These chores flash cards help Preschool through 4th Grade children name 18 everyday chores with picture-front, word-back fold-over cards. Answer key included for quick, independent practice.
Using the Caring Song, students learn how to care for others at home. This song will help build confidence and your kids will want to show kindness to others. Our students need a lot of practice and examples of how to treat each other kindly. This song will help your…
This dear valentine activity has K-2nd grade students pick heart word cards for family and school helpers and spell each word on a Valentine card. Answer key included.
This Grandparents Day Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 2nd grade readers an original story, four multiple-choice questions, and one written response about a boy and his grandma. An answer key is included.
The What a Great Fall Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 2nd graders a short story about a boy learning to ride a bike, four bubble questions and a written response. Answer key included for quick no-prep practice.
This Granny's Growing Garden reading comprehension worksheet gives 2nd graders a family garden story, four multiple-choice questions and a short response, with an answer key, so kids practice finding story details.
Mom's Garden Reading Comprehension Worksheet pairs an original 2nd Grade passage with four bubble questions and one written response, plus an answer key, so students practise proving answers from the text.
Using About Me Mobile Activity, students can create a mobile to introduce themselves and share important information about themselves at the beginning of a new school year!
This Baby Sister Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 2nd graders a short story about a girl whose new baby sister takes all the attention, then four multiple-choice questions and one written response. Answer key included.
Roots, roles and family traditions
In second grade, the family unit grows from "who is in my family" to "how families work and change." Kids compare families now and long ago, interview a grandparent or older relative, and talk about traditions, celebrations and where their family comes from. They look at jobs family members do at home and how everyone's help keeps a household running. It's also a great place for reading comprehension with family stories. The click comes when a child hears how their grandma's school day was different and starts asking a hundred questions.
Second graders love being the expert on their own family. These moves let them share it.
Kids build a hanging mobile with pieces about themselves and their family: who lives at home, a family tradition, a favorite thing to do together. Hang them up and let classmates find things in common. Building it makes sharing feel safe.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withAbout Me Mobile ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Read a story about grandparents, then ask a few quick questions: "How is Grandpa's childhood different from yours?" A short reading check keeps the unit tied to real reading skills while kids learn about families past and present.
Why it works: a big review of study methods ranked quick self-quizzing among the most powerful ways to remember (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withGrandparents Day Reading Comprehension WorksheetAssessmentsOpen it →Show chore cards and have kids sort them into "jobs I do," "jobs grown-ups do" and "jobs we do together." Then talk about why every job matters. It turns family roles into a picture kids can see and discuss.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withChores Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Family activities second graders bring home to share.
ActivitiesKids write a Valentine letter to someone special in their family and decorate it.
Open Dear Valentine Activity →
AssessmentsRead about a new baby sister and talk about how families change and grow.
Open Baby Sister - Reading Comprehension Worksheet →
WorksheetsRead about planting a garden with mom, then name one thing your family does together.
Open Mom's Garden Reading Comprehension Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Chores Flash Cards, Caring Song and Dear Valentine Activity.
They compare families today with families long ago, learn about traditions and celebrations, and see how family members share jobs. Many classes include a family interview or heritage project.
A family interview works well: kids ask an older relative about school, games and chores when they were young, then share what's different today. A family tradition poster is another favorite.
Use open words like "the people you live with" and let kids decide who counts as family. Read stories with many family types, and keep projects flexible so no one has to share what they don't want to.
Tell your child stories about when you were their age and look through old photos together. Share a family tradition and why it matters to you.
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