Using the book "Is My Dog a Wolf?" students will find "connections or similarities" in two animals. Included is a printable graphic organizer.

In this lesson, students will become word detectives to find spelling patterns in a story, and then sort the words they find according to the patterns. This "word detective" will become a favorite independent activity throughout the year. Pictures and videos of the lesson in action are included.

Students will read an article and determine the author's point and identify the reasons the author gives to support his or her point. This lesson requires analysis by the students and a great deal of higher-order thinking as they evaluate the author's point and reasons. Includes guided practice work, a printable graphic organizer, and videos of the lesson in action.

A lesson for students to work with writing and graphing inequalities. Documents to execute the lesson are included.

Explore subtraction and addition but having student collect data from rolling objects. This lesson has students adding and subtracting numbers they collected using strategies used in class. Use the document and video found on this page to implement this lesson.

Students use their knowledge of algebraic expressions and equations to write expressions and equations using appropriate math symbols.

Students use substitution to find the values of equations and expressions they wrote using appropriate math symbols.

Students use their knowledge of algebraic expressions and equations to write expressions and equations.

Determine whether an animal can survive in a different environment than its own based on its inherited traits.

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 in action, a printable punctuation and clue cards sentence sheet, and a lesson extension.

This lesson is a final step towards supporting students to practice writing an informative/explanatory paragraph conveying complex ideas and presenting information clearly and accurately. Second-grade students can usually write a paragraph with details but need the practice to weave a succinct introductory and concluding paragraph into an essay with a strong main idea and details. This lesson focuses on these crucial paragraphs and includes several videos and pictures of the lesson in action.

Students will plan a paragraph that states their opinion and cites evidence to justify their opinion about an informational text. This lesson uses biographies since students can easily be able to write down factual information from the text, which usually follows an easier, narrative-type of storyline than many informational texts. Students will then be able to formulate an opinion about certain aspects of the story based on those facts. Videos of the lesson in action are provided.

Students will write a sloppy copy and help a peer to edit their writing. They will use a kid-friendly checklist (included)to help each other find their mistakes. Videos of students engaged in the lesson are provided, along with a teacher's grading rubric.

Students will write a sloppy copy and help a peer to edit their writing. They will use a kid-friendly checklist (included)to help each other find their mistakes. Videos of the lesson in action are provided, along with a teacher's grading rubric.

You mean I have to write my story again, have someone check to make sure it's right, and fix my mistakes? In this lesson, students will peer edit each other's writing. They will use their five-star checklists (included) to make sure they have all the components on the checklist. A video of the lesson in action and a grading rubric are included.