I have dissected the 2nd grade Common Core Standards and created a resource that is perfect for assessing your students in reading! The reading graphic organizers included in this download will provide formative assessments that are ideal to show mastery for standards-based grading.Each graphic organizer highlights the specific vocabulary from the standard and some standards even have up to 6 different graphic organizers to target each specific part of the standard. Nothing is left out of this r

Have you heard of Toothy® yet?! Toothy® task kits are highly engaging task card games that allow students to practice reading comprehension skills and answer questions in a fun, motivating way. The answers on the back of the cards make the activity self-paced and self-correcting. Teach the rules for Toothy® once at the beginning of the year, then simply switch out the topic each week and use the activity all year! Toothy® Task Kits- an original idea from Angie Olson at ©Lucky Little Learners, LL

Calling all 2nd Grade Teachers who are ready to TRANSFORM their ELA block!  Rooted in Reading for 2nd Grade gives you everything you need to facilitate a love of reading in your classroom.  We’ve got lesson plans, activities, crafts, and printables that focus around a read-aloud story each week.  The teacher READS the book throughout the week and models how to think deeply, ask questions, monitor comprehension, and so much more.  Each week we focus on different comprehension skills and strategie

Calling all 2nd Grade Teachers who are ready to TRANSFORM their ELA block!  Rooted in Reading for 2nd Grade gives you everything you need to facilitate a love of reading in your classroom.  We’ve got lesson plans, activities, crafts, and printables that focus around a read-aloud story each week.  The teacher READS the book throughout the week and models how to think deeply, ask questions, monitor comprehension, and so much more.  Each week we focus on different comprehension skills and strategie

*** EVERYTHING YOU NEED *** for your ELA Common Core Assessment needs- all student pages 152 student assessments and 46 binder divider pages-Great Resource - Just print and go. Some assessments are 2 pages- we only counted them as 1 assessment - So there are 290 plus pages in all with this packet -no answer keyIMPORTANT- We combined all of our 2nd grade ELA Common Core Packets into this one big I WANT IT ALL bundle packet- If you buy this packet there is no need to purchase the 2nd grade domain

Nonfiction text feature surgery has been seen all over social media, and now you can bring this engaging activity to your own classroom! Everything is included in this product to create your own “surgery experience” for your students. You can make it as simple or theatrical as you like!  If you need a print and go version, your students will only need a magazine, the patient files, scissors and glue. If you really want a memorable experience, provide surgical gloves and face masks for each of yo

Calling all 2nd Grade Teachers who are ready to TRANSFORM their ELA block and improve reading comprehension!  Rooted in Reading for 2nd Grade gives you everything you need to facilitate a love of reading in your classroom.  We’ve got lesson plans, reading activities, crafts, and printables that focus around a read-aloud story each week. Here's how it works. The teacher READS the book throughout the week and models how to think deeply, ask questions, monitor comprehension, and so much more.  Each

Being able to use text features is essential for understanding non-fiction text. This set of posters, worksheets, and assessment helps students identify, understand, and use text features. The posters include the definition along with an illustrated example. I created them as a visual support for my class. They hang in my room all year where students refer to them often. WHAT YOU WILL GETPosters/Anchor Chartsdiagramtable of contentsheadingboldface type (also provided as "Bold Print")maptimelineg

Calling all 2nd Grade Teachers who are ready to TRANSFORM their ELA block and improve reading comprehension!  Rooted in Reading for 2nd Grade is a set of lesson plans and activities that focus around a read-aloud story each week with everything you need to facilitate a love of reading in your classroom.  We include nonfiction readers, vocabulary, assessments, crafts, printables and so much more! Here's how it works. The teacher READS the book throughout the week and models how to think deeply, a

Calling all 2nd Grade Teachers who are ready to TRANSFORM their ELA block!  Rooted in Reading for 2nd Grade gives you everything you need to facilitate a love of reading in your classroom.  We’ve got lesson plans, activities, crafts, and printables that focus around a read-aloud story each week.  The teacher READS the book throughout the week and models how to think deeply, ask questions, monitor comprehension, and so much more.  Each week we focus on different comprehension skills and strategie

NINETY-FIVE original 2nd grade leveled close reading passages and activities that are PERFECT for teaching your students to become masters of close reading. There are seventeen standards-based earning targets in this product. Each learning target has 5 passages specifically dedicated to it except for all of the comparing learning targets because they all have a total of 10 passages so that your students can compare away!Each passage has 2 pages of carefully written and consistent close reading t

