Why am I ready to rock 'n roll tomorrow? Because I just finished my next unit in "Common Core Language Practice to Mastery!" My 2nd graders did a FANTASTIC job with the L.2.1 unit and now we are ready to tackle some more Common Core standards. This unit covers L.2.2, including 8 skills:
Lesson 1: L.2.2.C1 (Concept 1) Capitalize
geographic names
Lesson 2: L.2.2.C2 (Concept 2) Capitalize
holidays, days, months and product names
Lesson 3: L.2.2.C3 (Concept 3) Use commas in greetings and
closings of letters
Lesson 4: L.2.2.C4
(Concept 4) Contractions (Parts 1, 2 and 3)
Lesson 5: L.2.2.C5 (Concept 5) Contractions in sentences
Lesson 6: L.2.2.C7 (Concept 7) Possessive nouns (Use an
apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives)
Lesson 7: L.2.2.C6
(Concept 6) Contractions or possessives?
Lesson 8a: L.2.2.C8a (Concept 8a) Spelling--generalize
learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage, badge, boy, boil);
Lesson 8b: L.2.2.C8b
(Concept 8b) Spelling--consult reference materials,
including beginning dictionaries, as needed to check and correct spellings.
This unit also includes a nice unit test and a Teacher Quick-Check Answer Sheets Section. If you are ready to tackle some more Common Core, give it a try! Your students will be mega-prepared for your year-end assessments!