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English Language Arts — Grade 2
Goal 3, Objective 3.02
Resources aligned to this objective
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- 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.
- The Bear Who Wouldn't Sleep
- Intermediate-level ESL students will apply facts from a content-based reading passage to create a short story about a bear who doesn't hibernate with his family.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts)
- By Donna Kauffman.
- Beginning Biography Research
- Encyclopedia research skills will be taught using biographies of famous people. This is one lesson in a collaborative unit taught by both the classroom teacher and library media coordinator
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Information Skills and English Language Arts)
- By Joan Milliken.
- Directed Reading Lesson: Dear Mr. Blueberry
- This plan is a directed reading/thinking activity for the book, Dear Mr. Blueberry, with questioning and a follow-up written activity that focuses on the story elements. Another activity involves discussing facts about whales in the story and, then, finding other facts about whales that are used for a writing activity.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts)
- By Candace Hall.
- Discovering how to take care of our natural resources
- This lesson focuses on our natural resources and the effect our actions have on them. Students explore this concept through discussion, matching, literature, cause and effect, and writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts, Social Studies, and English Language Development)
- By Jennifer Hicks and Alison Short.
- Economic Resources Using Thinking Maps
- This lesson uses several literature selections in order to identify and classify natural, human, and capital resources. Students will work together in small groups to gather information and individually complete a Thinking Map. The assessment includes completing a Tree Map individually and sharing group information with the rest of the class. This lesson will take two days.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Robin Campbell.
- Features of Print
- In this lesson, the teacher introduces the concept of gathering information from chapter headings, bold type and other organizational features of print (such as tables of contents) in non-fiction texts in print and online.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts)
- By Gail Goodling, Susan Lovett, and Sue Versenyi.
- Geography centers
- A geography unit in which students investigate and compare their hometowns and other cities. The unit incorporates nine centers: math, science, social studies, reading, writing, computers, puzzles and games, art, and listening. They all have activities that are integrated with the geography unit.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, Social Studies, Mathematics, Computer Technology Skills, and Science)
- By Laurie Perry.
- Geometry and Art: Art Museum Pre-Visit
- Geometry and Art: Art Museum Pre-Visit is the first lesson of a three-part unit integrating math, writing and visual arts. In this discovery learning activity, students look at and compare two works of art. The paintings are quite different, but they contain many examples of geometric shapes. Students then complete a comment sheet, explaining what is similar and different about the works of art. This lesson can be used alone or used to prepare students for an art museum visit.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, Mathematics, and Computer Technology Skills)
- By Loretta Hopper.
- Geometry and Art: Art Museum Visit
- Geometry and Art: Art Museum Visit is the second lesson of a three-part unit integrating math, writing and visual arts. In this lesson students apply their knowledge of geometry by sorting, classifying and counting plane geometric figures during a visit to the art museum to look at and compare twentieth- century paintings. Students then collect data and share what they observe.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Mathematics)
- By Loretta Hopper.
- Getting to know spiders
- This lesson is useful for helping students understand the differences between spiders and insects. They will also learn about a spider's particular body parts. Live spiders will be observed over the course of a few days to see how sound, light, and movement affect the spiders.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Science)
- By Bree Welmaker.
- Positively popcorn
- This lesson should be used as a part of a unit on the three forms of matter. This is a fun activity on the process of how popcorn pops using gas as a form of matter.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Jennifer Burton.
- 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.
- Who's Theodor Seuss Geisel? Meet The Real Dr. Seuss
- Students will search internet resources, print and multimedia encyclopedias to research information on Dr. Seuss. Students will use a "Biography" template to document information, site resources, and write a simple biography report.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Computer Technology Skills)
- By Amy Rhyne, Paulette Keys, and Sarah Carson.
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- Aesop and Anase: Animal fables and trickster tales
- Students become familiar with fables and trickster tales from different cultural traditions. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities
- Ancient flood stories
- In this lesson, students will discuss ancient flood stories, including the story of Noah's Ark. They will also discuss the evidence of a flood that's been found in the Black Sea. Students will then write stories about what it might have been like immediately before and during this flood. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts)
- Provider: National Geographic
- 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
- As slippery as an eel: An ocean unit exploring simile and metaphor
- Students explore simile and metaphor in fiction and nonfiction ocean books. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Book buddy biographies: Intermediate and primary students working together
- Students create a personalized biography for their reading buddy. Each child is the author, illustrator, and editor. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Building a matrix for Leo Lionni books: An author study
- Students listen to books by author Leo Lionni and create and organizing information on a large matrix which depicts the main elements of that day's story. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
