Looking for some fun 2nd grade ELA activities that work on important skills and keep your students engaged? Look no further! Here’s a roundup of some of our great bundles and activity packs to incorporate into your reading and writing block. Enhance Literacy with Embedded
Teaching students to make inferences can be a chore but it doesn’t have to be! There are some seriously fun ways to introduce and practice the important comprehension skill of inferencing. Below is a list of both low prep activities and some that require a
Making inferences is an abstract skill. It requires students to take what they already know (in their schema, or what we like to call their ‘mental filing cabinet’) and add it to what they hear and see in a story to figure out what the
Main idea is a key standard when it comes to learning in school. However, for how important the skill is, it can leave some of us teachers feeling overwhelmed on where to begin to make sure our students understand what exactly the main idea is
Ask a group of second graders what the main idea of the Three Little Pigs is and they might say, “straw houses are weak.” Getting to the main idea is hard for students. Teaching students to use the 5 W questions helps them focus on
This year, I finally found a simple, effective way to teach fact and opinion — and it’s made a noticeable difference in my classroom. Teaching this skill can be tricky, especially when trying to find engaging activities that give students plenty of practice without extra
