Second Grade Challenge
Are you ready to take your learning to new depths? If so, you are ready to complete a Second Grade Challenge. Each Second Grade Challenge has a point value next to it. When you reach 500 points, your name will appear on the website. Each additional time you reach 500 points, a gold star * will appear next to your name. How many gold stars can you get this year???
If you would like to participate in the challenge, write your name, the number of the challenge you are completing, the amount of points your challenge is worth, and the answer on a sheet of paper. Turn the answer in to your teacher.
** The students have not yet learned all of the concepts below. They will have had a lesson on each concept by the end of the quarter.
Language Arts
L1. 10 points = Invent your own wacky new word and write a definition for that word.
L2. 10 points = Make a list of 10 nouns. Sort them into three lists - one for person, one for place, and one for thing.
L3. 15 points= Write 3 sentences. Use at least one contraction correctly in each sentence.
L4. 25 points= Write 4 sentences. Underline the nouns once and the verbs twice.
L5. 20 points= Write 5 pairs of rhyming words
L6. 15 points = Write 2 words that have 2 syllables, 2 words that have 3 syllables, and 2 words that have 4 syllables.
L7. 30 points= Draw and color a picture of something you recently learned how to do that was tricky. Write 3 sentences about it.
L8. 30 points= Create your own bug! Draw and color the bug that you created. Then write a sentence about how the bug protects itself and write a sentence about an unusual thing that your bug does.
L.9 25 points= Write 4 similes.
L.10 15 points= Write 4 pairs of homonyms.
L.11 20 points= Write 3 sentences. Use an adverb in each sentence. Underline the adverb
Math
M1. 20 points = Write three sets of related addition facts.
M2. 15 points= Label the parts of an addition sentence correctly. (addend and sum)
M3. 10 points= Write 3 doubles facts.
M4. 25 points= Write an addition word problem.
M5. 15 points= Write a doubles fact, a doubles +1 fact, and a double -1 fact.
M6. 20 points=Write 4 subtraction sentences. Check each subtraction sentence with addition.
M7. 25 points= Write a subtraction word problem.
M8. 20 points= Write 4 addition sentences and answer them. Use subtraction to check your work.
M9. 15 points= Write the value of the underlined number. 464 279 803
M.10 15 points= Write each number in expanded form. 123 465 208
M.11 15 points= Round each number. 345 809 164 18
M.12 10 points = Write 3 even numbers and 3 odd numbers
Social Science
S1. 15 points= Sit in your living room. Make a list of at least 8 things you observe (hear, see, touch, smell).
S2. 15 point= Make a list of 3 things that are human made and 3 things that are natural.
S3. 15 points = Pick 2 solid objects. Describe the texture, luster, and color of each object.
S4. 20 points = Find a rock. Draw and color your rock. Write 6 physical properties of your rock.
S5. 15 points= Make a list of 3 goods and 3 services.