2nd Grade Literature Printables (by date, oldest first)

The story, When Spring Comes by Kevin Hikes, illustrated by Laura Dronzek, is my daughter’s favorite book year round. It's the perfect story to explore the transition from Winter to Spring. When reading this story to children, they become overjoyed to see the nature and animals related to the springtime. They love to pretend and act out the meaning of the story.

Use this lesson plan while reading When Spring Comes. This is the perfect way to integrate physical activity and mindfulness into storytime. Each page can be brought to life with our yoga sequence and our beautifully-illustrated yoga cards teach children how to do each yoga pose.

When Spring Comes is filled with imagery, alliteration, and repetition. Through this book, we can teach children these valuable literary devices through facilitated discussions, group activities and extension exercises included in this lesson plan. Also included are coloring pages, crafts, breathing exercises, mindfulness activities and more!

When Spring Comes  Literacy Integration is a 24-page PDF download that you can view on your phone, tablet, computer or print to paper.

When Spring Comes Lesson Plan is designed for kids ages 4-10 and includes:

• List of yoga poses, props and key themes that relate to the story
• Yoga script to use along with When Spring Comes
• Breathing exercises, mindfulness activities and creative crafts for kids
• Yoga cards and list of yoga games to play
• Worksheets and coloring pages that relate to When Spring Comes

Are you looking for an engaging way to teach children about the different parts of a book and proper book care? Our "Book Activities & Review Templates" provide a comprehensive set of worksheets that make learning about books fun and interactive. This resource is designed to help students understand the structure of books, label their parts, and learn essential book care rules.

Our Book Activities & Review Templates include:

• Parts of a Book Worksheet: Learn about the title, front cover, author, picture, spine, blurb, and more.
• Label the Parts of a Book: An interactive worksheet that challenges students to label different parts of a book correctly.
• Key Parts of Front and End Pages: Detailed worksheets focusing on the critical elements found in the front and end pages of books.
• Book Care Rules Coloring Page: A fun and educational coloring page poster that teaches important book care rules.

This resource is perfect for teachers, librarians, and homeschooling parents who want to instill a love for books and reading in their students. It's suitable for classroom lessons, library activities, or at-home learning.

Enhance your child's understanding of books and encourage proper book care with our engaging and educational Book Activities & Review Templates.

IN ADDITION, this resource includes a helpful tip sheet about "Child Development and Play Activities." Through this resource, parents will gain practical insights into how different types of play contribute to their child's overall development. The information sheet provides simple and engaging ideas for fostering cognitive, physical, social, and emotional growth through play. By incorporating these activities, young learners can develop essential skills while enjoying the fun and creativity that play brings to their everyday lives.

Are you searching for a creative and interactive way to teach your young learners the alphabet? Look no further! Our "Alphabet Snap Cube Worksheets" are designed to make learning the ABCs fun, hands-on, and engaging for early learners. This resource combines snap cube activities, writing practice, and coloring fun, making it an all-in-one tool for alphabet mastery.

To further support your child’s learning journey, we’ve also included an information tip sheet for parents that offers fun and engaging ways to teach your child the alphabet at home. This guide is packed with practical ideas to make alphabet learning an enjoyable experience for both you and your child.

What’s Included?

Each worksheet in the "Alphabet Snap Cube Worksheets" set includes:

• Capital and Lowercase Letters: Students can build both versions of the letter using snap cubes, enhancing fine motor skills and letter recognition.
• Writing and Tracing Lines: Dedicated space for students to trace and write the letter, reinforcing letter formation.
• Coloring Pictures: Two black-and-white images that start with the letter’s beginning sound, providing a fun coloring activity and sound recognition practice.

Equip your home or classroom with the "Alphabet Snap Cube Worksheets" and watch as your child’s alphabet skills flourish through creative play and hands-on activities. With the included tip sheet for parents, you’ll have everything you need to make alphabet learning a fun and successful experience at home. Download today and start building a strong foundation in early literacy!

