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Access Grade 2 ELA unit plans with creative, standards-aligned lessons that strengthen reading comprehension, writing skills, and vocabulary growth.

Unit Plan 11 (Grade 2 ELA): Reasons that Support Points

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Unit Plan 11 (Grade 2 ELA): Reasons that Support Points

Second graders learn to identify an author’s point and supporting reasons in informational texts, ask clarifying questions, and use text-based evidence to explain or write opinions that connect ideas with “because.”

Unit Plan 10 (Grade 2 ELA): Launching Opinion Writing

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Unit Plan 10 (Grade 2 ELA): Launching Opinion Writing

Second graders learn to express opinions clearly with strong reasons and closings. They use linking words like because, and, and also to connect ideas, writing complete, persuasive sentences with confidence.

Unit Plan 9 (Grade 2 ELA): Phonics & Fluency Boost – Long Vowels & Vowel Teams

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Unit Plan 9 (Grade 2 ELA): Phonics & Fluency Boost – Long Vowels & Vowel Teams

Second graders strengthen decoding and fluency by mastering long-vowel teams (ai/ay, ee/ea, oa/ow, oo), reading two-syllable words smoothly, and using prosody and context clues to confirm meaning with confidence.

Unit Plan 8 (Grade 2 ELA): Informative Writing – All-About Paragraphs

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Unit Plan 8 (Grade 2 ELA): Informative Writing – All-About Paragraphs

Second graders learn to write clear informational paragraphs with strong topic sentences, accurate facts or definitions, and matching closures—building organized, polished all-about writing through guided revision and editing.

Unit Plan 7 (Grade 2 ELA): Main Topic and Key Details

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Unit Plan 7 (Grade 2 ELA): Main Topic and Key Details

Second graders learn to identify the main topic of informational texts and the focus of each paragraph. They ask and answer key questions, select supporting details, and give clear oral retells to show full comprehension.

Unit Plan 6 (Grade 2 ELA): Introducing Nonfiction Text Features

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Unit Plan 6 (Grade 2 ELA): Introducing Nonfiction Text Features

Second graders explore nonfiction text features—headings, captions, glossaries, and indexes—to locate key facts quickly and explain how images and diagrams add information, building confident, independent informational readers.

Unit Plan 5 (Grade 2 ELA): Strong Beginnings & Endings in Narratives

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Unit Plan 5 (Grade 2 ELA): Strong Beginnings & Endings in Narratives

Second graders learn to craft stronger stories by writing clear beginnings, smooth transitions, and endings that follow from events. They revise for order and verb accuracy—turning simple drafts into well-structured, polished narratives.

Unit Plan 4 (Grade 2 ELA): Building a Small-Moment Narrative

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Unit Plan 4 (Grade 2 ELA): Building a Small-Moment Narrative

Second graders write vivid small-moment stories with clear beginnings, middles, and ends—using temporal words and sensory details to bring experiences to life while revising and editing for clarity and conventions.

Unit Plan 3 (Grade 2 ELA): Characters and Settings in Stories

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Unit Plan 3 (Grade 2 ELA): Characters and Settings in Stories

Second graders learn to describe characters, settings, and events using both pictures and words. Build vocabulary with vivid adjectives and adverbs while connecting visual and textual clues to understand stories deeply.

Unit Plan 2 (Grade 2 ELA): Asking & Answering Questions About Stories

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Unit Plan 2 (Grade 2 ELA): Asking & Answering Questions About Stories

Second graders become story detectives—asking who, what, where, when, why, and how to uncover meaning! Practice retelling stories with clear beginnings, middles, and ends while building comprehension and fluency.

Unit Plan 1 (Grade 2 ELA): Launching Our Reading–Writing Community

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Unit Plan 1 (Grade 2 ELA): Launching Our Reading–Writing Community

Kick off second grade with joyful reading and writing routines! Build stamina, practice partner talk, and establish writer’s workshop habits while improving fluency, sentence skills, and revision confidence.