Activities for English Language Arts in 2nd grade

Try this story template – perfect for English class during Thanksgiving!

In this pink template, students are tasked with writing a short story about a favorite memory.

It could be something from a family holiday, while taking part in their favorite hobby, or a fun outing they had with friends!

This activity, "Jack's Challenges," guides users through the engineering design process, encouraging them to design, test, and refine their ideas. It presents various design challenges, such as creating a treehouse, a pollution picker-upper, a robot, an explorer's suitcase, or a vehicle for the future. The activity emphasizes research, imagination, planning, collaboration, and continuous improvement of designs based on feedback.

Design Your Own Book Cover! Inspire imagination and artistic expression in this engaging activity.

Uncover the story's sequence with our easy and fun activity!

This Dolch words activity is designed to help students improve their reading fluency and vocabulary.

This blank handwriting template is perfect for practicing your writing skills!

This Dolch words activity is designed to help students improve their reading fluency and vocabulary.

This interactive CVC template is a fun and engaging way for students to practice making words. Students can drag and drop the consonants and vowels to create the word to match the picture.

Journey through books with our handy reading log template! Track your literary adventures and celebrate the joy of reading.

Journey through books with our handy reading log template! Track your literary adventures and celebrate the joy of reading.

Use the Grid Method to create a student-centered, competency-based framework for any subject.

Use this template to show off student work and work on proper peer feedback with Sonia's Gallery Walk using the TAG strategy. T - Tell your classmates something you like about their work. A - Ask them a question about it. G - Give a suggestion for how they can improve their work. Students can place a snapshot, screenshot, video, or show their work in the space provided, and then peers can provide multimedia feedback on the side. Use Kami's Split and Merge to create a portfolio collaborative activity or to remove the directions page to assign individually, then merge them all together after the work is done.

Journey through books with our handy reading log template! Track your literary adventures and celebrate the joy of reading.

Get your students to write a letter to themselves at the start of the new school year. This is a really easy way to share some powerful messages with them, and it's a great way to boost their confidence and motivation for the rest of their year.

This blank handwriting template is perfect for practicing your writing skills!

Try EduProtocols Cyber Sandwich! Perfect for beginners, this partner activity builds reading comprehension. Start with shared reading, then let students take on more responsibility until they're working on their own. Use it again and again to power through texts and boost understanding.