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Grade 2

• Communication and Multimodal Literacies

  • 2.C.1
  • 2.C.1.A
  • 2.C.2.C

• Language Usage

  • 2.LU.1
  • 2.LU.1.A
  • 2.LU.1.D
  • 2.LU.1.E
  • 2.LU.1.H
  • 2.LU.2
  • 2.LU.2.C

• Research

  • 2.R.1
  • 2.R.1.B
  • 2.R.1.E

• Reading Informational Text

  • 2.RI.3
  • 2.RI.3.B

• Reading Literary Text

  • 2.RL.1
  • 2.RL.1.B
  • 2.RL.1.C

• Reading and Vocabulary

  • 2.RV.1
  • 2.RV.1.E

• Writing

  • 2.W.1
  • 2.W.1.A
  • 2.W.1.B
  • 2.W.1.C
  • 2.W.2
  • 2.W.2.A

Virginia ELA Standard: 2.W.1

Modes and Purposes for Writing

Holiday Shuffle – Day vs Date

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

Holiday Emoji Story 🚚

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Halloween Emoji Story 🕷️

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Emoji Stories 🐻

Five emoji. One story. Where will your imagination take you?

Thanksgiving Photo Writing

Starting with an old-timey photo, students will write from a particular item’s point of view.

Holiday vs Holiday (from a Mascot’s Perspective)

Want something to do during the holiday season that is both fun and involves thinking? Get students writing about what a snowman would think about Halloween or what a ghost would think about Thanksgiving.

Academic Love Letters

What if Kylo Ren wrote a love letter to Abe Lincoln or the Sahara Desert wrote one to the Moon?