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English Language Arts — Grade 2
Goal 5, Objective 5.04
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Be the sentence: An interactive language arts activity
- Students take on the roles of different words and punctuation and work collaboratively to create a complete sentence using correct parts of speech, word order, and punctuation. Students progress from simple sentences to more complex sentences.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–4 English Language Arts)
- By DPI Writing Strategies.
- 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.
- 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.
- "Luscious Lollipops" and Other Adjectives
- The students will become familiar with adjectives by reading Ruth Heller's book about adjectives, "Luscious Lollipops". They will also be able to use adjectives to describe an object in their own writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 English Language Arts)
- By Pat DeMello.
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- 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
- 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
- It's okay to be different: Teaching diversity with Todd Parr
- This lesson for first and second graders uses Todd Parr's picture book It's Okay to Be Different to help students understand what diversity means and how it applies to them. (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
- Using web-based bookmarks to conduct Internet research
- In this lesson, students mimic the poetic form of The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown and then use Internet bookmarks, created by the teacher, to research and write about a specific topic. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
