Less than $5 2nd Grade Projects (by date, oldest first)

Make your students feel like royalty with these Valentine's Day crowns! There are 5 crowns to choose from AND free BONUS Valentine's Cards included in this product.

✨Take a peek at the preview to get a closer look.

WHAT IS INCLUDED?

• 6-page PDF file
• 5 crown templates, each with fun sayings and cute Valentine's Day clipart
• Bonus Valentine's Day cards

HOW IT WORKS

1. Easily print the resource from your computer.

2. Your students can cut out the crowns.

3. Use tape or staples to make the circular shape of the crown.

4. Distribute the Valentine's Day cards.

5. Students can fill out the cards for their friends and family!

WHO IS IT FOR?

• Elementary School Teachers: You'll love this as a resource for your students on Valentine's Day!
• Homeschooling Parents: Your child can have their choice of crowns and make Valentine's Day cards for everyone in the family!

FEATURES

• Each page is 8.5" x 11", but you can adjust this in your printer settings.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

In addition to printing out this resource, you'll need scissors, tape, and a pencil.

This spider craft is the perfect Halloween craft or October craft for students to practice fine motor skills and still make a meaningful craft. This spider craft will make a great classroom display for Halloween or for just a spider themed unit.

This product includes a printable directions page to make lesson planning easy. The one page template allows you to save paper and not have a ton of different parts to keep up with.

What is Included:

• Printable Directions
• Spider Craft Template

This spider craft is a great way to get students to use fine motor skills to complete this craft. Students will cut and fold to create to create wiggly legs and then hang the spiders from the ceiling or to create a fun spider display for the classroom.

More Spider Themed Activities

• Spider Shape Sort
• Spider Number Sense Activity with Numbers 1-10
• Spider Web Line Art Activity

This product contains 3 activities. Each activity focuses on plants and seeds, particularly the concept that seeds grow into specific plants, and plants make specific seeds.

What is included:

1 Matching activity where students match the parent plant to the seeds.

1 Cut and paste activity to sort seeds and plants.

1 Cut and paste activity to match the parent plant to their seed.

This special person writing activity and craft allows students to create a meaningful gift for Mother's Day, Father's Day or Grandparent's Day. This simple craft and writing project is sure to delight the special person in the child's life.

How to Make:

To create the writing aspect of this activity, students will use the brainstorming ideas page to write down reasons they love their special person or when they do something the child loves. The student then gets to choose some of their best ideas to write on their heart craft. After writing their sentences, students can decorate their parent gift any way they choose. Students may choose to cut out their craft and glue it to some colored construction paper or card stock.

This packet includes several variations for different things a child may call their special person. There is also a blank craft for the student to write their special name.

The following are included in this packet:

• mom
• mum
• mommy
• mother
• dad
• father
• daddy
• grandma
• grandmother
• grandpa
• grandfather

This craft and writing activity are very easy to set up. Students simply need their craft template, a brainstorming ideas page, a writing utensil for the writing section, and crayons, markers, or colored pencils to decorate their craft. Scissors and glue are only needed if the child wishes to mount their craft to colored card stock or construction paper.

Let's Be Scientists with Apple Experiments! This packet contains two experiments about apples. Experiment 1: Can Apples Sink or Float (whole and parts of the apple)? Experiment 2: What happens to an apple under different conditions? Each experiment includes a detailed instruction sheet with materials lists and step by step directions for the experiment There is a recording page for students to make predictions and record the results of the project. Also provided are journal pages for students to write why they think the results happened the way they did. Journal pages are differentiated where appropriate. Are you looking for other apple themed activities? Be sure to check out the following: Apple Themed Activities and Centers for Pre-K and Kindergarten

This product includes;

*Student Nonfiction Research Packet

(Geared towards research on animals but one page is without headings for you to adjust as you'd like)

-There are sections for Habitat, Young, Physical Features, Food, Interesting Facts, and an extra blank form.

-Schema

-Questions you have on the animal

-Important words

-Resources Page

*Final Product RAFT Menu

*Rubric for Grading

Feel free to see more in depth on this product and how it is used on my blog at

http://firstgradefabulosity.blogspot.com/2014/03/nonfiction-research-project.html

This is an integrated project that focuses on the Persuade portion of Author's Purpose. I integrated this project with my science unit (Human Impacts on the earth) and my social studies unit (How people can help our planet). Students were tasked with creating an ad to persuade their audience to help with a world problem (Deforestation, Pollution, etc).

All of the graphic organizers we used, PowerPoints with ads and videos of world problems, and the checklist for the ad is included in this product. The students get to explore ads already created and review them. Then they research some of the world problems. After this they are placed in groups and then using a random wheel, are given a world problem. They then identify the impacts of the problem and come up with some solutions. Then they begin to plan their ad and once approved by their teacher, they began creating their ad!

