✖️ Get ready to march into math practice with this ⚐ Patriotic ⚐ Parade Project Based Learning Math PBL Unit – the perfect way to commemorate Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, or Veterans Day while practicing essential 2nd-grade math skills!

This spirited math PBL adventure covers length calculations, arrays, time-telling, bar graphs, pictographs, and more, all wrapped up in a red, white, and blue package. Students use the following CCSS Measurement & Data math standards to solve problems related to the real-world scenario of planning a patriotic-themed parade:

• 2.OA.A.1 Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems.
• 2.OA.C.4 Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends.
• 2.NBT.A.2 Count within 1000; skip-count by 5s, 10s, and 100s.
• 2.NBT.A.4 Compare two three-digit numbers based on meanings of the hundreds, tens, and ones digits.
• 2.NBT.B.7 Add and subtract within 100
• 2.MD.A.1 Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools.
• 2.MD.C.7 Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes.
• 2.MD.C.8 Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies.
• 2.MD.D.10 Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with a single-unit scale) to represent a data set

➖ Available in both printable PDF and Google Slides formats, this patriotic holiday PBL resource is designed for flexibility and engagement. Students will be captivated as they plan their very own star-spangled parade using an array of measurement tools and data displays, following easy-to-understand instructions.

➗ And just like a grand fireworks finale, I added extra “challenge activities” to ignite curiosity and deepen student understanding of key concepts and skills. Let your math lessons soar to new heights with this Patriotic Parade project-based learning unit!

Key Features:

✏️ Low Prep & Flexible – This PBL activity is easy for teachers to use. Simply print and go or assign in Google Classroom! Can be used for Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Veterans Day, or anytime you’re feeling patriotic!

✏️ Printable & Digital Format – Printable PDF & Google Slides formats make this resource perfect for any classroom. Digital and printable versions are consistent, so they can be used interchangeably.

✏️ Educational & Engaging – This resource will capture the imagination of your students while they practice key math skills. Students are hired to plan a festive, patriotic parade. Their job is to organize the groups marching in the parade, set the course of the parade, analyze parade attendance, plan fun patriotic festivities like a bake sale, dunk tank, and fireworks, and assure everything is timed to perfection.

✏️ Differentiation – Three challenge activities mean that you can challenge your high-performing students while making the resource accessible to your on-level and below-level students.

What’s Included?

1. Teacher Directions and Standards Addressed
2. Student Directions
3. Parade Route (Calculating Length)
4. Parade Arrays (Arrays)
5. Keeping Time (Telling Time)
6. Parade Volunteers (Bar Graphs and Pictographs)
7. Patriotic Festivities (Word Problems, Money, Measurement, Place Value)
8. Challenge 1: Marching Band (Plotting on a Number Line)
9. Challenge 2: Parade Float (Polygons, Partitioning Shapes)
10. Evaluation & Rubric
11. Answer Key

Looking for more differentiation? Check out the 3rd Grade and 4th Grade Version.