Grade 2 Lesson plan
Muddy Kettle Creek's Trash Screen: A Grade 2 Picture Graph Lesson
Students sort four kinds of litter pulled from a creek trash screen, build a single-unit picture graph, and answer compare questions from the graph.
Common Core Math · Grade 2
2.MD.D.10 Draw and interpret picture and bar graphs
Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph.
Why water teaches this standard well
Students bar-graph four categories of household water use - shower, toilet, laundry, and dishes - then answer which use is greatest and how much more it is than the smallest. This is the signature elementary water-math graph, turning an abstract percentage into bars a second grader can compare by eye.
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17 materials aligned to 2.MD.D.10
Lesson plans
Grade 2 Lesson plan
Hydrant Check Day on Saltbrook Road: A Grade 2 Careers Lesson
Second graders meet a fictional hydrant technician, bar-graph her four-day check log, and add and subtract the daily totals within 100.
Grade 2 Lesson plan
Weather Weeks in Maple Bend: A Grade 2 Water and Graph Lesson
A grade 2 social studies lesson linking weather to a town's water use, where students build a four-category bar graph of weather days and answer compare questions.
Grade 2 Lesson plan
Our Class Water Habits: A Grade 2 Bar Graph Lesson
A 35-minute grade 2 lesson where students survey the class about water-saving habits, then use a sample results table to draw and interpret a four-category bar graph.
Grade 2 Lesson plan
Room 8's Water Breaks: A Grade 2 Hydration and Bar Graph Lesson
Grade 2 students learn why drinking water during the school day matters, then turn four days of Room 8's water-break tallies into a bar graph and compare the days.
Worksheets
Grade 2 Worksheet
Bramblegate Creek Clean-Up Bar Graph: A Grade 2 Color-Key Sheet
Students design a four-color key, color a bar graph of trash pulled from a made-up creek, and answer compare questions about the four groups they graphed.
Grade 2 Worksheet
The Creek Watcher's Litter Log at Duckpond Park
A grade 2 careers worksheet in which students read one week of a fictional creek watcher's litter log, bar-graph it, and add and subtract within 100.
Grade 2 Worksheet
Sandpiper Beach Cleanup Day: A Grade 2 Bar Graph
A grade 2 worksheet built on a fictional town cleanup day, where students draw and read a four-category bar graph of collected litter and add and compare within 100.
Grade 2 Worksheet
Acorn Lane's Water Helper: A Grade 2 Bar Graph Worksheet
A grade 2 social studies worksheet where students read a bar graph of water used by four homes on a fictional street and answer compare and total questions.
Grade 2 Worksheet
Marigold Lane's Water-Saving Week: A Tally and Bar Graph Worksheet
A grade 2 worksheet where students turn a week of water-saver tally marks into a bar graph and solve addition and subtraction word problems about the data.
Grade 2 Worksheet
Birchwood Lane's Meter Technician: A Grade 2 Water-Use Worksheet
Grade 2 students help a fictional meter technician compare, add, and subtract one week's water-meter readings from four houses on Birchwood Lane and graph the results.
Grade 2 Worksheet
Elm Grove's Water Tower: A Grade 2 Bar Graph and Pipe-Length Worksheet
Grade 2 students graph four days of water tower pumping data, compare bar heights, and add and subtract pipe lengths in inches for the town of Elm Grove.
Math problem sets
Grade 2 Math problem set
Pebblewood's Rain Catcher Contest: A Grade 2 Bar Graph Set
A grade 2 problem set built on four teams' rain catcher results, with bar graph reading and one- and two-step add and subtract problems within 100.
Labs & experiments
Grade 2 Lab / experiment
Two Thermometers and a Paper Fan: A Grade 2 Sweat Cooling Lab
Grade 2 students fan a dry thermometer and a wet-wrapped one, graph how a damp hand felt, and use the results to explain how sweat cools skin and why we drink after.
Classroom activities
Grade 2 Classroom activity
Haverly School Room 6's Cup Count: Four Water Stations
Grade 2 groups measure classroom water use in cups at four stations, draw a bar graph from a recorded day, and define the water waste problem their room wants to fix.
Grade 2 Classroom activity
Fountain Finders: Mapping Drinking Water at Fernbank School
Grade 2 teams walk Fernbank School with clipboards, tally every place a student can get a drink, build a picture graph, and name a spot that needs one.
Grade 2 Classroom activity
Rain Garden or Storm Drain? A Grade 2 Sorting Relay at Marlowe
A 30-minute grade 2 relay game where two teams sort surface picture cards into Rain Garden or Storm Drain bins, then graph and compare their correct-sort totals.