In this lesson, students listen to an illustrated read aloud and use literacy skills to understand the central message of the book.

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

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

Students read a passage and answer questions based on the passage. An answer key is included.

Students will learn about the characteristics of butterflies and will engage in multiple activities to build their understanding of how a butterfly’s characteristics help it survive and interact with its environment. In this CCSS lesson students will use text dependent questions, academic vocabulary, and writing assignments.

In this lesson, students learn about the characteristics of butterflies and engage in multiple activities to build their understanding of how a butterfly's characteristics help it surviv and interact with its enviornment.

Students read a passage about different types of patterns and answer questions based on the passage. An answer key is included.

In this lesson, students will learn that building a snowman is one way to provide food for birds and animals during the winter. Students begin by listening to a book about snow.To continue to build students' knowledge of the topic, they listen to additional fiction and nonfiction books and view a website about animals in winter. As a culminating activity, students use their charts to write and illustrate a story.

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 unit, students will know why respect for others is a foundation of civil society. They will be able to demonstrate respect in the classroom and playground, and taking turns sharing ideas quietly. Respect for property might be demonstrated by not taking or damaging someone else's school supplies. Students will be able to analyze a situation where the respect for others, their ideas, and property is essential to live peacefully in our society.

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.

Students read a passage and answer questions about summarizing skills. An answer key is included.

This resource contains over 100 video interviews with children's book authors and illustrators. Students can view these videos to gain more insight about the authors and illustrators choices when bringing the story to life. This is a great resource for author studies.

Students will learn the reasons an author writes a selection. They will use various books and articles to determine the purpose of each text. This resource contains a Powerpoint and a graphic organizer.