January Text Detectives Jr.- Text Evidence for 2nd Grade
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Description
Engaging text evidence practice- perfect for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, or an Arctic Animals or Polar Animals unit!
Do your students have trouble finding text evidence to support their answers to basic comprehension questions? After reading short passages, your students will underline the evidence in the text that answers each basic comprehension question using a simple color-code.
This Text Detectives pack includes 10 non-fiction passages:
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- New Year’s... Around the World
- Polar Animals: Polar Bears
- Polar Animals: Penguins
- Polar Animals: Pinnipeds
- Polar Animals: Orcas
- Polar Animals: Arctic Foxes
- Polar Animals: Beluga Whales
- Polar Animals: Rudolph the Red-Nosed …Caribou?
- What is a Glacier?
5 fiction passages are included:
- Snow Adventures with Grandpa
- Aurora Borealis
- Polar Friends
- Gold Medal Goals
- Talkin’ Bout My Resolution
The pack also includes 1 procedural text passage:
- International Popcorn Day: How to Pop Popcorn on the Stove
BONUS! Non-fiction passage about Chinese New Year
(also included in December Text Detectives pack)
Aligned to CCSS R.L. 2.1, R.L. 3.1, R.L. 4.1 and R.I. 2.1, R.I. 3.1, and R.I 4.1, this Text Detectives pack is easy to use in your classroom as morning work, reading comprehension practice, a center activity, or homework. These can even be used to assess your students' ability to prove their answers in the text or as a relevant and engaging test prep activity! Many passages integrate seasonal science or social studies content to support your content instruction, but others are more generic to give you planning flexibility.
This product is also part of the 2nd Grade Growing Bundle, if you are interested in Text Detectives Jr. for every month of the year!
You can also find the other months of Text Detectives Jr. individually here:
Find the Text Evidence- 2nd Grade
The original third grade version of Text Detectives includes the same topics and same passages changed slightly to read at a higher reading level- perfect for using together for differentiation within your classroom! Find the third grade editions here:
Find the Text Evidence- 3rd Grade
Do your students have trouble finding text evidence to support their answers to basic comprehension questions? After reading short passages, your students will underline the evidence in the text that answers each basic comprehension question using a simple color-code.
This Text Detectives pack includes 10 non-fiction passages:
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- New Year’s... Around the World
- Polar Animals: Polar Bears
- Polar Animals: Penguins
- Polar Animals: Pinnipeds
- Polar Animals: Orcas
- Polar Animals: Arctic Foxes
- Polar Animals: Beluga Whales
- Polar Animals: Rudolph the Red-Nosed …Caribou?
- What is a Glacier?
5 fiction passages are included:
- Snow Adventures with Grandpa
- Aurora Borealis
- Polar Friends
- Gold Medal Goals
- Talkin’ Bout My Resolution
The pack also includes 1 procedural text passage:
- International Popcorn Day: How to Pop Popcorn on the Stove
BONUS! Non-fiction passage about Chinese New Year
(also included in December Text Detectives pack)
Aligned to CCSS R.L. 2.1, R.L. 3.1, R.L. 4.1 and R.I. 2.1, R.I. 3.1, and R.I 4.1, this Text Detectives pack is easy to use in your classroom as morning work, reading comprehension practice, a center activity, or homework. These can even be used to assess your students' ability to prove their answers in the text or as a relevant and engaging test prep activity! Many passages integrate seasonal science or social studies content to support your content instruction, but others are more generic to give you planning flexibility.
This product is also part of the 2nd Grade Growing Bundle, if you are interested in Text Detectives Jr. for every month of the year!
You can also find the other months of Text Detectives Jr. individually here:
Find the Text Evidence- 2nd Grade
The original third grade version of Text Detectives includes the same topics and same passages changed slightly to read at a higher reading level- perfect for using together for differentiation within your classroom! Find the third grade editions here:
Find the Text Evidence- 3rd Grade
Total Pages
18 pages
Answer Key
Not Included
Teaching Duration
1 month
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