2nd Grade Grammar Overview and Tentative Pacing Guide
*At the time of this posting, I did not know that I would not be teaching grammar so I left the material for easy access by 2nd grade parents,, but please do not rely on the dates. Check with Mrs. Walker.
Iris and Walter . . . August 15-19, 2011
- A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete idea.
- The words are in an order that makes sense.
- A sentence begins with a capital letter.
- All sentences must end with an end mark (punctuation).
Exploring Space with an Astronaut . . . August 22-26, 2011
- The subject of a sentence tells who or what does something.
Henry and Mudge . . . August 29-September 2, 2011
- The predicate tells what the subject of a sentence does or is.
*Labor Day - - - September 5, 2011
A Walk in the Desert . . . September 6-9, 2011
- A statement is a sentence that tells something.
- A statement can also be called a declarative sentence.
- A statement ends with a period.
- A question is a sentence that asks something.
- A question can also be called an interrogative sentence.
- A question ends with a question mark.
The Strongest One . . . September 12-16, 2011
- A command is a sentence that tells someone to do something.
- A command can also be called an imperative sentence.
- A command ends in a period.
- An exclamation is a sentence that shows surprise or strong feelings.
- An exclamation can also be called an exclamatory sentence.
- An exclamation ends with an exclamation mark.
Tara and Tiree . . . September 19-23, 2011
- A noun names a person, place, animal, or thing.
Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat . . . September 26-30, 2011
- Proper nouns are special names of people, places, animals, or things.
- Proper nouns begin with a capital letter.
- Days of the week, months of the year, and holidays also begin with capital letters.
- Titles for people begin with capital letters.
- Many titles end with a period.
Turtle's Race with Beaver . . .October 3-7, 2011
- A singular noun names one person, place, animal, or thing.
- A plural noun names more than one person, place, animal, or thing.
- Add -s to most nouns to name more than one.
- Add -es to nouns that end in s, ss, sh, ch, or x to name more than one.
The Bremen Town Musicians . . . October 10-14, 2011
- A plural noun names more than one person, place, animal, or thing.
- Some nouns change the spelling to name more than one.
child -children man-men woman-women tooth-teeth foot-feet leaf-leaves wolf-wolves mouse-mice
goose-geese
**October 17-18, 2011 . . . Fall Break
**October 19-21, 2011 . . . Review days!
A Turkey for Thanksgiving . . . October 24-28, 2011
- A noun that shows who or what owns something is a possessive noun.
- To show ownership, add an apostrophe (') and -s when the noun is singular.
- Add just the apostrophe (') when the noun is already plural.
Pearl and Wagner . . .October 31 - November 4, 2011
- A word that shows action is a verb.
- A verb tells what the subject does or is.
Dear Juno . . . November 7-10, 2011
- Add –s to a verb to tell what one person, animal, or thing does.
- Do not add –s to a verb that tells what two or more people, animals, or things do.
*November 11, 2011 . . . Veteran’s Day
Anansi Goes Fishing . . . November 14-18, 2011
- A present tense verb tells about now.
- If the subject is singular, the verb usually ends in -s.
- A past tense verb tells about the past.
- A past tense verb usually ends in –ed.
- A future tense verb tells about the future.
- A future tense verb begins with “will.”
*Thanksgiving Break - - - November 21-25, 2011
Rosa and Blanca . . . November 28-December 2, 2011
(continue with verb tenses)
A Weed is a Flower . . . December 5-9, 2011
- The verbs am, is, are, was, and were do not show action.
- These verbs are forms of the verb “to be.”
- These verbs show what someone or something is or was.
- These verbs are called “linking verbs” or “being verbs.”
- The verbs am, is, and are tell about now (present tense).
- The verbs was and were tell about the past (past tense).
- Use am, is, and was to tell about one person, place, or thing.
- Use are and were to tell about more than one person, place, or thing.
*December 12-15, 2011 . . . Review days!
*December 19-January 2, 2012 . . . Christmas Break
The Quilt Story . . .January 3-6, 2012
- An adjective describes a person, place, animal, or thing.
- An adjective can tell how something looks, sounds, tastes, feels, or smells.
Life Cycle of a Pumpkin . . .January 9-13, 2012
- Words for number, size, and shape are adjectives.
- The words a, an, and the are also adjectives.
- Use a before a word that begins with a consonant sound.
- Use an before a word that begins with a vowel sound.
*January 16, 2012. . .Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Frogs . . . January 17-20, 2012
- Add –er to an adjective to compare two people, places, or things.
- Add –est to an adjective to compare three or more people, places, or things.
I Like Where I Am . . .January 23-27, 2012
- Adverbs tell more about a verb.
- Some adverbs show when or where.
Helen Keller . . .January 30-February 3, 2012
- An adverb can tell how many.
- Adverbs that tell how usually end in –ly.
Fire Fighter! . . . February 6-10, 2012
- A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or nouns.
- The words I, you, he, she, we, it, and they are pronouns.
One Dark Night . . .February 13-16, 2012
- He, she, and it are pronouns that name one.
- We and they are pronouns that name more than one.
he – one boy or man she – one girl or woman
it – one thing we – two or more (you are in the group)
they – two or more (you are not in the group)
*February 17-21, 2012. . .Winter Break
*February 22-24, 2012 . . .Review days!
Bad Dog, Dodger! . . .February 27- March 2, 2012
- The pronouns I and me take the place of your name.
- Use I in the subject part of a sentence.
- Use me after an action verb.
- Always capitalize the word I.
- When you talk about yourself and another person, name yourself last.
Horace and Morris . . .March 5-9, 2012
- The pronouns I, he, she, we, and they are used as subjects of a sentence.
- The pronouns me, him, her, us, and them are used after action verbs.
- The pronouns you and it can be used anywhere in a sentence.
The Signmaker’s Assistant . . .March 12-16, 2012
- A contraction is a short way to put two words together.
- An apostrophe (‘) takes the place of one or more letters.
- Contractions can be formed by putting together a pronoun and another word such as will, are, is, am, and have.
**March 20-22, 2012 . . .LEAP/iLeap testing Phase I
Just Like Josh Gibson . . .March 19-23, 2012
- Days of the week, months of the year, and holidays begin with capital letters.
- Titles for people begin with capital letters.
Red, White, and Blue . . .March 26-30, 2012
- Quotation marks (“ “) show the beginning and ending of the words someone says.
- The speaker’s name and words such as said or asked are not inside quotation marks.
A Birthday Basket for Tia. . .April 2-5, 2012
- Commas are used in addresses to separate the city and state.
- Commas are used in dates to separate the day from the year.
- Commas are used after the greeting and in the closing of a letter.
- Commas are used to separate three or more things in a sentence.
(I teach English, reading, and spelling.)
*April 6-9, 2012 . . . Easter Break
*April 10-11 . . . Review Days!
*April 12-19. . .Leap/iLeap Phase II
*April 20, 2012 . . .HOT Day! (tenative date)
*April 23-27, 2012 . . .Spring Break
Cowboys . . .April 30 -May 4, 2012
- Sometimes sentences have ideas that go together.
- These sentences can be combined using a comma and a connecting word, such as and or but.
- The combined sentence is called a compound sentence.
Jingle Dancer . . . May 7-11, 2012
- A paragraph is a group of sentences about the same idea.
- The sentences are in an order that makes sense.
- One sentence gives the main idea. It is usually the first or last sentence.
- The other sentences give details about the main idea.
- Always indent the first word of a paragraph.