In my classroom, my students wanted to try and create commercials. So we used the Canva app (usually free for educators) and the students worked together to create their commercials.

I hope this product is useful and gets your students engaged. Please rate and review.

Merry Christmas! This is a self-portrait that students will create of themselves. They will then use adjectives to describe their self-portraits/themselves and place them in the ornaments surrounding the self-portrait. There are included cutouts for the self-portrait if students would like to add more things to make it look more like Christmas. The Santa hat, antlers, and ears have already been shaped to fit the head. Students will just need to cut them out.

I hope this helps get your students into the Christmas spirit! This will be a great product for displaying student work also. I hope you enjoy it!

Cette activité de rentrée s'adresse aux élèves de la 3e à la 6e année et permettra à vos élèves d'apprendre à se connaître en présentant leur « sac brun » à la classe. Cela vous donnera une idée de leur créativité, de leur personnalité, de leur écriture, de leurs capacités de présentation orale, de leurs capacités d'écoute et permettra à vos élèves d'apprendre à se connaître et peut-être de trouver des amis ayant des intérêts similaires. Une EXCELLENTE activité pour les deux premiers jours de l'année scolaire!

Cette activité de six pages comprend :

• Une description de la tâche + et un petit poème
• Un exemple modélisé
• Une feuille de travail sur la description des symboles
• Une auto-évaluation
• Une évaluation par les pairs
• Une évaluation de l'enseignant

Fall-Themed Minimal Pairs Craft Activity | Speech Therapy | Phonological Awareness

Make phonological practice engaging and fun with this fall-themed minimal pairs craft! This activity is perfect for speech therapy sessions or classroom phonics lessons, helping students develop auditory discrimination and improve speech sound production—all while enjoying a creative, hands-on project.

Benefits of Minimal Pairs Crafts:

• Boosts Phonological Awareness: Students practice hearing and producing distinct sounds, improving their ability to differentiate between similar words.
• Enhances Speech Intelligibility: By practicing minimal pairs, students can focus on correct articulation, leading to clearer communication.
• Hands-on Learning: Craft activities promote active engagement, making learning more memorable and enjoyable.
• Supports Visual and Auditory Learners: Combining listening, speaking, and crafting helps reinforce learning for students with different learning styles.
• Builds Confidence: The creative aspect of this activity allows students to experience success in both crafting and speech practice.

This Fall Minimal Pairs Craft Activity is the perfect way to combine learning with creativity during the autumn season. Your students will love working on this seasonal project while improving their speech and phonological skills!

Tree Lot Project With Shapes

The goal for this project is for your child/students to practice naming shapes and following directions. Students will also practice their fine motor skills by coloring, cutting, and gluing the elements of their tree lots. Designed for Pre-k – 2nd Grade.

· Goals and Teacher Instructions

· Premade Shapes Pages

· Grading Rubric

· Grid page

· Differentiated instructions per grade level and/or ability level of students.

· Student Challenge Page (to create own shapes)Pre-K

Make reviewing the life cycle of a bee fun with this engaging hands-on 3d diorama science project! Students learn about the bee life cycle and then they decorate a shoe box based on what they learned! Students are responsible for decorating the box and putting a creative scene inside that represents the life cycle of a bee. Students love it when they get to do projects and make their learning come to life!

Here’s what you’ll get:

• a pre-colored page of a background for students to use as accents.
• a black and white page of a background for students to color themselves and use as accents.
• black and white page representing the life cycle of a bee for students to color, cut, and paste
• rubric for easy grading
• research page for students to record their learning
• planning page for students to map out how they want their diorama to look

What is a diorama?

A diorama is a three-dimensional scene built to illustrate a topic. Dioramas are small scenes created with layers of materials. A diorama can be made out of a shoe box or similar box that includes a variety of information and pictures about a topic.

Students create a diorama by cutting, coloring, painting, and gluing pieces inside the box to create a model that shows a situation, such as a historical event or animals in their natural environment. Students can be encouraged to add real features such as grass, sand, sticks, etc.

The dioramas do not come with specific assembly instructions. Students should learn about the bee life cycle first, and use the pieces within this resource to creatively build their own unique diorama! This is a fun way for students to learn and get hands-on with the lesson/topic.

Prep is quick and easy... print the pieces on cardstock for durability and let your students explore the life cycle of a bee as an enrichment activity to your lesson plan.

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Are you looking for a unique, interesting, and hands-on way to analyze the human body systes for your students? You'll like the flexibility of this lapbook and how simple it is to adapt it to the different abilities of your students. Lapbooks are great for both group and/or partner projects as well as independent projects.

Here’s what you’ll get:

• Digestive System Labels
• Brain with Labels (Nervous System)
• Parts of Lungs Labels (Respiratory System)
• The Human Body Front Cover
• Multiple Diagrams

What is a lapbook?

