Rooted in Reading 2nd Grade August Reading Comprehension for Back to School

Kick off 2nd-grade reading with EVERYTHING you need for reading comprehension! Including lesson plans and hands-on activities that add a spark to teaching your students making connections, how to write a summary (BME), character traits, and making predictions!

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!

For more information, research, and teacher testimonies on Rooted in Reading click HERE.

Books needed for August:

A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon

Sheila Rae the Brave by Kevin Henkes

Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes

The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig

Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles

What is included in the AUGUST unit? Look below!

● Daily Lesson Plans for 4 Weeks

● Book Question Cards

● Reading Passages

● Comprehension Assessments

● Comprehension Focuses:

Making Connections

Writing a Summary

Character Traits

Making Predictions

● Comprehension Printables/Interactive Notebooks:

Making Predictions Flap-ups

Making and Confirming Predictions Flap-ups

Emus Printable

Confirming and Adjusting Predictions Printable

Deep Connections Printable

I am special printable

Making Connections BME Flap-ups

Summarizing A Bad Case of Strips Flap-Ups

Germs Printable

Describing Camilla Cream Printable

Venn Diagram Flap-Book

Describing Characters Printables

Summarizing Flap-Ups

● Nonfiction Readers

Excellent Emus

Our Kind Classroom

Germs, Germs Go Away!

Kevin Henkes

●  Anchor Charts

I Can Make Predictions

Facts About Emus

Let's Make Deep Connections

Our Class Pledge

Let's Describe Camilla Cream

Let's Write a Summary

All About Germs

I Can Compare Stories

All About Kevin Henkes

● Vocabulary

Vocabulary Word and Definition Cards

Vocabulary Rock and Roll

Vocabulary BINGO

Vocabulary Match

Vocabulary Picture It

Vocabulary Assessments

● Directed Drawings (with writing pages)

Emu

Crayon

Camilla Cream

Chester

● Crafts (with writing pages)

Self Portrait

Crayon and Brian from the Invisible Boy

Pill Bottle

Sheila Rae

●  Grammar:  Sentences

Sentences Digital Posters

Edward's Zoo Friends Sentence Booklet

Correct and Incorrect Sentences Sort

Sentence Search

Making Sentences

My Sentences are Superb Booklet

●Grammar: Complete Sentences

Complete Sentences Digital Poster

Complete and Incomplete FlapBook Sort

Complete or Not Sentence Scoot

Make Me Complete Booklet

Complete and Incomplete Pocket Sort

Make Complete Sentences Flap-Ups

● Grammar: ABC Order

ABC Order Digital Poster

ABC Order Sort

ABC Order

Is The Order Correct Scoot

Snack and Share Booklet

Cure the Order Scoot

● Grammar: Compound Words

Compound Words Digital Poster

Compound Word Flap-Book Sort

Compound Word Flap-Book

Compound Word printable

Name the Word Scoot

Find the Compound Word

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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