Diary of a Spider Second Grade NO PREP Printables

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Journey into reading with this NleO PREP packet of literacy printables that can be used in so many ways. You can use it for reading and writing centers during rotations, as formative classroom assessment, enrichment for your gifted students, or even RTI for your students that need a little something extra. These supplemental materials go with the book Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin. Journal prompt powerpoints are included. They are full of colorful and eye-catching fonts and pictures to start your day.

Each page is completely common core aligned and lists the standard right at the bottom of the page. "I Can" statements for each standard are also listed on the page to save you time!

Skills Addressed in This Set:

Spelling: Long Vowels O and U

Grammar: What is a Noun?

Vocabulary: Multiple Entries, Context Clues

Phonics: Segment, Substitute Phonemes, Long Vowels O U and E, Sounds for G

Writing: Narrative Writing, True Stories, Development, Brainstorming

Reading: Cause and Effect, Summarizing, Figurative Language (Personification)

Speaking and Listening: Recount Key Ideas

Fluency: Intonation, High-Frequency Words

If you enjoy this packet, please check out my other second grade sets HERE and HERE .

Included in this set:

Journal Entry Pages:

Fears (W.2.3, SL.2.5) - Students will write and draw to describe their own fears.

True Friends (W.2.3, SL.2.5) - Students will write and draw to explain what makes a true friend.

Practice Makes Perfect (W.2.3, SL.2.5) - Students will write and draw to describe something they had to work very hard to learn.

Afraid of Me (W.2.3, SL.2.5) - Students will write and draw to describe something that is afraid of them, then explain how they can ease its fears.

Show and Tell (W.2.3, SL.2.5) - Students will write and draw to explain what they would like to bring to show and tell.

Spelling Practice:

Spelling Pretest - Students will use these sheets (printer friendly - 2 to a page) to take a spelling pretest.

I Can Sort Words By Vowel Sound (L.2.2d, RF.2.3a) - Students will sort spelling words by long vowel sound o or u.

I Can Write Sentences With My Spelling Words (L.2.1f, L.2.2d) - Students will create sentences to go with their spelling words and given pictures.

I Can Find the Correctly Spelled Words (L.2.2d) - Students will choose the correctly spelled spelling word, then rewrite it on the line.

I Can Put My Spelling Words in Alphabetical Order (L.2.2d, L.2.2e) - Students will put given sets of spelling words in alphabetical order.

I Can Spell My Words and Add to Find the Value (L.2.2d) - Students will find the value of each letter in a word from a chart and add while spelling the words.

Spelling Test - Students will use these sheets (printer friendly - 2 to a page) to test their spelling for the unit.

Grammar Practice:

I Can Find Animal and People Nouns in a Sentence (L.2.1) - Students will find the animal or people nouns in a sentence, then illustrate the sentence.

I Can Find Place and Thing Nouns in a Sentence (L.2.1, SL.2.5) - Students will find nouns that name places or things in a sentence, then illustrate the sentence.

I Can Create Sentences With Nouns (L.2.1) - Students will use a word bank to complete sentences with nouns, then determine if the noun they used was a person, animal, place, or thing noun.

I Can Find Nouns (L.2.1) - Students will color by the code to tell if a word is a noun or not.

I Can Use Nouns in a Sentence (L.2.1, L.2.1f) - Students will create sentences with given nouns and a given type of sentence (command, question, statement).

Vocabulary Practice:

I Can Match Multiple Definitions to Words (L.2.4) - Students will cut and paste to match multiple definitions to a word, then color to show which definition was used in a sentence.

I Can Choose the Correct Definition for a Sentence (L.2.4) - Students will read a given dictionary page and determine which definition is used for various sentences.

I Can Use Context Clues to Define Pretend Words (L.2.4a) - Students will use context clues to define made up words.

I Can Use Context Clues to Define a Word (L.2.4a) - Students will use context clues to define given vocabulary words used in a sentence.

I Can Use Context Clues to Define a Word (L.2.4a) - Students will use context clues to define given vocabulary words used in a sentence.

Phonics Practice:

I Can Read Words With Long Vowels O, U, and E (RF.2.3a) - Students will illustrate to show that they can read given long vowel o, u, and e words from blending lines in the lesson.

I Can Change Short Vowel Sounds to Long Vowel Sounds (RF.2.3a, SL.2.5) - Students will illustrate to show cvc word meanings, then illustrate to change those words to cvce words.

I Can Sort Words By Vowel Sound (RF.2.3a) - Students will sort words by vowel sound (long e, short e, long o, short o, long u, short u).

I Can Sort the Sounds for the Letter G (RF.2.3e) - Students will color to sort hard and soft g words.

I Can Sort the Sounds for the Letter G (RF.2.3e) - Students will color to sort hard and soft g words.

Writing Practice:

I Can Find Sentences That Support the Main Idea (RL.2.2, W.2.5) - Students will color to sort sentences that support a main idea and sentences that don't support the main idea.

I Can Draw Pictures to Help Me Choose a Topic I Like (W.2.3, W.2.5, SL.2.5) - Students will draw pictures to answer questions about their own life (to begin developing writing topics).

I Can Write Supporting Sentences For a Main Idea (W.2.3, W.2.5) - Students will write two detail sentences to support a given main idea.

I Can Choose a Main Idea and Write Detail Sentences (W.2.3, W.2.5) - Students will choose a main idea and write supporting sentences to begin the writing process.

Performance Task Craftivity: Students will create a spider craftivity to answer the lesson's performance task (all information including teaching instructions, craft templates, and example photographs are included - everything you need to do the activity is here!).

Reading Practice:

I Can Show Cause and Effect in a Story (RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RL.2.7) - Students will write to show cause and effect in the story for the week.

I Can Show Cause and Effect in a Story (RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RL.2.7) - Students will write to show cause and effect in the story for the week.

I Can Summarize What I Read (RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, W.2.2) - Students will write to summarize different things that happened in the story.

I Can Use Personification in My Writing (RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.4, RL.2.5) - Students will write about given characters with different actions using personification.

I Can Use Personification in My Writing (RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.4, RL.2.5, L.2.1f, SL.2.5) - Students will write about given characters using personification.

Fluency Practice:

I Can Read My Sight Words With Intonation in My Voice (RF.2.3f) - Students will use punctuation to show intonation in their voice when reading to a friend.

I Can Find My Sight Words in a Word Search (RF.2.3f) - Students will find their sight words in a word search.

I Can Read and Graph My Sight Words (RF.2.3f) - Students will read and sort their sight words, then graph how many of each there is.

I Can Read and Graph My Sight Words (RF.2.3f) - Students will read and sort their sight words, then graph how many of each there is.

I Can Count Letters and Syllables in My Sight Words (RF.2.3f) - Students will sort their sight words by word length and the number of syllables.

Speaking and Listening Practice:

I Can Answer Questions About a Story (SL.2.2, RL.2.1) - Students will recall details from the story to answer questions.

I Can Listen For Key Details in a Story (SL.2.2, RL.2.1) - Students will recall details from the story to answer questions.

I Can Listen to a Story and Answer Questions (SL.2.2, RI.2.1) - Students will listen to a nonfiction passage (included) and answer questions to demonstrate comprehension.

I Can Remember Details From a Picture (SL.2.2) - Students will study a given set of story-related pictures and then try to answer as many detail questions as possible about what was there.

I Can Listen For Key Details in a Story (SL.2.2, RL.2.1) - Students will recall details from the story to answer questions.