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2nd grade critical thinking literature resources
Editable Morning Meeting Daily Slides Activities Digital Resources Morning Work
Are you ready to turn your morning meeting into the best part of your daily routine? Unlock the power of morning meetings with this Editable Morning Meeting Daily Slides & Activity Pages Yearlong Set, designed for K-6 grade. These NO PREP INTERACTIVE EDITABLE morning meeting slides will revive your morning routine in a fun and engaging way. These Editable Morning Meeting Daily Slides are an easy-to-use, time-saving way for you to build a consistent morning routine and a strong classroom co
Grades:
K - 6th
Create a Board Game! Project Based Learning Unit - Templates + Rubrics + Slides
Unleash creativity with our Board Game Project Based Learning Unit! Ideal for 1st grade and up! Make learning fun by creating a board game. Includes templates, rubrics, and more! PDF & Powerpoint Slides to introduce the project to students.KEY FEATURES:64 PAGES OF VALUE: Includes 64 pages of resources to support the entire project lifecycle from planning and crafting to reflecting.TEMPLATES FOR EVERYTHING: Comes with a variety of templates including warm up activities, planning, game design,
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2nd - 8th
Reading Log Alternative: "Tower of Books" {An Independent Reading Challenge}
Replace that hum-drum reading log and Infuse new life into students’ independent reading, at school or at home, with the “Tower of Books” Challenge! Perfect for a summer reading challenge or an alternative to the stuck-in-a-rut reading log assignment. Printable and digital versions included!The challenge is built on two core ideas: to encourage students to read some different genres of books and authors they may not try otherwise, and to give them a fresh and motivating way to keep track of thei
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1st - 6th
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Fiction Graphic Organizers: Story Elements, Character Traits Reading Response
Graphic organizers are an essential tool for differentiating and supporting all students in your classroom. This pack includes 100 graphic organizers that can be used with any fiction books or reading passages. If you are looking for a paper and digital version, click here!This resource is packed full of a wide variety graphic organizers to practice skills and strategies needed while reading fiction! These organizers have been thoughtfully aligned to the ELA Common Core for Grades 1-6. Take
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2nd - 5th
No Prep Emergency Sub Plans - Substitute Activities 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Teachers
These no prep emergency sub plans make sick days much less stressful because the activities can be used over and over again; easily use these substitute plans to create 3 day of emergency sub plans (or more)! There are 2 sets of substitute plans - 1 that can be used with any fiction book and one that can be used with any nonfiction book. Simply make several class sets of copies to easily create emergency sub plans that you can always have on hand! Include a different book with each class set.
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2nd - 5th
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Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd Grade Reading Fluency Passages Bundle Timed Comprehension
This is a bundle of my fiction timed practice Reading Fluency Passages with comprehension questions, Set 1, for Kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grade, reading levels A-M. This bundle includes 48 reading fluency passages with comprehension questions, for students in Kindergarten, 1st Grade or 2nd Grade reading at Levels A-M. These reading fluency passages are great for quick timed fluency assessments and to work on improving students' fluency.Fluency is such an important skill to work on, and as
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K - 2nd
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Book Club Fiction and Nonfiction Bundle Digital and Printable
I LOVE that this can work for ANY book. I have packets made for my small group and I can easily have them flip to the page to work. It is awesome! Thank you!” - Amy B.You’ve heard Book Clubs (or Literature Circles) are a fun way to get your students reading and talking about books. You’ve even heard Book Clubs make reading fun for your most reading-averse students. But how do you start them? How do you run them effectively? How do you make sure all your students—regardless of reading level—ge
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2nd - 5th
Would You Rather Sampler - Fun Questions for Discussion, Writing Prompts, & More
Dive into writing prompts, classroom discussion, and more with our exclusive sampler from Would You Rather Questions!!These 18 digital or print Would You Rather questions are great for discussion, class polls, writing prompts, language building, facilitating higher-level thinking, brain breaks, building community, and more! This sampler gives you a taste of our comprehensive Would You Rather resource that promises to make learning engaging and effective.Try before you buy!Purchase this sampler f
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2nd - 9th
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15 Working Memory Brain Games: Improve executive function in 5 minutes a day!
