Reading Common Core W.2.3 thematic unit plans

English Language Arts, Reading, Writing

, RL.2.6

, RL.2.9

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Fairy Tale Unit to Teach the Common Core Standards - 25 Activities

Created by

Jamie Rector

If you need a fun way to teach the Common Core Standards for English-Language Arts, this fairy tale unit is for you! Through reading, writing, and higher order thinking, you and your students will work your way through ten 2nd Grade Common Core Standards using 25 different activities! The students will write newspaper articles, create posters, publish invitations, write police reports, and more! After reading the fairy tales and fractured fairy tales, students will create their own fractured fai

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

CCSS:

Primarily Speaking by Aimee Salazar

, RL.2.6

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Presidents' Day Unit

Created by

Kids love learning about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln! This unit offers a variety of activities that can be used when learning about these revered leaders this Presidents’ Day.This unit integrates social studies content (history) and language arts (reading and writing). The activities offer your students more exposure with various critical thinking and ELA skills as they learn about these two very important presidents. You could easily use the materials during your social studies time

Subjects:

Presidents' Day, Reading, Writing

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

Literature, Reading, Writing

CCSS:

RI.2.2

, RI.2.5

, RI.2.10

, W.2.1

, W.2.2

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Narrative Writing Activities & Templates - Fairy Tales Writing Templates

Created by

Mrs Learning Bee

This pack contains everything you need to teach narratives through fairy tales.Included is a 9 week program with 2 detailed lessons per week (including guided/modelled activities, independent activities, and differentiation for support and extension). A list of separate sentence starters/activities are also included for other literacy rotations or activities that you may like to do throughout the week. At the end of a document are 3 pages of enrichment/gifted & talented discussion prompts, b

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Lesson

CCSS:

W.K.3

, W.1.3

, W.2.3

Also included in: NARRATIVE WRITING | Complete Bundle for K-2

Thanksgiving Activities 1st & 2nd Grade ELA - Standards-Based Reading, Writing

Created by

Phonics, Reading, Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving activity pack is filled with ELA activities for 1st and 2nd graders, such as reading, writing, language and grammar, and more. There are themed activities for each of the six Common Core Standards domains. Your students will practice their ELA standards while incorporating the Thanksgiving theme as well. This will take some of the stress off of your plate by providing you with standards-based and Common Core-aligned seasonal activities! Each domain will have 3-4 activities or p

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

CCSS:

RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

, RL.1.5

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

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Also included in: 1st & 2nd Grade ELA Review Activities - Common Core Standards Holiday Activities

Nobody Hugs a Cactus Reading Comprehension Activities Character Traits Lessons

Created by

Having Fun First

Nobody Hugs a Cactus reading comprehension unit and craft examines character traits in the book, "Nobody Hugs a Cactus" by Carter Goodrich. Focus on feelings with guided reading and writing activities that also review comprehension strategies of story retelling, text connections, character analysis, problem and solution, setting, and more. This feelings-themed unit will help students identify character traits in the text they read. This engaging book companion unit includes:a unique craftwriti

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

Thematic Unit Plans, Printables, Task Cards

, RL.3.1

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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Writing Curriculum 2nd Grade Activities Year Long Bundle

Baseball Thematic Unit {Close Reads, Writing Prompts, & Math Task Cards}

Created by

Our Strange Class

This 45 page baseball themed unit includes... *1 fiction and 3 nonfiction close reads with activity pages *4 writing prompts (All have templates for publishing) 2 written response prompts 1 persuasive essay prompt 1 web quest/expository writing This activity comes with a great foldable to organize your students research *40 three digit addition and subtraction math task cards 10 addition 10 subtrac

Subjects:

Math, Reading, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 4th

Types:

CCSS:

2.NBT.B.7

, 3.NBT.A.2

, 4.NBT.B.4

, RI.2.1

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Christmas Activities ELA 1st & 2nd Grade Standards - Reading, Writing, Grammar

Created by

Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Phonics, Reading

This Christmas activity pack is filled with ELA activities for 1st and 2nd graders. There are themed activities for each of the six Common Core Standards domains (RL, RI, L, SL, RF, and W). Your students will practice their ELA standards while incorporating the Christmas theme as well. This will take some of the stress off of your plate by providing you with standards-based and Common Core-aligned seasonal activities! Each domain will have 3-4 activities or passages. The domains are Reading Lite

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

CCSS:

RL.1.3

, RL.1.4

Reading, Spelling, Writing

, RL.2.4

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Also included in: 1st & 2nd Grade ELA Review Activities - Common Core Standards Holiday Activities

Fairy Tale Book Report Template, Organizer, & File Folder Lapbook- EASY

Created by

HeidiSongs

Are you looking for an easy, differentiated book report project for beginners? If your students have never written a book report, this is just what you need! This set includes everything you need to teach your students to write a fairy tale themed book report Lapbook. A Lapbook is a fun file folder report organizer with interactive flaps, etc., to showcase the book report, and it is perfect for displaying student work on a parent night, etc. This product was created and used with children in

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Projects, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

CCSS:

