$10 - $20 2nd Grade Reading Lesson (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

Looking for a way to help your students practice the skill of decoding? With blending lines, you can do just that. This quick no-prep digital or paper activity can have your students practicing decoding (sounding out) words in a snap. These blending lines are phonics focused and are great for whole-group or small-group learning. I’ve based these lists on Wiley Blevins’s suggestions for blending lines.

In this resource you will find:

3 different variations of blending lines for each short vowel CVC pattern. Each variation offers a little change of words and a higher level of challenging words and sentences.

Each set of vowels is offered with:

· digital

· paper, full sheet, with or without guides

· paper, double sheet, with or without guides.

Please see individual sets for a more in-depth look at what's included and watch a preview of the digital option.

Other resources you may like.

⭐ Short Vowel Say, Tap, Write, Build Bundle
⭐ Short Vowel Flip, Tap, Write, Use Bundle
⭐ Short Vowel Word Builders Bundle

Long Vowel Silent e Word Grids gives student the opportunity to build words given a set of letters. Whether your looking for an introduction, practice or review activity word grids are the way to go for all levels of learning.

This is a no-prep product that gives you all you need to get started.

Included in this resource:

⭐Each vowel (a,i,o,u) includes

⭐ 3 different grid versions

⭐ Each versions has;

⭐1 large grid great for whole group displays (smart boards/ anchor charts)

⭐3 different student sheets

Short vowel word grids give students the opportunity to create words using a set of letters, no matter their level. Multiple designs allow you to use these in whole, small, or individual settings. Use these as a center, practice, warm-up, a fun game outside, the uses are endless. Now including large and extra-large letters. Which can work for creating anchor charts and bulletin boards or extra-large grids during centers.

Included With Each Vowel:

⭐2 different grid versions

⭐1 teacher template per version (great for interactive whiteboards, doc cams, or anchor charts)

⭐3 student practice sheets with different writing spaces per versions

⭐1 set of large letters (4 letter tiles to a page)

⭐1 set of extra large letters (1 per page)

Other resources:

⭐ Short Vowel CVC Word Builders Bundle

⭐ Short Vowel (CVC) Say, Tap, Write, Build Review

⭐ Short Vowel Blending And Mapping Activity| Flip, Tap, Write, Use Bundle

If you are an online teacher looking for lessons to teach in your digital classroom without all the work it takes to create them, look no further! In this product of four phonics and sight words lessons, it has everything you need to have a fun, engaging, and productive class. These are the same lessons I use in my long-standing online classroom which has given feedback of over 600 5-star reviews from happy parents and students. Use these lessons to save you BOATLOADS of time, so you can keep your energy up to have fun with your students!

Who would use these lessons?

• online teachers
• in-person teachers
• substitute teachers
• tutors

Who or what are the lessons for?

• Advanced kindergartners
• Newly first-graders
• Summer school brush-up

There are four lessons in this product. Each lesson includes:

• four or more focus/sight words practice
• sight words phonics isolated and within words
• identifying sight words in a group of words and sentences
• mystery puzzle
• hello & goodbye slides
• fun & versatile icebreaker
• one worksheet reviewing the focus/sight words

How long will the lesson last?

I use this lesson in my 30-minute classes. For one-on-one tutoring, I can take my time and really practice, or for larger groups I will gage the level of my students and skip some parts to fit time. There is also the option of extending the class time depending on your teaching style.

What am I allowed to do with this product? TOUs Thank you for asking!

• Teachers may NOT resell this as their own.
• Teachers MAY use this for in-person or online teaching while earning commercially, BUT it must be part of a lesson rather than used as a feature. While you may earn money using these lessons, you may not claim them as your own.
• Please write in your class listings that the curriculum comes from “Teacher Bethanie” - thank you!
• The files come in a ‘Forced Copy’ form so teachers can change the order of slides, etc. However, you may not change the presentation slides in order to re-sell them.

Please utilize the Q&A section of this product for any questions you may have about this product. Thank you!

Love,

Teacher Bethanie

Small groups, made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging! Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom

tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,

fluency, assessment and even nonsense word practice for each short vowel family!

Word Families included:

Short A

Short E

Short I

Short O

Short U

Also includes sample small group schedule and

tracking sheets to make planning your small groups

EASY!

