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2nd Grade Independent and Guided Reading Resources

79 resources

2nd Grade Independent and Guided Reading Resources

79 resources

Assessment
Assessment2nd GradeEat Healthy Reading Comprehension Worksheet

The Eat Healthy Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 2nd grade students a short nonfiction passage about food and the body, plus six questions and an answer key, so nonfiction reading practice takes no prep.

Activity
Activity2nd GradeGold Medal Reading Strategies Activity

Using Gold Medal Reading Strategies Activity, students read grade-level text with purpose and understanding using graphic organizers for support.

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Activity2nd GradeReading Informational Texts Book Review Activity

This reading informational texts book review activity helps 2nd to 4th Grade students talk about any nonfiction book with spinner cards, then write a review of the facts and features they found.

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Activity2nd GradePoint of View Activity

This point of view activity has 1st-4th grade students hold up Character or Narrator signs to show who is telling each scene. Fold-over cards check the clue words, and an answer key is included.

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Activity2nd GradeReading Questions Camping Activity

Try this reading questions camping activity with 1st to 3rd grade readers. Kids read a camping story and match question cards to answer cards; an answer key is included.

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Activity2nd GradeComparing Points of View Activity

Children read short opinion texts, match each one to what the author thinks, and compare it with their own view in this 2nd to 4th grade reading game. Practice page and answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeComparing Texts Activity

This comparing texts activity has 1st-3rd Grade readers match compare and contrast words, read two penguin texts, and sort fact cards. Answer key included for quick, easy checking.

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeBooks My Students are Reading Worksheet

Track class reading with this books my students are reading worksheet, a 2nd grade teacher record for dating when each student reads fantasy, mystery, folktale, nonfiction and poetry books.

Activity
Activity2nd GradeMy Point of View Activity

Using My Point of View Activity, students distinguish their own point of view from that of the narrator or those of the characters.

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Activity2nd GradeFun With Poetry Activity

Using Fun With Poetry Activity, students read prose and poetry of appropriate complexity for grade 1. to build reading comprehension skills.

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeRespond to Arthur's TV Trouble Worksheet

Using this Respond to Arthur's TV Trouble Worksheet, students use the words from Arthur!s TV Trouble to respond to the story and retell the events.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson2nd GradeRF.2.4 Second Grade Common Core Lesson

Using RF.2.4 Second Grade Common Core Lesson, students read grade-level text with purpose and understanding.

Common Core Lesson
Common Core Lesson2nd GradeRI.2.3 Second Grade Common Core Lesson

Using RI.2.3 First Grade Common Core Lesson, students describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text.

Activity
Activity2nd GradeLook in the Text Activity

In this look in the text activity, 2nd to 4th grade students answer task card questions about an article and write the paragraph that proves it. Answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeWhat Comes Next Sequencing Activity

This what comes next sequencing activity has 2nd to 4th grade students read a how-to recipe, put six step cards in order and retell each step. Answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeCompare Books Activity

This compare books activity has 1st and 2nd grade readers sort fact cards from two short dog books into Book 1, Book 2 or Both, with an answer key included for quick, confident checking.

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Activity2nd GradeRead it Fluently Cooperative Learning Activity

This read it fluently cooperative learning activity has 2nd-4th grade partners read sentence cards aloud and rate each other from 1 to 4. Answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeMaking Connections in a Story Activity

This making connections in a story activity has 1st and 2nd grade readers match story card halves joined by but, because and so. Answer key included, so children can check how each event connects.

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Activity2nd GradeLooking at the Character's Viewpoints Activity

Use this looking at the character's viewpoints activity with 2nd and 3rd grade readers. Students sort story lines by character and map their feelings; an answer key is included.

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradePillbugs Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This pillbugs reading comprehension worksheet gives 2nd graders a fun science passage about roly-polies, four multiple-choice questions and a short response, plus an answer key, to build close reading skills.