Welcome to the Literature / Reading page!
Our 2nd Grade team wants to provide as many resources to support student learning at home as we can! We have created this page in order for parents to have an easily accessible collection of resources for Literature and Reading!
We will read 7 classics together as a class this year.
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Elmer and the
Dragon |
978-0440421368 |
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The Dragon’s Blueland |
978-0440421375 |
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The Courage of Sarah Noble |
978-0689715402 |
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The Boxcar Children |
978-0807508527 |
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Little House in the Big Woods |
978-0064400015 |
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Charlotte’s Web |
978-0064400558 |
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The Cricket in Times Square
(updated by publisher,
please get correct version) |
978-0374390402 |
Book choice is powerful!
Letting students choose books they want to read is important in helping them develop a thirst for books.
Each day, students will bring home a book of choice from the GHNO classroom take-home library and their reading log. At home, students will read this book aloud to an adult.
Each day please log:
- The title of the classroom library book read & the other book used to read the full amount of time.
- The total minutes your student spent reading (20 minutes minimum)
- Parent initials confirming minutes read
If your student reads their book from the classroom library easily and with few errors, the parent will write their initials in column 4 as well. Students with parent initials in column 4 will be allowed to check out a new book from the classroom library the following school day.
Please do not initial column 4 until your student is reading the text fluently. This means that they are able to read the text with proper speed, accuracy, and expression. Newly independent readers need lots of practice to get past the word-by-word choppy reading (or, as we call it, robot reading) into fluent reading. When a student re-reads a book, they are getting lots of practice to build fluency.
It is encouraged and expected that sometimes students will need to read a text more than once. Re-reading books provides an opportunity to develop a deep understanding of a book's plot or character development. When students read the same story multiple times, they pick up new information, dive deeper into the meaning of the book, and make connections between themselves and the book — as well as between the book and other books they’ve read or heard.
Should your student lose their reading log or forget it at school, you may write their reading down on any blank piece of paper and send it in their take home folder. If you are able to print, here is a blank log that can be used as well.