Word Family Short o CVC Bundle
No Prep, just print and go!
Hands-On Interactive notebook pages, word work practice, decodable readers, and small group lessons!

Interactive Notebooks make learning to read FUN!
These interactive notebook pages are designed to help first-grade students practice and master short o CVC words. Each page focuses on a specific word family and includes activities and exercises to reinforce phonics skills. Students will engage in hands-on learning as they cut, paste, write, and read words in a fun and interactive way. These notebook pages are perfect for use in the classroom or at home for extra practice.

Features:
- Interactive activities for hands-on learning
- Focus on short o CVC word families
- Cut, paste, write, and read exercises
- Engaging and fun for students

Benefits:
- Helps students practice and master phonics skills
- Reinforces word recognition and reading fluency
- Provides a visual and interactive way to learn
- Suitable for use in the classroom or at home

What you get:

Five pages for practicing short-a words

• Word sort with pictures

• Build-a-Word Picture Puzzles

• Label the picture with short-e words

• Word family fluency reading page

• Easy spelling test page

Short o cvc Decodable Books with Comprehension Questions

• Your students can practice reading in a fun and engaging way using these decodable readers booklets. 

• Can be used with ANY curriculum

• Science of Reading Aligned

• Low Prep Required. Simply print the decodable books and you're good to go!

• These decodable books will align with ANY phonics program you teach.

• Perfect for centers, homework, morning work, and more.

• Perfect for Preschool Kindergarten, 1st grade, and RTI for second grade

•  CCSS and TEKS Aligned

• Added benefit of Comprehension Questions, too!

Short o cvc Decodable Books with Comprehension Questions are perfect for your small groups or homework. Cute, easy to read stories that focus on sound spellings and comprehension. Your students will love these little books and you will love that you don't have to plan a big lesson to cover the basics like comprehension questions, fluency, and even sight word practice. Do yourself a favor and get these Short o cvc Decodable Books with Comprehension Questions now!

Word Family Short o CVC Word Work Pages
No Prep, just print and go!
Hands-On, multi-modal activity pages!
Great for Centers or Homework

These Word Families Short e CVC Words Word Work Pages are designed to help first-grade students practice and master their phonics skills. This resource includes a variety of activities to reinforce the short o sound. Students engage in activities such as word sorting, word building, and sentence writing to strengthen their understanding of CVC words. These word work pages are a valuable resource for teachers and parents looking to support their first-grade students' phonics development.

Features:
- Word sorting activities to help students identify and categorize short-i words
- Word-building activities to encourage students to manipulate and create new words
- Sentence writing activities to practice using short-i words in context
- Clear and concise instructions for easy implementation- Just print and go!

Benefits:
- Reinforce phonics skills: These word work pages provide targeted practice for working with short o words, helping students develop their phonics skills.
- Build vocabulary: By engaging with a variety of short-i words, students will expand their vocabulary and become more confident readers and writers.
- Enhance reading fluency: Regular practice with CVC words will improve students' ability to decode and read words fluently.
- Support independent learning: These word work pages can be used in the classroom or at home, allowing students to practice and reinforce their phonics skills independently.

What you get:

Six pages for practicing shor ot words
with a variety of strategies
Word Family Short o CVC Small Group Fluency Practice
Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

>>>What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, and even nonsense word practice, as well
as an end-of-unit assessment page.

Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!

Resources you may also love ❤️

The 5 Jobs of Silent E

First Grade Reach for Reading Bundle

Short Vowel CVC Word Small Group plans

Thank you!

-Leslie
Check out my website here

Word Family Short e CVC Bundle
No Prep, just print and go!
Hands-On Interactive notebook pages, word work practice, decodable readers, and small group lessons!

Interactive Notebooks make learning to read FUN!
These interactive notebook pages are designed to help first-grade students practice and master short-e CVC words. Each page focuses on a specific word family and includes activities and exercises to reinforce phonics skills. Students will engage in hands-on learning as they cut, paste, write, and read words in a fun and interactive way. These notebook pages are perfect for use in the classroom or at home for extra practice.

