2nd Grade Sports Lesson Plan (English)

Topic: Describing Your Favorite Sport

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to describe their favorite sport and explain why it is their favorite.

Materials

• Pictures or videos of different sports (e.g. soccer, baseball, ice hockey, basketball, football, swimming, etc.)
• Writing paper and pencils/pens

Warm-up

• Ask students if they play any sports and what their favorite one is. Write their responses on the board.
• Ask students to share one or two words that describe their favorite sport. Write their responses on the board.

Direct Instruction

• Explain to students that today they will be writing about their favorite sport.
• Read the prompt "I love sports because ____. I hate sports because ____." to students and model how to fill in the blanks with their own thoughts and feelings about their favorite sport.
• Have students take out their pencils and papers and give them a few minutes to think about their favorite sport and how they can explain why they love it.
• Explain that once students have their thoughts organized, they will use their writing skills to share them on their paper.

Guided Practice

• Have students work in pairs and give each pair a prompt card with a question related to sports (e.g. "What do you like about playing sports?").
• Have students take turns asking each other the questions and writing down the answers on their paper.
• Encourage students to use specific details in their answers and to think about why they love their sport.

Independent Practice

• Have students choose one sport they like to play and draw a picture of themselves playing that sport.
• Have students write a paragraph about why they like to play their chosen sport and include specific details about what they like about it.

Closure

• Have students share their drawings and paragraphs with the class.
• Ask students to share any new insights they gained about sports and why they like to play them.

Assessment

• Observe students during the independent practice and group activities to assess their understanding of the concept of closure.
• Collect and review their drawings and paragraphs to assess their understanding of their favorite sports and why they like to play them.