Grades 1–2 Daily Reading Activities: Teamwork

Teamwork means working together to help each other. If you are a part of a team, you should share ideas and listen to one another. Below are five reading activities and lessons that explore the great things that can happen when we work together.
 

Day 1 activity

Let’s watch: Super Citizen   Watch the video Super Citizen to learn more about teamwork, good citizenship, and helping others.

Discuss the video

How do Leon and Carly help their grandmother at the garden? What can you do to be a super citizen?

Day 2 activity

Let’s reread: Chipmunk's New Home   The rain has washed away Chipmunk’s home! What can his friends do to help? Download Chipmunk's New Home

Take it further

Extend the fun with an activity.
 

Write about it

• Think of a problem you solved. Did anyone help you?
• Draw three pictures. Show the problem, what you did, and who helped you.
• Write a sentence about each picture.

Family support Use this learning guide to walk your child through the lesson. Explore additional review & extend activities together.

Day 3 activity

Let’s read: How Living Things Help Each Other Plants, animals, and people all help each other. How can you help? Download How Living Things Help Each Other

Quiz How much do you know about How Living Things Help Each Other? Take the quiz. Then, check your answers to the quiz. How did you do?

Family support Use this learning guide to walk your child through the lesson. Explore additional review & extend activities together.

Day 4 activity

Let’s reread: How Living Things Help Each Other Plants, animals, and people all help each other. How can you help? Download How Living Things Help Each Other

Take it further

Choose an activity to extend the fun.

Response writing: Make an accordion book

• Use a sheet of recycled paper to make an accordion book.
• Fold a paper strip back and forth. You should have about five sections. Trim the end of the last section so that all the strips are the same size.
• Draw a plant or animal on each page of your book. You can use only the front, or use the front and back of the strips.
• Write how each plant or animal helps living things.

Hands-on activity: Examine plants and seeds

• Look closely at plants and seeds. Use a hand lens if you have one.
• Identify the parts that might be sticky or sharp. How do you think those parts of the plant travel?
• Arrange the plants or seeds by largest, tiniest, stickiest, or smoothest. Then classify them a different way.

Family support Use this learning guide to walk your child through the lesson. Explore additional review & extend activities together.

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This blog, originally published in 2020, has been updated for 2025.