Features:
- Interactive activities for hands-on learning
- Focus on short-e CVC word families
- Cut, paste, write, and read exercises
- Engaging and fun for students

Benefits:
- Helps students practice and master phonics skills
- Reinforces word recognition and reading fluency
- Provides a visual and interactive way to learn
- Suitable for use in the classroom or at home

What you get:

Five pages for practicing short-a words

• Word sort with pictures

• Build-a-Word Picture Puzzles

• Label the picture with short-e words

• Word family fluency reading page

• Easy spelling test page

Short 'e' cvc Decodable Books with Comprehension Questions

• Your students can practice reading in a fun and engaging way using these decodable readers booklets. 

• Can be used with ANY curriculum

• Science of Reading Aligned

• Low Prep Required. Simply print the decodable books and you're good to go!

• These decodable books will align with ANY phonics program you teach.

• Perfect for centers, homework, morning work, and more.

• Perfect for Preschool Kindergarten, 1st grade, and RTI for second grade

•  CCSS and TEKS Aligned

• Added benefit of Comprehension Questions, too!

Short 'e' cvc Decodable Books with Comprehension Questions are perfect for your small groups or homework. Cute, easy to read stories that focus on sound spellings and comprehension. Your students will love these little books and you will love that you don't have to plan a big lesson to cover the basics like comprehension questions, fluency, and even sight word practice. Do yourself a favor and get these Short 'e' cvc Decodable Books with Comprehension Questions now!

Word Family Short e CVC Word Work Pages
No Prep, just print and go!
Hands-On, multi-modal activity pages!
Great for Centers or Homework

These Word Families Short e CVC Words Word Work Pages are designed to help first-grade students practice and master their phonics skills. This resource includes a variety of activities to reinforce the short-i sound. Students engage in activities such as word sorting, word building, and sentence writing to strengthen their understanding of CVC words. These word work pages are a valuable resource for teachers and parents looking to support their first-grade students' phonics development.

Features:
- Word sorting activities to help students identify and categorize short-i words
- Word-building activities to encourage students to manipulate and create new words
- Sentence writing activities to practice using short-i words in context
- Clear and concise instructions for easy implementation- Just print and go!

Benefits:
- Reinforce phonics skills: These word work pages provide targeted practice for working with short-i words, helping students develop their phonics skills.
- Build vocabulary: By engaging with a variety of short-i words, students will expand their vocabulary and become more confident readers and writers.
- Enhance reading fluency: Regular practice with CVC words will improve students' ability to decode and read words fluently.
- Support independent learning: These word work pages can be used in the classroom or at home, allowing students to practice and reinforce their phonics skills independently.

What you get:

Six pages for practicing short-i words
with a variety of strategies

Word Family Short eCVC Small Group Fluency Practice
Take the guess work, hours of planning, and the headache out of prepping for your small group reading instruction!

>>>What you get:

A week's worth of researched based, classroom
tested word sorts, segmenting, blending, writing,
fluency, and even nonsense word practice, as well
as an end-of-unit assessment page.

Also includes sample small group schedule and
tracking sheets to make planning your small groups
EASY!

Resources you may also love ❤️

The 5 Jobs of Silent E

First Grade Reach for Reading Bundle

Short Vowel CVC Word Small Group plans

Thank you!

-Leslie
Check out my website here

Holiday bundle includes 6 holiday Get Fit stories and editable word file overview handout with sight words lists:

1. Frank N. Stein’s Haunted House (October: Halloween)

2. Tom the Turkey Takes a Break (November: Thanksgiving)

3. A Veteran’s Day Celebration (November: Veteran’s Day)

4. The Vanishing Valentine’s (February: Valentine’s Day)

5. Lucky the Leprechaun Looks for Gold (March: St. Patrick’s Day)

6. Santa’s Missing Suit (December: Christmas)

Get Fit Action Stories: Frank N. Stein’s Haunted House

Get students exercising and moving as they follow along with Frank N. Stein's move to a new neighborhood, where he finds new friends to help make his house a home. Action words include: 

looked around
moped
juggled
skipped rope
frown
blow
shivered and shook
dropped to the ground
ran
slammed
quiver
danced
stood still
knock
jump
shook hands
waved
stepped to the right
boogied to the Monster Mash
shouted, 
“Happy Halloween!”

