2nd Grade ELA Resources

Common Core State Standards

Strand: Reading Informational Text
Clusters: Key Ideas and Details and Craft and Structure

Key Ideas and Details

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to
demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
Type of Resource
Activity

Resource
This interactive timeline creator makes both a digital and PDF project.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/timeline30007.html

Teacher

This introductory lesson plan teaches students to ask/answer questions.

http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResource/Preview/26698

Activity

This game lets students choose from several passages and answer questions.
http://www.turtlediary.com/grade-2-games/esl-efl-games/comprehension-g2.html

Student

This resource lets students practice using these questions.

http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~mbibliow/whquestions3-3.html

Teacher

This resource includes a lesson plan, activities, and graphic organizers.

http://web.archive.org/web/20070221035925/http://www.reallygoodstuff.com/pd
fs/136442.pdf

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.2 Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific
paragraphs within the text.
Type of Resource
Teacher

Resource
This site has activities that help children learn how to find the main idea.
http://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/lesson-plan/main-idea-activitiesfor-kids/?bp-jr-topic=main-idea

Activity

This interactive site lets students determine what the main idea is from several
choices. http://www.pspb.org/blueribbon/games/burger/burger.html

Teacher

This Angry Birds lesson plan includes information and an interactive game to teach

the main idea. http://busybeespeech.blogspot.com/2012/10/angry-birds-teachmain-idea-lesson-game.html

Activity

This interactive multiple choice quiz challenges students to choose the main idea.
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/language_arts/main_idea/quiz1510.html

Video

This video introduces what a main idea is and how to locate it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W24RyhtX1qA&list=PLlnkOGMk0CSYjLMEnqHZ
wDR5TNl7xx4rz

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.3 Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or
concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.
Type of Resource
Activity

Resource
This activity lets students practice their sequencing skills.
http://www2.smarttutor.com/player/swf/RC_sequencing_L1_V1_T4a.swf

Student

This site has links to eight different activities relevant to this standard.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/common_core/describe_connection_betwee
n_series_historical_events_reading_informational_text_second_2nd_grade_english
_language_arts.htm

Video

This BrainPop Jr. resource has both a video and activities to help students.
http://www.brainpopjr.com/readingandwriting/comprehension/sequence/preview.
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Teacher

This lesson plan has several ideas and resources for teaching sequencing and order.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/integratinglanguage-arts-give-809.html

Teacher

This lesson plan has ideas for introducing this standard and a printable activity to
use with students. http://thisreadingmama.com/2012/05/01/nf-text-structuretimesequence/

Craft and Structure

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2
topic or subject area.
Type of Resource
Student

Resource
Online version of Scholastic magazine with vocabulary activities. http://brown
digital.bpc.com/publication/?i=165847#{"page":0,"issue_id":165847}

Activity

This resource helps students practice using context clues.

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/samoset/ccdirect.htm

Student

This quiz lets students practice determining the meaning of words.

http://www.quia.com/quiz/383588.html?AP_rand=1311845239

Video

This fun episode, called Night of the Context Clues, takes children on an
adventure in a museum. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b75vli9XF6o

Teacher

This lesson plan, based on the book Kevin Talks, introduces using clues to help find
the meaning of words. http://www.readwritethink.org/classroomresources/lesson-plans/text-talk-julius-baby-25.html

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings,
glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently.
Type of Resource
Activity

Resource
This resource helps students practice finding information.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/factfragment-frenzy-30013.html

Video

This video shows students an example of using text features to find information.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xefh56SJ-mI

Activity

This activity introduces headings and leads students through finding and using
these headings. http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/h/chapheading.cfm

Student

This graphic organizer helps students organize information about text features.
http://edtechk8.wikispaces.com/file/view/NF+Text+features+Prezi+Graphic+Organ
izer.pdf

Teacher

This resource has links to lesson plans, units, activities, and resources for text
features. http://www.internet4classrooms.com/common_core/
know_use_various_text_features_captions_reading_informational_text_second_2
nd_grade_english_language_arts.htm

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.6 Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer,
explain, or describe.
Type of Resource
Video

Resource
This video helps students find the purpose of a text.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrLzGNZiIZc

Teacher

This site has links to resources, activities, and plans.

http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewStandard/Preview/5751

Teacher

This site has posters, graphic organizers, and lesson plans.

http://thepicturebookteachersedition.blogspot.com/2012/03/importance-ofauthors-purpose.html

Song (Video)

This song defines authors purpose.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skX6RnnIkuM

Teacher

This site has graphic organizers, plans, and links to a Jeopardy game.
http://www.readworks.org/lessons/grade2/authors-purpose/lesson-1

Activity

This activity is a word sort that helps students determine whether the authors
purpose is to inform, persuade, or entertain. http://our-coolschool.blogspot.com/2011/11/authors-purpose-sort.html