Using this SL.2.1 Second Grade Common Core Lesson, students participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about Second Grade topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

Using this SL.2.3 Second Grade Common Core Lesson, students ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.

Using this SL.2.4 Second Grade Common Core Lesson, studentstell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.

Using the Formal Informal Language Activity, students determine which words or phrases are most appropriate to be said during formal or informal situations.

Using the 5 Minutes of Fame Read Aloud Activity, students create audio recordings of stories or poems by using a voice recorder with a microphone.

Using this Total Recall Activity, students share stories about different experiences from their lives to build their speaking and listening skills.

Using this Using Clues to Describe Activity, students describe familiar people, places, things, and events.

Using Asking Questions about a Story Activity, students Discuss a topic or read a book aloud using Question Cards to help guide questions andanswers about the topic.

Using the Describing Verbally Worksheet, students orally describe your picture using words that tell about the people, places, and things that you drew.

Using the Asking Questions Activity, students actively engage in group reading activities to discuss purpose and understanding after shared reading.

Using this SL.2.2 Second Grade Common Core Lesson, students recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or informationpresented orally or through other media.

Using the Ask Me About It Speaking and Listening Activity, students tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.

Using the Help is On the Way Asking Questions Activity, students produce complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.

Using the Tell Us About It Speaking Activity, students tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.

Using the Can You Tell Us More? Speaking and Listening Activity, students ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to deepen understanding of a topic.

Using this SL.2.5 Second Grade Common Core Lesson, students create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.

Using this SL.2.4 Common Core Activity , studentstell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.