RL.2.2

English Language Arts, Halloween, Reading

, RL.2.7

, W.2.1

, W.2.3

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Also included in: Book Report Graphic Organizer File Folder Lapbook BUNDLE- Fiction & Nonfiction

The Biggest Pumpkin Ever Halloween October Read Aloud and Lessons

Created by

Oink4PIGTALES

Are you looking for October and Halloween reading comprehension lesson plans and crafts for your pumpkin units? This read aloud for The Biggest Pumpkin Ever includes EVERYTHING you need for whole and small group reading instruction. These pumpkin reading activities build reading comprehension and vocabulary, teach comparing and contrasting, and give students differentiated writing practice skills. This book companion on pumpkin uses the book The Biggest Pumpkin Ever to provide you with teaching

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Guided Reading Books, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.K.1

, RL.K.2

, RL.K.3

, RL.1.1

, RL.1.2

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Also included in: October Halloween Reading Activities K-1st Grade Reading Comprehension & Lessons

All About Pumpkins Reading and Writing Unit

Created by

LMN Tree

This is an ELA Thematic Unit about Pumpkins. Students will learn about The History and Variety of Pumpkins, Growing Pumpkins, Life Cycle, How to Roast Pumpkin Seeds, Pumpkin Parts, and Fun Facts through a variety of Informational Texts, and engage in Informative, Narrative, and Opinion Piece Writing Activities. Reading and Writing activities are differentiated at the 2nd and 3rd Grade levels. Lesson plans and B/W copies included. CCSS included in the first few pages. Table of Contents: Common C

Subjects:

Autumn, Reading, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

RI.2.1

, RI.2.2

, RI.2.4

Informational Text, Reading, Writing-Expository

, RI.3.2

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RI 2.7 & RI 3.7 Elephant Theme Informational Text - Reading & Writing

Created by

Dream to Teach

Use Text & Images to Gain Information RI 2.7 & RI 3.7 –This standard-based product is a great cross curricular unit for reading, writing, and science. It has 8 informational reading passages with images. Topics: Elephants, Elephant Ears, Trunk, Tusks, Asian vs. African Elephants, Life Cycle, & Elephants in Captivity Each reading passage has comprehension questions focusing on using images and explaining how the images help with understanding of the text. Some of the passages have vo

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

Research, Projects, Thematic Unit Plans

CCSS:

RI.2.1

, RI.2.4

, RI.2.7

English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies

, RI.3.4

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Also included in: Second Grade RI Reading Bundle - Informational Text

Grumpy Monkey Reading Comprehension Activities Character Traits Lessons

Created by

Having Fun First

This Grumpy Monkey reading comprehension unit and craft examines character traits in the book, "Grumpy Monkey" by Suzanne Lang. Focus on feelings with guided reading and writing activities that also review comprehension strategies of story retell, text connections, character analysis, problem and solution, setting, and more. This feelings themed unit will help students identify character traits in the text they read. This engaging book companion unit includes:a unique craftwriting promptsgraph

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

, RL.3.1

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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Writing Curriculum 2nd Grade Activities Year Long Bundle

Valentine's Day Activities for ELA 1st & 2nd Grade- Seasonal Standards-Based ELA

Created by

Phonics, Reading, Valentine's Day

This Valentine's Day activity pack is filled with ELA activities for 1st and 2nd graders. There are themed activities for each of the six Common Core Standards domains (RL, RI, L, SL, RF, and W). Your students will practice their ELA standards while incorporating the Valentine's Day theme as well. This will take some of the stress off of your plate by providing you with standards-based and Common Core-aligned seasonal activities! Each domain will have 3-4 activities or passages. The domains are

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

CCSS:

RL.1.4

, RL.1.7

, RL.1.9

, RL.2.4

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Also included in: 1st & 2nd Grade ELA Review Activities - Common Core Standards Holiday Activities

Halloween Activities for ELA 1st & 2nd Grade- Reading, Writing, Grammar

Created by

Halloween, Phonics, Reading

This Halloween activity pack is filled with ELA activities for 1st and 2nd graders. There are themed activities for each of the six Common Core Standards domains (RL, RI, L, SL, RF, and W). Your students will practice their ELA standards while incorporating the Halloween theme as well. This will take some of the stress off of your plate by providing you with standards-based and Common Core-aligned seasonal activities! Each domain will have 3-4 activities or passages. The domains are Reading Lite

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

CCSS:

RL.1.2

, RL.1.3

Cassidy's Kind of Classroom

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Also included in: 1st & 2nd Grade ELA Review Activities - Common Core Standards Holiday Activities

Pirate Literacy Activities

Created by

Are you looking for pirate themed literacy activities? This literacy pack has everything you need to celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day or to just enjoy a fun pirate themed unit. Included in this packet are the following:Grammar Activities: -Collective Nouns Avast- Read the story and fill in the blanks with collective nouns-Captain's Collective Nouns- Match the plural nouns to their collective partners (cut and paste)-The Parrot's Plural Nouns- Write the plural noun that goes with the singular no

Subjects:

Grammar, Reading, Writing

Grades:

1st - 3rd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Printables, Centers

