Second Grade Math Kit

Find the activities below that correspond with the materials found in our Second Grade Math Kit. Please select the material before selecting the grade to make sure your search results only provide activities for the mats in your Second Grade Math Kit.

Two Parts Makes a Whole

Have students jump from part to part then to a whole. As they hop to the whole, they will say, “Two parts make a whole.”
Kindergarten, Grade 1

Vowel Match

Use vowel letter cards and place them on the floor mat on top of or beside the corresponding letter. To increase the effectiveness of this method, use many letter cards. Have the child organize the letter cards by placing each on the matching letter. Have the child say the letter name and sound as they match the letter with the letter on the mat.

PreK, Kindergarten, Grade 1

Bean Bag Fun

Toss a bean bag on the mat. Have your student hop on the mat up to the bean bag, pick up the bean bag and say name of letter, name of picture, and letter sound three times.

PreK, Kindergarten, Grade 1

The Vowel Hop

Have your student begin on START HERE. Hop on the letter a and say “a, apple, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh.” Then hop to each of the vowels saying the letter name, name of picture and sound of letter.

PreK, Kindergarten, Grade 1

Hopping the Letter Sound

Have your student begin on START HERE. Have your student hop on each letter while saying the sound of the letter. Be sure that your student says the sound of the letter correctly. Tell your student the sound of the letter if your student doesn’t immediately know the letter sound.

Kindergarten, Grade 1

Hopping the Letter Name

Have your student begin on START HERE. Have your student hop on each letter while saying the name of the letter. Be sure that your student says the name of the letter correctly. Tell your student the name of the letter if your student doesn’t immediately recognize the letter.

PreK, Kindergarten

Hopping the Pictures

Have your student begin on START HERE. Have your student hop on each picture while saying the name of the picture. Be sure that your student says the name of the picture correctly. Tell your student the name of the picture if your student doesn’t immediately recognize the picture.

PreK, Kindergarten

Adding by Pi

Ask the student to add the angle using the fraction of pi, then to say the angle that they add up to.

Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12

Awesome Angles

Write angles on 3×5 index cards. Put cards into a large hat or a box. Have one student choose a card. Have students create the angle on the mat that corresponds with the card. Have your students make the angle with a yard or meter stick. If the card says 30 degrees, have your student put the stick on the mat so as to make a 30 degree angle.

Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6

Adding Angles

Have your student stand on the 30° point on the circle. Instruct the student to add 15° to that number. Ask, “What angle is 30 degrees plus 15 degrees?” Repeat the exercise, adding on 30 degrees, 60 degrees, etc. Have your student stand on 45 degrees. Ask your student to add 45 degrees to that number. Ask, “What angle is 45 degrees plus 45 degrees?” Have your student stand on other points on the mat. Ask your student to add or subtract angles.

Grade 5, Grade 6

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