First we look back to before there were any “Machines,” and look at Simple Machines like Corkscrews and Screwdrivers
  • Lesson 2 involves exploring Simple Machines in groups
  • This part focuses on Safety Equipment needed for some Machines
  • This is a Matching Activity with Simple Machines and their Definitions
  • This second part of lesson 4 continues the Matching Activity above
  • Lesson 5 discusses Assembly Lines and the making of products
  • Levers are the subject of this part of the unit
  • We continue with Wedges in this lesson
  • This lesson discusses Pulleys and their use
  • Force and Work are discussed in this portion of the unit
  • This brief idea involves Wheels and Axles
• Here’s a big Economics Unit that is standards-based and titled “Classroom Business”
• In the lesson, students apply social studies & math skills to plan a field trip
• This multidisciplinary vacation lesson exercises math problem solving, art, literary, and map skills
• If you want to cause a Revolutionary War in your classroom, try this candy tax lesson
• This well-developed lesson on the components of a community includes a suggested math component

Additional Resources

• More Lesson Plans: HotChalkMath.com