Teacher Resources for Instructional Planning


Grade 2, Language Arts Language Expression: Determine topic relevance (COS 17, 20/ SAT10)

Lesson Plans: Writing Workshop: Helping Writers Choose and Focus on a Topic This lesson, conducted in a workshop format, helps young writers bring greater focus to their writing. Students use a timeline to break a larger topic into several events or moments; then, each student selects an event to write about from the timeline. All Aboard Students will engage in story mapping and identification of the various elements of a story. Dino's Diner Students create a modern day dinosaur menu to generate creative ideas regarding what dinosaurs would eat an imaginary restaurant.

Resources: Sticker Book Activity: This is a game in which students can make up stories on a particular theme. They can add animation, sounds, and text. Doodle Splash: Intended as reading response activity, the interactive Doodle Splash can definitely double as a method of bringing focus to students' writing. Suggestions for English Language Learners: (E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) (E/B) Let nonspeakers draw or act instead of write (and assess this). (E/B, D) Model (I do)…model (we do)….model (you do) (at least 2 weeks each) (E/B, D) Use visuals and gestures to convey meaning.
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