Media Literacy Anchor Chart and Lesson Ideas for 2nd Grade

Tuesdays are the days that I plan with grade levels. We plan two weeks at a time and we have 90 minutes. Most of the time, it’s actually pretty fun! We look at the student expectations bundled together in the upcoming unit and plan lessons/charts/activities/assessments that will support those SEs.

Media Literacy Anchor Chart and Unit Planning for 2nd Grade

Yesterday, second grade planned out their unit on media literacy. Media literacy is a relatively new-ish idea in our standards. It was added a few years ago, but has only recently begun to be tested, so there are not many materials out there to support it. Fortunately, media is everywhere!

Media Literacy Lesson Ideas: Ads, Commercials and Cereal Boxes

Teachers are going to save their materials from home to use in their classrooms. We included learning experiences like evaluating advertisements, commercials, magazines, and even cereal boxes for the techniques used by the writers.

Our Media Literacy Anchor Chart: Media, Purpose and Techniques

We planned this anchor chart to start off with. I’m excited to see how this unit goes!

More Author’s Purpose and Anchor Chart Ideas

If your media literacy anchor chart gets students talking about whether a writer wants to inform, entertain, or persuade, try this hands-on author’s purpose sort using text clues. You can also find 5 ways to make anchor charts interactive.

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