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Grade 2

• Language

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

• 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.2
  • 2.RL.3

• 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.RI.1

Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Main Idea and Details

Young students can use this big idea organizer to identify the main idea and support it with details.

Power – Blue Whale vs Krill

Sure, a Blue Whale is huge. But does a tiny krill have more power?

Writing Sample: White Fang (The Wild)

A passage from White Fang to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Writing Sample: The Wind in the Willows

A passage from The Wind in the Willows to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Writing Sample: Peter Pan

A passage from “Peter Pan” to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Upgrade Research Questions With Depth and Complexity

Ever ask students to create research questions? Were their ideas a bit… blah? My own students had a very hard time writing questions they didn’t already know the answer to! This video is how I solved that problem: upgrade research questions with depth and complexity.