2nd grade english language arts thematic unit plans

Earth Sciences, English Language Arts, Geography

Make learning about geography come to life with this landforms and map skills bundle unit for young learners! Your students will have the opportunity to explore the landforms that shape our Earth, as well as beginning map skills. This bundle contains a variety of printables, projects, crafts, and much more. Also available in...Landforms and Map Skills DIGITAL BundleLandforms and Map Skills PRINT & DIGITAL Mega BundleLANDFORMS pack includes:Recommended book list Landforms posters (landform, b

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Close Reading, Reading

Holidays Around the World Christmas Research Project - with Digital Resources

Created by

Lucky Little Learners

❄️ Explore Holidays Around the World with this comprehensive bundle, featuring a lapbook, stunning slides with real photos, and informative research fact sheets. Discover the diverse celebrations and traditions in 20+ countries, including Christmas in the USA, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, England, France, Germany, and many more. ❄️The Holidays Around the World Lapbook Bundle offers: 5 informative slides for each of the 20 countries, featuring real photos Engaging flip books to delve into each country's ho

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Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

Projects, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

Also included in: Monthly and Seasonal Crafts & Projects Bundle - Lapbooks All Year

Holidays around the World Christmas Experience Printables Journal Passports

Created by

Caffeine and Classy

This huge and updated Holidays around the World Christmas Experience will let you take your class on a virtual trip to visit 15 countries this Christmas as you celebrate and learn with this {HUGE 200 PAGE UNIT}. Learn about Holidays in countries around the world by reading, writing, and making crafts!This unit integrates reading, language arts, writing, social studies, and art. You and your class will have a BLAST doing Holidays around the World this year!• There are 15 countries featured in thi

Subjects:

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, English Language Arts, For All Subject Areas

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Interactive Notebooks

Solar System: Space Unit for Grades 1-3!

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Astronomy, English Language Arts, Science

Take your students on a space adventure they will never forget! This solar system packet contains printables, crafts, hands-on activities and so much more! Included in this unit you will find:1. Recommended book list2. Word wall (3 pages)3. "Our Solar System" class book (in color; full pages) 4. "Our Solar System" mini book in black & white for students (Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)5. KWL Chart 6. "Describe a Planet" poster7. Fascinating Facts (Sun, Ear

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Spring, Vocabulary, Writing

Also included in: Solar System: Space Print & Digital Activities BUNDLE

Spring Writing Craftivity / 5 Senses Descriptive Writing / Adjective Activities

Created by

Tiny Teaching Shack

Brighten up your bulletin board with this fun and simple spring writing craftivity! Your students will explore spring nouns and adjectives and ultimately write a descriptive writing piece paired with a beautiful spring craft. There are multiple activity pages to tap into their creative mindset to explore their five senses, so please take a look at the preview and read on further to find out what is included. :)* UPDATED: FEBRUARY 2023 *Click here to read my blog post about this resource. What is

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Balanced Literacy, Biology, Summer

Ocean - Ocean Animal Research Unit - Ocean Journal and Crafts

Created by

Caffeine and Classy

Splash into learning with this Ocean animal unit! This 115 page unit includes fact pages for ocean animals, full color images of ocean animals, blackline masters for interactive crafts, and an adorable scuba kid craft. This unit will be great and engaging for kindergarten, first, and second grade students.These ocean animals are included in this unit:StarfishSea turtlesDolphinsWhalesOctopusSeahorseSharksOrca WhalesJellyfishStingraysCrabsAnimal Crafts:Starfish flipbook, Sea turtle craft, dolphin

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Grades:

PreK - 3rd

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

Beach Day End of the Year Theme Day Activities Countdown to Summer

Created by

First Grade Roars

Pack your beach towels and enjoy a day filled with fun activities. Enjoy the last week of school with this fun end of the year beach theme day. It is filled with literature activities, math fun, word work, crafts, and more! Your students will be so excited to come to school and enjoy this day with you. This would also make great summer camp activities for a week filled of fun.Beach Day Activities Included:Beach Day LetterBeach Day QuestionnaireFiction Activities:If you Ever Want to Bring a Pia

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, End of Year, Math

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Balanced Literacy, Creative Writing, End of Year

CCSS:

1.MD.C.4

, 1.NBT.C.4

, RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

...

