Grade 2 · Reading and writing · Unit

Sentences and Grammar

6 lessonsabout 3 weeks

The unit ends with three more days: a review day, the unit check, and a day to act on what the check showed.

Unit 1 of 3 in the Grade 2 Reading and Writing Scope and Sequence

What's included in this unit

6 lessons in teaching order, each with its objective and a teacher note
32 practice pages to print, with an easier and a harder page where available
6 activities and pages that children do on a screen
6 check-up pages to collect
A worksheet maker for every lesson, for the day you need one more page

The whole unit in one file

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Lessons

Lesson 1

Capital letters and end marks

Children rewrite a sentence with its capital letter and its end mark, and split two sentences that ran together.

StandardCommon Core L.2.1.f
ReviewsCommon Core L.1.2.b

2 class days

Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page

Practice on paper

Fix the Sentence
Core page Easier page Harder page
Fix the Sentence: Where Does It End?
Core page Easier page

Lesson 2

Nouns, verbs, and adjectives: three bins

Children sort words into nouns, verbs, and adjectives and write each word in its bin.

ReviewsCommon Core L.1.1.f
Prepares forCommon Core L.3.1.a

2 class days

Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page

Practice on paper

Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives
Core page Easier page Harder page
Word Classes: Sort Twelve Words
Core page Easier page Harder page

Practice on screen

Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives (a page that checks the answers)

Check-up page

One more page of Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives to collect at the end of the lesson.

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Lesson 3

More than one: plural nouns

Children write the plural of a noun, with -s, with -es, and for nouns that change, such as mouse and mice.

StandardCommon Core L.2.1.b
Prepares forCommon Core L.3.1.b

2 class days

Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page

Practice on paper

Fill in the Blank: Plural Nouns
Core page Easier page Harder page

Practice on screen

The Doubling Pond — Irregular Plural Nouns

Check-up page

One more page of Fill in the Blank: Plural Nouns to collect at the end of the lesson.

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Lesson 4

Today and yesterday: verb forms

Children write the present and the past form of a verb, including be, have, do, and go, and use the right form in a sentence.

StandardCommon Core L.2.1.d
ReviewsCommon Core L.1.1.e

2 class days

Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page

Practice on paper

Verb Forms: Today and Yesterday
Core page Easier page Harder page
The Irregular Verbs: be, have, do, go
Core page Easier page Harder page

Practice on screen

Rusty's Yesterday Machine — Irregular Past-Tense Verbs

Check-up page

One more page of Verb Forms: Today and Yesterday to collect at the end of the lesson.

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Teacher note

Common mistakes: Children add -ed to every verb: "goed," "runned," "haved." With "be" they do not see that am, is, are, was, and were are all one verb.
Words to use: Use two sentence frames all through: "Today I ___. Yesterday I ___." Say them aloud: "Today I go. Yesterday I went." For be: "Today I am, you are, she is. Yesterday I was, you were, she was." Ask: "Does it sound right?"
What to watch for: Listen for the forms children use when they talk; many say "went" and still write "goed" when a page asks for an ending. Have them read their sentence aloud and listen. The ear helps only children who hear these forms every day; for children learning English, or whose home speech uses other forms ("he do," "we was"), teach the forms from a class chart without calling the home form wrong. In the sentences, check has, does, and goes after he, she, or it.

Lesson 5

Who does the pronoun stand for?

Children find the name a pronoun stands for and rewrite a sentence with a pronoun in place of the name.

ReviewsCommon Core L.1.1.d

2 class days

Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page

Practice on paper

Who Is He? Pronouns in Sentences
Core page Easier page Harder page
Rewrite the Sentence with a Pronoun
Core page Easier page Harder page

Practice on screen

Who Is He? Pronouns in Sentences (a page that checks the answers)

Check-up page

One more page of Who Is He? Pronouns in Sentences to collect at the end of the lesson.

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Lesson 6

Write the question

Children write a question that asks for a given answer, choosing among who, what, where, when, why, and how.

StandardCommon Core L.2.1.f
ReviewsCommon Core L.1.1.j
ReviewsCommon Core L.K.1.d

2 class days

Day 1Teach: Practice on paper (Core page)
Day 2Practice and check: Practice on paper (Easier page, Harder page) · Practice on screen · Check-up page

Practice on paper

Write the Question
Core page Easier page Harder page
Ask About the Picture: Why and How
Core page Easier page Harder page

Practice on screen

Write the Question (a page that checks the answers)

Check-up page

One more page of Write the Question to collect at the end of the lesson.

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Teacher note

Common mistakes: Children write a statement with a question mark at the end ("The dog is in the yard?"), or they start with the right question word and keep the word order of a statement ("Where the dog is?"). When the sentence has an action verb, they leave out "does" or "did" ("What Maya eats?").
Words to use: Say: "The highlighted words are the ANSWER. Which question word asks for a place? A reason? A way of doing it?" Build it aloud: "The dog is in the yard. Where… is the dog?" Point out the switch: "is the dog," not "the dog is." With an action verb: "Maya eats an apple. What DOES Maya eat?"
What to watch for: Read a child's question and answer it yourself with the highlighted words. If your answer does not fit the question, the question word is wrong. Check for the question mark last.

Unit check: before and after

Two short paper checks made from this unit's own worksheets. Give Check A before you teach the unit and Check B after it, and you can see what changed. Each part belongs to one lesson.

Part 1: Lesson 1, Capital letters and end marks (1 task)
Part 2: Lesson 2, Nouns, verbs, and adjectives: three bins (1 task)
Part 3: Lesson 3, More than one: plural nouns (1 task)
Part 4: Lesson 4, Today and yesterday: verb forms (2 tasks)
Part 5: Lesson 5, Who does the pronoun stand for? (1 task)

Not in the check: Lesson 6. Worksheets that cannot be split into single tasks are left out.

Check A (PDF) · 2 pages Check B (PDF) · 2 pages

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Answer key A Answer key B Teacher pages: points, class record, and what to do next

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This is a classroom check of this unit's lessons. It is not a standardized test, and its points are not a grade.

Unit checks