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Glow Day room transformation activities! Everything you need from shopping lists, prep and planning, management ideas, 14 centers, printables and signs. Your class won't be disappointed to have a fun learning day with Glow Day! Use for a fun review day or transform your classroom for an end of the year party! Bring on all things NEON and GLOW! Designed with 2nd graders in mind :) Includes GLOW DAY & LETS GLOW banner letters as well! Preview includes a sample of the pages included :) UPDATED MA

20+ activities to learn about and celebrate the 2026 Big Game! Patriots vs. Seahawks! This product will be updated from the previous year, so buy it once and have activities each year with the two football teams! Football themed literacy and math activities including informational text, graphic organizers, opinion writing: Who Would Win?, reading charts, Roman numerals, syllables, compound words, nouns & verbs, math/graphing and text dependent questions! Designed with 2nd graders in mind! *All a

Everything you need to celebrate the "101st Day of School!" Your students will be so excited and engaged with this collection of fun activities. Pick and choose what works for you and your class. Activities include: 101st day of school posters101 Days headband & Dog tag craft101 Dalmatians story summary passageComprehension questionsOpinion writingStory summary responsePersuasive letter writingNonfiction “All About Dalmatians” articleComprehension questions101 thingsWhen I turn 101… writing pro

Lots of fun on the 101st day of school! Print and go dalmatian craft and short writing prompt. Looking for more 101st day of school fun - 101 Dalmatian style? Here are some great options to add engagement to your classroom this winter! 101st Day of School ~ Dalmatian Style! | 101 Dalmatians (This craft activity is included in this separate product)101 Dalmatians ~ TONS of reading & writing FUN! | 101st day of school✨ Follow me✨ to check out more seasonal resources, interactive read aloud 2nd gr

Focus on scientific inquiry while studying oobleck properties using this fun 8 page, printable lab book. Includes both science lesson and interactive read aloud lesson plan and 7 reading response choices. Students will be highly engaged with this hands-on experiment! Enjoy!

The Spider and the Fly Book Companion: Read-Aloud Activities K-3 | Literacy Centers, Comprehension, Vocabulary. The Spider and the Fly is a fun read aloud for the primary classroom. This story teaches the important lesson that you should NEVER be tricked by sweet, flattering words. This HUGE collection of activities (over 30 pages) will provide you will numerous options for reading engagement and response. Most of the activities come in a variety of response styles to allow for differentiation/e

Curriculum Based Measures are a quick and easy way to collect high quality student data to measure and show growth over time. CBM also provide teachers with the ability to analyze student data according to national writing norms. This product provides simple and specific directions for administering a 3-minute writing assessment, scoring, and tracking student data for writing. This product features a national norms chart focusing on grades 1-6 for three specific writing assessments including: T

Many teachers use 101 Dalmatians as a theme to celebrate the 101st day of school. Here are several fun reading, writing, and craft activities to boost engagement in the classroom as we zoom through the winter! Be sure to leave feedback! ENJOY! Activities include:101st day of school posters101 Days headband & Dog tag craftDalmatian craftIf I had 101 Dalmatians I would…“How to take care of a puppy” writer’s workshop book“All About Dogs” writer’s workshop bookNonfiction “All About Dalmatians” artic

Fry Bread is a great read aloud for any primary classroom. Students can learn about family traditions, cultures and being thankful. This book companion product features 8 different response activities and a home to school connection letter with QR code which will allow students to share the story with their family. *Designed with 2nd graders in mind*Response Pages Included:Writing about family traditionsConnectionsSocial Justice Standard: Identity 5 - I see that the way my family and I do thing

Looking for a new phonics activity or center activity? The Science of Reading encourages building connections through word mapping and the use of sound boxes. This document features color coded letter tiles and handouts that will help you create an engaging hands-on activity to promote letter recognition, letter sound recognition, spelling, building word families and to teach or review consonant blends and digraphs. Several handouts to reinforce and assess students learning. Tailor the handout

Ready to upgrade your phonics instruction? A sound wall is a great feature to add to your classroom. This visual display helps students make connections between the 44 phonemes (sounds) and numerous grapheme (letter) combinations. This resource provides a few options for display. Whether you are working with older students, requiring less visuals, or younger students that benefit from visual supports, this product can be used in a variety of ways based on the needs of your students. The full di

Book companions for 2nd grade Interactive Read-Aloud set #25: Steve Jenkins -Exploring the Animal World. Includes over 30 different response pages for the five texts in the set. PLUS bonus Steve Jenkins author study resources. Includes a focus on elements of nonfiction, text features, science connections, vocabulary, author's purpose, opinions, recalling facts and more literary elements! Use to extend, reinforce, revisit, or assess comprehension and literacy skills. Looking for the ENTIRE YEAR

Tacky and the Winter Games Book Companion Engaging Literacy Activities for Primary GradesBring winter fun into your reading block with this Tacky and the Winter Games book companion! This no-prep resource is packed with meaningful literacy activities that help students build comprehension, practice sequencing story events, writing, and character analysis skills—all while enjoying Tacky’s hilarious Winter Games adventures. Perfect for whole group, small group, literacy centers, or independe

Emmanuel's Dream is a must read for bringing SEL and social justice discussions into your classroom. This product has been designed to use as an interactive read aloud; one of the best ways to expose your students to higher level questioning - thinking within, beyond, and about a text that is slightly above their independent reading level. These resources include a focus on elements of nonfiction and research, text features, social studies connections, vocabulary, author's purpose, opinions, rec

A complete research unit including handouts aligned with Common Core and parent explanation letter. All you need to provide are the nonfiction books! From guided, whole group research to cooperative learning and finally an independent research project. A brief overview - This unit focuses on: •Explaining the major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, Questioning in informational text, Text features, Distinguish between information provided by pictures

Book companions for 2nd grade Interactive Read-Aloud set #13: Trickster Tales; Includes 30+ different response pages for the five texts in the set. Great read aloud resources to focus on comprehension, vocabulary, writing a friendly letter, problem & solution, retelling, character traits, lesson of the story, book review, book talks, character study, opinion, connections, predictions, author's craft, and more literary elements! Use to extend, reinforce, revisit, or assess comprehension and li

Fun BINGO activity includes two games to review short a patterns. Each game comes with 5 different playing cards and calling cards for the teacher. Copy on card stock, laminate and cut out and you have a fun game to review word study skills or turn into a literacy center. *More BINGO games coming soon! Check out my store.

Cozy is Jan Brett's latest children's book and just like her previous books, this one does not disappoint! This adorable tale focuses on Cozy the musk ox who is separated from his family and in waiting for spring meets many animals friends who he helps protect from the blustery storms in the Alaskan tundra. This HUGE collection of activities (over 50 pages) will provide you will numerous options for reading engagement and response. Most of the activities come in a variety of response styles to a

Book companions for 2nd grade Interactive Read-Aloud set #10: The Pleasure of Giving; Includes 30+ different response pages for the four texts in the set PLUS BONUS TEXT: Emmanuel's Dream. Great read aloud resources to build on social emotional learning as well! Includes a focus on vocabulary, friendly letter, point of view, character traits, lesson of the story, book review, connections, predictions, author's craft, comprehension and more literary elements! Use to extend, reinforce, revisit,

This is a document you can copy front to back, fold in half and staple twice to create endless blank books for students to use during writer's workshop. This product features Handwriting Without Tears writing lines and a space to illustrate on each page. Please email me if you would like blank books with different specifications (ex: dotted lines, more lines, full page vs. half page, etc.). I also sell writer's workshop blank books with regular lines. Thank you and happy writing!