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The Chapter Book Response Sheets can be used with any chapter book. This product comes with 14 different response sheets-students can complete a response sheet after each chapter or after several chapters. These response sheets are ideal for Literature Circles, Independent Read, Homework, etc. Each response sheet focuses on different concepts that are aligned with Common Core. Please check out the Preview for a better view of examples.

Below are suggestions for the use of the Chapter Book Response Sheets:

Literature Circles- Students can use the response sheet after each chapter or every couple of chapters. The concepts covered can be used as discussion pieces during Literature Circle.

Independent Read- Students can use these response sheets to keep their reading skills and memory fresh while reading a chapter book. They can keep their response sheets in order and have a study guide to look back on at the end of the book.

Homework- Students can be assigned one or more chapters, and do a response sheet for homework.

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Print these fun bookmarks on colored or white cardstock and provide them to your students. The goal is to challenge the students to read and keep up with the number of books they read. Once they have finished a book, they are to color it to reflect they have finished the book.

You may also choose to laminate and them and have them use a permanent marker to cross out the emoji.

What is Included:

Lesson Plan Pages

Discussion Questions (use oral discussion questions or weekly short answer discussion questions and a final discussion question test (short answer and multiple-choice questions).

Literature Worksheets (Character study, Two Sets of Prediction Worksheets, and Plot Diagram Worksheet)

Vocabulary Work (General Vocabulary, Focused Vocabulary, Vocabulary Dictionary, Crossword, Word Search, Vocabulary in Context, and Vocabulary Quiz)

Final Project (Have students design a concert. They must have a theme, create a stage, costumes, and decorations, and select relevant acts with rubric)March Madness

BONUS: Christmas Song Battle (much like the march madness basketball tournament, you will start with your sweet 16 of either classic or modern Christmas songs, and then students will vote and battle it out until there is a winner).

What is Included:

Lesson Plan Pages

Literature Worksheets (Character study, Two Sets of Prediction Worksheets, and Plot Diagram Worksheet)

Vocabulary Work (General Vocabulary, Focused Vocabulary, Vocabulary Dictionary, Crossword, Word Search, Vocabulary in Context, and Vocabulary Quiz)

Final Project (Have students design a concert. They must have a theme, create a stage, costumes, and decorations, and select relevant acts)

Copy work (Jingle Bells and We Wish You a Merry Christmas songs)

Seven Crafts

6 Food Activities

BONUS: Christmas Song Battle (much like the march madness basketball tournament, you will start with your sweet 16 of either classic or modern Christmas songs, and then students will vote and battle it out until there is a winner).

Bonus #2: Single Digit Multiplication Worksheets (15 pages of multiplication practice)

This study works excellent as an introduction to studying the Nutcracker Ballet.

Using the picture book The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, the original Story by ETA Hoffman, illustrated by Gail de Marcken, and the Story adapted by Wren Mayse. The materials aim to enhance the readers understanding and interpretation of the Story.

What is Included: 23 Pages Total

· Goal and Instructional Pages for Teacher

· Lesson Plans for 10-days of lessons

· Pre-Reading Notes Page (1 page)

· Discussion Questions (9 pages)

· Story Outline (Plot Outline) (2 pages)

· Battle Plan Outline (2 pages)

· Answer Keys (4 pages)

Look to pair this picture book study with our Nutcracked Novel Study or other Nutcracker Christmas School Activities. A complete 20-Day Christmas School Unit is available as a bundle through my website or TeachShare storefront.

