Grade 2 Lesson plan
Water Hunt at Harrow Bend School: A Grade 2 Informative Lesson
A 45-minute grade 2 ELA lesson in which students hunt for water around a school, chart each spot as solid or liquid, and write an informative paragraph.
Common Core ELA · Grade 2
W.2.2 Informative writing
Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
Why water teaches this standard well
Second graders introduce a water topic and develop it with facts and definitions, such as explaining what a storm drain is for or where drinking water comes from. Water systems in the neighborhood supply concrete facts students can gather and report.
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19 materials aligned to W.2.2
Lesson plans
Grade 2 Lesson plan
Ferncross Creek After the Storm: Fast and Slow Land Changes
Grade 2 students weigh two records from the town of Ferncross and sort creek events into changes that happen in a day and changes that take many years.
Grade 2 Lesson plan
Frozen Paint Blocks: A Grade 2 Melting Water Art Lesson
A 45-minute grade 2 art lesson in which students paint with cubes of frozen colored water and argue from what they saw that melting and freezing repeat.
Grade 2 Lesson plan
The Leak Listener of Norwood: A Grade 2 Water Careers Lesson
Second graders learn how a leak detection worker finds pipe leaks by listening, then add and subtract the gallons three fictional leaks lose in an hour.
Grade 2 Lesson plan
Packing Water for Room 9's Trip to Tarnbrook Park
A grade 2 health lesson planning drinking water for a field trip with no fountain, using bottle and cup counts within 100 and a note home.
Grade 2 Lesson plan
A Class Letter to the Water Crew of Harbor Row
A 45-minute grade 2 lesson in which students learn what three water workers on a fictional street do all day, then write two facts each for a class letter.
Grade 2 Lesson plan
How Water Reaches the Tap in Clearwater Bend: A Grade 2 Lesson
A 40-minute grade 2 lesson where students learn how water travels from a lake to the tap, then write an informative piece with facts and a definition.
Grade 2 Lesson plan
Cedar Hollow's Water Tower and the People Who Run It
A grade 2 social studies lesson on how the town of Cedar Hollow brings clean water to homes through a water tower, and the workers who keep it running.
Worksheets
Grade 2 Worksheet
The Hose at Pepperwood Garden: A Grade 2 Sequencing Worksheet
A grade 2 worksheet with a short read-aloud about watering a school garden, then key-detail questions, a four-step ordering task, and two fact sentences.
Grade 2 Worksheet
The New Sign at Teasel Pond: A Grade 2 Reading Worksheet
A grade 2 worksheet with a short read-aloud about a green pond and a new park sign, then key-detail questions, a helps-or-hurts sort, and two fact sentences.
Grade 2 Worksheet
Caring for a Reusable Water Bottle at Whitfield School
A grade 2 health worksheet on caring for a reusable water bottle, with a short read-aloud about Whitfield School's bottle filler and ten questions.
Grade 2 Worksheet
Nia the Fish Needs Clean Water: A Grade 2 Reading Worksheet
A grade 2 worksheet with a short read-aloud about a fish whose creek gets dirty, then key-detail questions, a clean-or-dirty sort, and one fact to write.
Grade 2 Worksheet
What Goes Down the Storm Drain? A Grade 2 Reading Worksheet
A grade 2 worksheet with a short read-aloud about storm drains carrying rain to a creek, then key-detail questions and one informative fact sentence to write.
Classroom activities
Grade 2 Classroom activity
Reporters on Gilder Street: A Grade 2 Storm Drain Interview
A 40-minute grade 2 activity where partners trade roles as reporter and street crew member, ask question-word questions from fact cards, and write a news line.
Grade 2 Classroom activity
Puddle, Splash, and Drip Prints: A Grade 2 Storm Texture Rotation
A four-station printing rotation where grade 2 students make storm textures, test two tools against each other for the ripple print, and caption each finished print.
Grade 2 Classroom activity
Water Helper Stick Puppets: A Grade 2 Parade and Job-Card Activity
Grade 2 students build stick puppets of four people who bring water to a tap, draw a job card with the tool each one uses, and parade them along the water's route.
Grade 2 Classroom activity
Water Job Tool Match at Nettlebed: A Grade 2 Card Game
A grade 2 careers card game where partners match five water-sector tools to the five workers who use them, then answer call-the-crew scenarios.
Reading passages
Grade 2 Reading passage
The Water Letter That Comes to Winslow Lane Each Year
A grade 2 read-aloud about the yearly water quality letter that arrives at one family's home, with six questions on who checks the town's water and why.
Graphic organizers
Grade 2 Graphic organizer
My Water Day: A Grade 2 Drinking Plan at Bayberry Court
A four-part time-of-day organizer where grade 2 students plan when and where they will drink water, then write an informative closing sentence.