Rooted in Reading: The Barnabus Project read aloud activities for story elements by Get Your Teach On

About this resource

Spark curiosity and imagination with The Barnabus Project. This engaging read aloud encourages students to think deeply about characters, problem solving, and how stories unfold.

Students explore story structure while analyzing character actions and responding to the text in meaningful ways.

What’s Included

5 days of comprehension lesson plans
Reading focus posters
Student response activities
Anchor chart templates
Fiction & nonfiction passages
Comprehension assessment
5 days of vocabulary instruction
5 days of grammar lessons
Daily Deep Dive

Skills Focus

Understanding story elements
Analyzing characters and their actions
Making predictions and confirming thinking
Responding to text with evidence
Vocabulary development
Grammar Focus: Adjectives (Describing Words)

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: The Barnabus Project Read Aloud Activities

Name: Rooted in Reading: The Barnabus Project Read Aloud Activities | Reading Comprehension for Story Elements
Brand: Amy Lemons
Price: 7.0 USD
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Reading Comprehension for Story Elementsby 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: Zip PDF
Created by: Rooted in Reading Amy Lemons
License: One teacher, one classroom
Access: Included with Library membership

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