Reading Informational Text, Grade 2 Teacher Resource

By Evan-Moor Educational Publishing

Build strong reading comprehension skills for second grade students with close reading, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities.

Each of the 10 units includes a one-page nonfiction text and supporting activities that are easy to scaffold, such as:
- Picture dictionary: content and Words to Know list
- I Read and Understand: reading comprehension activity
- I Read Closely: close reading activity
- Words I Know: vocabulary activity
- I Can Write: scaffolded writing activity that can be used for pre-writing
- What I Learned: text-based writing assignment to culminate the unit

Additional teacher support includes:
- Correlations provided for every unit for easy reference
- Downloadable home-school connection activities and projects to extend learning at home.
- Guided reading level to help identify appropriate texts for students

The informational texts cover grade-level content-area topics and a range of nonfiction text structures:

Science Articles
- Baby Blue Whale
Text Structure: Question and Answer
- Big Machines
Text Structure: Main Idea and Details

Geography Article
- Big Island Map
Text Structure: Cause and Effect

Social Studies Articles
- TOMS Shoes
Text Structure: Main Idea and Details
- Rosa Parks Rides the Bus
Text Structure: Compare and Contrast
- What Does Congress Do?
Text Structure: Time Order

Biography Articles
- Ben Franklin and the Glass Harmonica
Text Structure: Time Order
- Thank You, Sarah Josepha Hale
Text Structure: Time Order

How-to Article
- Fun with Magnets
Text Structure: Cause and Effect

Technical Article
- Help Wanted: Earth Engineer
Text Structure: Compare and Contrast

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161368990X
• ISBN13: 9781613689905
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.4" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 7 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 2 and higher