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2nd Grade Enrichment
Enrichment is a form of differentiation in education where students are encouraged to look deeper at concepts or try different approaches in order to foster a high level of learning. Enrichment activities are often based on student interest and, therefore, are excellent methods to encourage students to follow their passions, discover new interests, and enhance their current skill level.
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Activity 1
Reading Cause and Effect
Read a book. Use text evidence to explain cause and effect. Think about the problem and solution and how they are related.
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Activity 2
Reading Compare and Contrast
Compare and contrast two narrative stories on the same topic. Think about the characters, setting, and events in the plot. Try to use text evidence to support your answers.Compare and contrast two informational stories on the same topic. Think about the main idea and details from each text. Try to use evidence from the text to support your answers.
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Activity 3
Reading a Narrative Story
Read a narrative story. Tell how the character feels in the text. What events or actions in the story make you think that? Do the characters' feelings change from the beginning to the end? Tell why and use evidence from the story.
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Activity 4
Reading the Central Message
Tell the central message, theme, or lesson you learned after reading a book. What happened in the book that made you think this? Use evidence from the book to support your thinking.
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Activity 5
Family Story Writing
Ask your student to interview a family member about his or her life. Encourage your student to write a short biography, and include a photo or drawing, and a meaningful quote from the relative. Your student may want to share it with family members.
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Activity 6
Elapsed Time
When completing a task at home (ex. homework, dinner, reading a book, sports practice), tell the start time and end time of the task. How much time has elapsed between the beginning and end of the activity?
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Activity 7
Shopping Game
Materials:
food from your pantry or plastic pretend food
label stickers or tape that you can write on
nickels, pennies, or dimes
paper on which you can write a shopping “price sheet”
shopping basket or bag
How to Play: Select several items to purchase and place them in their shopping basket or bag. Have student write down the prices on a piece of scratch paper and add them up to find out how much their items cost altogether. Encourage your child to make change as they are shopping.
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Activity 7
Four Digit Addition with Dice
Materials:
1 Dice
Pencil
Paper
How to Play:
Roll a dice four times. Use the numbers rolled to make a 4-digit number and write it down on your paper. Roll a dice two more times and create another 4-digit number. Write down the number. Use paper and pencil to solve the 4-digit addition problem. Use numbers, labeled sketches, or words to solve the problem. Roll again and create a new problem.
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Activity 8
Four Digit Addition with Cards
Materials:
Deck of playing cards- Remove face cards and 10s, Aces are worth one
Pencil
Paper
How to Play:
Turn over four cards. Place them in any position to make the 4-digit number and lay them out. Turn over four more cards and create another 4-digit number. Lay them out underneath the first four cards. Use paper and pencil to solve the addition problem. Use numbers, labeled sketches, or words to solve the problem.
