Language & Writing

Pasadena Plus Instructional Focus

Grade 2 Grammar & Writing

First Nine Weeks	Concepts Targeted: Sentences, Parts of Sentences, Sentence About a Picture, Statements, Questions, Exclamations, Commands, Writing a Personal Story, Nouns, Plural Nouns, Thank-you Notes
Harcourt Language	Internet Resources	Other Technology Resources	Pasadena Plus and other Print Materials
Language Unit 1 Chapter 1	Sentences Types of Sentences Wall of Words - Building Sentences Grammar Blast - Complete the Sentence Making Complete Sentences - Game Goo
Chapter 2	Parts of a Sentence	Harcourt Writing Express CD-ROM: School: Writers Craft - Sentences, Parts of Sentences Student Stationery
Chapter 3	Writing a Sentence About a Picture Create Your Scenario Bright Ideas for Writing
Chapter 4	Statements and Questions Punctuating Questions Worksheet
Chapter 5	Exclamations and Commands Types of Sentences Worksheet
Chapter 6	Writing a Personal Story Create Your Scenario Postcards Bright Ideas for Writing	Harcourt Writing Express CD-ROM: School: Writers Workshop - Personal Narrative Student Stationery
Language Unit 2 Chapter 7	Nouns Find the Noun or Pronoun Grammar Gorillas: Find the Noun or Verb Noun Dunk Stufun.com: Nouns
Chapter 8	Plural Nouns Plurals (On-line Worksheet) The Plural Girls See 'n Spell Plurals
Chapter 9 Review and Reteach	Writing Thank-you Notes Zeek Cards - e-mail a Thank-you Suggestions & Ideas for Thank-you Notes Wacky Tales	Harcourt Writing Express CD-ROM: Observatory: Writers Craft - Thank-you Notes Student Stationery
Reading Focus
Setting			Places Setting in Fairy Tales - Lesson Idea
Characterization
Sequencing			Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood Picture Picture Online Activity
Second Nine Weeks	Concepts Targeted: Proper Nouns, Pronouns, Writing a Friendly Letter, Verbs, Quotations to Show Feeling, Writing a Story
Harcourt Language	Internet Resources	Other Technology Resources	Pasadena Plus and other Print Materials
Chapter 10	Proper Nouns Find the Noun or Pronoun
Chapter 11	Pronouns Find the Noun or Pronoun Pronoun Worksheet (PDF) Primary Resources Web Site Stufun.com: Pronouns Grammar Glossary: Pronouns Wacky Tales
Chapter 12	Writing a Friendly Letter Create Your Scenario	Harcourt Writing Express CD-ROM: Observatory: Writers Workshop - Friendly Letter Student Stationery
Language Unit 3 Chapter 13	Verbs Stufun.com: Verb Sentence Starters (pdf) Stufun.com:Verbs (pdf) Verbs
Chapter 14	Past-tense Verbs Was or Were? Stufun.com: Present and Past Tense
Chapter 15	Quotations to Show Feeling	Harcourt Writing Express CD-ROM: Arcade: Writers Craft - Quotations to Show Feeling Student Stationery
Chapter 16	Verbs Am, Is, and Are 2 Be or Nottoobee Stufun.com: Am, Is, Are
Chapter 17	Verbs Has, Have, and Had Stufun.com: Has vs. Have Wacky Tales Clean Up Your Grammar
Chapter 18	Writing a Story Create Your Scenario Bright Ideas for Writing	Harcourt Writing Express CD-ROM: Arcade: Writers Workshop - Writing a Story Student Stationery
Reading Focus
Graphic Sources
Predicting Outcomes
Facts and Details
Third Nine Weeks	Concepts Targeted: Adjectives, Verbs, Describing Words/Compare, Writing a Paragraph That Describes, Writing Directions
Harcourt Language	Internet Resources	Other Technology Resources	Pasadena Plus and other Print Materials
Language Unit 4 Chapter 19	Adjectives Grammar Blast Adjectives Nouns & Adjectives Game
Chapter 20	Adjectives Grammar Blast Adjectives
Chapter 21	Writing with Adjectives	Harcourt Writing Express CD-ROM: Movie: Writers Workshop - Descriptive Paragraphs Student Stationery My Friend - Edmark
Chapter 22	Adjectives Grammar Blast Adjectives EZ School Adjectives
Chapter 23	Describing Words/Compare Grammar Blast Adjectives Wacky Tales Alien Characters (use this to describe an alien)	EZ School Adjectives Adverbs and Adjectives	Feelings Worksheet (pdf)
Chapter 24	Writing a Paragraph that Describes Describe the Rainy Day - Worksheet (PDF) Bright Ideas for Writing	Harcourt Writing Express CD-ROM: Library: Writers Craft - Writing Directions Student Stationery
Language Unit 5 Chapter 25	Verbs Come, Run, and Give Grammar Blast Verbs
Chapter 26	Verbs Go, Do, and See Grammar Blast Verbs Wacky Tales
Chapter 27 Review and Reteach	Writing Directions Bright Ideas for Writing	Harcourt Writing Express CD-ROM: Library: Writers Workshop - How-to Writing Student Stationery
Reading Focus
Context Clues (Word Order/Syntax)
Compare/Contrast	Venn Diagram
Prefixes un-, re-
Inference/Draw Conclusions
Summarization
Fourth Nine Weeks	Concepts Targeted: Adjectives, Verbs, Describing Paragraphs, Writing Directions, How-to-Writing
Harcourt Language	Internet Resources	Other Technology Resources	Pasadena Plus and other Print Materials
Chapter 28	Helping Verbs
Chapter 29	Adverbs
Chapter 30	Writing a How-to Paragraph Bright Ideas for Writing	Harcourt Writing Express CD-ROM: Library: Writers Workshop - How-to Writing
Language Unit 6 Chapter 31	Using Nouns and Pronouns Wacky Tales Rats-Nouns and Verbs Noun Dunk Find the Noun or Pronoun		Pronouns Worksheet (pdf)
Chapter 32	Using Verbs Correctly EZ School Verbs Grammar Gorillas - Parts of Speech 2 Be or Nottoobee Rats-Nouns and Verbs
Chapter 33	Writing a Book Report	Harcourt Writing Express CD-ROM: Post Office: Writers Craft - Writing Book Reports
Chapter 34	Fixing Sentence Problems
Chapter 35	Troublesome Words	Pasadena Plus Materials: Introduce & Model Classificatory Writing
Chapter 36 Review and Reteach	Writing a Research Report	Harcourt Writing Express CD-ROM: Post Office: Writers Workshop - Writing a Research Report
* * *	Review Concepts Grammar Blast Super Challenge
Reading Focus
Main Idea
Cause and Effect
Suffixes -ful, -ly, -ness