Rooted in Reading 2nd Grade | December Read Aloud Comprehension & Activities

Save TIME and ENERGY this December with these Reading Comprehension Lesson Plans and hands-on reading activities, including Winter and Christmas-themed! Enhance the Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Grammar in your classroom as students learn about asking questions, comparing and contrasting, main idea, story elements, cause and effect, and much more!

Calling all 2nd Grade Teachers who are ready to TRANSFORM their ELA block!  Rooted in Reading for 2nd Grade gives you everything you need to facilitate a love of reading in your classroom.  We’ve got lesson plans, activities, crafts, and printables that focus around a read-aloud story each week. 

The teacher READS the book throughout the week and models how to think deeply, ask questions, monitor comprehension, and so much more.  Each week we focus on different comprehension skills and strategies that will take your little learners on a reading journey like never before.  All lesson plans and activities are aligned with the Common Core Standards and TEKS. 

This can be used as a stand-alone curriculum OR as a supplemental curriculum.  You can do ALL of what we include or pick and choose the activities that work best for you and your students!

Want to know more? Check out below!

For more information, research, and teacher testimonies on Rooted in Reading click HERE.

Books needed for December:

Who’s That Knocking on Christmas Eve by Jan Brett

Night Tree by Eve Bunting

How To Catch Santa by Jean Reagan

The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola

What is included in the DECEMBER unit? Look below!

● Daily Lesson Plans for 4 Weeks

● Book Question Cards

● Fiction Reading Passages

● Nonfiction Reading Passages

● Comprehension Assessments

● Daily Deep Dive with Mentor Sentences

● Comprehension Focuses:

Asking Questions

Comparing and Contrasting

Main Idea

Textual Evidence

Cause and Effect

Making Connections

Story Elements

● Comprehension Printables/Interactive Notebooks:

Making Connections Flap-Ups

Asking Questions Flap-Ups

Comparing Christmas and Hanukkah Flap-Ups

Text Clues Flap-Ups

Text Evidence Flap-Ups

Illustration Clues Flap-Ups

Comparing and Contrasting Traditions

Main Idea Christmas Tree

Cause and Effect Flap-Ups

Story Elements of a Folktale

● Nonfiction Readers

A Couple Winter Celebrations

Polar Bears

Evergreen Trees

Las Posadas

●  Anchor Charts

Questions for Santa

Use Text Evidence to Compare Hanukkah and Christmas

Polar Bear Facts

Those Tricky Trolls Description Chart

Evergreen Tree Facts

Let's Compare Traditions Chart: Similarities and Differences

Cause and Effect

Las Posadas Anchor Chart

● Vocabulary

Vocabulary Word and Definition Cards

Vocabulary Four Square

Spin and Cover

Vocabulary Flap-Ups

Vocabulary Quiz

Vocabulary Printables

● Directed Drawings (with writing pages)

Santa

Poinsettia

Forest Landscape

Polar Bear

● Crafts (with writing pages)

Santa

Candle

Christmas Trees

Polar Bear

Las Posadas Suitcase

●  Grammar:  Transition Words and Letter Writing

Writing a letter to Santa

How Does Santa Get Ready for Christmas Booklet

How to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Pocket Chart and Printable

How to Make Smores Pocket Chart and Printable

How to Brush Teeth Pocket Chart and Printable

●Grammar: Prepositions

Preposition Flap-Ups

Find the Preposition Sentence Cards

Answer Me with Prepositions

Polar Bear Prepositions Booklet

Prepositions Assessment

● Grammar: Contractions

Contractions Flap-Ups

Contraction Christmas Trees

Contraction Booklet

Replace the Words Scoot

Contractions Assessment

● Grammar: Verb Tenses

Verb Riddles

Make Me Future Tense Flap-Ups

Which Word is a Verb Scoot

Make Me Past Tense Flap-Ups

Vibrant Verb Snowmen

Disclaimer About Rooted in Reading Books: We try our best to ensure that the books we select for our Rooted in Reading program will be available to you; however, we cannot guarantee any book's availability at any given time.

We encourage you to check multiple places for the books including but not limited to: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Scholastic, Thrift Books, BookOutlet.com, eBay, Abe Books, Half Price Books, Better World Books, and you can make a project on Donor's Choose or check them out from your public library.

More FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Ⓠ There is SO much included, how do I fit it all in?

Ⓐ:  Please do NOT feel like you have to do everything we put into the units.  We try to include everything that a teacher might want, but we realize it is A LOT!  We suggest combing through the units, looking at the expectations of your school/district/state, and deciding which activities would be best for your students.  We do NOT recommend printing class sets of everything, hoping to get to it all. Choose the things that you think YOUR students need, that will be most beneficial, and start there!  Several components can be used during stations, for morning work, or even as homework. Others you may choose to just set aside for another time or not use at all! That’s okay! We want this to work for you AND your students!

Ⓠ Do you have a year overview and planning guide?

Ⓐ:  Yes!  We sure do!  You can find the list of books for the year, the skills we are going to hit, and the standards (Common Core and TEKS) we will cover below!

2nd Grade Overview

Ⓠ What is included in the second grade units

Ⓐ:  Each book unit (so 4 a month)  include:  

⇢Daily Lesson Plans for Comprehension, Vocabulary, and Grammar

⇢Book Question Cards for Classroom Discussion

⇢Comprehension Focus Digital Posters

⇢Comprehension Printables and/or Interactive Notebook Templates

⇢Comprehension Assessment for the Weekly Read Aloud with Answer Key

⇢Fiction Passage with Questions

⇢Nonfiction Passage with Questions

⇢Anchor Chart Templates

⇢Nonfiction Reader

⇢Nonfiction Activities

⇢Vocabulary Cards and Definitions

⇢Vocabulary Activities

⇢Vocabulary Printables/Assessments

⇢Craft with Writing Pages

⇢Directed Drawing with Writing Pages

⇢Grammar Focus Digital Posters

⇢Grammar Printables/Activities

⇢Daily Deep Dive with Mentor Sentence

To find our other Rooted in Reading units click below:

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