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Mercy Watson Activities Bundle

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

The first 24 pages of this Mercy Watson Activities Bundle are excellent to use with any of the books. They have a pig theme, but not specific to any one Mercy Watson book. I hope your students enjoy this Mercy Watson book series as much as mine

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Literature

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Literature Circles, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3

$22.50

$18.00

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Celebrate Valentine's Day Common Core Reading and ELA Skills

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

This Valentine's Day Packet includes SUPER fun activities for your students to practice their reading comprehension, writing, and language arts skills with a fun Sweetheart theme! Includes vocabulary words, text features, fact and opinion, cloze

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Literature

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles, Lesson

$3.50

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Celebrate Groundhog Day Common Core Reading and ELA Skills

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

This Groundhog Day Packet includes fun activities for your students to practice their reading comprehension, writing, and language arts skills with a fun Groundhog theme! Includes graphing and data collection, vocabulary words, text features, fact

Subjects:

Grammar, Literature, Holidays/Seasonal

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles, Lesson

$3.50

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Activities for Dinosaurs Before Dark

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

Magic Tree House Dinosaurs Before Dark Summary: Jack and Annie discover a treehouse that takes them back in time to the age of dinosaurs! This is is a great "first" chapter book for second grade. They will get hooked on the Magic Tree House book

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Literature

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Literature Circles, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RL.2.6, RI.2.3, RI.2.5, W.2.1

$5.00

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Revolutionary War on Wednesday Magic Tree House PRESIDENT'S DAY

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

This is a unit for the book, Revolutionary War on Wednesday, book #22 in the Magic Tree House series. This unit works great in the month of February to go along with Presidents Day.Included with this unit:• Take a book look. Compare and Contrast

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Presidents' Day

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Literature Circles, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RL.2.6

$4.50

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Mercy Watson to the Rescue

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

Mercy Watson to the Rescue Activities is perfect for second grade. I hope your students enjoy this Mercy Watson book series as much as mine do! A Mercy Watson read aloud is always a class pleaser! I normally read the first two books with my whole

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Literature

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Literature Circles, Lesson

$4.50

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Dinosaurs Nonfiction Unit

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

This Dinosaurs Nonfiction Unit is aligned to 2nd grade Common Core standards but can be used across many grades. I recently added the dinosaur research project. My students loved picking out their own dinosaurs for research. This also makes for a

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Literature

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Research, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.2.1, RI.2.5, RI.2.7, RI.2.9, RI.3.1, RI.3.7, RI.3.9, RI.3.10

$4.00

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The Three Little Pigs Compare and Contrast Multiple Versions

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

The Three Little Pigs Compare and Contrast Multiple Versions unit is centered on Common Core Standard RL.2.9: compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story. I have chosen to focus on three different versions of the story, but I have

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Literature

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.2.2, RL.2.6, RL.2.9

$4.00

118

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Afternoon on the Amazon

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

Afternoon on the Amazon is the PERFECT book for Spring and goes along great with Earth Day!! Afternoon on the Amazon is the 6th book in the Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne. This unit is aligned to 2nd grade Common Core standards but

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Earth Day

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Literature Circles, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RL.2.7, RI.2.3, RI.2.5, RI.2.6

$5.00

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Henry and Mudge The First Book Activities

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

Henry and Mudge the First Book is the perfect book to introduce Cynthia Rylant. Henry and Mudge Activities 2nd grade is a super fun early chapter book with a friendship theme that children can relate to. Henry and Mudge The First Book has a 2.7 AR

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Literature

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Literature Circles, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RL.2.6, RF.2.3, RF.2.4, RF.2.4a, CCRA.L.2

$4.50

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Mercy Watson Activities Goes For A Ride & To the Rescue

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

Two Classic Mercy Watson Book Activities in one unit! I hope your students enjoy this Mercy Watson series as much as mine do! I usually do the first two books with my whole class. I then let my higher groups go on and finish the series,

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Literature

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd

Types:

