Rooted in Reading 2nd Grade May Lessons for Comprehension Grammar Vocabulary

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 strategies that will take your little learners on a reading journey like never before.  All lesson plans and activities are aligned with the Common Core Standards and TEKS.  This can be used as a stand-alone curriculum OR as a supplemental curriculum.  You can do ALL of what we include or pick and choose the activities that work best for you and your students! Want to know more? Check out below!

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Books needed for this teaching resource:

Sharks by Anne Schreiber

Fireflies! By Julie Brinckloe

The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell

Koala Lou by Mem Fox

What is included in this teaching resource? Look below!

● Daily Lesson Plans for 4 Weeks

● Book Question Cards

● Fiction Reading Passages

● Nonfiction Reading Passages

● Comprehension Assessments

● Daily Deep Dive with Mentor Sentences

● Comprehension Focuses:

Analyzing Nonfiction Text

Author's Purpose

Cause and Effect

Comparing Folktales

Characteristics of Folktales

Character Analysis

Problem and Solution

Character Motivation

Reader's Theatre

Nonfiction Text Features

● Comprehension Printables/Interactive Notebooks:

Types of Sharks Printable

Shark Booklet

Parts of a Shark

Detective of Shark Senses Printable

Who Am I Printable

Character Motivation Activity

Problem and Solution Flap-ups

Australia Facts

Problem and Solution Puzzles

Kangaroo Facts

Elements of a Fairy Tale

Fractured Fairy Tales

Compare Fairy Tale Flap-Book

Describe Characters Flap-Ups

Story Elements Printable

Author's Purpose Activity

Author's Purpose Printable

Cause and Effect Printable

● Nonfiction Readers

Dolphins

Australia

Fireflies

Desert Life

●  Anchor Charts

All About Sharks with Facts

Comparing Dolphins and Sharks

Sharks Can Have Are

Author's Purpose with Evidence

Cause and Effect with Fireflies

Compare 3 Little Pigs and 3 Little Javelinas

Let's Learn About the Desert

Describe Koala Lou

All About Australia

● Vocabulary

Vocabulary Word and Definition Cards

Vocabulary Writing Prompts

Vocabulary Match

Vocabulary Flap-Ups

Vocabulary Quiz

Vocabulary Printables

● Directed Drawings (with writing pages)

Dolphin

Shark

Firefly Jar

Cactus

Australia Art Project

● Crafts (with writing pages)

Shark

Shark Art Project

Firefly

Javelina

Koala

●  Nonfiction Text Features

Text Feature Posters

Fishing for Text Features

Nonfiction Text Features Layered FlapBook

Text Features Scavenger Hunt

Name that Text Feature

Text Feature Flapbook and sort

Text Feature Match

●Grammar: Homophones

Homophone Word Cards

Homophone Match

I Ate the Eight Activity

Homophone Hunt Scoot

Homophone Puzzles

Homophone Assessment

● Grammar: Reader's Theatre and Grammar Review

Parts of Speech Flap Book

Past, Present, Future Verb Sort with Cactus

Describe the Characters Flap Book

Transition Words Sequence

We Can Sort Sentences Pocket Book

● Grammar: Shades of Meaning with Verbs

Vivid Verbs Layered Flapbook

Verb Sort

Shades of Meaning Sunglasses

Koala Lou's Verb Flap-Ups

Verb Assessment

Disclaimer About Rooted in Reading Books: We try our best to ensure that the books we select for our Rooted in Reading program will be available to you; however, we cannot guarantee any book's availability at any given time.

We encourage you to check multiple places for the books including but not limited to: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Scholastic, Thrift Books, BookOutlet.com, eBay, Abe Books, Half Price Books, Better World Books, and you can make a project on Donor's Choose or check them out from your public library.

More FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Ⓠ There is SO much included, how do I fit it all in?

Ⓐ:  Please do NOT feel like you have to do everything we put into the units.  We try to include everything that a teacher might want, but we realize it is A LOT!  We suggest combing through the units, looking at the expectations of your school/district/state, and deciding which activities would be best for your students.  We do NOT recommend printing class sets of everything, hoping to get to it all. Choose the things that you think YOUR students need, that will be most beneficial, and start there!  Several components can be used during stations, for morning work, or even as homework. Others you may choose to just set aside for another time or not use at all! That’s okay! We want this to work for you AND your students!

Ⓠ Do you have a year overview and planning guide?

Ⓐ:  Yes!  We sure do!  You can find the list of books for the year, the skills we are going to hit, and the standards (Common Core and TEKS) we will cover below!

2nd Grade Overview

Ⓠ What is included in the second grade units

Ⓐ:  Each book unit (so 4 a month)  include:  

⇢Daily Lesson Plans for Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Grammar

⇢Book Question Cards for Classroom Discussion

⇢Comprehension Focus Digital Posters

⇢Comprehension Printables and/or Interactive Notebook Templates

⇢Comprehension Assessment for the Weekly Read Aloud with Answer Key

⇢Fiction Passage with Questions

⇢Nonfiction Passage with Questions

⇢Anchor Chart Templates

⇢Nonfiction Reader

⇢Nonfiction Activities

⇢Vocabulary Cards and Definitions

⇢Vocabulary Activities

⇢Vocabulary Printables/Assessments

⇢Craft with Writing Pages

⇢Directed Drawing with Writing Pages

⇢Grammar Focus Digital Posters

⇢Grammar Printables/Activities

⇢Daily Deep Dive with Mentor Sentence

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