2nd Grade Writing Lesson Plans

Subjects

Reading

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Reading and Literature

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Main Idea: The Great Kapok Tree

Finalize your lessons on how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book The Great Kapok Tree with your class.

Subjects

Reading

Reading Comprehension

Main Idea and Supporting Details

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Mad Libs® Teacher Guides (Gr. 1-6)

Learn how you can use Mad Libs© in your classroom to teach reading and language arts. These activities are a fun way to…

Subjects:

Language Arts and Writing

Writing

Creative Writing

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Journaling with The Sun, Wind, and the Rain

This lesson, to be completed after reading The Sun, the Wind, and the Rain, has students practice their journaling…

Subjects

Journaling Tips, Strategies & Topics

Letters, Journals and Diaries

Writing

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LESSON PLANS

Class Project: Favorite Foods

Your class will create a class book about their favorite foods.

Subjects:

Food

Book Art

Writing

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LESSON PLANS

If I Were the President Writing Activity

Create a class book on what your students would do if they were president. This printable activity includes a materials…

Subjects:

Social Studies and History

U.S. Presidency

Language Arts and Writing

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LESSON PLANS

Collect a Sentence

Students name everyday objects and then construct imaginative sentences with those words.

Subjects

Grammar

Language Arts and Writing

Creative Writing

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LESSON PLANS

Birthday Buddies

Students will prepare research projects about a famous person who shares their birthdate.

Subjects

Teaching Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells

Books

Literature

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Create a Scrapbook Icebreaker

Creating scrapbooks about themselves can lead pupils to studying autobiographies.

Subjects

Creative Writing

Writing

Language Arts and Writing

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LESSON PLANS

The Snow-Bird Poetry Pack: Main Idea Identification

In this poetry activity, students attempt to determine the main idea the author wishes to present.

Subjects:

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Writing

Language Arts and Writing

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Main Idea: Animals Born Alive and Well

Continue your study on how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book Animals Born Alive and Well with your…

Subjects

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Writing

Language Arts and Writing

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Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One and Aunt Isabel Makes Trouble

Create a memorable storytelling unit for your class with the help of this teacher's guide.

Subjects:

Reading Comprehension

Literature

Creative Writing

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When You Were Young... Worksheet

Have students interview a senior citizen to learn what schools, jobs, and community activities were like when they were…

Subjects:

Writing

Families

Language Arts and Writing

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LESSON PLANS

Houses of the World

Create a class book of homes around the world.

Subjects:

Writing

Book Art

Architecture

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Using Mad Libs® in the Classroom: Write Your Own Mad Libs® (Gr. 1-3)

Write Your Own activities focus on writing stories, letters, directions, and descriptive paragraphs and transforming…

Subjects:

Writing

Language Arts and Writing

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LESSON PLANS

My Community

Have your class create a Community Book to learn about their surroundings.

Subjects:

Community and Ways of Life

Book Art

Writing

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Very Lovely Poetry Pack

In this poetry activity, students will be asked to demonstrate their knowledge of cause and effect.

Subjects:

Poetry

Writing

Reading

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As Soon As It's Fall Poetry Pack

In these activities based on the poem, As Soon As It's Fall, by Aileen Fisher, students explain the main idea and fill…

Subjects:

Literature

Poetry

Language Arts and Writing

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Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One

By isolating basic story elements including setting, characters, problem, and solution show students the building blocks…

Subjects:

Literature

Reading Instruction

Reading Comprehension

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"I'm Thankful for..." List

Teaching students to free-associate and generate a list of things they are thankful for is a fun way to help your class…

Subjects

Creative Writing

Language Arts and Writing

Writing

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