Grade 2 – Unit 1

Describing Animals

Begin your writing instruction with a student-favourite topic: animals! An engaging topic for Grade 2 that connects with the Grade 2 Science curriculum, Describing Animals will have students write about their favourite animal while learning how to expand their writing from fragments into complete sentences. Swim, run, or hop into this unit with your class today!

Structured Writing Cycle

• Mentor Text – Describing Animals
• Educator Resource – Structured Writing
  • Instructional Slide Deck – Structured Writing
  • Instructional Slide Deck – Vocabulary
  • Colour Coded and Student Exemplars
  • Student Writing Page with Prompt
  • Student Writing Page with Prompt – Printing Lines

General Resources

• Learning Through Literacy Grade 2 Overview