English Language Arts — Grade 2

Arachnid anatomy!

This lesson is part of a science unit entitled “Spiders: Fact and Fiction.” During this lesson, learning will focus on specific body anatomy, functions and distinguishing characteristics of spiders.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Science)

By Susan Sharples.

Character Education - Honesty

This lesson will focus on two character education traits - honesty and friendship. During this lesson the students will conduct a character analysis and link prior knowledge to help understand the story.


Summary of story:
Horace the main character tells a fib when he finds a toy truck and claims it as his own. His conscience bothers him but the toy is too irrestible to admit the truth. He experiences turmoil from holding on to his terrible secret. He lies to his teacher, mother, and even the doctor (he pretends to be sick). Walter is the owner of the truck and he knows Horace has it. Walter writes Horace a get-well letter. Read the story to find out how the story ends.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts)

By LaTina Robinson.

Cloudy with a chance of...what?

Students will enjoy reading about a town where no one ever goes hungry because the sky provides food while learning about weather, healthy and unhealthy foods, and creating a database.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 Healthful Living Education, English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, and Science)

By BJ Larson and Paula Sharpe.

How Much is that Doggy in the Window?

Using internet sources, students will explore information associated with owning a dog. Students will access a controlled collection of websites regarding owning a dog within the scavenger hunt.

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Social Studies, Computer Technology Skills, and Science)

By Kathy Beck.

The Legend of the Blue Bonnet

Students will create their own version/retelling of The Legend of the Blue Bonnet by Tomie dePaola

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)

By Shari Peacock.

Moravian Migration: Before a Visit to Bethabara

Students investigate NCECHO site to "read all about" the 1753 Moravian settlement of Bethabara within our social studies curriculum topic on Life Long Ago. The Historic Bethabara Park website has historic background in narrative and diary form. After reading and discussing this information in teams with the teacher, student teams present information to classmates in some visual product in one of five categories. Students also will visit the photos on NCECHO and answer analytical questions to increase understanding of the past as compared to today.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)

By Wrenna Haigler.

Red-eyed Tree Frog Hyperstudio

Students will read The Red-eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley then plan and put together a Hyperstudio which retells the story.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)

By Jody Shaughnessy.

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.

Splitting Bears

Students will learn sequencing (beginning, middle, end) by using a bear pattern.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Information Skills and English Language Arts)

By Kendra Sisk.

Tarantulas

Students will read Tarantula by Jenny Feely. Then they will summarize what they have learned about tarantulas by writing descriptive words or phrases on a graphic organizer. Finally, using the Kid Pix Studio Deluxe (or other similiar drawing program), students will write sentences about tarantulas and make an illustration.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)

By Jody Shaughnessy.

Twas the night before Christmas: Retelling through thinking maps

After reading and discussing “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” students will work together to create a Flow Map. Each student will then use the map they created individually to retell the story in his/her own words.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)

By Amy Rhyne, Paulette Keys, and Sarah Carson.

Using K-W-L to confirm what you know

Students will learn to use a K-W-L to activate their prior knowledge and help them set a purpose for reading and recording what they learned. They will also extend their K-W-L chart to confirm the accuracy of their prior knowledge and of what they learn.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Science)

By Kathleen Neff.

What Does Your Name Mean?

This lesson will enable the students to investigate the meaning of their names and discuss with their parents how they decided on their name.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Computer Technology Skills)

By Pam Purifoy.

Lesson plans on the web

3, 2, 1...Blast off! Vocabulary instruction using a virtual trip to the moon

Students learn new vocabulary by taking a virtual field trip to the moon. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 English Language Arts and Science)

Provider: IRA/NCTE

All Together Now: Collaborations in Poetry Writing

This is a set of three lesson plans to make poetry exciting for your students as they listen to, write and recite poems that are sure to please. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts)

Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Animal study: From fiction to facts

Describes how to use selected fiction and nonfiction literature and careful questioning techniques to help students identify factual information about animals. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Information Skills and English Language Arts)

Provider: IRA/NCTE

Catching the bug for reading through interactive read-alouds

Helps students learn reading strategies and how to prevent the spread of germs in their classroom. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Healthful Living Education)

Provider: IRA/NCTE

Choosing one word: Summarizing Shel Silverstein's “Sick”

This lesson uses Shel Silverstein's poem “Sick” to challenge emergent readers to select the most important word in a text and to justify their selection. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts)

Provider: IRA/NCTE

Comparing fiction and nonfiction with "Little Red Riding Hood" text sets

In this lesson, students explore similarities and differences among various versions of “Little Red Riding Hood.” (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)

Provider: IRA/NCTE

Connect with low-literate families: A three-tiered approach

This ReadWriteThink lesson involves giving children from low-literate families stories to read at home to enhance the home-school connection. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)

Provider: IRA/NCTE