Alberta Grade 2 Language Arts ELA - FULL YEAR BUNDLE - NEW 2023 Curriculum

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FULL YEAR BUNDLE - Teaching made easy! This NO PREP bundle includes everything you need to teach the NEW 2023 Alberta Grade 2 Language Arts (ELA) Curriculum.

BOTH GOOGLE SLIDES AND PDF VERSIONS INCLUDED!

Grade 2 - New Alberta 2023 Language Curriculum – Vocabulary, Conventions, Phonics, Phonological Awareness and Fluency. This resource covers all skills and procedures in the organizing ideas: Vocabulary, Conventions, Phonics, Phonological Awareness, and Fluency (ELA). The 473 pages teach the skills and procedures in these four curriculum areas.

Included in this unit are 30 weeks of ELA instruction, with weekly word lists that explicitly teach consonant clusters as well as vowel teams. Along with these Science of Reading principles, we have weaved in the skills and procedures students in grade 2 need to learn while working with these word lists.

Included in this resource are the organizing ideas below:

Vocabulary – figurative language, tier 2 and tier 3 words, synonyms, antonyms, homographs and homophones

Fluency – developing automaticity in reading complex words, phrases, and continuous text. Also, students will read the over 300 high frequency words fluently and with expression, and appropriate pace.

Phonics – consonant clusters at the beginning and ending of words, as well as diagraphs, silent letters, and long/short vowel sounds.

Phonological Awareness – substituting, deleting, and adding phonemes to create new words.

Conventions – sentence types, contractions, apostrophes, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization skills.

Some of the concepts covered:

Base Words
Common Suffixes (e.g., -ing, -ed, -er)
Common Prefixes (e.g., un-, re-, dis-)
Compound Words
Position-based Tendencies (E.G., I Before E, Q And Then U)
Bossy E (Magic E) Concept – CVCe Spelling Pattern
Spelling Patterns – CVCe, VCC, VVC
Soft And Hard Sounds – C And G
Different Letter Sound: Y As A Vowel Or Consonant
Blending Sounds In Words That Have Up To 6 Phonemes
Manipulating Sounds – Regular/Irregular Words (Short/Long Vowel Sounds, Silent Letters, Irregular Blends)
Adding Phonemes, Deleting Phonemes, Substituting Phonemes To Change Words, Including Blends
Word Families & Rhyming Words
Commonly Misspelled Words
Antonyms And Synonyms
Homophones And Homographs
Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, And Repetition
Reading Accuracy: Words & Sentences
Pacing In Paragraph Reading & Reading Punctuation
Strategies For Expressive Reading Aloud
Types Of Sentences - Interrogative, Imperative, Declarative, And Exclamatory
Using Different Punctuation
Parts Of Speech Overview (E.G., Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Prepositions)
Subject-Verb Agreement
Personal Pronouns: Usage And Examples
Decoding Reading Strategies: Breaking Words Into Chunks, Visualizing, and Using Context
Using Dictionaries to Learn Word Meanings
Compound Sentences & Conjunctions (FANBOYS)
Capitalization Rules (E.G., Start Of A Sentence, Proper Nouns)
Punctuation Rules (E.G., Apostrophes, Commas In Lists, Quotation Marks)
Fluency Readings For Each Week To Reinforce Word List Vocabulary
Weekly Quizzes (30 Different Assessments)
Answer Pages For All Activities

Grade 2 - New Alberta 2023 Language Curriculum – Writing. This resource covers all skills and procedures in the 2023 Alberta Language Curriculum, within the organizing idea: Writing (ELA).

There are 327 activity sheets that are aligned to cover the learning outcome in the NEW Alberta 2023 Language Curriculum. Included are 10 blocks of content, each covering a different text form. Within each block, the skills and procedures are taught.

This is a language program developed by a language teacher. We have included exemplars for students to use to formulate success criteria so they can improve their writing quality. Moreover, we’ve scaffolded the skills involved with producing quality writing to ensure all students can progress.

In addition, we have included a full-year long range plan that outlines what concepts from the curriculum you will be teaching each week.

Some of the concepts covered:

Types of text forms – when to use each one (narratives, letters/emails, procedural writing, reports, etc.)
Experiment – writing with planning time versus writing without planning time (no brainstorming)
What is a message?
Purpose and audience of messages
Personal voice in writing
How to write descriptive sentences
Activity – nature walk descriptions
Writing activity – my dream playground
How to write a paragraph – topic sentence (hook), body, conclusion
Formal versus informal letter writing – voice in our writing
Purpose and audience in letter writing – effect on our voice
Writing personal narratives
Setting and character development
Narratives with a beginning, middle, and ending
Publishing personal narratives
Analyzing quality stories – building success criteria
Activity – Story Swap Revision Party
Opinion writing – being persuasive
Fact or fiction – which is more persuasive?
Researching – finding facts to support our opinion
Research activity – completing a weather report
Research – animal fact sheet
Interviews – creating a family tree by interviewing family members
Research – questioning: asking community members questions
Procedural writing – instructions
Writing instructions for simple tasks
Sequencing the order of instructions
Writing and publishing instructions
Report writing – a quick guide
Activity – Idea Factory
Writing reports – using the facts provided to organize a report
How to research effectively
Activity – Online Treasure Hunt
Types of poems – Haiku, Limerick, Rhyming, and Acrostic Poetry
Illustrating a poetry children’s book
Writing book reviews
Summarizing books for our book reviews
Printing practice: 16-page package
Answer pages for all activities

Grade 2 - New Alberta 2023 Language Arts ELA Curriculum – Comprehension, Text Forms and Structures. This resource covers all skills and procedures in the organizing ideas: Text Forms and Structures as well as Comprehension. The 276 pages teach the skills and procedures in these two curriculum areas.

