2nd Grade Lesson Plans

WOW is organized around scientific topics like mysterious weather and wild animals that engage children in rich conversations. These topics support rich vocabulary while simultaneously helping children learn about life sciences, biological sciences, and physical sciences. You’ll find lots of opportunities for open-ended discussions around meaningful, and engaged learning.

Each lesson plan includes six easy-to-implement topics per grade level (PreK, K, 1, 2).

Each text set includes 5 Texts, a Teacher’s Guide, 15 Picture Cards, and a Topic Poster. Additional provided resources include Home Connections, Extension Activities and Lesson Plans Strategy Notes.

Children will learn over 100 words for each topic. We have found that repeated exposure through book reading activities supports content-rich learning and improves vocabulary, conceptual knowledge, and comprehension.

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2nd Grade Topics

Animal Adaptations

ANIMALS ADAPT, or change, over time.
ANIMAL ADAPTATIONS help them survive in their environments.
Different ANIMALS ADAPT in different ways.

Landforms

LANDFORMS change over time.
LANDFORMS provide different habitats for living things.

Simple Machines

SIMPLE MACHINES help people with their everyday lives.
SIMPLE MACHINES have been around for centuries.

Underground Ecosystems

An ECOSYSTEM is the interaction between living things and their environment.
UNDERGROUND ECOSYSTEMS change over time.
UNDERGROUND ECOSYSTEMS are habitats under the ground.

Universe and Stars

The UNIVERSE is made up of many systems.
Patterns of the sun, the moon, and STARS are predictable.

Water Conservation

WATER CONSERVATION is needed because there is a limited amount of freshwater on Earth.
People need to actively protect and CONSERVE WATER.
WATER sources can be polluted.