CCSS:

Informational Text, Literature, Reading

, RF.2.3b

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1st Grade Beach Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions | 1st Grade Busy Work

Created by

Jason's Online Classroom

Reading Comprehension Passages - Comprehensive common core aligned reading comprehension unit with a beach theme.Download Preview FilePlease view the preview file prior to purchasing so there are no surprises. Please ensure that it is appropriate for your grade level prior to purchasing.Related Products & BundlesReading Comprehension Bundle - 1st GradePet Animal Reading Comprehension Unit - 1st GradeMy Dog Reading Comprehension Unit - 1st GradePacket RationaleThe author uses the writing tec

Subjects:

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Handouts, Lesson

CCSS:

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Also included in: 1st Grade Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions | 1st Grade Busy Work

All About Apples: Reading and Writing Unit

Created by

LMN Tree

This is an ELA Thematic Unit about Apples. Students will learn about the history of apples, John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed), Growing Apples, their Life Cycle, and Interesting Facts through Informational Texts, a Biography, Poetry, Apple Tasting, and Writing Activities. All Reading and Writing activities are differentiated at the 2nd and 3rd Grade levels. Lesson plans included. CCSS included in the first few pages. Table of Contents: Common Core Standard Informational Text Note-Taking Graphic Or

Subjects:

Autumn, Reading, Writing

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

CCSS:

RI.2.1

, RI.2.2

, RI.2.4

, RI.3.2

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Fall Activities 1st 2nd Grade Language Arts - Reading, Writing, Grammar - Autumn

Created by

This Fall Activity set is filled with language arts practice for 1st and 2nd grade. There are fall themed activities for reading, writing, listening comprehension, grammar, and language (Common Core Standards [RL, RI, L, SL, RF, and W]). Your students will practice their ELA standards while incorporating the fall and autumn theme as well. This will take some of the stress off of your plate by providing you with standards-based and Common Core aligned seasonal activities!Each domain will have 3-4

Subjects:

Autumn, Phonics, Reading

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

The Thinking Teacher's Toolbox

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.4

, RL.1.5

, RL.1.7

, RL.2.1

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Also included in: 1st & 2nd Grade ELA Review Activities - Common Core Standards Holiday Activities

Thanksgiving Roll a Story

Created by

Do you need fun and easy Thanksgiving activities for writing and math? These engaging Thanksgiving activities are great for bigger kids in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade. Students will roll and write an escape story for a turkey, plan a Thanksgiving feast, and complete creative writing activities. These holiday themed writing and math activities are just what you need to engage your students and still meet standards. Just print, grab some dice, and get started!This resource contains:Teacher notesRo

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Informational Text, Reading

Grades:

2nd - 5th

Types:

Projects, Thematic Unit Plans, Printables

CCSS:

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Also included in: Fall Activities BUNDLE September, October, and November

February Reading Comprehension - The Night Before Valentine's Day Read Aloud

Created by

Oink4PIGTALES

Simplify your February lesson planning using these Valentine Theme Reading Lesson Plans, Centers, and Activities for The Night Before Valentine's Day! Fun low prep reading, writing, and phonics activities to help you teach and provide simple and easy to practice activities to help students build vocabulary and reading comprehension. This winter February read aloud compliments The Night Before Valentine's Day by Natasha Wing. Students will retell the story using key details, author's’ purpose, vo

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Valentine's Day

Grades:

K - 2nd

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Guided Reading Books, Literature Circles

CCSS:

RL.K.1

, RL.K.2

, RL.K.3

, RL.K.5

, RL.K.6

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Also included in: February Valentines Day Reading Comprehension Crafts Games & Activities

Back to School Activities for ELA for 1st & 2nd Grade- Themed and Seasonal ELA

Created by

Back to School, Phonics, Reading

This back-to-school activity pack is filled with ELA activities for 1st and 2nd graders. There are themed activities for each of the six Common Core Standards domains (RL, RI, L, SL, RF, and W). Your students will practice their ELA standards while incorporating the back-to-school theme as well. This will take some of the stress off of your plate by providing you with standards-based and Common Core-aligned seasonal activities! Each domain will have 3-4 activities or passages. The domains are Re

Subjects:

Grades:

1st - 2nd

Types:

CCSS:

RL.1.1

, RL.1.3

English Language Arts, Literature, Reading

, RL.1.7

, RL.2.1

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Also included in: 1st & 2nd Grade ELA Review Activities - Common Core Standards Holiday Activities

A Fractured Fairy Tale Packet

Created by

Lynette Ryhal

This 12 page packet is aligned to second grade reading Common Core standards and includes supplemental materials for the following fairy tales: Cinderella, Bubba the Cowboy Prince, Rapunzel, Falling for Rapunzel, The Three Little Pigs, and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. In this packet, you will receive: -Venn diagrams and a double bubble map to compare and contrast theme, point of view, and important story elements of traditional fairy tales to fractured fairy tales (2.RL.9, 2.RL.2, 2

Subjects:

Grades:

2nd - 3rd

Types:

Worksheets, Thematic Unit Plans, Centers

CCSS:

RL.2.2