Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning


Grade 2, Math Std 7: Describe change over time in observable (qualitative) and measurable (quantitative) terms. Examples: recognizing that a plant grew taller (qualitative, requiring observation); recognizing that a plant grew three inches (quantitative, requiring measurement)

Lesson Plans: Growing Up Students will use baby pictures and more current pictures to record the physical changes that they have gone through since they were babies. The Beanstalk and Me Students will measure plants and grow their own beanstalks. Backyard Jungle: Nature Journaling Students will identify and observe a natural subject and record relevant observations about the subject, such as date, time, weather, cloud pattern, sounds, smells and location. How Does Our Garden Grow? Students will observe and describe plant parts as they grow and change. This is actually a science lesson on plant growth and development but can be used to teach this math standard. It Counts This lesson is designed to help students understand and reinforce how numbers are assigned to objects, as well as encourage them to think about more, less, or equal values. In the lesson, students are asked to describe, compare, and classify plants. Students should be able to use numbers concretely and descriptively to count as they make specific observations about plants. This may be used as a science and/or math lesson.

Resources: Plant Journal In this lesson students make and record observations of plant growth. Measure the Teddy Bears This interactive game teaches measurement. An animation will play when students get the correct answer. Bean Growth Experiment Project Students will plant bean seeds, then record, graph, and compare growth.
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