K-2 Archives - TeachHUB https://www.teachhub.com/grades/k-2/ TeachHUB is an online resource center for educators and teachers Mon, 30 Jan 2023 18:18:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.teachhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/teachhub-favicon-150x150.png K-2 Archives - TeachHUB https://www.teachhub.com/grades/k-2/ 32 32 What Would I Do if I Didn’t Have a… https://www.teachhub.com/in-the-classroom/writing-prompts/2020/12/what-would-i-do-if-i-didnt-have-a/ Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:10:28 +0000 https://www.teachhub.com/?post_type=writing_prompts&p=6262 Students explain what their lives would be like without certain technology.

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What would your life be like without an iPad, a television, or a refrigerator? In this writing assignment, students will choose a piece of technology and explain how their life would change if that technology was never invented.

Learning Objectives

(ELA-Literacy.W.2.2) Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.


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]]> Which Sport Do You like Better? https://www.teachhub.com/in-the-classroom/writing-prompts/2020/11/which-sport-do-you-like-better/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 17:08:34 +0000 https://www.teachhub.com/?post_type=writing_prompts&p=6154 Young learners practice opinion writing after comparing sports and picking their favorite.

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A fun opinion writing activity for young students is to play “this or that”. For this activity, students will have to choose between two sports and write which sport they like best and why. For example, “What sport do you like better, baseball or soccer? Why?”

Learning Objectives

(ELA-LITERACY.W.K.2) Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.


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]]> Graph Game https://www.teachhub.com/in-the-classroom/lesson-plans/2020/11/graph-game/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:44:32 +0000 https://www.teachhub.com/?post_type=lesson_plans&p=6150 In this fun, hands-on activity, students organize and interpret graphs

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This lesson has a fun, interactive game component to assist in teaching first graders in learning about collecting and interpreting data.

Learning Objectives

(MATH.CONTENT.1.MD.C.4) Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.


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]]> Builders and Bulldozers https://www.teachhub.com/in-the-classroom/lesson-plans/2020/11/builders-and-bulldozers/ Wed, 25 Nov 2020 16:33:52 +0000 https://www.teachhub.com/?post_type=lesson_plans&p=6080 Students practice creating and disassembling structures in a fun, hands-on activity.

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Builders create things and bulldozers take them apart. In this lesson, students will have the chance to become both! They will use materials to build a structure, deconstruct it, and then use those same materials to build a second structure.

Learning Objectives

(2-PS1-3 Matter and Its Interactions) Make observations to construct an evidence-based account of how an object made of a small set of pieces can be disassembled and made into a new object.


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]]> What are Producers and Consumers in my Community? https://www.teachhub.com/in-the-classroom/lesson-plans/2020/11/what-are-producers-and-consumers-in-my-community/ Mon, 23 Nov 2020 16:44:28 +0000 https://www.teachhub.com/?post_type=lesson_plans&p=6021 Students become producers and consumers in their community in this fun lesson.

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What is the difference between a producer and a consumer? In this lesson, students will be able to identify the producers and consumers in a community as well as experience the difference between each by creating a book using an assembly line.

Learning Objectives

(People, Places, and Environments) Students will be able to identify the producers and consumers in their community.


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]]> We March https://www.teachhub.com/in-the-classroom/writing-prompts/2020/11/we-march/ Thu, 19 Nov 2020 17:20:29 +0000 https://www.teachhub.com/?post_type=writing_prompts&p=5949 Young learners explore the role marches played in the fight for equality.

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Marches have historically been a key component in the fight for equality. In the children’s book, We March, by Shane W. Evans, the author gives the readers a glimpse into the preparation for a march. The students will write an explanatory essay about the purposes of marches in relation to fighting for equality.

Learning Objectives

(ELA-Literacy.W.1.2) Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.


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]]> My Class and Favorite Food Choices https://www.teachhub.com/in-the-classroom/lesson-plans/2020/11/my-class-and-favorite-food-choices/ Thu, 19 Nov 2020 16:45:20 +0000 https://www.teachhub.com/?post_type=lesson_plans&p=5937 Students survey each other to collect data on favorite foods

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I scream, you scream, we all scream for….what? What is your favorite food? In this lesson, students will survey their classmates and record their favorite foods. They will use their collected data to write math questions that will be answered by a friend.

Learning Objectives

(Math.Content.1.MD.C.4) Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.


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]]> We’re Going on a Letter Hunt… https://www.teachhub.com/in-the-classroom/lesson-plans/2020/11/were-going-on-a-letter-hunt/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 16:54:44 +0000 https://www.teachhub.com/?post_type=lesson_plans&p=5905 Young learners tackle what letters are and practice identifying them.

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What are letters? Where can we find letters and what are they used for? In this introduction to phonics, students will learn what a letter is and then go on a letter hunt around the classroom, practicing writing the many letters they find.

Learning Objectives

(CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.1.a) Print many upper- and lowercase letters.


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]]> My Favorite Sport https://www.teachhub.com/in-the-classroom/writing-prompts/2020/11/my-favorite-sport/ Fri, 13 Nov 2020 17:30:32 +0000 https://www.teachhub.com/?post_type=writing_prompts&p=5809 Students practice writing about and drawing a picture of their favorite sport.

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Sports are a favorite pastime and hobby for many people. Sports are played all over the world and bring people together. What is your favorite sport and what do you know about it?

Learning Objectives

(ELA-Literacy.W.K.2) Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.


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]]> Kindergarten Class and Our Groovy Buttons https://www.teachhub.com/in-the-classroom/lesson-plans/2020/11/kindergarten-class-and-our-groovy-buttons/ Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:56:29 +0000 https://www.teachhub.com/?post_type=lesson_plans&p=5794 Students practice classifying and counting buttons in a fun, hands-on activity.

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‘How many’ is an important phrase in math. In this lesson, students will become familiar with the term as they count how many buttons Pete the Cat has on every page of the book. They will then count their own buttons, recording themselves counting using an iPad

Learning Objectives

(Math.Content.K.MD.B.3) Classify objects into given categories; count the numbers of objects in each category and sort the categories by count.


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