WORKING MEMORY BEST SELLER--UPDATED FOR 2024! These 15 research-based brain games are designed to improve kids' working memory in five minutes of partner game play daily for just 9 weeks! If you've ever complained that students lack the following skills, an executive function of the brain called working memory might be the issue!-staying focused and on-task-following complex and multi-step directions-copying information and taking notes-keeping their place in a text-retelling stories-explaining
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K - 6th
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Balloons Over Broadway Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activity
Have a classroom Thanksgiving Day Parade! Make learning fun with this Thanksgiving STEAM challenge in which students design their very own Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon! An excellent companion activity to the fall read aloud book Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet.Not only do students design the balloon, but as an added challenge they must create a device to keep it floating in the air!Students plan, design, and execute their own ideas. After they have completed their activity, there is t
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K - 5th
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NGSS:
K-2-ETS1-2
, K-2-ETS1-3
, K-2-ETS1-1
, 3-5-ETS1-3
, 3-5-ETS1-1
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Also included in: Thanksgiving READ ALOUD STEM™ Activities and Challenges BUNDLE
Genre Word Wall Cards: Genre Posters, ELA Reading Back to School Classroom Decor
Create a beautiful visual genre word wall in your classroom to support your students in becoming strong readers! Student-friendly definitions with supporting visuals are shown on each of the 30 genre posters/ flashcards. This comes in 3 background color options, including a black background (as pictured), a multi-colored background (options for white font or black font), and an all-white background. Take a look at the product preview for a closer look!All word wall cards come 2 per page on a reg
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2nd - 5th
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Literature Circles - Book Clubs | Roles & Reflection Pages | Print and Digital
Literature Circles Adapted for Lower Elementary Grades: Literature Circles make the perfect Book Clubs and are an effective and engaging way to get students invested in reading and they align perfectly with the standards for speaking and listening!I like to think of Literature Circles as a structured book group. After explicit modeling, these groups can become independent. Each student takes on a role that rotates with each meeting. These roles include discussion director, illustrator, word
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1st - 4th
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2nd Grade Reading Fluency Passages | Level K-M | Comprehension | Timed Practice
This resource includes 15 timed reading fluency passages with comprehension questions, for students reading at a 2nd Grade reading level, Levels K-M. These reading fluency passages are great for quick timed fluency assessments and to work on improving students' fluency.Fluency is such an important skill to work on, and assess, as it helps many literacy skills, including comprehension. The purpose of this pack is to help students develop their fluent reading skills. The goal is not to be the fas
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2nd
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Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizers: Fiction, Nonfiction, Strategy Response
Graphic organizers are an essential tool for differentiating and supporting all students in your classroom. This resource is packed full of a wide variety of printable graphic organizers to practice skills and strategies needed in reading fiction, nonfiction, and using reading comprehension strategies! These organizers have been thoughtfully aligned to the ELA Common Core for Grades 2-6. WHAT'S INCLUDED:1. Reading Comprehension Strategies Posters, Graphic Organizers & Activity Ideas12 Readi
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2nd - 5th
Fact and Opinion Activities Sort 2nd 3rd Grade Fun Reading Centers Comprehension
Are you looking for a fun, highly engaging, and EFFECTIVE way to teach fact and opinion? This set of activities will teach your students how to distinguish between fact and opinion by becoming observant text detectives. You can even use it as the basis for a room transformation!This resource includes:Fact Detectives Reading CentersFact vs Opinion SortAssessmentDigital ActivitiesSOLVE THE CRIME FACT DETECTIVESThis activity is super engaging for students! They will read each storyline along with t
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Fact and Opinion Activities BUNDLE Text Detective Reading Comprehension
Figurative Language Posters: Similes and Metaphors, Idioms, Literary Devices
Create a beautiful, visual figurative language word wall in your classroom to support your students in becoming strong readers! 20 Figurative language vocabulary terms are covered using student-friendly definitions and supporting visuals. Take a look at the product preview for a closer look!This comes in 3 background color options, including a black background (as pictured), a multi-colored background (options for white font or black font), and an all-white background. They print 2/page on stan
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2nd - 5th
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Describing & Inferring Details with Picture of the Day: Reading Photos "Closely"
