L.2.1 Lesson Plans
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.2.1
:"Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking."
These lesson plans can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
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Collective Noun Farm
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Collective Noun Farm
What has a herd of cows, a float of crocodiles, and everything in between? This quirky reading lesson, that's what. Your students will love learning about collective nouns through music, literature, writing, and arts and crafts.
2nd Grade
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Let’s Get Irregular
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Let’s Get Irregular
Second graders know about plural nouns, but things get trickier when they are introduced to irregular forms. In this lesson, students will receive an introduction to irregular plural nouns.
2nd Grade
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Shake it Up with Irregular Verbs
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Shake it Up with Irregular Verbs
Teach your students that grammar rules are not all set in stone and that there are always word types that shake things up! In this lesson, your students will form the past tense of irregular verbs.
2nd Grade
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Adventures with Adverbs
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Adventures with Adverbs
This fun writing lesson will introduce students to different adverbs. Your little kids will be much more confident in their grammar after working through some comprehensive worksheets.
2nd Grade
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Grab & Go Sentences!
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Grab & Go Sentences!
It’s time to make some sentences! In this lesson, students will review parts of speech and simple vs. complex sentences. They will then use their knowledge to create word grab bags to use when forming sentences.
2nd Grade
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Sentence Menu
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Sentence Menu
We write sentences to tell thoughts, but what happens when we add some parameters? In this lesson, students dissect the words they find in sentences then follow directions to create their own wacky sentences.
2nd Grade
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Sort Through Pronouns
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Sort Through Pronouns
Life without pronouns would be repetitive and confusing! Use this lesson with your students to teach them the difference between subject and object pronouns, and when it is appropriate to use each in a sentence.
2nd Grade
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Regular vs. Irregular Verbs
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Regular vs. Irregular Verbs
Are you a rule-follower or a rule-breaker? Irregular verbs break all the rules! Use this lesson to teach your students how to use the correct past tense form of regular and irregular verbs.
2nd Grade
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A Search for Spring Nouns and Adjectives
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A Search for Spring Nouns and Adjectives
Spring is in the air...and on paper! In this spring lesson plan, students will read spring-themed sentences in search of nouns and adjectives.
2nd Grade
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Reflect with Reflexive Pronouns
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Reflect with Reflexive Pronouns
Reflexive pronouns are like mirrors—they both reflect back to the subject! Use this lesson with your students to give them practice correctly using reflexive pronouns in sentences.
2nd Grade
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Irregular Verbs in Context
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Irregular Verbs in Context
Irregular verbs do not follow the same rules as other verbs. Use this lesson to teach your scholars how to form the past tense of irregular verbs and correctly use them in context.
2nd Grade
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Using Picture Walks to Examine Purpose
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Using Picture Walks to Examine Purpose
Teach your students about picture walks as a strategy to understand the author's purpose in a fictional text. This lesson can be used as a stand-alone lesson or as support for the Examining Author's Purpose in a Fictional Text lesson.
2nd Grade
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Silly Sentences
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Silly Sentences
Help your students learn how the various parts of speech work together to lengthen and enrich simple sentences. In this lesson, young writers will enjoy constructing wacky sentences with different parts of speech.
2nd Grade
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Rhyme or Rime?
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Rhyme or Rime?
What’s the difference between rhymes and rimes? Your students will become masters at using and explaining onset, rhyme, and rime after this lesson.
2nd Grade
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Sentence Cafe
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Sentence Cafe
It’s time to make sentences! At the Sentence Cafe, words come together to build stories. Get ready to learn about different parts of speech such as conjunctions, possessive pronouns, articles, and more in this hands-on lesson.
1st Grade
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Word Feature Concentration
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Word Feature Concentration
Games are a great way to help students look closer at words! In this lesson, students will learn more about contractions and consonant pairs by creating their own games of concentration.
2nd Grade
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Carefully Find the Adverbs
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Carefully Find the Adverbs
Carefully find the adverbs in sentences that give more information about the verb! Use this lesson to teach your students how to pick out an adverb and understand what information it gives about the verb.
2nd Grade
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Correctly Use Adverbs
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Correctly Use Adverbs
You are on your way to the top as a writer if you can correctly use adverbs in sentences! Adverbs add description and information to a sentence. Use this lesson to teach your students how to use adverbs in sentences.
2nd Grade
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Time for Action (Verbs)!
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Time for Action (Verbs)!
Action verbs bring writing to life! After examining different action verbs, students put them to use when writing their own stories about recess.
2nd Grade
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Adventures with Action Verbs
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Adventures with Action Verbs
Lights, camera, action (verbs)! After examining different action verbs, students put them to use when writing their own movie scenes.
2nd Grade
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Frederick Douglass's Words
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Frederick Douglass's Words
Use this lesson to teach your students about Frederick Douglass and the impact that words had on his life. First, they will read a picture book that shares facts and beautiful illustrations to teach about his life. Then, they'll complete a graphic organizer with peers to record important details and events in his life. Students will then demonstrate understanding by creating a poster with images and key words that stand out when they think about Frederick Douglass.
2nd Grade
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