Engaging ELA Activities for 2nd & 3rd Grade Classrooms
Helping you teach reading, vocabulary, and comprehension with meaningful, low-prep activities your students will love.
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Freckle Juice Novel Study
This novel study includes fun activities, vocabulary, comprehension questions, and a focus on at least one reading activity or skill for EACH CHAPTER.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My struggling readers love this book! Better than that, they love these comprehension pages that go along with it! Thank you!! ~Tanya G.
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Chocolate Fever Novel Study
This book study includes fun activities, vocabulary, reading skills, plus comprehension questions for all 12 chapters of this hilariously fun book. In addition, it includes an SEL lesson on bullying.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Thoughtful and well-organized! Students are deepening their understanding of the novel through meaningful questions and creative activities that support comprehension and critical thinking.” ~Hailey K.
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Follow the Moon Home Book Companion
These engaging read aloud activities for 2nd and 3rd grades is an excellent resource for teachers looking for a fun and engaging way to enhance their ocean animals or sea turtles theme.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My kids loved the comprehension game, the sequence of events on the sea turtle, and learning about sea turtles. Great resource! ~Silvie
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