Grade Two Language Arts #1 | The Fables

Description

Oh those fables are fun! They were the perfect way to start off our new, more academic approach to language arts. Short stories mean short bits of writing. Just the thing for 2nd graders who need to ease into the writing process.

In this guide, you’ll see how the fables are the perfect backdrop for bringing phonics rules. With so many stories to choose from, you can easily find the stories that will highlight the phonics rules that you’re working with. And it’s so easy to slip in words that feature those phonics rules.

In this block, our phonics work focused around blends, both at the beginning and end of words. The guide will show you how the stories and the phonics go together so beautifully, you can either use the stories and phonics rules I used, or model my method and choose your own stories for your own phonics rules.

The fables are so beautifully flexible and fun, you’ll have a great time figuring out words and stories that go together.

In addition to outlining the activities that you’ll work through in main lesson, this guide outlines my approach to language arts practice classes. This activity template will take you right through the school year, making your practice period planning streamlined and easy.

Here’s what you’ll find in this guide.

• Day-to-day lesson plans, including stories, new material and suggestions for review activities
• An overview of the curriculum and how it takes shape in a daily lesson
• The stories that I told throughout the block (including the stories themselves)
• A language arts practice period lesson guide
• A template for making your own practice readers
• A guide to creating enlivening circle activities, with instructions for crafting your own circle exercises
• The specific content of the circle activities I used this block
• Recommended resource and supply lists

The circle activities are seasonal and include poems and songs with a fall/Halloween theme.

All of this material is delivered through a DIGITAL FILE that you will download after purchasing. The PayPal Express payment option will automatically lead you through the download process. You will also receive a download link in your email inbox after the purchase is completed.

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I’m sure you’ll find this guide helpful. It will get you through this 3-4 week block and inspire you to find fun ways to use the fables to work with other phonics rules.