Standard Course of Study :: English Language Arts — Grade 2

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Classroom
Curriculum
- NC Standard Course of Study & Aligned Resources
Online Courses
- Open for Enrollment
- Course Catalog
My LEARN NC
- Email Updates

Curriculum » NC Standard Course of Study & aligned resources

Print this curriculum

Resources aligned to this objective

Records 1–11 of 11 displayed.

The Second Grade World of Louis Armstrong: Second grade students will explore the music of Louis Armstrong via booktalks, compact disc recordings, digital video disc recordings, and may pursue internet web-questing through Marco Polo (http://www.marcopolo-education.org) and http://www.redhotjazz.com as a bonus!; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Music Education); By Dirk Robertson.

Lesson plans on the web

Bingo! Using environmental print to practice reading: Emerging readers practice their reading skills using a variety of environmental print materials. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Dr. Seuss's sound words: Playing with phonics and spelling: By focusing on sound words in Dr. Seuss stories, students develop spelling strategies that help them move from phonemes, the sounds they make, to graphemes, the written representations of those sounds. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

From stop signs to the golden arches: Environmental print: Students will help collect examples of environmental print, sort and classify these examples for inclusion in class books, and spend time reading the books as individuals, in pairs, or in groups. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

I wonder: Writing scientific explanations with students: In this lesson, students are encouraged to ask questions about a specific topic, choose a particular question to explore in detail, and research the question using a variety of resources. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Phoneme isolation: Building phonemic awareness: Students engage in games and chants to identify beginning and ending phonemes. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Phonics Through Literature: Learning About the Letter "M": Students will learn about phonics by participating in an integrated array of activities, including reading, writing, mathematics, music, art, and technology. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Poetry portfolios: Using poetry to teach reading and writing: Supports students' exploration of language and writing skills as they read and dissect poetry. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Teaching audience through interactive writing: Students work together to create an invitation letter for a group of their peers. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Using Folk Tales: Vowel Influences on the Letter "G": Stuents are introduced to the irregular spelling pattern of hard and soft g at the beginning of words, using the folk tale genre. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Word wizards: Students making words: This lesson uses an active, hands-on activity in which students learn how to look for patterns in words and how to make new words by adding or changing the sequence of letters. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

LEARN NC, a program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education, finds the most innovative and successful practices in K–12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of North Carolina — and the world.