Reading Anchor Charts - These fun and colorful anchor charts are a great way to help students understand what good readers do! This download includes 11 bright full size charts and 11 mini charts (1/4 page) great for guided reading groups or folders! These charts go over the following: Reading Anchor Charts Take Care of Books Parts of a Book Reading Anchor Charts Parts of a Page Make Predictions Reading Anchor Charts Ways to Read a Book Think about the 5 W’s Reading Anchor Charts Parts of a Story Make Connections Reading Anchor Charts Working with a Partner Reading is Thinking What Good Readers Do This Product is also available as part of a bundle to save $ with my Writers Anchor Charts Reading and Writer's Workshop Anchor Charts This product is part of the ULTIMATE K/1 READING BUNDLE! ULTIMATE K/1 READING BUNDLE Please Rate and Comment to receive your TeachShare credits! 1st Grade Salt Life keywords; anchor charts, what good readers do

Buy together and SAVE!! This download includes: Anchor Charts for Writers' Workshop featuring Snow White!!!!!! Use anchor charts to help remind young writers of guidelines for writing/writer's workshop. This download includes 8 anchor charts to display in your classroom or keep in your students writing folder. Charts included are: Punctuation Edit Your Work Details (Who? When? Where?) How do writers think of ideas? Sound out your words! Label a picture! Working with a partner What good writers do! 8 full page posters and 8 mini posters ( great for notebooks or folders!) Reading Anchor Charts These fun and colorful anchor charts are a great way to help students understand what good readers do! This includes 11 bright full size charts and 11 mini charts (1/4 page) great for guided reading groups or folders! These charts go over the following: Take Care of Books Parts of a Book Parts of a Page Make Predictions Ways to Read a Book Think about the 5 W’s Parts of a Story Make Connections Working with a Partner Reading is Thinking What Good Readers Do This product is part of the ULTIMATE K/1 READING BUNDLE! ULTIMATE K/1 READING BUNDLE **please rate and comment to receive your TeachShare credits** 1st Grade Salt Life

Your elementary / middle / high school students will be able to complete ELA activities with engagement and no confusion, and they will use this template to help answer text-dependent writing questions or when writing notes. This Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer includes the following: exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.

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Kids will LOVE these independent Hatchet STEM / STEAM Building Challenge Task Cards based on book Hatchet, by Gary Paulson. Pair these problem solving cards with the no-prep STEAM / STEM or sequencing worksheets, include them in your Makerspace, morning tubs, centers, as a reward, or as an activity for early finishers. Perfect for classrooms, homeschool, and even parents looking for fun, adventure filled activities for their children.

What’s included in the 22 page download:

• 2 pages of 12 unique Full Color Challenge Task Cards
• 2 STEAM / STEM Worksheets in full color for early and upper elementary
• 3 Sequencing Worksheets in full color for the 12 challenges
• Instructions Page
• Terms of Use, Credits
• Black and White copies of the task cards, STEM / STEAM, and Sequencing Worksheets

How can you use these task cards?

How can you use these task cards?

⭐Build all the task cards in one sitting. This typically takes 1 – 2 hours to complete the set.

⭐Have the task cards available in makerspaces, centers, tubs, busy boxes, morning baskets, or available for early finishers to complete using any available materials. Students can even draw their creations instead of building them.

⭐Use one card a day during morning time. Have students fill out a STEAM / STEM worksheet with some of the challenges that require more problem solving and creativity.

⭐Practice sequencing by having students do several cards at a time, and then draw pictures of what they built (or the scenarios on the task cards) in the sequencing boxes.

⭐Use them for public speaking practice. Allow students to build as many cards as predetermined, and then show and tell with the class or their parents. They can discuss what they made, liked, what they would improve, and how it solved the problem on the task cards. They can practice speaking and listening skills, using loud and clear voices, and giving full attention to the speaker. Encourage students to ask questions to their classmates.

Why do I think you will love this product, and what makes my challenge set unique?

I love stories that bring adventure to life for kids, which force them to use their imaginations in fun and exciting ways. This challenge task set does exactly that through the loose storyline. Interesting scenarios, adventure and disaster, problem solving and learning, are all part of the experience when building these challenges.