Also included in: ABC Countdown to Summer End of the Year Collection of Resources Bundle

Bubble Day End of the Year Theme Day Activities Countdown to Summer

Created by

First Grade Roars

Enjoy the last week of school with fun end of the year themed days. Bubble day is a great way to learn about bubbles and bubble gum while having fun too! Go outside and enjoy the fresh air with a bubble experiment. There are literature extension activities, word work activities, writing, math activities, crafts, manipulatives and so much more. Your students will LOVE this special day filled with fun. This would also make great summer camp activities for a week filled of fun.Read all about Bubbl

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.3

, RI.1.1

, RI.1.2

, RF.1.1

...

Also included in: ABC Countdown to Summer End of the Year Collection of Resources Bundle

Dinosaur Unit with Activities, Crafts, Math, Writing, Research Passages & More

Created by

Balanced Literacy, Math, Science

Are you looking for an engaging Dinosaur Unit for kindergarten, 1st or 2nd grade?RAWR! Your little Paleontologists will love learning about dinosaurs with this jam-packed unit. Please read the description and view the preview to get a good idea of what's included. Note: There are TWO versions of the Dinosaur reading page. Version one says they roamed the earth millions of years ago, and version two says that lived LONG AGO. Use whichever version works best for you. *Dinosaur Unit Plan to hel

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Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Close Reading, Geography, Reading Strategies

Landforms Close Reading

Created by

Lessons in Literacy

***For a Goggle Classroom version of this product, click here!Close Reading: Landforms- This 66 page product contains 12 landform-themed nonfiction close reading passages with evidence-based questioning sheets to go with each. Each landform has a cover page with a definition, close reading article in color + black/white, and comprehension sheet. Great to use as a whole group lesson or in small group reading. The articles are about the following topics:-plateau-plains-mountain-coast-canyon-valley

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 4th

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans

Ocean Exploration Unit: All About Ocean Life and Animals

Created by

Dive right into this ocean life exploration unit! Your students will have the opportunity to explore this topic using: arts and crafts, non-fiction ocean animal readers, science explorations and so much more! This unit includes:1. Recommended Book List2. Ocean Life Reading Comprehension pages for : fish, Puffer Fish, starfish, seahorse, jellyfish, mollusks, dolphin, whale, shark, sea turtle, crustaceans3. Ocean Zones Wheel craft/reader with Templates (sunlit, twilight, midnight and abyssal)4. Oc

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Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Camping Unit - Literacy & Math Camping Day Activities for Kindergarten & 1st

Created by

End of Year, English Language Arts, Math

Do you want a Math and Literacy unit that immerses your students in their learning with a camping theme? This camping theme unit is packed with informational texts, crafts, & station activities in the areas of literacy, math, & STEM. This camping unit is filled with learning fun and provides you with standards based learning in the areas of math & literacy. Your students will be having so much with these camping theme activities that they won’t even realize they are learning! Includ

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

English Language Arts, Holidays/Seasonal, Math

CCSS:

...

100th Day Of School Activities, Printables, & Fun!

Created by

A Spoonful of Learning

These 100th day of school activities are packed full of hands-on activities, crafts, printables, and more that will make your 100 days of school a day that your students will never forget! You can use these 100th day activities as a whole group, in small groups, as independent activities, during centers, morning work, and more!Make yours and your students 100th day of school memorable with these engaging, fun, and rigorous activities that are all planned out and ready to go for you!*Make sure to

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Grammar, Literature, Writing

Daily Grammar Mentor Sentence Units Bundle (Grade 2): 40 Weeks!

Created by

ideas by jivey

Teaching your daily grammar lessons with the mentor sentences routine is the only way students will truly learn to apply grammar and language skills to their writing! No boring worksheets, lectures, sentences filled with mistakes, or rote drills that don’t stick…This yearlong bundle of ready-to-teach mentor sentence lessons will have students working with one sentence from a favorite read-aloud mentor text in a different way each day for just 10-15 minutes!Teachers who enjoy using mentor texts t

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Grades:

2nd

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

Seven Continents & Five Oceans Unit: Slide Shows, Reading, Activities, & More!

Created by

Michelle McDonald

Need an easy to use comprehensive resource for the major landmasses and oceans of the world? This social studies unit is packed full of facts, features, differentiated reading passages and comprehension questions, a research 3D globe craft, a collaborative poster for your hallway display, and much more to help you bring the seven continents and five oceans to life! Find everything you need all in one place!Click the Preview to View MoreThis unit includes:Continents Facts & Features Slide Sho

Subjects:

Geography, Informational Text, Social Studies - History

Grades:

1st - 5th

Types:

English Language Arts, Social Studies - History, U.S. History

CCSS:

RI.1.1

, RI.1.6

, RI.2.1

, RI.2.10

, RI.3.1

...