This interactive and engaging resource will help your students learn all about Map Skills, Globes, Continents, and Communities! These Map Skills activities will not only have your students learning the importance of locating on places on maps and globes, they’ll also be learning about constructing and reading a simple map, using cardinal directions and identifying map symbols. Lastly, they'll also compare and contrast basic land use in urban, suburban, and rural environments.This Maps Skills res

Do your students need help understanding the differences between fiction vs nonfiction texts? These sorting activities are perfect for making an anchor chart for your classroom as your students are learning to distinguish between fiction and nonfiction. You could also use the descriptor cards in an independent pocket chart center after you have taught the differences between text types. There are several student printables included to best meet the needs of your class as classwork, homework, or

This text features unit is packed full of standards-based lesson plans, professionally Lexiled passages, and activities to use while you are teaching the standard RI.2.5. If you are not teaching Common Core, then the unit is still valuable to use when teaching students to find and use text features in their informational text. *There is now a digital component included in this resource. The passages, graphic organizers, and assessment are now created in Google Slides. You can get access to the d

FIFTY original 2nd grade close reading passages and activities that are PERFECT for teaching your students to become masters of close reading. There are nine non-fiction learning targets in this product. Each learning target has 5 passages specifically dedicated to it. The learning target for COMPARE AND CONTRAST TWO TEXTS ON THE SAME TOPIC is extra special because it has a total of 10 passages so that your students can compare away!Each passage has 2 pages of carefully written and consistent cl

**Best Seller** Teach these 25 text features with specifically designed nonfiction articles! There are so many text features! This unit breaks them down so you can gradually introduce and practice 5-7 at a time. Introduce the names and functions, then read and practice using each group of features with the nonfiction text and activities provided. The 25 text features have been divided into four sections.Section One: map, timeline, pie chart, title, subtitle, hyperlinkSection Two: close-up, p

Practice answering open ended questions while restating the question with these 2nd grade reading comprehension passages and questions. These are perfect for small group practice with PQA or TTQA. Students find text evidence and write in complete sentences while restating the question. These help build stamina for constructed response questions. WHAT'S INCLUDED:20 half-page texts with open ended questions: 11 non-fiction , 9 fiction textsPages 1 and 2 are available for free in the preview for yo

This nonfiction text feature power point presentation highlights 25 different text features in four sections including: Section One: map, pie chart, title, subtitle, hyperlinkSection Two: close-up, photograph, illustration, caption, sidebar, bullet points, iconSection Three: diagram, table, graph, labels, bold, italics Section Four: title page, table of contents, glossary, index, electronic menuAlso check out my... Nonfiction Text Feature Activities with Real Nonfiction Articles. Or save money w

Are you looking to do Genius Hour in elementary? This packet has all of the teaching materials and plans, student worksheets, and caregiver letters to make sure that your Genius Hour is one of the best things you do all year in second, third, or fourth grade. Genius Hour in the lower grades can be a lot of work if you are unprepared, but this packet makes it simple! What's included in this Genius Hour planning pack? For Teachers: What is Genius Hour? A brief overview of Genius Hour and its pur

Looking for EASY ways to CELEBRATE Martin Luther King Jr? Check out why this unit is my BEST SELLER!!! Inside this Martin Luther King Jr Activities unit, you'll find 12 excellent ways to incorporate MLK into your classroom. There are engaging activities, printables, and project ideas. Everyone loves the Text Feature Review pages!Pages are made to use alone, easily implemented for distant learning, in the classroom or in an Interactive Notebook! Excellent to use the second and third weeks in J

Fun & hands-on activities to ENGAGE your students while mastering text features! Inside you'll find text feature surgery transformation activities, scavenger hunt, literacy center activities, task cards, nonfiction passages, posters, and MORE! These activities are designed to not only help students identify nonfiction text features, but analyze and understand their purpose as well.The nonfiction comprehension passages are interdisciplinary and can be used across content areas (science &

Are you looking to spice up your writing block with fun, engaging, and meaningful activities? This is UNIT FOUR of an 11 unit series. This unit will guide your students in writing three informational writing pieces and includes everything you need to drive your instruction. We have three themes for this writing unit: Writing Informative Paragraphs with Hamburger Paragraphs (in this week students will also inform the reader about their friend), All About Holidays, My Specialty: _____ where stude

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❤️Implementing a reading workshop approach to teach reading does not have to be stressful! When you take the time to establish routines and set expectations for your readers, you will see them flourish into a class of life long readers who have a deep love for reading. ❤️This will be your go-to resource to help you implement reading workshop in your primary classroom. It will take you step by step by listing different mini-lessons that you will teach to make reading workshop a success! Most impo