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Grade 2

• Language

  • 2.L.1.b
  • 2.L.1.d
  • 2.L.1.e
  • 2.L.1.f
  • 2.L.1
  • 2.L.2.a
  • 2.L.2.c
  • 2.L.2.d
  • 2.L.2.e
  • 2.L.2
  • 2.L.3
  • 2.L.4.b
  • 2.L.4.c
  • 2.L.4
  • 2.L.4.d
  • 2.L.5.a
  • 2.L.5.b
  • 2.L.5
  • 2.L.6

• Reading: Fluency

  • 2.RF.3.b
  • 2.RF.3.c
  • 2.RF.3.d
  • 2.RF.3.e
  • 2.RF.3.f
  • 2.RF.3
  • 2.RF.4.a

• Reading: Informational

  • 2.RI.1
  • 2.RI.2
  • 2.RI.3
  • 2.RI.5
  • 2.RI.6
  • 2.RI.7
  • 2.RI.9

• Reading: Literature

  • 2.RL.1
  • 2.RL.2
  • 2.RL.3
  • 2.RL.4
  • 2.RL.5
  • 2.RL.6
  • 2.RL.7
  • 2.RL.9

• Speaking & Listening

  • 2.SL.1.a
  • 2.SL.1.c
  • 2.SL.1
  • 2.SL.2
  • 2.SL.3
  • 2.SL.4
  • 2.SL.5
  • 2.SL.6

• Writing

  • 2.W.1.a
  • 2.W.1
  • 2.W.2.a
  • 2.W.2
  • 2.W.3.a
  • 2.W.3.b
  • 2.W.3.c
  • 2.W.3
  • 2.W.4
  • 2.W.5
  • 2.W.6
  • 2.W.7
  • 2.W.8
  • 2.W.10

CCSS ELA Standard: 2.L.5

Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

Gr 1-8

That Quote’s Not Quite Right: Albert Einstein

When I see a quote, I often think, “That’s not quite right!”

Gr 1-8

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Gamma

Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?

Gr 1-8

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Beta

Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?

Gr 1-8

Multiple Meaning Matcher – Alpha

Can your students match multiple meanings of the same five words?

Gr 1-8

Super Specific Similes – Slimy Broccoli

Start with a basic simile. Now make it more specific. Now even more. Watch how much better writing gets with each round.

Gr 1-8

Super Specific Similes: Stinky Seaweed

Start with a basic simile. Now make it more specific. Now even more. Watch how much better writing gets with each round.

Gr 1-8

Writing About Art: Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons

Look closely at Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Gr 1-8

Sets of Idioms Related to Numbers

Two sets of idioms related to numbers.

Gr 1-8

Five Sets of Bird and Bug Idioms

Five sets of idioms related to birds (and bugs).

Gr 2-8

Word Pyramid: T to PLANET

Add a letter at each step to form a new word. Can you connect T and PLANET?

Gr 1-8

Sets of Idioms Related to Body Parts

Five sets of five idioms, all related to body parts!

Gr 1-8

Sets of Idioms Related to Food

Five sets of five idioms, all related to food.

Gr 1-8

Writing About Art: Twilight in the Wilderness

Look closely at Twilight in the Wilderness. What do you notice? Now turn those details into a poem you didn’t know you could write.

Gr 1-8

Antonym Paths

Does the antonym of an antonym bring us back to the same meaning?

Gr 1-8

Fancier Figurative Language: Use the Opposite

Let’s start with “As cold as fire.”

Gr 1-8

Writing About Art: The Scream

Your students will turn the iconic painting The Scream into a vivid, sensory poem.

Gr 1-8

Ambiguous Sentences

Rather than just demand that students “write clearly,” we’ll explore the hazards of poorly written sentences… and maybe create one of our own!

Gr 1-8

Sets of Idioms

Why do we say ‘break a leg’? Five themed sets of idioms your students will actually remember.

Gr 1-8

Synonym Graphs

So, which is happiest: happy, joyful, or ecstatic? Which is most temporary?

Gr 1-8