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Lesson Plans - 2nd Grade

What Is at the Zoo?

What Is at the Zoo? introduces students to the interrogative sentence form by asking them which animals are at the zoo. Although students may wish it were so, the last animal isn’t seen in zoos these days. Pictures support early readers.

Zoo Rendezvous Lesson Plan

Students will:
-Listen to a fluent reading of the story.
-Choral read as a class.
-Define unfamiliar vocabulary.
-Identify parts of the story that are reality and fantasy.
-Find examples of reality and fantasy in other books.
-Write about their favorite parts of the story.
-Share writing with class.

Zoo animal facts

After the students have researched their given animal they will create one fact sheet naming the animal’s habitat, distinguishing characteristics, eating type, country of origin, and any interesting facts that they find.

What Animal Am I?

What animals do you need to make a square?

2. What can you do if you are surrounded by lions, tigers, leopards, and bears?

At the Zoo

Everyone loves to go to the zoo! Here are some activities that your child will love! All of them have to do with the zoo and the animals you will find at the zoo! Enjoy and let me know what you think!