Practice/assess coordination, comprehension, fitness, following directions, listening, and sight words with Get Fit Action Stories. Use for daily warm-ups, rainy day indoor activities, PE, reading, and learning styles. Fun and enjoyable for all!

Get Fit Action Stories: Tom the Turkey Takes a Break

What happens when Tom the Turkey decides not to participate in Thanksgiving? This active learning book includes listening and sight words that are physically acted out when read aloud. Get fit while reading and learning! 

Action words include:

1. gobbled and hopped
2. yelled, “Stop!” 
3. sat on the ground
4. Shake a leg 
5. wave your hand
6. jumped up and down
7. gobble, gobble…
8. shook hands
9. stretched and yawned
10. looked around
11. frowned
12. smiled
13. ran
14. stood frozen
15. remained frozen
16. shaded his eyes
17. Beep, beep
18. wriggled
19. yelled, “Happy Thanksgiving!”

Includes short story elements that can also be taught. Meets CCSS for assessment of listening, following directions, sight words, vocabulary, and more...Have fun exercising and learning with Tom the turkey!

Get Fit Action Stories: A Veteran’s Day Celebration

What is Veterans Day? When does it fall each year? What kinds of celebrations honor our veterans? Students get an introduction and definition of Veterans Day, plus why it is different than Memorial Day. Then, get ready to join the parade! Play ball, watch fireworks, and thank a veteran for serving!

Get Fit Action Stories combine reading, sight words, listening, speaking, directions, and physical education into one assignment. It's a fun, physical learning adventure!

Action Words included:
1. salute
2. clap
3. Miss America wave
4. struts
5. moves a scepter up and down
6. twirl
7. toss
8. catch
9. plays a violin
10. toots a horn
11. beats a drum
12. pedal
13. flip hamburgers
14. toss salads
15. swing bats
16. hit homeruns
17. yells, “Ewwwww” then
“Awwwww”
18. “Thank you!”
19. salute
20. “Happy Veterans Day!” 

Get Fit Action Stories: The Vanishing Valentines

What happened to Ms. Vee's Valentine's Day cards? Exercise and read along to uncover the Valentine's Day mystery with this Get Fit Action Story.

Includes:
Directions
Example
Action Word List

Actions include: 
1.look up and down
2. picked flowers
3. Boo-hoo! Wah-wah!
(cry)
3. magnifying glass and looked
4. jumped rope
5. cooked
6. fly
7. winked
8. close our eyes
9. count to ten
10. lifts weights
11. prowls under rocks
12. bounces 
13. hold on to your heart
14. delivered
15. “Happy Valentine’s Day!” 
shouts

Meets CCSS reading guidelines. Great for building motor skills and reading skills. Students will enjoy learning and exercising with The Vanishing Valentine's story! 

Get Fit Action Stories: Lucky the Leprechaun Looks for Gold

Can Lucky find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow? What happens when he runs into Mr. Dragon? Can a leprechaun and dragon become friends? Exercise and practice sight words on Lucky's journey to find the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. 

Includes:

Directions
Sight Words and Exercise List:
dance a jig
hunt rainbows
eat
sleep
watch for rainbows
looks up
jumps
points and yells “There’s a rainbow!”
runs
tiptoes
sidesteps
skips
sits
rests
cheers, “Hip-hip hooray!”
waves a club
link arms and dance a jig
shake hands
share the gold
Wish your friends 
“Happy St. Patrick’s Day!”

Excellent for bad weather days, physical education classes, ELA sight word practice, motor coordination, and visual imagery skills. Fun and engaging! Meets CCSS.

Get Fit Action Stories: Santa’s Missing Suit

Where is Santa's missing red suit? Help Evie the elf as she recruits other elves, reindeer, and snowmen to help find Santa's red suit. Will Santa's famous yearly trip be delayed?

Each page contains action word(s) for students to physically act out. Words include: 

1. snored
2. danced a jig
3. hummed
4. checked and double checked
5. shook hands
6. whistled
7. looked under
8. tiptoed
9. pawed
10. searched
11. made snowballs
12. tossed
13. hop
14. shook their heads and yelled, “No!”
15. jumped up and down
16. slowly cracked open the door
17. peeked
18. waved
19. shouted, “Ho, ho, ho…Happy holidays!”

