Teach reading comprehension skills and nonfiction text structures to your first-grade students
Choose from 10 units that span a variety of grade-level topics or use them all
Illustrated nonfiction minibooks and two-page selections in this grade 2 book include a variety of content-area topics:
Science:
"We Need the Sun" Level C "Little Blue Butterfly" Level D "About the Wind" Level G "Water" Level GSocial Studies:
"The Statue of Liberty" Level D "Looking at the United States" Level EBiography:
"Winslow Homer, American Artist" Level C "Maria Martinez, Native American Potter" Level E "George Washington Carver" Level FHow-to
"How to Make the President's Breakfast" Level FEach unit includes:
Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective A Teacher's Complex Text and a leveled student minibook or two-page reading selection with photos and illustrations A picture dictionary with content words and words to know An illustrated close-reading activity A comprehension and vocabulary activity An oral close-reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussion A scaffolded writing activityAdditional teacher resources:
"How to Be a Good Reader" resource page for students A reproducible reading journal for students An answer keyAbout Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
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