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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.

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Shape Families

Make several different variations of a polygon on the mat. Have students discover what they all have in common. Discuss the different subcategories. For example, make several quadrilaterals and observe they all have 4 sides. There are rhombuses, rectangles, and squares, as well as other parallelograms.
Grade 4, Grade 5
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Pre-Area

Make various rectangles on the mat. Have students divide them into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the total number of them.

Grade 2
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What am I

Give students various attributes for an object and then have them make the shape on the mat. Have them make shapes such as triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons based on the number of angles/vertices or sides.

Grade 2
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Dividing Shapes

Make various rectangles on the mat. Have students divide them into two/four equal pieces (Include thirds for second graders). Discuss the definition of half and fourth/quarter/third while doing this activity.

Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3
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What Matters?

Make one shape out of different colors and materials in various positions and with varying side lengths on the mat. Ask students what shape you made and discuss what attributes matter when it comes to defining a shape.

Grade 1
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Create Composite Shapes

Have students use the mat to outline different polygons and then combine them to make familiar objects. For example, putting a triangle and a square together to make a house.

Grade 1
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Create and Compare Shapes

Make different polygons on the mat. Have students compare and contrast the shapes based on the number of sides, corners, side length, etc. Have them then make their own shapes based on the criteria you give them.

Kindergarten
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Create Shapes

Have students create different polygons using rulers, paper strips, or blocks as sides.
Discuss the geometric characteristics of each shape made.

Grade 3
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Graphing

Using the data from the bar graph activity turn it into different kinds of graphs including line plots and picture graphs.

Grade 3
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Bar Graph

Poll the class on their favorite season. Have them use cards or strips of paper to make a bar graph on the mat. You can also have them draw a corresponding picture graph on the board. Repeat the activity with other subjects like favorite colors and measurements of different objects.

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