A lapbook is a book made from a file folder that includes various information about a topic. Students can create a lap book by cutting, coloring (when needed), and gluing them inside a file folder. The finished file folder book is called a lapbook because the book is usually big enough to spread out on your lap to read.

Lapbooks do not come with specific assembly instructions. Students are to use the information to build their books creatively and uniquely! This is a fun way for students to learn and get hands-on with the information!

All of the hard work is done for you. Just print the pieces, give each student one file folder, and let your students get creative!

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Students love it when they do projects and make their learning come to life! This project is perfect for hands-on activities and understanding coral reefs. Students learn about coral reefs and then decorate a shoe box based on what they learned! Students are responsible for decorating the box and putting a creative scene inside that represents coral reefs.

Here’s what you’ll get:

• pre-colored background scenes
• black and white pages for students to color their background and animals
• rubric for easy grading
• research page for students to record their learning
• planning page for students to map out how they want their diorama to look

What is a diorama?

A diorama is a three-dimensional scene built to illustrate a topic. Dioramas are small scenes created with layers of materials. A diorama can be made out of a shoe box or similar box that includes a variety of information and pictures about a topic.

Students create a diorama by cutting, coloring, painting, and gluing pieces inside the box to create a model that shows a situation, such as a historical event or animals in their natural environment. Students can be encouraged to add real features such as grass, sand, sticks, etc.

The dioramas do not come with specific assembly instructions. Students should learn about food chains first, and use the pieces within this resource to creatively build their own unique diorama! This is a fun way for students to learn and get hands-on with the lesson/topic.

Prep is quick and easy... print the pieces on cardstock for durability and let your students explore the coral reefs as an enrichment activity to your lesson plan.

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Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Students love doing projects and making their learning come to life! This project is perfect for hands-on activities and understanding ponds and pond life. Students learn about ponds in the ecosystem and then decorate a shoe box based on what they learned! Students are responsible for decorating the box and creating a creative scene representing a pond ecosystem.

Here’s what you’ll get:

• pre-colored pages for a quick cut and prep
• black and white pages for students to color their own background and pieces, cut, and decorate
• rubric for easy grading
• research page for students to record their learning
• planning page for students to map out how they want their diorama to look

What is a diorama?

A diorama is a three-dimensional scene built to illustrate a topic. Dioramas are small scenes created with layers of materials. A diorama can be made out of a shoe box or similar box that includes a variety of information and pictures about a topic.

Students create a diorama by cutting, coloring, painting, and gluing pieces inside the box to create a model that shows a situation, such as a historical event or animals in their natural environment. Students can be encouraged to add real features such as grass, sand, sticks, etc.

The dioramas do not come with specific assembly instructions. Students should learn about food chains first and use the pieces within this resource to creatively build their own unique diorama! This is a fun way for students to learn and get hands-on with the lesson/topic.

Prep is quick and easy. Print on cardstock for durability and let your students explore the water as an enrichment activity for your lesson plan.

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Copyright © That One Cheerful Classroom.

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Students love doing projects and making their learning come to life! This project is perfect for hands-on activities and understanding the rainforest. Students learn about the rainforest ecosystem and then decorate a shoe box based on what they learned! Students are responsible for decorating the box and creating a creative scene representing a pond ecosystem.

Here’s what you’ll get:

• pre-colored pages for a quick cut and prep
• black and white pages for students to color their own background and pieces, cut, and decorate
• rubric for easy grading
• research page for students to record their learning
• planning page for students to map out how they want their diorama to look

What is a diorama?

A diorama is a three-dimensional scene built to illustrate a topic. Dioramas are small scenes created with layers of materials. A diorama can be made out of a shoe box or similar box that includes a variety of information and pictures about a topic.

Students create a diorama by cutting, coloring, painting, and gluing pieces inside the box to create a model that shows a situation, such as a historical event or animals in their natural environment. Students can be encouraged to add real features such as grass, sand, sticks, etc.

The dioramas do not come with specific assembly instructions. Students should learn about food chains first and use the pieces within this resource to creatively build their own unique diorama! This is a fun way for students to learn and get hands-on with the lesson/topic.

Prep is quick and easy. Print on cardstock for durability and let your students explore the water as an enrichment activity for your lesson plan.

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Copyright © That One Cheerful Classroom.

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Make reviewing the rock cycle fun with this engaging hands-on 3D diorama science craft project! Students learn about the rock cycle and then decorate a shoe box based on what they learned! Students are responsible for decorating the box and putting a creative scene inside that represents the rock cycle. Students love it when they get to do projects and make their learning come to life!

