2nd Grade Lesson Plans
72 ready-to-teach plans for 2nd grade, each with a timed sequence and the printable pages that go with it. Free to read and print.
Second grade is a consolidation year. Regrouping in math and comprehension in reading are the two hinges, and both reward daily short practice over occasional long sessions.
Second grade math is where regrouping arrives. Two- and three-digit addition and subtraction, the beginnings of multiplication as repeated addition, money, and telling time to five minutes.
- Skip Counting6 practice pages
- Place Value & Rounding6 practice pages
- Addition6 practice pages
- Subtraction6 practice pages
- Multiplication6 practice pages
- Fractions6 practice pages
- Measurement6 practice pages
- Counting Money6 practice pages
- Telling Time6 practice pages
- Geometry6 practice pages
- Data & Graphing6 practice pages
- Word Problems6 practice pages
Reading
All 17 reading plansSecond grade reading shifts from decoding to comprehension. Fluency rises enough that attention moves to what the text says, and children begin retelling, sequencing and inferring.
- Leveled Stories6 practice pages
- Children's Stories6 practice pages
- Fables6 practice pages
- Phonics6 practice pages
- Sight Words5 practice pages
- Sentences6 practice pages
- Paragraphs & Passages6 practice pages
- Comprehension Exercises6 practice pages
- Vocabulary6 practice pages
- Multiple Meaning Words2 practice pages
- Reading Comprehension6 practice pages
- Reading6 practice pages
Grammar
All 18 grammar plansSecond grade grammar is about correctness in the child's own writing. Tense agreement, plurals, contractions and apostrophes show up in what they write, not just in exercises.
- Nouns6 practice pages
- Verbs6 practice pages
- Adjectives6 practice pages
- Adverbs6 practice pages
- Pronouns6 practice pages
- Parts of Speech2 practice pages
- Sentences6 practice pages
- Capitalization6 practice pages
- Punctuation6 practice pages
- Paragraph Writing6 practice pages
- Writing Prompts6 practice pages
- Articles3 practice pages
Vocabulary
All 7 vocabulary plansSecond grade vocabulary works on shades of meaning: synonyms and antonyms, multiple-meaning words, and using context rather than asking.
Science
All 9 science plansSecond grade science asks why. Habitats, materials and their properties, and the first genuine experiments with a prediction and a result.