American Symbols- Interactive Informational Book, Posters, and More!

Created by

A Spoonful of Learning

This interactive book will add lots of hands-on fun to your class when learning about American Symbols.There are 8 American symbols included: Statue of Liberty, American Flag, Bald Eagle, Liberty Bell, White House, and Mount Rushmore, Washington Monument, and Lincoln Memorial.Here is what is all included:• An Interactive Informational American Symbols Book (2 writing page options included)• American Symbol Posters (2 different sets to choose from)• Anchor Chart Labels and Pictures for each symbo

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Creative Writing, End of Year, Phonics

Also included in: February Thematic Units BUNDLE | Valentines, Presidents Day, & American Symbols

Ice Cream Day End of the Year Theme Day Activities Countdown to Summer

Created by

First Grade Roars

Enjoy the last week of school with this fun end of the year themed day. Have a yummy day with your students celebrating and learning all about ice cream! It is the perfect way to end your year, engage your students, and still learn. There are activities to review math, word work, writing, crafts, and so much more. This would also make great summer camp activities for a week filled of fun.Colorful Door SignClass SurveyIce Cream Sundae FormMath Activities:120 Grid puzzles colorful 5 versionsGraphi

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

, RI.1.1

, RI.1.2

, RI.1.4

...

Also included in: ABC Countdown to Summer End of the Year Collection of Resources Bundle

All About Reindeer Unit - Reindeer Crafts, Writing, Nonfiction Texts & More

Created by

Balanced Literacy, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Close Reading

Are you looking for a kindergarten or first grade unit all about reindeer? Check out this set of reindeer nonfiction texts, crafts, writing templates & more! These activities are perfect for engaging students during the month of December.Learn all about reindeer with the following activities:Reindeer full-color informational text with real picturesReindeer full-color vocabulary cardsLinks to four videos with reindeer facts and real video footage or reindeerChit Chat messages in color and in

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Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Butterfly Life Cycle Investigation

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Step into the world of life cycles with this butterfly investigative unit! Your students will have the opportunity to explore this topic using arts and crafts, printables, mini books, Math/ELA activities and so much more! ***This mini-unit is part of our Butterfly and Frog Investigation pack. Save when you by the bundle. Save even MORE when you buy our Life Cycles Mega Bundle!***This non fiction pack includes:1. Recommended Book List2. Butterfly Life Cycle Poster3. Butterfly Life Cycle Cards (

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

English Language Arts, Math, Reading

Also included in: Butterfly and Frog Life Cycle Investigation BUNDLE

Charlotte's Web Literacy and Math Activities Reading Comprehension Novel Study

Created by

Babbling Abby

Do you LOVE Charlotte's Web? Then you will love this complete Charlotte's Web Unit Activities & Novel Study with Comprehension Questions that I created to do with my first grade students. It is based on a teacher-led read-aloud of Charlotte's Web. It is full of engaging, fun and easy to do activities with your students. This Charlotte's Web book companion unit includes reading response and comprehension questions, character maps, vocabulary, a craft, math and literacy centers, and extension

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Penguin Activities for Kindergarten - Math, Literacy, Science & Crafts

Created by

Looking for an engaging penguin research unit for kindergarten, 1st or 2nd grade? Check out this resource full of fun penguin activities, math printables, crafts and more! This unit includes:A Getting Started Guide: Prelearning opinion writing and graph project schema chart 17 full page posters with Video links for 16 different species of penguins. (I was unable to find a video for Rockhopper) Just pull up on the Smartboard for no prep learning!16 half page posters with QR code video links

Subjects:

Thematic Unit Plans, Printables, Centers

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Dinosaur Unit

Created by

Jessica Rosace

This unit consists of science, word work, writing, and math activities all about dinosaurs. There are color and black and white activities to be used as learning centers, whole group activities, and independent practice. Most lessons have written lesson plans with Kindergarten common core learning goals. Download the preview for a closer look at everything included. Science:KWL graphic organizerDinosaur Fact CardsDinosaur Fact Book: Information pages and two versions of each graphic organizerFos

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