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Everyday is reading day!!! 2nd grade!

In second grade students are progressing from learning to read, to, reading to learn!

  • At this stage:
  • Students will be able to understand main ideas
  • Be able to retell stories
  • Make predictions
  • Use context clues
  • Self correct

“Just like me”, by

Vanessa Brantley Newton

  • This book helps children embrace who they are, stand together, and learn experiences.

“Miss nelson is missing”, by

Harry Allard

  • This book keeps children engaged and wondering until the very end, and teaches them a lesson to be kind to those around them, especially their teachers.

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“A bad case of the stripes”, by

David Shannon

* This book helps students

make perditions, as well as

make meaningful connections

and develop comprehension

skills.

A ticket around the world”, by

Natalia Diaz, and Mellissa Owens.

*This book can help students spot

similarities and differences, as

well as encourage critical

thinking.

“The leaf thief” by Alice Hemming

and Nicola Slater

  • This book can help students with

their narrative skills, as well as

vocabulary. They can learn new

words as well as comprehend.

“The word collector” by

Peter H. Reynolds

* This book inspires

creativity and encourages

students to love reading and

writing.

“Millie Fleurs poison garden”

by Christy Mandin

This book teaches about

diversity, and helps students

with comprehension as well

as inspires interests.

References:

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Just_Like_Me/dNp0EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/book-lists/16-books-to-engage-second-grade-readers.html