Most building challenge task cards are independent from each other. “Build a boat,” or “build an airplane,” are common themes among the cards. While those are fantastic, and we have done many of them ourselves, I wanted to do something different and more cohesive and engaging for kids.

One of the exciting things about this set, is the randomness that occurs with each card. I strongly suggest that children pick only one card (waiting for other children participating to finish each card before moving on), and not previewing what is on the other cards prior to building. Try folding them up and placing into a hat, bowl, or basket to be picked one at a time, as order is not necessary in this set.

The only rule is to HAVE FUN and allow those imaginations to soar!

**Please note that while the intent is for these to be independent, early readers may need some assistance in reading the cards.**

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Rainbow Fish Craft & Story Extension Activities. Perfect unit for teaching respect and kindness, this unit goes with the story Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister.

The following activities are included:

Rainbow Fish Craftivity with A Good Friend Writing extension

My favorite part of the story writing activity.

Friendly Fish bulletin board letters

Main Character, Setting, Problem and Solution story map

Rainbow Fish Adjective map

Compare and Contrast characters

Pattern Cut and Paste

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Your students will LOVE these adorable THREE LITTLE PIGS Paper Sack Puppet Crafts! There are four puppets (3 pigs and a wolf). Children color, cut, and glue the puppets together. I have also included color versions of the puppets.

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Need a fun new book to help your students practice reading skills? Try this new activity pack based on the book "Mama Shamsi at the Bazaar" by Samira Iravani. The pack includes standards based activities and printables for story retelling, phonics, and vocabulary. Perfect for your library, classroom or home school.

A Novel Study Companion for Baby Sitter's LITTLE SISTER #01 Karen's Witch.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover many of the Grades 2, 3 and 4 ELA Common Core State Standards in context.

The Baby Sitters unit has been planned so that over the course of all the chapters, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.

This unit is packed with Common Core aligned activities and is designed to promote thinking and comprehension.

The unit includes printable and digital versions.

The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. This Unit can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. Each chapter has a page of comprehension activities and a page with an extra literacy response. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher.

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases!

Dog Man #1 by Dav Pilkey

Dog Man #2 Unleashed by Dav Pilkey

Dog Man #3 A Tale of Two Kitties by Dav Pilkey

Dog Man #4 Dog Man and Cat Kid

Dog Man #5 Lord of the Fleas

Dog Man #6 Brawl of the Wild

Dog Man#7 For Whom the Ball Rolls

Dog Man #8 Fetch-22

Dog Man #9 Grime and Punishment

Diary of a Wimpy Kid No.16 - Big Shot

Thank you for your continued support

A Book Study Companion for the Adventures of CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS The First Epic Novel by Dav Pilkey.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover many of the Grades 2, 3 and 4 ELA Common Core State Standards in context.

This unit is packed with Common Core aligned activities and includes printable and digital versions.

The Unit can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. It has been designed to promote thinking and comprehension. Each chapter has a page of comprehension activities and a page with an extra literacy response has been included after every second chapter. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The unit has been planned so that over the course of all the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases!

Dog Man #1 by Dav Pilkey

Dog Man #2 Unleashed by Dav Pilkey

Dog Man #3 A Tale of Two Kitties by Dav Pilkey

Dog Man #4 Dog Man and Cat Kid

Dog Man #5 Lord of the Fleas

Dog Man #6 Brawl of the Wild

Dog Man#7 For Whom the Ball Rolls

Dog Man #8 Fetch-22

Dog Man #9 Grime and Punishment

Diary of a Wimpy Kid No.16 - Big Shot

Thank you for your continued support

A BOOK STUDY and Reading Comprehension Unit for DOG MAN by Dav Pilkey.

This BOOK COMPANION is a highly engaging and comprehensive literature unit that allows your students to respond to a story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover many of the Grades 3, 4 and 5 ELA Common Core State Standards in context. This unit is packed with Common Core aligned activities and includes printable and digital versions.

