Valentine’s Day 2nd Grade Reading Nonfiction Text RI.2.1 Ask & Answer Questions

This Valentine’s Day, show your students you care with this fun and educational second-grade Valentine’s Day reading resource. This 2nd grade History of Valentine’s Day nonfiction reading lesson for standard RI.2.1, ask & answer questions has just what you need. Whether they are learning about Valentine’s Day or how holidays originated, from Saint Valentine to the Roman celebration of Lupercalia, from valentines and cupids to chocolate hearts and flowers, this resource helps kids to learn all about how modern Valentine’s Day customs originated.

Cover important standards with this festive resource all about the history of Valentine’s Day. From the first Valentine’s Day to the modern-day Valentine’s Day traditions dive into the history of Valentine’s Day as we know it. Read about the different theories of who Saint Valentine was. Learn about how the pope made Valentine’s Day an official holiday. Read about its connection to a Roman festival honoring a wolf. Understand the modern traditions of giving valentines and so much more. This History of Valentine’s Day nonfiction reading resource has so much to explore.

With three different text levels about the history of Valentine’s Day, this lesson is accessible for multiple students. Introduce different types of questions, practice writing your own questions, and answer both multiple-choice and open-ended questions. A lesson plan is included.

33 Unique pages 143 Total pages

Documents are available in full color, ink-saving color, black and white, and ink-saving black and white

Answer sheets are available where applicable

A Lesson Plan is included.

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Introduce the topics with two posters. One decorative poster is the cover for the unit. This poster includes the subject for the unit the history of Valentine’s Day with a cute Valentine’s Day-themed illustration. There is another poster that introduces the main vocabulary for the unit Valentine’s Day. This poster also includes a definition of the word Valentine’s Day. This poster is available in a smaller version if you want to save ink. You can use this poster to help you introduce the subject.

The nonfiction text about The History of Valentine’s Day is available in high, mid, and low versions. The text content is the same but the words and sentence structures are different from text to text. Each text has introductions, main body paragraphs, and conclusions. The same vocabulary words are used throughout the texts.

Speaking of vocabulary, there are 16 vocabulary cards. Eight vocabulary words and eight definitions with photos. The words are: Cupid, ancient, legend, origin, celebration, saint, symbol, and valentines. These words are used frequently throughout all the resources to make sure kids get lots of practice with them. Play a game such as Pictionary or charades with the cards or reinforce understanding. There is also a vocabulary drawing paper included to help kids visualize the word meanings. Students will choose tricky words and help to visualize the meaning by drawing a picture to help them remember. An additional paper with sentences using the vocabulary words is also included. Students will practice reading the vocabulary words in the sentences. There is also a paper where students can practice filling in the correct vocabulary words to complete a sentence. A word box of the vocabulary words is provided.

What learning goals are addressed in the resources?

RI.2.1 Ask and Answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.

Introduce different types of questions, practice writing your own questions, and answer both multiple-choice and open-ended questions.

This resource includes a lesson plan for RI.2.1 Asking and Answering questions. This lesson plan explains how to use all the resources in this lesson. You can, of course, pick and choose which parts of the lesson you want to follow. If you have taught a previous version of this lesson using one of my other resources, you will find this layout to be similar.

Introduce different types of questions with the large question posters and the small question cards. These question cards include a themed background but otherwise are not specific to the text. I purposefully did not include examples specific to this text because I wanted the kids to have the opportunity to generate their own questions for this text without being biased by examples. The examples provided are therefore not related to this text. These question posters include question words who, what, where, when, why, and how.

The history of Valentine’s Day-themed recording sheets are also included. Students are prompted to record their own questions prior to reading. There are six sheets each prompting students to focus on a particular type of question. For example: “Write down 5 “who questions.” You can have students practice a different type of question with each new resource. Put students in groups and have them focus on asking just one type of question. Or you can have the whole class focus on asking just one type of question. Then rotate them for the next story. Why focus on the type of question? Because sometimes students miss questions because they do not understand what is really being asked. By deconstructing the type of questions, they can better understand what questions are asking them. Writing their own questions is a key part of this.

There are 10 total questions. Five multiple-choice questions and five open-ended questions.

There is a set of multiple-choice questions. These questions are about the included text The History of Valentine’s Day. These include 5 questions with 4 multiple-choice answers each. There are answer sheets available for this set of questions.

There is also a set of open-ended questions which also include 5 different questions. Students will write their own answers to these questions. These questions are also about the included text The History of Valentine’s Day. There are answer sheets available for this set of questions but it should be understood that some of the open-ended questions can be a little flexible with the correct answers, especially with why questions.

Early finishers have a Valentine’s Day-themed coloring page with a short writing prompt as well. There are three different ask-and-answer questions exit tickets for a quick assessment of student understanding.

33 Unique pages 143 Total pages

Documents are available in full color, ink-saving color, black and white, and ink-saving black and white

Answer sheets are available where applicable

A Lesson Plan is included.

WHAT'S INSIDE?

This Printable Resource Includes:

• 1 Valentine’s Day-Themed Unit Cover Poster

• Questions Lesson Plan for RI.2.1

• 1 Large Valentine’s Day-Themed Poster

• 1 Valentine’s Day-themed Nonfiction Reading Text about The History of Valentine’s Day [on 3 reading levels high, mid, low]

• 16 Vocabulary Cards [8 word cards, 8 definition cards] *Some resources have more vocabulary than others

• 1 Vocabulary Visualization Paper for the History of Valentine’s Day

• 1 Read the Vocabulary Word Paper for the History of Valentine’s Day

• 1 Fill in the Vocabulary Word Paper for the History of Valentine’s Day

• 6 Large Types of Questions Posters

• 6 Small Types of Questions Cards

• 6 Ask a Question Recording Sheets for History of Valentine’s Day

• 1 Set of 5 Multiple-choice Questions for History of Valentine’s Day Text

• 1 Set of 5 Open-ended Questions for History of Valentine’s Day Text

• Early Finisher Valentine’s Day-Themed Coloring Page Writing Prompt

• 3 History of Valentine’s Day-Themed Ask and Answer Questions Exit Tickets

The Text level can be compared with: 2nd grade, age 7-8, lexis 810, AR 2.5, DRA 28, Fountas & Pinnell L, reading recover 20, PM readers 22 gold

This unit was originally made for 2nd grade but can be used with many elementary grades and possibly even an advanced preschooler.

33 Unique pages 143 Total pages

Documents are available in full color, ink-saving color, black and white, and ink-saving black and white

Answer sheets are available where applicable

A Lesson Plan is included.

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