Rooted in Reading 2nd Grade | April Read Aloud Comprehension & Activities

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!

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

Books needed for this teaching resource:

Old Elm Speaks by Kristine George

Salt in His Shoes by Delores Jordan

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney

Catching the Moon by Crystal Hubbard

*Please note that the week of poetry is structured differently.*

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:

Making Connections

Identifying the Lesson

Earth Day Research

Structure of the Story

Analyzing Poetry

Character Action

Ask Questions When You Read

● Comprehension Printables/Interactive Notebooks:

Studying Poets Flap-Ups

Analyzing Poetry Printables

Poems and Question Printables

Earth Day Research with QR Codes

Character Motivation Printables

Character Traits Printable

Flashbacks Printable

Michael Jordan Printable

Lesson of a Story Printable

Textual Evidence Flap-Ups

Character Action Printable

Asking Questions

Looking at the Text Flap-Ups

● Nonfiction Readers

Jackie Robinson

Michael Jordan

Earth Day

Famous Poets

●  Anchor Charts

Picking Apart Poems

Poet-tree with Poetic Devices

Let's Celebrate Earth Day

Describe Miss Rumphius

All About Michael Jordan

All About Jackie Robinson

Catching the Moon Chart

● Vocabulary

Vocabulary Word and Definition Cards

Vocabulary Flap-Ups

Vocabulary Writing Prompts

Vocabulary Match

Vocabulary Spin

Vocabulary Quiz

Vocabulary Printables

● Directed Drawings (with writing pages)

Jackie Robinson

Michael Jordan

Child Carrying Plants

Beaver with Analyzing a Poem

● Crafts (with writing pages)

Basketball Goal

Baseball

Earth Day Research Booklet (tree)

Bird Nest with Analyzing a Poem

●  Grammar:  Literal vs Figurative Language

Figurative vs Literal Printable

Literal vs Figurative Flap Book Sort

Two Peas in a Pod Activity

Figurative Language Printable

Activity: Phrase and Actual Meaning

●Grammar: Suffixes

Suffix Four Square

Suffix Basketball

Suffix Flap Book and Sort

Suffix Pocket Book and Sort

Suffix Assessment

● Grammar: Prefixes

Prefix Four Square

Prefix Flap Book and Sort

Pretty Prefixes Butterfly

Prefix Pocket Book and Sort

Prefix Assessment

● Poetic Devices

Poetic Devices Journal Prompts: Alliteration, Similes, Personification, Onomatopoeia, Repetition

Poetic Devices Posters

Alliteration Tongue Twisters

Repetition Rain Drops

Speech Bubbles for Onomatopoeias

Similes Interactive Notebook Activity

Simile Match

Poetic Devices Sort

Poetic Devices Scoot

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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