Reading Comprehension Teaching Resources for 2nd Grade
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Before, During and After Reading Fiction Questions - Dice
5 different versions of dice to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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The Gingerbread Man - Comprehension Worksheet
Develop your students' reading comprehension skills with a well-known fairy tale.
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Reciprocal Teaching - Role Bookmarks
Remind students of their reciprocal teaching roles during guided reading groups with this set of 4 bookmarks.
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Newspaper Themed - Book Report Template and Poster
A fun newspaper themed poster with 3 book report templates to use when responding to literature.
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Reciprocal Teaching - Role Posters
Teach the 4 reciprocal teaching roles to your students with this poster set.
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Reading Strategy Bookmark
Bookmarks to remind your students of the different reading strategies.
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Compare and Contrast - Venn Diagram Template
A template to use when teaching students how to compare and contrast.
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Fact and Opinion Worksheets – Cut and Paste
Use these fact and opinion worksheets to help your students identify the difference between fact statements and opinion statements.
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Celebrating Poetry Month in the Primary Grades – Weeks 4 and 5
Celebrate National Poetry Month in the primary classroom with this planning guide and set of resources.
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Celebrating Poetry Month in the Primary Grades - Week 3
Celebrate National Poetry Month in the primary classroom with this planning guide and set of resources.
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Celebrating Poetry Month in the Primary Grades - Week 2
Celebrate National Poetry Month in the primary classroom with this planning guide and set of resources.
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Celebrating Poetry Month in the Primary Grades - Week 1
Celebrate National Poetry Month in the primary classroom with this planning guide and set of resources.
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Informative Texts - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of informative texts.
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Spring Is Here – Animated Poem Video
Use this spring poem with your students to welcome in the season of springtime.
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Exploring Opinion Pieces Unit Plan - Grade 1 and Grade 2
This English unit has been designed to introduce the persuasive genre to younger students; specifically, the purpose, structure and language features of opinion pieces.
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Exploring Procedural Texts Unit Plan
This English Language Arts unit has been designed to introduce procedural texts to younger students. It addresses the purpose, structure and language features of instructions and recipes.
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Applying Reading Comprehension Strategies Unit Plan
This reading unit is designed to explicitly teach the reading comprehension strategies of activating prior knowledge, making connections, questioning, monitoring, predicting, inferring, visualizing, and summarizing to elementary students, with a focus on literary texts.
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Animal Information Report - Modeled Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will jointly construct a simple information report about an animal.
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Separating Fact From Fiction
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
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Independent Writing - How to Make Nature Stew
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently write a recipe for nature stew.
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Guided Writing - How To Make Fruit Salad
A 60 minute lesson in which students will jointly construct a simple recipe for fruit salad in small groups.
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Simon Says!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore action verbs, common nouns, and adverbial phrases in procedures.
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Eat Your Peas - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently construct a simple opinion piece about a familiar situation.
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What Pet Should I Get? - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct a simple opinion piece on a familiar situation in pairs.
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Hey, Little Ant - Modeled Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct a simple opinion piece on a familiar topic.
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Strong Words Make Strong Opinions
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how word choice can be used to strengthen an opinion.
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Visualizing
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of visualizing.
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Opinion Piece Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of opinion pieces.
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Inferring
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of inferring.
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Opinion Piece Organizational Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the basic organizational structure of opinion pieces.
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Predicting
A 60-minute lesson in which students will learn and apply the reading comprehension strategy of predicting.
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For or Against?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate reasons for and against a situation or topic.