Reading Mini Lesson Strategies with Graphic Organizers for 2nd Grade

This packet is full of ideas to help you plan and teach reading mini lessons with your class. You will have materials to teach reading strategies that all good readers need. There are even independent practice materials so they can practice what they learned. Great for whole or small group instruction

 

Maybe you already teach this way but want some fresh ideas and strategies. or maybe you are new to this but aren't sure where to begin? This packet has 15 different strategies with everything you need (minus the books) to hold your mini lessons. Even if you don't teach common core these strategies are ones that all good readers need.

 
Common Core Reading Strategy Mini Lessons {1st Grade}

Common Core Reading Strategy Mini Lessons (3rd Grade)

If you don't teach common core these are for you!

***Note-this product is also available without standards listed on them in case you do not teach common core. That packet can be used with any grade level and can be found here:


Common Core Reading Strategy Mini Lessons

Each mini lessons will include

*a mini lesson statement

*the common core standard it aligns to

*suggested books to use when teaching the lesson

*ideas for how to teach the lesson

*a mini poster

*questions to ask during the lesson

*questions to ask after independent practice

*an organizer to use whole group as you teach the lesson (we have a poster maker at my school. I turn the whole group organizer into a poster and laminate and record answers with a dry erase marker. If you do not have a poster maker you can still display on the overhead and record answers)

*an organizer for students to use during independent practice


The mini lessons included in this packet are:

text to self connection {RL.2.1}

text to text connection {RL.2.1}

text to world connection {RL.2.1}

making and adjusting predictions {RL.2.1}

making a mental picture or image {RI.2.7}

using text features {RI.2.5}

problem and solution {RL.2.3}

summarizing the text {RL.2.5}

main idea and supporting details {RL.2.2}

author’s purpose {RI.2.8}

cause and effect {RI.2.3}

comparing and contrasting texts {RL.2.9, RI.2.9}

asking questions {RI.2.1 & RL.2.1}

recognizing literary elements {RL.2.3, RL.2.7}

retelling {RL.2.2, RL.2.5}

 

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