2nd Grade Reading Resources
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Questions Before, During, and After Reading
To encourage critical reading, teachers should ask students questions about the text before, during, and after they…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionGrammar -
LESSON PLANS
Sequencing Lesson Plan for The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Present this Common Core-aligned lesson plan for the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar to help students practice story…SubjectsReadingReading ComprehensionTeaching Eric Carle & The Very Hungry Caterpillar -
LESSON PLANS
Summarizing: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' summarizing skills using the book Cloudy With a Chance of…SubjectsReadingReading ComprehensionReading and Literature -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Reading Aloud
When we read aloud to students, we expand their imaginations, provide new knowledge, support language acquisition, build…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingReading Aloud -
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Top 10 Books by Eric Carle
This gallery features information on children's author Eric Carle's 10 best books. Each slide also features a related…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureReadingChildren's Book -
LESSON PLANS
Main Idea: The Great Kapok Tree
Finalize your lessons on how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book The Great Kapok Tree with your class.SubjectsReadingReading ComprehensionMain Idea and Supporting Details -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Building Vocabulary
Vocabulary development is critical to success in reading To develop students' vocabulary, teachers must encourage a…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingVocabularyReading -
WORKSHEETS
Draw the Directions
Employ a printable reading activity that helps build skills in following written directions.Subjects:Reading InstructionDrawingListening -
LESSON PLANS
Main Idea: Chrysanthemum
Teach your students how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book Chrysanthemum with your class.SubjectsReadingMain Idea and Supporting DetailsReading and Literature -
LESSON PLANS
Story Elements: Danny and the Dinosaur
Use a lesson that introduces primary students to the elements of a story that is read aloud. Students begin by…SubjectsReadingReading ComprehensionReading and Literature -
CHOICE BOARDS
Sight Words Choice Board and Activities Packet (Grades K-3)
This choice board packet includes 16 different activities you can use with early readers to help them build fluency with…Subjects:ReadingEarly Reading -
LESSON PLANS
Sequencing: The Hare and the Tortoise
Use a lesson that is designed to expand the skill of sequencing for primary students, using the text The Hare and the…SubjectsReadingReading ComprehensionReading and Literature -
WORKSHEETS
Reading Comprehension: The Moon
Enhance reading comprehension with an activity that is based on facts about the moon.Subjects:Reading ComprehensionLanguage Arts and WritingSocial Studies and History -
BOOK GUIDES
Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Use Ezra Jack Keats's book Whistle for Willie to enhance children's reading abilities. Discussion prompts, activities,…Subjects:Ezra Jack Keats, Author & Illustrator: Guides to His BooksAuthorsLiterature -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Event Map
Organizing the who, what, where, when, why, and how of an event is the goal of this graphic organizer. This printable is…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLanguage Arts and Writing -
LESSON PLANS
Prior Knowledge: The Three Little Pigs
Encourage your students to activate their prior knowledge with this lesson plan on The Three Little Pigs.SubjectsReading ComprehensionReadingReading and Literature -
ACTIVITIES
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Enrichment Activities
Review the enrichment activities and web resources created for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, plus a bibliography of Eric…Subjects:LiteratureTeaching Eric Carle & The Very Hungry CaterpillarLanguage Arts and Writing -
WORKSHEETS
Drawing Conclusions I
Use this worksheet with your students to increase reading abilities with an activity that build skills in drawing…Subjects:Reading ComprehensionReadingReading and Literature -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Main Idea and Supporting Details
Help students identify main idea and supporting details with this printable graphic organizer. This printable is…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLanguage Arts and Writing -
LESSON PLANS
March Wind Poetry Pack
Students illustrate a poem wile predicting what will happen in each stanza.Subjects:PoetryReadingLanguage Arts and Writing -
LESSON PLANS
Making Inferences, Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Use a lesson that is designed to expand primary students' skill of making inferences. The lesson uses the book, Why…SubjectsReadingReading ComprehensionCaldecott Medal Books & Illustrators -
ACTIVITIES
Directed Reading-Thinking Activity
Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA) is a teaching strategy that guides students in making predictions about a…Subjects:ReadingLanguage Arts and WritingReading and Literature -
LESSON PLANS
Making Inferences, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing
Use a lesson that is designed to teach primary students to make inferences as a reading comprehension with a strategy.…SubjectsReading ComprehensionReadingReading and Literature -
DAILY WARM-UPS
The Invention of Coca-Cola® Reading Warm-Up
In this printable reading warm-up, students read a nonfiction passage on the invention of Coca-Cola® and answer reading…Subjects:ReadingLanguage Arts and WritingAmerican History/U.S. History