Here’s what you’ll get in this rock cycle project:

• pre-colored pages for a quick cut and prep
• black and white pages for students to color their own background and pieces, cut, and decorate
• rubric for easy grading
• research page for students to record their learning
• planning page for students to map out how they want their diorama to look

What is a diorama?

A diorama is a three-dimensional scene built to illustrate a topic. Dioramas are small scenes created with layers of materials. A diorama can be made out of a shoe box or similar box that includes a variety of information and pictures about a topic.

Students create a diorama by cutting, coloring, painting, and gluing pieces inside the box to create a model that shows a situation, such as a historical event or animals in their natural environment. Students can be encouraged to add real features such as grass, sand, sticks, etc.

The dioramas do not come with specific assembly instructions. Students should learn about the rock cycle first, and use the pieces within this resource to creatively build their own unique diorama! This is a fun way for students to learn and get hands-on with the lesson/topic.

Prep is quick and easy... print the pieces on cardstock for durability and let your students explore the water as an enrichment activity to your lesson plan.

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Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Make reviewing the layers of the earth fun with this engaging hands-on 3D diorama science craft project! Students learn about earth layers and then decorate a shoe box based on what they learned! Students are responsible for decorating the box and putting a creative scene inside that represents the layers of the earth. Students love it when they get to do projects and make their learning come to life!

Here’s what you’ll get:

• colorful earth layers
• black and white earth layers
• black and white labels
• rubric for easy grading
• research page for students to record their learning
• planning page for students to map out how they want their diorama to look

What is a diorama?

A diorama is a three-dimensional scene built to illustrate a topic. Dioramas are small scenes created with layers of materials. A diorama can be made out of a shoe box or similar box that includes a variety of information and pictures about a topic.

Students create a diorama by cutting, coloring, painting, and gluing pieces inside the box to create a model that shows a situation, such as a historical event or animals in their natural environment. Students can be encouraged to add real features such as grass, sand, sticks, etc.

The dioramas do not come with specific assembly instructions. Students should learn about the layers of the earth first, and use the pieces within this resource to creatively build their own unique diorama! This is a fun way for students to learn and get hands-on with the lesson/topic.

Prep is quick and easy... print the pieces on cardstock for durability and let your students explore the water as an enrichment activity to your lesson plan.

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Copyright © That One Cheerful Classroom.

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Students love doing projects and making their learning come to life! This project is perfect for hands-on activities and understanding desert biome. Students learn about the desert and their amazing animals and then decorate a shoe box based on what they learned! Students are responsible for decorating the box and putting a creative scene inside that represents coral reefs.

Here’s what you’ll get:

• pre-colored background scenes
• black and white pages for students to color their animals
• rubric for easy grading
• research page for students to record their learning
• planning page for students to map out how they want their diorama to look

What is a diorama?

A diorama is a three-dimensional scene built to illustrate a topic. Dioramas are small scenes created with layers of materials. A diorama can be made out of a shoe box or similar box that includes a variety of information and pictures about a topic.

Students create a diorama by cutting, coloring, painting, and gluing pieces inside the box to create a model that shows a situation, such as a historical event or animals in their natural environment. Students can be encouraged to add real features such as grass, sand, sticks, etc.

The dioramas do not come with specific assembly instructions. Students should learn about food chains first, and use the pieces within this resource to creatively build their own unique diorama! This is a fun way for students to learn and get hands-on with the lesson/topic.

Prep is quick and easy... print the pieces on cardstock for durability and let your students explore the coral reefs as an enrichment activity to your lesson plan.

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Copyright © That One Cheerful Classroom.

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Students love doing projects and making their learning come to life! This project is perfect for hands-on activities and understanding ocean animals. Students learn about oceans and their amazing animals and then decorate a shoe box based on what they learned! Students are responsible for decorating the box and putting a creative scene inside that represents coral reefs.

Here’s what you’ll get:

• pre-colored background scenes
• black and white pages for students to color their animals
• rubric for easy grading
• research page for students to record their learning
• planning page for students to map out how they want their diorama to look

What is a diorama?

A diorama is a three-dimensional scene built to illustrate a topic. Dioramas are small scenes created with layers of materials. A diorama can be made out of a shoe box or similar box that includes a variety of information and pictures about a topic.

Students create a diorama by cutting, coloring, painting, and gluing pieces inside the box to create a model that shows a situation, such as a historical event or animals in their natural environment. Students can be encouraged to add real features such as grass, sand, sticks, etc.

The dioramas do not come with specific assembly instructions. Students should learn about food chains first, and use the pieces within this resource to creatively build their own unique diorama! This is a fun way for students to learn and get hands-on with the lesson/topic.

Prep is quick and easy... print the pieces on cardstock for durability and let your students explore the coral reefs as an enrichment activity to your lesson plan.

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Copyright © That One Cheerful Classroom.

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.