***************************************Picture of the Day now available in Volume 2.Picture of the Day now available in Volume 3 (Google Slides compatible) posted 8/24/2020.***************************************This Picture of the Day product is a great way for students to practice three very important reading skills - observing details by being able to describe them and making inferences about what you notice and observe based on what you see and what you already know. Observing, describing an
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K - 6th
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100th Day of School Activities STEM Activities
Make your 100th day of school celebration STEM-TASTIC with these 6 engaging activities that are STEM challenges. These Smitten with First 100th Day STEM challenges can be used as stations or as activities completed throughout the day. See preview! Challenges Included:Pattern Hats (students build a party hat with 100 pattern blocks)Build 100 (students build the number 100 using 100 building blocks)Hairy Glasses (students build shape glasses using 100 gray hairs/pipe cleaners)100 Wishes (student
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K - 2nd
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Also included in:Â Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade Year Long STEM Activities Bundle
Magic Tree House #1 Dinosaurs Before Dark Printable and Digital Activities
Are your students ready to join Jack and Annie on an adventure through time in the Magic Tree House? This book companion contains comprehension questions for each chapter of Dinosaurs Before Dark. It also includes vocabulary practice, a book quiz, a sequence of events page, and plenty of graphic organizers to help guide your students through this book.When you download this .zip file, you will find three resources:Original File - this is a printable packet for students with teacher answer keysGo
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in:Â Magic Tree House Bundle for Books 1-8 Printable and Digital Activities
* Cause and Effect - Jeopardy style game show Distance Learning
Cause and Effect Jeopardy style game show! Common Core aligned and excellent practice for your 2nd to 4th Grade students. With 25 practice problems, in a game show setting, your students will get lots of review. This game can also be found on my Cause and Effect Boom cards found here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Cause-and-Effect-BOOM-digital-task-cards-for-Digital-Learning-5596295 They are the same questions, but in Boom format.This download INCLUDES a copy for Google Classro
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2nd - 5th
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Recount 2nd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions, Fables Folktales
This RL.2.2 Recount or Retell 2nd grade reading unit is packed full of standards-based lesson plans, Lexile passages, and activities to use while you are teaching the standard RL2.2. If you are not teaching Common Core, then the unit is still valuable to use when teachings students how to recount a story and find the moral of the text. It specifically focuses on fables and folktales.Please check out the preview to see ALL that you're getting! In the pack you will receive: 4 Mini Lessons8 Graphic
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2nd
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Also included in:Â 2nd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions - Fiction ELA Units
First Day Jitters Back to School Activities DIGITAL & PDF First Day of School
This Back to School Bestseller includes differentiated, low-prep activities that are perfect to use for back to school and distance learning. Use this First Day Jitters Book Study resource with the book, First Day Jitters by Julie Dannenberg, my First Grade Jitters Book Study, and my First Day Jitters Banner to engage students at the beginning of the year. More importantly, it includes a variety of activities to put up in your room and have it ready for Back to School Night, Open House, Meet t
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1st - 4th
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Also included in:Â First Day Jitters Back to School Activities BUNDLE, Digital & Printable
Character Response, Problem and Solution RL.2.3 Story Elements 2nd Grade Reading
This RL.2.3 Character Response (problem and solution) 2nd grade story element reading unit is full of standards-based lesson plans, graphic organizers, anchor charts, Lexile passages, and activities to use while you are teaching the standard RL2.3. If you are not teaching Common Core, then the unit is still valuable to use when teaching students how to describe story elements, focusing on describing challenges the characters faces in a story and how they respond to that challenge.Please check ou
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2nd
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Also included in:Â 2nd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions - Fiction ELA Units
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Math Logic Puzzles: 2nd grade Enrichment - [Digital & Printable PDF]
Math Logic Puzzles for 2nd grade includes 16 higher-order thinking puzzles designed to challenge and engage your high flyers and fast finishers. Your students will utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills while building a solid understanding of essential math concepts and skills. These puzzles are available as a printable PDF and a paperless version made with Google Slides™ for virtual learning.Every activity is directly aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Math.--------
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Grades:
2nd - 3rd
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