Core Knowledge Foundation
Second Grade Skills Unit 4: The Job Hunt
Second graders practice skills, including spelling, grammar, and reading. Pupils examine vowel sounds and tricky words, nouns, and verbs. They begin the writing process by drafting a persuasive letter and decoding texts.
ABCya
Write a Letter to Santa
Here comes a writing assignment, here comes a writing assignment, right in time for Christmas. Young letter writers respond to a series of questions posed by the interactive that then formats their responses into a letter to Santa.
University of New Mexico
Educating Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Three mini units make up one large unit designed to explore multiculturalism and encourage cultural identity. Each lesson sparks thoughtful discussion, critical thinking, and are equipped with activities and assignments geared to...
Curated OER
Meet Your Neighbor: Action Verbs
Get your kids moving on the first day of school! This action verb activity doesn't have to be used as an ice breaker, but it sure will work as one. Simply place pairs of cards face-side down on the carpet, each with an action verb...
Curated OER
Language Arts: Bringing Verbs to Life
Kindergarteners create action words collections to use in their own writing projects. After listening to several books, they select action verbs to dramatize and take digital photographs of their acting. Once the photos are printed, they...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Welcome to our Classroom
Second graders create a classroom resource book for substitutes to help them feel more comfortable and familiar with faces and procedures in our classroom and school. They develop skill in using a digital camera and computer technology.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Nouns, Verbs, and Describing Words
Second graders photograph items in their school and write a sentence that describes the items. They use different colored fonts when word processing the sentence to highlight nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Money Management
Students discuss the differences between needs and wants, practice budgeting resources and investigate the workings of a capitalist society, by creating a mock store.
TES Global
Tes: Grammar and Punctuation Worksheets: I and Me
[Free Registration/Login Required] This TES downloadable resource can be used as an assessment tool or as a reinforcement aide. Students will learn about the pronouns "I" and "me" as they are placed in the context of several sentences.
Other
Grammar: English Basics Worksheets
Excellent and comprehensive collection of worksheets for students' grammar skills. Includes exercises on complete sentences, analogies, synonyms/antonyms, and more.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Write the Room Punctuation
Using a "Write the Room" activity to identify punctuation motivates students to practice this new skill. Students will place punctuation marks in the proper place using clues from signs around the room. Included is a video of the lesson...
Arcademics
Arcademics: Word Invasion
Practice parts of speech by zapping "jellyfish" words that match the word type provided. Students can select the part(s) of speech they want the game to focus on, as well as the level of difficulty and speed of the game.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Corresponding Punctuation Marks [Pdf]
In Robin Pulver's Punctuation Takes a Vacation students will see the value of punctuation and how it is necessary to use in writing. For younger students, use this book as supplemental reading material before beginning this lesson on...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Kinde R Revision
Six mini-lessons designed to teach beginning writers age-appropriate revisions they can make in their Writers Workshop pieces. Lessons include printable graphic organizers, revision sheets, student work samples, and more.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Wacky "I Will Not" Chalkboard
Students can use this writing idea from the book Wacky We-Search Reports by Barry Lane to demonstrate understanding in any content area. Students use the idea of writing "I will not " sentences to show their knowledge of various...
Other
Lancashire Schools: Literacy: Plural "Y" Endings
This site offers a self-scoring quiz changing singular words that end in Y to plurals. Students type in the correct spelling of the plural.
Other
Tls Books: Writing the Date [Pdf]
This printable worksheet provides an opportunity for students to practice using commas in dates correctly. An answer sheet is provided
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Promoting Authentic Letter Writing
This lesson plan teaches letter-writing format by using literature and shared writing. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
Other
Project l.a.: Possessive Nouns
Designed for elementary students, this Internet viewable slide show explains how to form possessives, then provides practice sentences. At the end are links to an online practice quiz and a printable worksheet.
Quia
Quia: Punctuation Commas and End Marks
Play Hangman as you recall the basic types of sentences and punctuation marks. Great fun!
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Beginning Writers Compare E Mail With Letter Writing
Contains plans for three lessons that teach younger students the differences between letter writing and e-mail writing. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well...
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Google
Commas in a Series [Pdf]
Students practice correct comma usage with ten sentences in which commas are missing from lists of words in this downloadable PDF.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Beginning a Kindergarten Writers Workshop
A series of quick lessons teachers can use when setting up a Writers Workshop in their classrooms. Lessons include teaching students appropriate Writers Workshop behaviors and activities, building independence, discussion topics, and...
Quia
Quia: Capitalization: Rags to Riches
This is a capitalization and punctuation game for early readers. Students win gold stars for selecting the correct answers. The game is available in Java or HTML versions.