This resource accompanies our Rethink 2nd Grade ELA course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning.  

This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 2nd Grade English Language Arts content.

This unit was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 2nd Grade ELA in Language.

In this activity, students generate and use words that contain the prefix bi-.

In this activity, students generate and use words that contain the prefixes en- and em-.

In this activity, students generate and use words that contain the prefixes in-, im-, il-, and ir-.

In this activity, students generate and use words that contain the prefixes un- and dis-.

In this activity, students generate and use words that contain the prefix mis-.

In this activity, students generate and use words that contain the prefix over-.

In this activity, students generate and use words that contain the prefix pre-.

In this activity, students generate and use words that contain the prefix re-.

In this activity, students generate and use words that contain the suffix -ed.

In this activity, students generate and use words that contain the suffixes -ion, -tion and -ness.

In this activity, students generate and use words that contain the suffix -ing.

In this activity, students generate and use words that contain the suffix -y.

Students will complete relay races by performing various locomotor skills in different levels and pathways. Students will also be learning how data is transmitted through packets over the internet. They will learn what a packet is and what this looks like by performing a physical task in a relay race. To ensure inclusion and diversity students will be placed into “diverse” teams created by the teacher. For further collaboration in this lesson the Physical Education teacher can work with the 2nd grade team to help reinforce literacy content and/or vocabulary in this lesson.

ABCya! presents its fifth children's storybook for the classroom. It's called Marvin Makes Music, an original work by Michelle Tocci. The story is about a frog that is sad because he cannot sing like his friends, until one day when he gets a new musical instrument. This is a great storybook to share with kids using an interactive whiteboard.

*This storybook has narration! Students can click the speaker button to have the story read to them.

In this activity, students form words by combining prefixes and root words and will understand their meanings.