Collective Nouns

With Common Core, 2nd graders now need to know commonly used collective nouns. In my previous post, I showed the anchor chart that we created using some of these common collective nouns. For this activity, the students chose one collective noun, wrote a sentence using the noun and created an illustration to go with it. We used construction paper and markers/crayons to create a mixed media effect. They came out great!

California Common Core Standards

Hello Teachers!
If your school is adopting the Common Core Standards, you may be feeling just like me....a little overwhelmed! While I do like these new standards, they are lengthy and have a lot of things added, taken away and changed from the old CA State Standards. Not to mention the format of the standards is a list of EVERY grade! So, to help myself get organized and as a reference for 2nd grade only, I created a table. Below they are listed for both ELA and Math, each table includes the strand, standard, and a blank column. I will use the blank column for planning, and to take note of which unit or week I will teach the standard. I haven't gotten quite that far yet though! Hope these are helpful to you :)

Mathematics Common Core Standards - California
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nFJsWc3ZdoseDoHVNl0IK0pIt5aUvrYsXMJ5ZUoT5Z0/edit


English Language Arts Common Core Standards - California
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1obhXwqRbfyHhMRyWFHKwUNEDXe7r21o2MxrWYb-0g6g/edit