Poetry Portfolios: Using Poetry to Teach Reading

In this lesson, students will use a weekly poem to explore meaning, sentence structure, rhyming words, sight words, vocabulary, and print concepts. After studying the poem, students are given a copy of the poem to illustrate and share their understanding. All of the poems explored are then compiled into a poetry portfolio for students to take home and share with their families. To further connect home to school, a family poetry project is suggested.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Jennifer Reed

Anchor Lesson: 17. Flip the Vowel

In this lesson, students will learn how to figure out a tricky word by trying out both sounds of the vowel and listening to see which word sounds right or makes sense. This lesson is part of the 'Unit of Study: Monitoring for Meaning: Using Multiple Strategies to Decode' and is found on page 38.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Wayland Public Schools

Building a Matrix for Leo Lionni Books: An Author Study

In this author study, students listen to four books by author Leo Lionni over the course of multiple days. Each reading is followed by discussion focusing on literary elements and comparing characters, themes,settings, and plots. After discussion, students participate in creating and organizing information on a large matrix which depicts the main elements of that day’s story. During the lessons, the matrix helps students review and retell each story and to compare details of two or more stories at a time. On the final day of this lesson, individual students choose any two books to compare using a Venn diagram.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Renee Goularte

How Full Is Your Bucket

Students brainstorm a list of bucket fillers together to inspire acts of kindness locally and globally

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Game, Interactive, Module

Author: REMC Association of Michigan

Reading Informational Texts Using the 3-2-1 Strategy

In this lesson, students learn to use the 3-2-1 strategy, which involves writing about three things they discovered, two things they found interesting, and one question they still have. After teacher modeling, students read a magazine article, independentl, and use the 3-2-1 strategy to comprehend what they read.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Melissa Weimer

Jamir's Penny Jar

The purpose of this task is to help students articulate their addition strategies and would be most appropriately used once students have a solid understanding of coin values.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Illustrative Mathematics

Add To: Result Unknown

For this activity, students solve word problems by writing an equation with a symbol for the unknown number, drawing a picture, and diagraming to model the problem and answering questions in a complete sentence

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Add and Subtract Numbers to 100 - Word Problems

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach second graders about mixed operations: addition and subtraction i - word problems.

Material Type: Assessment, Interactive, Lecture

Frog and Toad on the Number Line

For this task, students use a number line to show why two different sums are equal .

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Illuminations Mathematics

Determining Length

For this task, students work in pairs to estimate the measure of each person's foot and to determine the appropriate measuring tool to use. Once a measurement tool has been chosen, students measure the foot and record the lengths.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: NCTM Illuminations

Making Objects Move

Students study the motion of objects by brainstorming and experimenting with the different ways that a ping-pong ball can move. They will then create a structure that can be used to move an object from one place to another. They are encouraged to observe and test their structures, revising them as needed.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan

Author: Science Netlinks

2nd Grade - Act. 11: Character Sketch

In this lesson, students use what they read to analyze the character in the story.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Utah Education Network