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English Language Arts — Grade 2
Goal 5, Objective 5.02
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Word closet
- Word Closets give students an additional classroom resource for “researching” the correct spelling of words to use in their daily writing. Word Closets are particularly focused toward concept words, season words, and favorite words that students like to use in their writing but may need help with spelling.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 English Language Arts)
- By DPI Writing Strategies.
- Word bank
- The Word Bank provides students with a classroom resource for "researching" the correct spelling of words that students want or need to use in their writing on a daily basis.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts)
- By DPI Writing Strategies.
- 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.
- Collecting family stories
- Students will interview relatives and compose a family story on the computer. This lesson was completed in conjunction with two other lesson plans (art and media) using the same theme but could be used alone. Student work from all three lessons was compiled in a student portfolio.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 English Language Arts, Guidance, and Social Studies)
- By Amy Honeycutt, Chris Furry, and Diana Hicks.
- 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.
- The Red-eyed Tree Frog and 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 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)
- By Jody Shaughnessy.
Resources on the web
- Get Writing with "Weekend News!"
- In this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students write about their weekends, using skills they have learned in writing workshop. Following the writing, students self-assess their work based on criteria developed in the classroom. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