We’ve included a variety of activities, including independent reading responses, group activities, assignments, experiments, exemplars, and hands-on activities to keep your students engaged.

Included in this resource are the organizing ideas below:

Text Forms and Structures: taught throughout the unit, with the use of 10 different blocks of text forms, including narratives, reports, poetry, comic strips, letters, procedural writing, book reviews, persuasive writing, and biographies.

Comprehension: as students learn about the text forms and structures of different types of writing, they will practice reading comprehension skills. They will read these different text forms, and use before reading, during reading, and after reading comprehension strategies – inferencing, visualizing, predicting, summarizing, making connections, and questioning. We have also included an independent reading response booklet.

In addition, we have included a full-year long range plan that outlines what concepts from the curriculum you will be teaching each week/block.

Some of the concepts covered:

What are messages – purpose and audience?
Before reading: comprehension strategies – activating prior knowledge and reasons for reading
During reading: comprehension strategies – questioning, making connections, inferences, predictions, visualizing
After reading: comprehension strategies – summarizing, making inferences, visualizing
Letter writing – emails, formal and informal letters, writing with voice
Cohesive ties – using linking words (conjunctions, pronouns, and transition words) in letter writing
Narratives – use of literary devices: similes and consonance
Perspective in narratives – first-person and third-person
Narratives – sequencing multiple plots in a story and explaining cause and effect
Folk tales and legends – heroes and heroines
Story structure – characters, setting, plot, and events
Reading strategies – chunk words, stretch words, and re-read texts
Cross-curricular connections – science and social studies (water, growth of animals, changing families, etc.)
Persuasive writing – using critical thinking skills to determine bias
Using facts or opinions in persuasive writing
Finding implicit and explicit evidence in persuasive texts
Making inferences about persuasive texts
What is procedural writing?
Text features and text patterns of procedural writing – instruction booklets, how-to-guides
Sequencing the steps in a how-to-guide
Using graphics to enhance procedural texts
Indigenous connection: how-to-guides for drawing Totem Poles, Igloos
Text features in reports – index, glossary, timelines, headings, table of contents, charts, icons, etc.
Reports on diversity, inclusion, and accessibility
Use of infographics, timelines, maps, diagrams, and pictures in reports
Literary devices used in poetry – similes and consonance
Acrostic poems
Assignment – examining poems written by Indigenous authors
Reading different styles (voices) in book reviews
Text features in comics, infographics, memes, and maps
How images, graphics, and visuals contribute to biographies
Text features in biographies – using a table of contents, icons, and indexes to understand a biography
Biographies – Albert Einstein, Terry Fox, Margaret Atwood, Stephen Hawking: Table of Contents, Glossary
Answer pages for all activities

Grade 2 - New Alberta 2023 Language Curriculum – Oral Communication. This resource covers all skills and procedures in the organizing idea: Oral Communication (ELA). The 88-page unit includes lesson plans for the teacher, prompts for the students, planning pages, and reflection questions for students to consolidate their understanding.

Included in this unit are 28 activities that are interactive and engaging for grade 2 students. As students complete the activities, they will build on their oral communication skills, obtaining the learning outcome stated in the curriculum. There are several activities provided for each skill and procedure listed in the curriculum.

We are proud to include everything you need to complete these activities. For example, if an activity asks for a story to be read, we provide the story. We’ve also included all emotions, story starters, expressions, and plays (reader’s theatre) you need.

Some of the concepts covered:

Activity: Story Circle
Activity: Listening to Elders
Activity: Simon Says Listening Game
Activity: Story Recap
Activity: Active Listening Circles
Activity: Before-During-After Chart
Activity: Pause and Reflect
Activity: Show and Tell
Activity: Role Play
Activity: Topic Jar
Activity: Charades & Gestures: Message Without Words
Activity: Facial Expressions Circle
Activity: Expression Says
Activity: Emotions Charades
Activity: Persuasive Stand
Activity: Voice Playground
Activity: Audience Role-Play
Activity: Active Listening Pairs
Activity: Sequence Storytelling
Activity: Respectful Audience Practice
Activity: Visual Aid Show and Tell
Activity: Vocabulary Variety Game
Activity: Emotion Walk
Activity: Storybook Creator
Activity: Vocabulary Relay
Activity: Grammar Police
Activity: Descriptive Storytelling
Activity: Expression Art Gallery

This is a comprehensive bundle that will save you hours of planning! It has everything you need to feel confident that you are covering the NEW Alberta Language Arts curriculum.