2nd Grade ELA
Helpers & Heroes: Stories of Our Community — Grade 2
In this unit, students explore the many helpers who make a community strong — from firefighters and teachers to grandmothers and neighbors. Through culturally rich picture-book style texts, oral traditions, and community narratives, students discover that heroes come in every shape, language, and background, and that they themselves have the power to help too.
Essential Question
Who helps make our community strong — and how can YOU be a helper too?
📚 Recommended Anchor Texts
Last Stop on Market Street
The Name Jar
Each Kindness
Those Shoes
Lessons
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1
The People Who Help Us
Discovering the community helpers all around us
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2
Food Stories: How We Share
How food connects communities and carries culture
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3
The Neighborhood Garden
Growing together — how communities build something beautiful
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4
Little Heroes, Big Change
Young people who made their communities better
Writing Assignment
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My Helper Story
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Standards Alignment
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.1 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RI.2.1 RI.2.6 W.2.3 SL.2.1 SL.2.2
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