Grade 2 Units

Browse Grade 2 unit plans in Science, Social Studies, Math, and Language Arts with standards-aligned lessons that support literacy, inquiry, and learning.

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Unit Plan 19 (Grade 2 ELA): Central Message, Lesson, or Moral

Second graders explore fables and folktales from around the world, learning to recount stories, identify the moral, and support their ideas with text evidence. This unit builds comprehension, sequencing, and reasoning skills through engaging tales and discussion.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade 2 ELA): Sharing Findings Clearly

Second graders learn to speak and write in complete sentences, use visuals that clarify their ideas, and practice polite listening during presentations. This unit builds strong communication, word choice, and presentation skills for clear, confident sharing.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade 2 ELA): Explanatory Writing with Text Features

Second graders learn to organize informational writing using clear headings, labels, and captions. This week’s unit teaches how to group facts into sections, write closings, and create visuals that help readers learn and understand topics more effectively.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade 2 ELA): Mini-Research – Ask & Answer Questions

Second graders become curious researchers by asking “wonder” questions, finding answers in short informational texts, and noting simple facts with source labels. They learn to cite where information came from and share clear, text-based findings.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade 2 ELA): Performance Reading & Fluency

Second graders become confident performer-readers by practicing poems aloud with accuracy, steady rate, and expressive phrasing. They self-correct using context and present clear, engaging readings supported by simple visuals.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade 2 ELA): Poetry Sound & Meaning

Second graders explore rhythm, rhyme, and alliteration to understand how poets create sound and meaning. They read poems with phrasing, use context to clarify words, and perform expressive readings supported by simple visuals.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 2 ELA): Informational Structures – Sequence & How-To

Second graders explore how ideas connect by sequencing steps in procedures and explaining how visuals clarify meaning. They create a shared how-to project using clear order words, cause–effect links, and helpful diagrams.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 2 ELA): Organizing & Concluding Opinions

Second graders strengthen opinion writing by using linking words like because and also to connect their ideas. They organize opinions with clear reasons and write closings that logically follow, creating complete, polished paragraphs.

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.