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Rethink Education - 2nd Grade ELA (Complete Course)
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This unit was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This unit is aligned to the NC Standards for 2nd Grade ELA. 

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Formative Assessment
Homework/Assignment
Presentation
Unit of Study
Vocabulary
Author:
Rachel Wright Junio
Date Added:
04/25/2023
Seeing Multiple Perspectives: An Introductory Critical Literacy Lesson
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In this introductory critical literacy lesson, students will consider the perspectives of central but silent characters in the picture book Stevie, by John Steptoe. They will look at the story from these characters’ points of view and give voice to their thoughts and feelings, thereby gaining much deeper understandings of the story and realizing that every story truly gives just a partial account of what happened.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
ReadWriteThink
Author:
Theodore Kesler, Ed.D.
Date Added:
02/26/2019
The Seven Modern Wonders of Vietnam
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Hello, my name is Kim. I am a 2nd grade teacher in North Carolina. As a teacher, it is important that my students feel seen, heard, and valued. I build relationships and do my best to use materials that reflect my students, their families, and their home lives. This may be through books, music, or visuals. I also work to develop their sense of curiosity and expose them to the rich and diverse cultures that exist across the globe. In this instructional unit, my goal was to bring a student’s Vietnamese culture into the classroom.

The unit I am sharing was created as part of a summer program hosted by The National Humanities Center. I chose to participate in a summer institute on Vietnamese history and created this virtual field trip using a multimedia platform called Argis. My goal was to expand my own learning as I demonstrated one way teachers can integrate geography, social studies, and literacy. The unit is called the Seven Wonders of Vietnam. The unit begins with a couple of leveled readers that I used to introduce the topic. Then it goes into the virtual filed trip. When you click on each location on the map, a window opens. The slide provides you with an image, a short description, and an optional video to learn more about the landmark.

As you scroll down, you see a literacy extension that allowed my students to find meaningful books to them. There are the seven wonders of the world, but there are also so many other places, people, and events that are special to us. Through this extension activity, students can explore a topic they care about. That can be seven wonders of North Carolina, or somewhere special to their heart.

This lesson supplements the curriculum of Core Knowledge Language Arts Domain 2 Unit Listening and Learning: Early Asian Civilizations. Domain 11 Listening and Learning: Immigration explores the push and pull factors for people from diverse cultures to migrate to the United States.

Day 1-Guided Reading (Books that introduce students to the geographical area of Southeast Asia)
The lesson provides an integrated social studies and reading unit to front-load background knowledge for second graders to better access middle-school social studies non-fiction content. This unit explores how place can form a person's culture and identity.

Day 2- Argis website
This lesson will provide an enrichment lesson connecting the two units. The students will learn about Ancient Vietnam and Modern Day Vietnam. Please refer to the Argis website for the learning activities.

Day 3-The teacher can select how many days to focus on the famous sites in Vietnam. For example, I spent two days going over on how to use non-fiction text features on a map and how we can use informational text to learn about Vietnam.

Day 4- Making personal connections to the informational text. The teacher will model to the students on how to write their personal connection to different parts of world. The teacher can adapt the lesson to fit the students' demographics.

Additional Resources: Read-aloud videos of the leveled readers provided.

Subject:
English as a Second Language
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Author:
Kim Freeman
Date Added:
03/08/2023
Two Thumbs Up! Get Students Writing and Publishing Book Reviews
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In this unit, students begin by evaluating book reviews written and read aloud by other children. Next, students discuss the effectiveness of, what components are included in, what they learned from, and what they might change about the book reviews. Once students have a foundation for book review components and structure, they choose a favorite book and write a review. Finally, students publish their reviews by videotaping them or posting them online.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Provider:
ReadWriteThink
Author:
Emily Manning
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Using Folk Tales: Vowel Influences on the Letter G
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In this lesson, students will read the folk tale Jack and the Beanstalk and discuss the word giant and its beginning sound. Students then create their own lists of words that begin with the same sound. Then, students are introduced to words with the soft g sound and create a new list of words with this beginning sound. As a culminating activity, students work individually or in groups to categorize animal names into groups according to their beginning g sound.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
ReadWriteThink
Author:
Rebecca L. Olness
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Weather Wonderland
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This is the fourth lesson on weather in a unit called Weather Trackers (http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/unitplan/11468.htm). This lesson primarily deals with types of tools that scientists use to study weather. Students have the opportunity to do a fun cooperative learning activity that will review other skills such as pictorial graphing. Prior to the activity, students will read What Will the Weather Be Like Today? by Paul Rogers.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Reading Foundation Skills
Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Beacon Learning Center
Author:
Jennifer Slichter, Santa Rosa District Schools
Date Added:
02/26/2019
What Makes Me Become We?
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This inquiry is an initial exploration into the concepts of interdependence through the lens of community economics and the idea of an economy as a diverse, mutually supportive web of needs and wants, workers and consumers, and problems and solutions. This inquiry challenges students to understand that through businesses, town organizations, and local governments, a community meets the needs and wants of its people, finding strength in collective efforts to address problems.

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
C3 Teachers
Date Added:
03/16/2017
Why Do Countries Need Each Other?
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This inquiry leads students through an investigation of economic systems by focusing on the context of trade among world communities. Trading is one of the oldest forms on economic interaction among humans, yet it is also among the most complex. In examining the reasons for international trade and the exports of world communities, students should be able to develop an argument supported by evidence to answer the compelling question "Why do countries need each other?"

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
C3 Teachers
Date Added:
03/20/2017
Your Ears
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Students learn about the human ear and the basic information about each part of the ear (structure and function) and how the ears are used for hearing and balance of the body. Text for this article is appropriate for the elementary level. A Spanish version of the article and a read-aloud option are also provided on the site. This resource supports the English language development of English language learners.

Subject:
English Language Arts
English as a Second Language
Reading Foundation Skills
Science
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
KidsHealth
Author:
KidsHealth
Date Added:
02/26/2019