Meets CCSS for speaking and listening, reading foundation skills, and physical education. Have while learning and searching for Santa's missing red suit!

These printable worksheets are reading passages related to the four seasons, accompanied by comprehension questions covering WH questions and main ideas. Perfect for 2nd to 4th-grade students, these worksheets can be utilized in various ways such as small group activities, homework assignments, independent work, or even as a choice for students during reading time.

You will receive 40 reading passages with comprehension questions on each page. For each season you will download 5 non-fiction texts and 5 fiction texts.

Benefits:

• Engaging seasonal content

• Enhances reading comprehension skills

• Versatile use in different classroom settings

Instructions/Tips for Implementation

Integrate these worksheets into your lesson plans as seasonal activities, reading assignments, or as part of your literacy centers. Provide students with opportunities to work individually or collaboratively to complete the reading passages and questions.

My 3rd- 5th grade Sp. Ed students LOVE these worksheets. They enjoy reading about the interesting topics and we always have a lively discussion as a result. I use these during small group time. For my students I read the passages aloud to them and have them answer the questions independently.

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Thank you for checking out my products!

-Laila

Guided Reading is a research-based instruction process whereby the teacher works with small grouping of students being equal in a particular reading achievement level. The teacher provides for each reader's development of effective reading competencies. However different than in the earlier days of reading groups, small and temporary groups are flexible and dynamic. The observance and evaluation of the progress of readers are done by teachers on a systematic basis. Thus, grouping and regrouping students is based on the strengths of students and the intense changing needs throughout their reading development.

In the 1960s in New Zealand, Guided Reading was developed. It was enhanced over the years after it arrived in the United States thanks to educators like Gay Su Pinnell and Lesley Fountas. In 1996, Fountas & Pinnell published their enormously influential book, Guided Reading: Good First Teaching for All Children (Heinemann). This book changed how reading was taught, and it is still taught today to over a million teachers worldwide. The aim of Guided Reading lessons is to develop effective readers.

A set of 13 books is bundled together with all 13 worksheets of the Guided Reading series for grades KG-12. There are lesson plans and different activities for every grade, with the answers in the end section of the worksheet.

Ralph S. Mouse!!!

This is a novel study of Beverly Cleary’s The Mouse and The Motorcycle. In this product, there are completed lesson plans (and a blank one if you need to write your own), a slideshow that includes everything for each chapter (introduction, review of content, copy of the doodle notes, copy of the end of chapter activity/discussion outline, and the closure question), the Doodle Notes outline for each chapter, and the End of Chapter/Discussion activities. This novel study is for 2nd-4th grade students.

Completed Lesson Plans

Each chapter comes with a completed lesson plan! The lesson plans include an I can statement (Chapter Goal), the materials needed, what students will be doing as a preview to the chapter, what they will be doing during the read, the activity after the chapter, some differentiation ideas, the assessment, and a closure. There is a spot for standards, but I did not include one because of different state standards. They are also all editable! It was made using Google Slides, so that will be the best place to edit the lesson plans.

Doodle Notes & Chapter/Discussion Activities

Each chapter comes with doodle notes and an End of Chapter/Discussion Activity. Doodle notes are notes students take that involve more drawing than writing. Students will have a prompt to help them know what to focus on while listening/reading the chapter and what to take notes on. The activities focus on multiple different skills, Central Idea, Supporting Details, Problem/Solution, Cause/Effect, Summaries, Story Elements, Inferences, and more. There are also 8 discussion activities where students will need to work in groups discussing a prompt about the chapter.

Slideshow

To go along with the book, there is a Slideshow that includes an outline for each chapter! It includes what is written in the lesson plans. So there are introduction slides for each chapter, a copy of the doodle notes and chapter activities, and a slide for the closure. The slides are also editable! So if you would like to add/adapt anything to fit your class/lesson better, just open the file in Canva or PowerPoint. I also made a Google Slides File also that is easier to edit on Google Slides, however, you cannot edit as much. ***There is a slide, that you will need to edit. It is the “Discussion Expectations” slide. This is because each class will have different expectations for discussions.**

I hope you enjoy it! Please rate and review.

Credits

Cleary, B., & Darling, L. (1965).The Mouse and The Motorcycle .W. Morrow

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