English Language Arts — Grade 2

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Word study with "Henry and Mudge"

Applying aspects of the small-group differentiated reading model to a systematic word study of the past tense marker –ed, this lesson helps students identify both base words and suffixes. After introducing students to Henry and... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

When I was young

In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students learn about how history has been preserved through oral storytelling. Students interview a family or community member to find out what life was like when they were young, and share this person's story with the class. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–4 English Language Arts and Theater Arts Education)

Provided by: ArtsEdge

Improving fluency through group literary performance

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, Bill Martin Jr.'s picture books provide opportunities for students to hear fluent reading modeled then to join in the readings through literary performance. Students participate in shared and choral reading, as well as... (Learn more)

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

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

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. Following Smith and Piper's three-tier scaffolding model, the teacher prepares students to read the story unassisted,... (Learn more)

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

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

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. The purpose of EDSITEment is to offer a gateway for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality... (Learn more)

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

Provided by: EDSITEment