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.

Hop the Mat – Addition

Have students start on START HERE. The students will jump down the mat as they read through the addition problems that create each square number. For example: Hop on the first block. “One.” Hop on the second block. “Two plus two equals four.” Hop on the third block. “Three plus three plus three equals nine.”
Grade 4, Grade 5

Hop the Mat – Square Number

Have students start on START HERE. The students will hop down the mat as they read through the multiplication problems that create each square number.

For example:
Hop on the first block. “One times one equals one.”
Hop on the second block. “Two times two equals two.”
etc.

Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 8

Pronoun Fun

Have students change the subject pronoun in the sentence to another subject pronoun (we, he, she, it, they, you) and change the verb tense to match. For instance, switching the example from the Sentence Hop D above: “I like to swim in the lake.” could become “He likes to swim in the lake.”

Grade 3, Grade 4

Adding Adverbs

Have students add adverbs to the sentence as they jump through the mat.
Example:
Sentence Hop A- ”I can frequently go to the beach.”
Sentence Hop B- “I run quickly to see my brother.”
Sentence Hop C- “I want to joyfully ride on a horse.”
Sentence Hop D- “I rarely like to swim in the lake.”

Grade 2, Grade 3

Adding Adjectives

Have students add adjectives to the sentence as they jump through the mat. Have them hop beside the mat while they say the added adjective.
Example:
Sentence Hop A – “I can go to the sunny beach.”
Sentence Hop B – “I run to see my baby brother.
Sentence Hop C – “I want to ride on a brown horse.”
Sentence Hop D – “I like to swim in the clear lake.”

Grade 2, Grade 3

Jump and Spell

Ask the student a question that corresponds with the mat. Have the student choose their answer. Then, have the student spell their answer out loud. (Multiple choice questions work best for spelling out single words.)
Examples:
Sentence Hop A- (Use beach card) Is the beach sunny or cloudy?
Sentence Hop B- Did you run fast or slowly?
Sentence Hop C – (Use boat card) Is the boat large or small?
Sentence Hop D- Is the water hot or cold?

Grade 1, Grade 2

Adding to the Story

Have students answer these questions (and others that you can create) for the corresponding mats after they have jumped and read the sentence.
Examples:
Sentence Hop A- Who will you go with?
Sentence Hop B- What is your (mom, dad, etc.) like?
Sentence Hop C – Why do you want to ride?
Sentence Hop D- When did you learn how to swim?

Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2

Punctuation

Have students say the punctuation mark out loud at the end of the sentence.
Example: “I can go to the bank period.”

Grade 1, Grade 2

Sentence Hop

Have a student put a card on the PLACE CARD HERE block. Have the student stand on the START HERE block. The student will hop on each word to read the sentence. Have the student place a different card at the end of the mat and jump again!

Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2

Ask Me a Question

As the student jumps on the mat, they will be asked a question using that word by a spectating student or the teacher.

Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5

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