The unit can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. Follow-up activities include a comprehension follow up and one to three extra literacy task for each chapter. The extra activities allow for students to demonstrate their understanding through tasks that require them to synthesise, analyse and apply, drawing from their understanding of the story.

The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. It has been designed to promote thinking and comprehension. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The unit has been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.

Activities include:

• COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES FOR EACH CHAPTER
• Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualizing, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, understanding vocabulary in context.
• Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view.
• Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme.
• Book response - creative responses, critical thinking, partner discussion response, written responses.
• Vocabulary - a focus on vocabulary words in context, word work.
• Applying and Synthesising
• Research - relevant to the story and children's interests
• Written tasks - using a range of genres as relevant to the story
• Creative Thinking - engaging activities allowing student to apply their own knowledge and themes from the story to be creative.
• Critical Thinking - using themes from the story to consider wider issues

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product.

Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases.

Thank you for your continued support.

A Book Study Companion for CAT KID COMIC CLUB by Dav Pilkey.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover many of the Grades 2, 3 and 4 ELA Common Core State Standards in context.

The Cat Kid units has been planned so that over the course of all the books, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.

This unit is packed with Common Core aligned activities. This is a 36 page literacy unit designed to promote thinking and comprehension.

The unit includes printable and digital versions and an Answer Key.

The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context.This Unit can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. Each chapter has a page of comprehension activities and a page with an extra literacy response. Topic ideas for mini lessons have been given for each chapter that would further support or scaffold student learning. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher.

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases!

Dog Man #1 by Dav Pilkey

Dog Man #2 Unleashed by Dav Pilkey

Dog Man #3 A Tale of Two Kitties by Dav Pilkey

Dog Man #4 Dog Man and Cat Kid

Dog Man #5 Lord of the Fleas

Dog Man #6 Brawl of the Wild

Dog Man#7 For Whom the Ball Rolls

Dog Man #8 Fetch-22

Dog Man #9 Grime and Punishment

Diary of a Wimpy Kid No.16 - Big Shot

Thank you for your continued support

A NOVEL STUDY and Reading Comprehension Unit for DOG MAN #2 Unleashed.

This BOOK COMPANION is a highly engaging and comprehensive literature unit that allows your students to respond to a story by using a wide range of reading comprehension strategies and skills.

With comprehension questions and activities for each chapter, students will cover a wide range of the English and Literacy Curriculum Standards in context.

The unit can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. Follow-up activities include a comprehension follow up and one to three extra literacy task for each chapter. The extra activities allow for students to demonstrate their understanding through tasks that require them to synthesise, analyse and apply, drawing from their understanding of the story.

The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. It has been designed to promote thinking and comprehension. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher. The unit has been planned so that over the course of the book, students will become familiar with and well-practised in using comprehension strategies to make meaning from text.

Activities include:

• COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES FOR EACH CHAPTER
• Comprehension strategies - inference, prediction , visualizing, questioning, retrieving information, activating prior knowledge, making connections, summarizing, analyzing, synthesizing, understanding vocabulary in context.
• Literacy Skills - sequencing, cause and effect, main idea and events, compare and contrast, point of view.
• Story elements - character descriptions, character analysis, character emotions, character challenges, setting, plot, theme.
• Book response - creative responses, critical thinking, partner discussion response, written responses.
• Vocabulary - a focus on vocabulary words in context, word work.
• Applying and Synthesising
• Research - relevant to the story and children's interests
• Written tasks - using a range of genres as relevant to the story
• Creative Thinking - engaging activities allowing student to apply their own knowledge and themes from the story to be creative.
• Critical Thinking - using themes from the story to consider wider issues
• Answers for comprehension questions included.

All activities have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

This product is not associated with this book's author or publishing company. The book must be purchased separately in order to be used alongside this product.

Please follow me for more literacy units - particularly new releases.

Thank you for your continued support.