Literature Circles, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RI.2.1, RI.2.5

$9.00

$6.50

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Amazon Rainforest Activities

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

Amazon Rainforest Activities are perfect for Spring and goes along great with Earth Day. This unit is aligned to 2nd grade Common Core standards but can be used in many grades. I have included The Great Kapok Tree printables that I use in Small

Subjects:

Reading, Literature, Earth Day

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Research, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.2.5, RI.2.6, RI.2.7, RI.2.9, W.2.5, W.2.6, W.2.7

$3.50

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Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig is perfect for all second graders! Your students are guaranteed to fall in love with this “porcine wonder!” This is the first series I ever had students “fight” over. This unit is perfect for reading, writing,

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Literature

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Literature Circles, Lesson

$4.50

Digital Download PDF (33.95 MB)

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Nate the Great the First Book

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

Students will try to solve the mystery along with Nate the Great, using text clues and inferences to piece together the puzzle of what happened to Annie's missing painting. ⭐️ This unit is aligned to 2nd grade Common Core standards but can be used

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Literature

Grades:

1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Literature Circles, Lesson

CCSS:

RL.2.1, RL.2.3, RL.2.5, RL.2.6, RL.2.7, L.2.2, L.2.4

$4.50

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Candy Cane Christmas Activity

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

Candy Cane Text Features is the PERFECT activity for the Christmas Season! This is a very fun way to learn about the legend of the candy cane while reviewing Text Features! This unit includes ONE PRACTICE PAGE and the answer key.If you have

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Literature

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd

Types:

Worksheets, Printables, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.2.5, RI.3.5

$2.75

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Shoes From Grandpa Mem Fox Common Core Aligned

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

Fun book to read anytime of the school year! A little girl receives a pair of shoes from her grandfather. The rest of her relatives give her objects that match the previous gift and, ultimately, match the shoes from grandpa. However, the only thing

Subjects:

Grammar, Literature, Reading Strategies

Grades:

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Literature Circles, Lesson

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (1.08 MB)

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Magic Tree House Bundle Dinosaurs, Penguins, Amazon, & Revolutionary War

By Mrs Patton-For My Second Act

These unit are aligned to 2nd grade Common Core standards, but can be used in many grades. Magic Tree House series book #1 Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne is a great "first" chapter book for second grade. I usually introduce this book in

Subjects:

Reading, Grammar, Literature

Grades:

2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th

Types:

Literature Circles, Lesson

CCSS:

RI.2.5, RI.3.5

$19.00

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I have taught for the past nine years at the elementary school level. My first five years were spent in second grade, three in third grade and a year in fourth grade. I love bringing the material alive and making learning FUN!

MY TEACHING STYLE

My hope is that my students will become life-long learners! I love guiding them as they learn and become independent. Every child can be successful; it is my job to figure out how to help them BE successful! I hope my classroom is a place they will always remember with a smile!!!!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I earned my Bachelors of Science from Georgia Southern University and my Masters of Art and Teaching from LaGrange College.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I am married to a wonderful Christian man, Chris, who has an AMAZING blog - www.ChristianFaithAtWork.com We have three amazing GROWN and Flown children!!!

GRADES

Kindergarten, 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

SUBJECTS

English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Specialty, Math, Basic Operations, Fractions, Geometry, Measurement, Numbers, Science, Astronomy, Earth Sciences, Environment, Social Studies, Government, U.S. History, World History, Health, ELA Test Prep, Math Test Prep, British History, Geography, Other (ELA), Life Skills, Literature, Classroom Management, Economics , Word Problems, General Science, Physical Science, Writing, Reading Strategies, Writing-Essays, Holidays/Seasonal, Back to School, Thanksgiving, Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa, Autumn, Mental Math, Halloween, Winter, Valentine's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Black History Month, St. Patrick's Day, Spring, Place Value, Earth Day, Summer, Informational Text, End of Year, Phonics, Close Reading, Women's History Month, Classroom Community