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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

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

Mr. Peabody's Apples is a great story to teach students about the power of their words and not spreading rumors or gossip. This activity would be great to incorporate into your back to school lesson plans and/or character education resources. Included with this product is a full interactive read aloud lesson plan with pre-made questions to print on post-its, a variety of resources including home-to-school connection and parent letter, listening center, response pages and more! Here's What's Incl

Ready to start hitting your CCSS research standards? Use this unit plan to engage students in shared research or independent research of famous people - all the printouts you need to get the project finished! Includes ideas for student presentation and a Wax Museum event! Designed with second graders in mind! Includes: unit lesson plans, 14 printable biographies to use for close reading as well as reading response pages, fact collector page, graphic organizers, timeline template, paragraph writ

The Alaskan Iditarod Race is an exciting event! Designed for students to research and learn the history behind this iconic event! A 5 day mini-unit, with easy to follow plans that streamline just the right amount of nonfiction and fictional texts for students to be engaged. Included are resources for the trade book: Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod, by Robert J. Blake. This captivating tale tells the story of a lead sled dog named Akiak who, while competing in the Iditarod race, injures her paw

A strong foundation in phonics and decoding builds fluent readers. Teaching sight words (Heart words) or irregular words requires explicit instruction. This product will provide a routine for teaching and practicing the spelling of irregular words, featuring a multi-sensory approach. Learn the difference between irregular, sight words, and high frequency words and become a pro at implementing a routine for teaching these important words. Great for introduction of new spelling words, reinforcemen

Put the timeline creation in your student’s hands by providing them the opportunity to connect with important inventions that changed our way of life. Print out these posters for students to illustrate. Students can be a part of the sequencing process. Display the timeline in your classroom as a year-long display, or during your history unit. This activity is also great for math – determining how many years ago these monumental creations were invented. Also includes a handout so that student

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

Using the popular Cinderella fairy tale, these response pages allow students to focus on comprehension and comparing other versions to Cinderella. Book companion (reading response pages) to accompany the read alouds: Cinderella, The Rough-Face Girl, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, and Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella. Designed with 2nd graders in mind! What Activities are Included?Cinderella: 6 response pages: fairy tale elements, retelling, good vs. evil, problem and solution, connectionsRough-Face Girl: 6

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

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

Milk Goes to School is a fun back to school read aloud all about friendship. This collection features 25 reading response pages - plenty to choose from to reinforce, revisit, and discuss the text. Skills Focused On:ConnectionsRetellingVocabularySummarizingProblem & SolutionLesson of the StoryCharacter StudyCharacter TraitsFavorite Part Author's MessageAuthor's CraftPreviewing & PredictingFriendly Letter to a CharacterPrepping for a Book TalkRecalling Story EventsCreating a Movie PosterComprehen

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

Getting started with shared reading texts this year? This product is a text companion for Smokey the Bear: A True Story - 2nd Grade shared reading text. 11 PRINT AND GO activities to use with your students - independently, for guided practice, enrichment, or reinforcement. You choose! Features a Focus on:Main ideaComprehensionGenre StudyRecalling DetailsWriting a captionVocabulary: whimperMaking a Retelling ChartCheck for understandingWriting: Most Important Thing...Recalling FactsAuthor's Purpo

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