English Language Arts — Grade 2

Hello Friend! Writing a Friendly Letter

Students will apply their knowledge of a friendly letter to compose a letter to send to their pen pals. Students will then type up their letters using the Kidspiration program.

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

By Kelly Norton.

Rainbow Spelling (Kinesthetic Approach to encoding)

The following lesson requires the students to spell words containing learned phonemes using a visual and kinesthetic learning approach.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts)

By Wendy Parton.

Read It Backwards

One editing technique that writers can use to help them catch their own spelling errors is "Read It Backwards." In this lesson, students will learn a procedure for identifying and correcting the spelling of misspelled words.

Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts)

By DPI Writing Strategies.

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.

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

Action ABC's: Learning vocabulary with verbs

Students review the definition of a verb and then expand their vocabulary by using verbs they already know in sentences. (Learn more)

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

Provider: IRA/NCTE

Alphabetizing with original stories

In this lesson, students write original stories using alphabetical order. (Learn more)

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

Provider: IRA/NCTE

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 “Little House” to my house: Exploring history and family roles

This lesson for first and second grade students features two read-aloud sessions of a picture book adaptation of Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 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

Get Writing with "Weekend News!"

Students write about their weekends, using skills they have learned in writing workshop. (Learn more)

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

Provider: IRA/NCTE

Going on a shape hunt: Integrating math and literacy

Students learn shape names, locate shapes in their environment, practice spelling out the names of items and shapes they locate, and reflect, in writing, on the process. (Learn more)

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

Provider: IRA/NCTE

Growing readers and writers with help from Mother Goose

Children connect characters with letters of the alphabet, letting them serve as hooks to help children remember the letters and their sounds and use that knowledge in their writing. (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

A journal for Corduroy: Responding to literature

This lesson from ReadWriteThink leads first-grade students to reflect on and respond to literature through journal writing. Students read books in the Corduroy record their own adventures with Corduroy, share their stories with the class, and create a class book using the computer. (Learn more)

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

Provider: IRA/NCTE

Our community: Creating ABC books as assessment

In this lesson that focuses on community, students collect vocabulary words and key concepts in order to create alphabet books as they study classroom content. (Learn more)

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

Provider: IRA/NCTE

Teaching about story structure using fairy tales

In this lesson, teachers use fairy tales from Once Upon a Golden Apple by Jean Little and Maggie De Vries to explore the concept of the beginning, middle and end of stories by building students' background knowledge and guiding them through the writing process. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 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

What's in a Name? Teaching Concepts of Letter and Word

In this lesson, kindergarten children understand the concepts of letter and word by using their names as a starting point. Ideas will also be given to help assess student progress in becoming readers and writers. (Learn more)

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

Provider: IRA/NCTE