Rooted in Reading: Home read aloud activities for making connections by Get Your Teach On

About this resource

Bring meaningful conversations and deep comprehension into your classroom with Home. This week of Rooted in Reading invites students to explore the idea of belonging while strengthening their ability to make meaningful connections to the text.

Students engage in thoughtful discussions, written responses, and interactive activities that help them connect the story to their own lives and experiences.

What’s Included

5 days of comprehension lesson plans
- Focus posters
- Printables and response pages
- Anchor chart templates
- Fiction & nonfiction reading passages
- Comprehension assessment
5 days of vocabulary instruction
- Vocabulary posters
- Activities
- Vocabulary assessment
5 days of grammar lessons
- Grammar posters
- Practice activities
- Grammar assessment
Daily Deep Dive using the mentor text

Skills Focus

Making connections to the text
Responding to reading through writing
Analyzing characters and themes
Vocabulary in context
Grammar Focus: Complete Sentences

Meet the creators

Rooted in Reading

ELA Curriculum

Rooted in Reading is an elementary English Language Arts (ELA) and read-aloud curriculum created by educators Amy Lemons and Katie King.

✓Designed for Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-grade classrooms
✓Centers around a weekly, purposefully-selected picture book.
✓Can be used as a stand-alone curriculum or as a supplement to existing ELA blocks.

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Amy Lemons

Teacher & Curriculum Author

Amy started teaching in 2006 and spent most of her classroom years in 1st and 2nd grade. She has shared lessons and activities with teachers on her blog since 2011, built around hands-on activities and meaningful books.

✓Co-creator of Rooted in Reading, now serving K–3
✓Co-creator of Magic of Math and Write On! with Hope King
✓Taught 1st, 2nd, and 4th grade

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Rooted in Reading: Home Read Aloud Activities

Name: Rooted in Reading: Home Read Aloud Activities | Reading Comprehension for Making Connections
Brand: Amy Lemons
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Reading Comprehension for Making Connectionsby Rooted in Reading and Amy Lemons

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Resource details

Resource type: Curriculum Lesson Plans
Pages: 115
Grade levels: 2nd Grade
Subjects: Reading Grammar Vocabulary
Included file types: PDF Zip
Created by: Rooted in Reading Amy Lemons
License: One teacher, one classroom
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