Lesson Plans | 2nd Grade | Language Arts

One or two children are given "Boffers" to use as safe taggers. When a child is tagged, they must freeze and can only become unfrozen when they tell the teacher who is circulating around, a word that begins with the letter that is agreed to at the beginning of the round. For instance, these taggers will freeze you and you must think of A words to become unfrozen. More teachers in the class help to keep things moving. Make sure to tell children they may only use a word one time. If larger area you can add more taggers.

Target Group: 10 second-grade students in a class, both English native students (different ethnics and races) and ESL learners (2 persons)

Compare and Contrast lesson plan materials required:

    A granola bar and a candy bar; and/or a one dollar bill and a quarter

    A chalkboard or whiteboard

    Crazy Cow Compare & Contrast Lesson Plan Venn Diagrams and Pictures Handout (www.kenbakerbooks.com/lessonplancomparehandouts.pdf)

    The children's picture book- Cow Can’t Sleep by Ken Baker, illustrated by Steve Gray (ISBN-0761461981)

Objective of Reading Comprehension lesson plan: Help teachers achieve reading literature common core standards on key ideas and details by practicing reading comprehension skills.

Reading Comprehension lesson plan materials required:

• Reading Comprehension forms/handouts (http://www.kenbakerbooks.com/reading-comprehension-lesson-plan-handouts.pdf)
• The children's picture book - Old MacDonald had a Dragon by Ken Baker, illustrated by Christopher Santoro (ISBN-0761461752)

Summary

Goal: To engage students in sharing new information they learn. To enable students to understand the genre of nonfiction as writers. To provide students with an opportunity to learn about structure and organization as writers

Objective: At the end of the lesson students will identify the question and answer structure of nonfiction texts. They will begin to structure their nonfiction writing applying the question and answer format.

Grade Levels: 1-2

Subject: Language arts, parts of speech, nouns

Description: This lesson introduces the idea that some words (nouns--if you are introducing this term) are the names of persons, places or things. Secondarily, it introduces the idea that words are conventions that are applied to things.

 Purpose of the Activity: Improve your students' reading skills!  Have a fun interaction with books!  Provide a new, hands-on way to get kids excited about reading!

Narrative Writing & Reading Core Skills Lesson Plan Materials Required:
• Top hat
• Magic wand
• Narrative Writing & Reading Core Skills Lesson Plan Pictures and Worksheet Handout

T-Rex Compares and Contrasts Lesson Plan

Compare and Contrast lesson plan student level: 1st to 6th grade elementary

Compare and Contrast lesson plan materials required:

• Children's picture book - How to Care for your T-Rex by Ken Baker, illustrated by Dave Coverly (ISBN- 1250137519)
• Optional: T-Rex Hypothesis: Bird and Crocodile Venn Diagram Handout

AIM: To introduce children to the art of clay pot making

Materials: Book The Pot that Juan Built about Mexican clay pot maker, Juan Quezada. one or more small clay pots, air-dried clay (red or white; broken into about an adult handful each for children to handle), water spray gun, newspapers, smocks. Optional: reproductions of different clay pots and plastic forks

 Different Types of Communities

Objectives:

The students will:

o      discuss experiences they have had in the mountains;

o      identify North America on the map;

Lesson Plan Title: What Would I do?

Concept / Topic To Teach: Using rhythm instruments with songs to represent actions in a story.

Standards Addressed: Playing instruments with group, composition.

What is a Folk Tale?

Grade Level(s): 2

Time: 25-45 minutes depending on length of Folk Tale and need to repeat or explain.

Standard: 2-1.8 Classify works of fiction (including fables, tall tales, and folktales) and works of nonfiction (including biographies) by characteristics.