Grade 2 Reading Centers (90 min)

Center 1 - Guided Reading

Objectives:

• Building fluency and skills via lexile leveled reading groups

• Spiral of RL & RI standards through novels and articles

• Collect data and do mini lessons as needed

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Resources:

• Leveled literature

  • Novels​

  • Reading A-Z (Raz-Kids)

• Leveled informational text 

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Note: Early fluent and fluent readers come to this center having pre-read the text. Only groups with early emergent or emergent readers should read together with the teacher. 

Center 2 - Blended Learning

Objectives:

• Building reading and phonics skills through adaptive software

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Materials:

• Any adaptive software program such as Lexia Core 5 or iReady

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Note: If your district does not make adaptive software available there are other free options for high leverage reading activities.  

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Center 3 - Independent Reading

Objectives:

• Pre-reading guided reading books

• Response to literature

• Targeted standards based activities

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Materials:

• Guided reading book or article

• Teacher created/prepared

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Center 4 - Reading Intervention or Extension

Objectives:

• Building phonemic awareness, fluency and reading skills via leveled reading groups for students needing extra practice.

• Extension activities for advanced students.

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Materials:

• Scripted phonics program such as Reading Mastery or Corrective Reading

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Note: If your school does not provide a paraprofessional for centers, this reading intervention could be done at a different time of the day, but is necessary for all students below grade level.  

Whole Class Reading Instruction (90 min)

Direct Instruction of Standards

Objectives:

• Students will gain mastery of all Common Core standards through direct instruction and high leverage practice activities

• Students will access grade level content such as core literature or social studies text

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Materials:

• Instructional presentations

• Additional curriculum resources by standard suggested

  • Ready Common Core​

  • Standards Plus

• Grade level literature texts

• Grade level informational texts

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