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Thanksgiving Worksheets for 2nd Graders

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Thanksgiving practice for 2nd grade: turkey math with regrouping, one- and two-step word problems, two reading passages, thankful and how-to writing, grammar and a graph.

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Thanksgiving math for 2nd grade

Word problems within 100, two-step problems, addition and subtraction with regrouping and a favorite food bar graph.

Thanksgiving reading for 2nd grade

An original family story and a nonfiction text about wild turkeys, with questions and answer keys.

Thanksgiving writing, grammar and word work

An "I am thankful" opinion paragraph, how-to steps, collective nouns, capital letters and a word search.

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About these thanksgiving for 2nd graders worksheets

These Thanksgiving worksheets for 2nd graders practice real grade skills with a harvest theme. In math, children solve one- and two-step word problems within 100, add and subtract two-digit numbers with regrouping and read a bar graph of favorite Thanksgiving foods. In reading, they read an original story about a lumpy pumpkin pie and a nonfiction text about wild turkeys, then answer questions.

For writing there is an "I am thankful" opinion paragraph and a how-to page about setting the table, each with a planning row and a checklist. Grammar pages cover collective nouns and capital letters for holidays and places, and there is a Thanksgiving word search. All pages are black and white, print on US Letter or A4, and pages with one right answer have an answer key at the end of the PDF. For preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade pages, see Thanksgiving Worksheets.

Standards

  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.D.10Draw 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.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.NBT.B.5Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
  • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.OA.A.1Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.1.AUse collective nouns (e.g., group).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.2.ACapitalize holidays, product names, and geographic names.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.2.3.FRecognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.2Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.2Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.1Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.2Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.

How to use them

  1. Use a math page and a reading or writing page each day in the week before Thanksgiving break.
  2. On word problems, have children draw a bar model in the box, then write the number sentence.
  3. Read the turkey text together first, then let children reread it on their own to answer the questions.
  4. Send the "I am thankful" paragraph home as a card for the family dinner.

Teaching tips

  • If a child forgets to regroup, have them say the ones first: "7 ones take away 9 ones. I need a ten."
  • On two-step problems, ask children to circle what step 1 finds before they start step 2.
  • For the opinion paragraph, check for an opinion, two reasons and a closing sentence before spelling.
  • Pumpkin and fall pages practice the same skills for families who do not celebrate Thanksgiving.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What is on these Thanksgiving worksheets for 2nd graders?

Turkey math with regrouping, one- and two-step word problems, a bar graph, two reading passages, an "I am thankful" paragraph, a how-to page, collective nouns, capital letters and a word search: 12 pages in all.

Do the pages have answer keys?

Yes. Every page with one right answer has an answer key at the end of the same PDF. The writing pages have no key because answers vary; use the checklist at the bottom instead.

Are the reading passages original?

Yes. The story and the wild turkey text were written for these pages at a 2nd grade level, with a word count and level on each one.

Is there anything about pilgrims?

No. The pages are about family, food, harvest, wild turkeys and being thankful, so they work for every classroom.