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Grade 2

• Composition

  • C.2.1
  • C.2.1.a
  • C.2.1.b
  • C.2.1.c
  • C.2.1.d
  • C.2.1.e
  • C.2.1.f
  • C.2.2
  • C.2.2.a
  • C.2.2.b
  • C.2.2.c
  • C.2.2.d
  • C.2.2.e
  • C.2.2.f
  • C.2.2.g
  • C.2.3
  • C.2.3.a
  • C.2.3.b
  • C.2.3.c
  • C.2.3.d
  • C.2.3.f
  • C.2.4
  • C.2.5
  • C.2.6

• Language

  • L.2.1
  • L.2.1.e
  • L.2.1.f
  • L.2.2
  • L.2.2.a
  • L.2.2.b
  • L.2.2.c
  • L.2.2.d
  • L.2.2.e
  • L.2.3
  • L.2.3.a
  • L.2.4
  • L.2.4.a
  • L.2.4.b
  • L.2.4.c
  • L.2.4.d
  • L.2.4.e
  • L.2.4.f
  • L.2.5
  • L.2.5.a
  • L.2.5.b

• Reading: Foundational Skills

  • RF.2.3
  • RF.2.3.b
  • RF.2.3.c
  • RF.2.3.d
  • RF.2.3.e
  • RF.2.3.f
  • RF.2.4.a
  • RF.2.4.c

• Reading: Informational

  • RI.2.1
  • RI.2.2
  • RI.2.3
  • RI.2.4
  • RI.2.5
  • RI.2.6
  • RI.2.7
  • RI.2.8
  • RI.2.9
  • RI.2.10

• Reading: Literature

  • RL.2.1
  • RL.2.2
  • RL.2.3
  • RL.2.4
  • RL.2.5
  • RL.2.6
  • RL.2.7
  • RL.2.9
  • RL.2.10

KAS ELA Standard: C.2.1.b

Introduce the topic, followed by opinion statement, and create an organizational structure.

Order to Chaos: Dominoes or Dam?

Sometimes outside forces turn order into chaos. But sometimes chaos comes from within.

Gr 2-8

Earth’s Layers: Who Contributes The Most?

Earth’s layers will disagree about which one contributes the most to the planet’s success.

Gr 1-8

Order and Chaos Hide Inside Each Other

Chaos can contain order. Order can contain chaos! Is chaos ever truly random?

Gr 3-8

Chaos Can Be Positive or Negative

Sometimes we want order, but sometimes we need chaos!

Gr 1-8

Holiday Shuffle – Day vs Date

Wouldn’t some holidays be better on a certain day of the week? Should Thanksgiving have a set date?

Gr 1-8

Student Introductions With Depth, Complexity, and Frames: Level Two

Once students know the prompts of Depth and Complexity, let’s take them much higher up Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Gr 1-8

Domesticated Animals Tournament

Which domesticated animal will win the tournament?

Gr 1-8

Types of Energy Tournament

Which type of energy will win the tournament!?

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

Natural Disasters Tournament

Earthquake vs. hurricane. Tsunami vs. wildfire. Students set the criteria, argue their case, and crown a champion. Warning: it gets heated.

Gr 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8

Precipitation Tournament

Eight types of precipitation battle it out in this tournament.

Gr 1-8

Animal Adaptation Tournament

Which animal has the most interesting, most valuable, or strangest adaptations?

Gr 1-8

Parts of Speech Tournament

Which part of speech is most useful? Interesting? Strange?

Gr 1-8

Tournament of Presidents

So who was the strangest of these eight presidents?

Gr 1-8

Game: Order and Chaos

Imagine Tic-Tac-Toe if both players could play as both Xs and Os!

Gr 1-8

Propaganda and Logical Fallacies

Let’s see how propaganda techniques can make even something great seem bad.

Gr 1-8

Teaching Criticism

Ask students to go beyond “I don’t like it” and form critical opinions based on a set of criteria. Students can produce written arguments or turn their opinion into oral presentations.

Gr 1-8