2nd grade Fiction Comprehension Questions Lesson Plans

Using the 5 W's

This lesson will provide your ELs with support as they learn about nouns and practice retelling a story with a 5 W's graphic organizer. This lesson can be used as a stand alone activity or a support lesson.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How?

Lesson plan

Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How?

Do you have students who are constantly asking what, who, where, why, how, and when? It's your turn to ask now! Have them read various stories and ask them to answer these questions in this lesson.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Sticky Reading Comprehension

Lesson plan

Sticky Reading Comprehension

Sometimes students struggle with comprehension, and it can be difficult to pinpoint where the breakdown occurs. Help your students make visual summaries on sticky notes in this lesson!

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Fantastic Fables: 5 W's

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Fantastic Fables: 5 W's

In this lesson, students use highlighters, graphic organizers, and a classic fable to exercise their understanding of key details and main idea in a text. They will use manipulatives to promote visual and kinetic learning styles.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How Questions

Lesson plan

Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How Questions

Students will be able to answer questions to show understanding of important details in a text. This can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to be used prior to the Who, When, What, Where, Why, and How? lesson plan.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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The Paper Bag Princess

Lesson plan

The Paper Bag Princess

In this lesson, students will practice listening comprehension skills after reading “The Paper Bag Princess” together as a class. Afterward, students will role-play, make inferences, and use summarization to strengthen literacy skills.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Fairy Tales: Character Traits

Lesson plan

Fairy Tales: Character Traits

In this literary lesson, students use fairy tales to practice identifying character traits. Students are challenged to justify their reasoning using text based support.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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What Happened?

Lesson plan

What Happened?

Help your students' story telling abilities grow with this lesson that helps them recount what happened in a story and has them point out key details.

1st grade

Reading & writing

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Anansi and the Turtle and Me!

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Anansi and the Turtle and Me!

Anansi invites his friend Turtle to dinner at his house ... but does he treat him like a friend? In this reading comprehension lesson, your class practices questioning, retelling, and identifying the moral in "Anansi and the Turtle."

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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All About the Pledge of Allegiance

Lesson plan

All About the Pledge of Allegiance

In this lesson, your students will practice their reading comprehension and vocabulary with the Pledge of Allegiance. They will reflect on the meaning of the pledge.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Analyzing Archetypes in Fairy Tales

Lesson plan

Analyzing Archetypes in Fairy Tales

Engage students in analysis by examining archetypes in fairy tales. Teach students to identify heroes and villains in fairy tales, examine patterns, and create their own fairy tales to express their knowledge of archetypes.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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They Sound Alike

Lesson plan

They Sound Alike

This exciting lesson plan will introduce your second grade students to two different versions of the well-loved Cinderella story while also teaching them about making inferences and comparing and contrasting stories.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Cooperative Commerce and Geography

Lesson plan

Cooperative Commerce and Geography

Show students what buying and selling looked like before credit cards! This lesson explores commerce with the book *Ox-Man Cart* and a United States regional food production map. Students will answer questions and draw conclusions.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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2nd grade Fiction Comprehension Questions Lesson Plans

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