2nd-Grade Full Curriculum English Language Arts Winter Semester (Semester 1/3)
Class experience
US Grade 2 - 3
Beginner - Intermediate Level
If you homeschool your child, or your child needs some extra help getting caught up and ready for third grade, it can be difficult to know exactly where to start. How do you know what activities and assignments will ensure your child is proficient in any given English Language Arts skill based on those important Common Core State Standards? THIS CLASS IS LISTED AS WINTER SEMESTER FOR ORGANIZATIONAL PURPOSES BUT MAY BE TAKEN AT ANY TIME DURING THE YEAR. This 8-week winter semester FLEX...
8 lessons//8 Weeks
Week 1Lesson 1Week One⚠️Each week's activities include printable PDF worksheets, video lessons, and interactive digital games. ~Meet the Teacher Game ~Book Club: Chapters 1-5 Dinosaurs Before Dark (plus digital game) ~Grammar: Collective Nouns ~Reading Comprehension Skill Building: 5W Winter Story GameWeek 2Lesson 2Week Two⚠️Each week's activities include printable PDF worksheets, video lessons, and interactive digital games. ~Story & Plot Elements ~Character Responses ~Finish Book Club book: Dinosaurs Before Dark ~Grammar: Sentence Level Context Clues ~Connection CommentingWeek 3Lesson 3Week Three⚠️Each week's activities include printable PDF worksheets, video lessons, and interactive digital games. ~Asking for clarification and further explanation ~Grammar: Temporal words ~Point of View ~SequencingWeek 4Lesson 4Week Four⚠️Each week's activities include printable PDF worksheets, video lessons, and interactive digital games. ~Book club: chapters 1-5 of Magic Tree House book #2 (& game) ~Identifying the main idea in non-fiction and fiction text structures ~Identifying real-life connections ~Story study: sequencing, plot elements, adjectives, real-life connections to fiction stories, and real-world versus make-believe ~Begin narrative story project: introduction and brainstorming & gathering supplies for dioramaWeek 5Lesson 5Week Five⚠️Each week's activities include printable PDF worksheets, video lessons, and interactive digital games. ~Book club: Finish reading The Knight at Dawn ~Acknowledging different Point of Views ~Re-enact scenes from the book to show different character POV ~Compare and contrast two different versions of a story ~Synonyms and shades of meaning ~Continue to work on narrative project steps: snowman superpower!Week 6Lesson 6Week Six⚠️Each week's activities include printable PDF worksheets, video lessons, and interactive digital games. ~Phonics: long and short vowels ~Grammar: using apostrophes to form possessives and contractions ~Continue narrative story project: Introduction sentenceWeek 7Lesson 7Week Seven⚠️Each week's activities include printable PDF worksheets, video lessons, and interactive digital games. ~Phonics: ee, ea, ai, ay ~Grammar: identifying and creating simple and compound sentences ~Continue narrative story project: sequencing, problem & solutionWeek 8Lesson 8Week Eight⚠️Each week's activities include printable PDF worksheets, video lessons, and interactive digital games. ~Phonics: ie & igh, ow & oa ~Grammar: editing with punctuation, capitalization, & verb tense ~Continue narrative project: conclusion
In this 8-week FLEX class, second-grade students will complete a robust curriculum based on common core state standards for the winter semester. Please see the class description for the specific CCSS target areas for this semester.
Homework Offered
As a FLEX class, the majority of assignments will be done independently with the support of video instruction, feedback, and teacher help.2 - 4 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
The teacher will keep a record of the student's grades for the work submitted, which will assist with providing parents with a good idea of how their student is progressing.Grades Offered
Students will need access to a printer (for PDFs), and have a Google account to access the Google-based activities.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Hello, my name is teacher Bethanie, and I love to teach grammar, vocabulary, storytime, book clubs, reading comprehension, writing, spelling, phonics, sight words, and all things English Language Arts! My degrees include: 🎓 Bachelor's in English...
Self-Paced Class
$19
weekly or $150 for all content8 pre-recorded lessons
8 weeks of teacher feedback
Choose your start date
1 year of access to the content
Completed by 2 learners
Ages: 6-8