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Grade 2

• Communication & Collaboration

  • 2.CC
  • 2.CC.1
  • 2.CC.2
  • 2.CC.3
  • 2.CC.4
  • 2.CC.5
  • 2.CC.6
  • 2.CC.7

• Reading: Comprehension

  • 2.RC
  • 2.RC.1
  • 2.RC.2
  • 2.RC.3
  • 2.RC.4
  • 2.RC.5
  • 2.RC.6
  • 2.RC.7
  • 2.RC.8
  • 2.RC.9
  • 2.RC.10
  • 2.RC.11
  • 2.RC.12

• Reading: Foundations

  • 2.RF
  • 2.RF.1
  • 2.RF.2
  • 2.RF.3

• Writing

  • 2.W
  • 2.W.1
  • 2.W.2
  • 2.W.3
  • 2.W.4
  • 2.W.4.a
  • 2.W.4.b
  • 2.W.4.c
  • 2.W.4.d
  • 2.W.5
  • 2.W.5.a
  • 2.W.6
  • 2.W.6.a
  • 2.W.6.b
  • 2.W.6.c
  • 2.W.7
  • 2.W.7.a
  • 2.W.7.b
  • 2.W.7.b.I
  • 2.W.7.b.II
  • 2.W.7.c
  • 2.W.7.d
  • 2.W.8
  • 2.W.8.b
  • 2.W.8.b.I
  • 2.W.8.b.II
  • 2.W.8.c
  • 2.W.8.c.I
  • 2.W.8.c.II
  • 2.W.8.c.III

Indiana ELA Standard: 2.RC.8

Identify how a nonfiction text can be structured to compare and contrast, to describe a procedure, and to explain a cause and effect relationship. (E)

What’s In My Brain: Ramp vs Bike

Two columns. One is an example, one isn’t. Can you figure out the hidden rule before the big reveal?

Gr 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Indirect Power – Lighthouse vs Magnetism

Students explore the idea of indirect power – which can be both visible (a lighthouse) or invisible (magnetism).

Gr 1-8

What’s In My Brain: Inventions vs Discovery

We’re looking at inventions vs discoveries.

Gr 1, 2, 8

What’s In My Brain: Tree vs Tree

Let’s look at deciduous vs coniferous trees.

Gr 1-8

What’s In My Brain: Crocodile vs Tree Frog

Is it a reptile or an amphibian?

Gr 1, 3, 6, 8

What’s In My Brain: Narwhal vs Penguin

We’re looking at the arctic vs the antarctic.

Gr 1-8

Coral Reef – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about the coral reef back into the correct order?

Gr 2, 3, 6, 8

What Happens In Your Brain When You’re Worried or Afraid

Allison Edwards explains how blood flow in your brain affects your decision-making

Gr 1-8

Not Like The Others: US National Parks

Four US national parks. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.

Gr 1-8

Earthquakes – Mixed Up Paragraph

Can you use the context clues to get these sentences about earthquakes back into the correct order?

Gr 2, 3, 4, 6, 8

Not Like The Others: Snakes of the Rainforest

Four rainforest snakes. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.

Gr 1-8

Not Like The Others: Deserts

Which of these deserts is not like the others?

Gr 1-8

Not Like The Others: US States

How is each of these states not like the others?

Gr 1-8

Not Like The Others: Branches of the US Government

How is each part of the United States Government not like the other parts?

Gr 1-8

Think Like A Historian

Here’s how effects be causes and causes can be effects!

Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8

Analyze Paragraphs: Wolverines

Three paragraphs about wolverines. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Gr 1-8

Not Like The Others: Countries

How is each of these four countries not like the others?

Gr 1-8

Generalization: Change Leads to More Change

Can you think of a time in your life when “Change lead to more change?”

Gr 2-8

Upgrading Compare and Contrast Writing

Upgrade compare and contrast writing with just a couple of key words.

Gr 1-8

Content Imperatives: Contribuition

Pull on one thread and watch the whole topic move. Contribution asks: what single factor is quietly shaping everything else?

Gr 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Depth and Complexity: ⏳ Change Over Time

Want to get students thinking about how a topic has changed or might change in the future? The ⏳ Change Over Time thinking tool is just what you need!

Gr 2-8

Depth and Complexity: Patterns

Can your students spot anything that repeats? Or that has stopped repeating?

Gr 2-8

Reduce Anxiety: Square Breathing (Tool 1)

Reduce anxiety by breathing in a square pattern.

Gr 1-8

Teach Non-Fiction Writing Structure With Fractals

Did you ever notice that the structure of an essay is very similar to the structure of a paragraph? Hmm…

Gr 1-8

Better Stories Part 1: The Big Idea

We open our unit on narrative writing with a big idea: “structure increases creativity.” I show how this is true by bringing in examples from across all disciplines.

Gr 1-8