Biography projects for grade 2

It’s never too early to start teaching biographies to students.

Many intermediate teachers will teach strong biography units, but integrating them in primary is excellent, too! I’m gathering up some ideas for making biographies fun in your class!

Start by teaching the genre.

Always start each genre with an introductory lesson.

Students will write about and explore biographies, interviewing, reflecting, and researching.

Biography Project for Grades includes a Printable Booklet for students to write about the person's childhood, major accomplishments, lessons learned.

Introduce informational writing in 2nd grade with a biography writing project!

This 5 week informational writing unit will help you teach your second grade students to write biographies and lab reports!

Second grade students will be creating a poster representing a famous American in history.

To help with making biographies fun, I suggest a biography anchor chart that you can laminate and keep in your classroom throughout the unit or throughout the entire year. Below, you will see a sample anchor chart for biographies.

AND I’m linking the letters and clipart for you for FREE! That way, you can replicate a similar anchor chart for your students.

(Link: Biography Header Freebie)

2. Integrate reading into students independent and partner reading time.

Utilize all the time you can with biographies.

Plug them into daily centers and even book bins for students to read during downt