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Vocabulary Free Sample for Diary of a Worm Mentor Text (2nd Grade)

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This free sample provides a week of contextual vocabulary activities designed with researched best practices to use with the mentor text, Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin. (Book not included.)

Vocabulary must be taught in context for students to truly understand the words and build relationships with them, and then, in turn, use them in writing and speaking. Move away from lists of vocabulary words and looking up definitions, and teach students how to comprehend with this best practice pack!

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WHAT ELSE DO I NEED?

There is a Sample Mentor Sentence Lesson for this book, as well as free Better Than Basal Reading and Writing Activities for this book, if you’d like to try it out.

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WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE BUNDLE FOR THE WHOLE YEAR?

In the Vivid Vocabulary Bundle for Second Grade, I have provided activities designed on researched best practices for use with popular mentor texts to help you maximize your teaching time. These are the same mentor texts used in the SECOND GRADE mentor sentences, interactive activities, and Better Than Basal Reading and Writing Activities.

★ Activities are also provided as links to Google Slides for Digital Learning! ★

Click here for UNIT 1:
-First Day Jitters By Julie Danneberg
-Officer Buckle and Gloria By Peggy Rathmann
-Memoirs of a Goldfish By Devin Scillian
-Chrysanthemum By Kevin Henkes
-Scaredy Squirrel By Melanie Watt
-Skippyjon Jones By Judy Schachner
-If You Give A Mouse A Cookie By Laura Joffe Numeroff
-The Paperboy By Dav Pilkey
-Stellaluna By Janell Cannon
-The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything By Linda Williams

Click here for UNIT 2:
-The Day The Crayons Quit By Drew Daywalt
-Diary of a Worm By Doreen Cronin
-Diary of a Fly By Doreen Cronin
-‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving By Dav Pilkey
-Snowmen at Night By Caralyn Buehner
-Snowmen at Christmas By Caralyn Buehner
-The Polar Express By Chris Van Allsburg
-Gingerbread Baby By Jan Brett
-The Three Snow Bears By Jan Brett
-Three Cheers for Tacky By Helen Lester

Click here for UNIT 3:
-100th Day Worries by Margery Cuyler
-Substitute Groundhog by Pat Miller
-Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink by Diane de Groat
-Duck For President by Doreen Cronin
-What If You Had Animal Teeth!? by Sandra Markle
-Sweet Tooth by Margie Palatini
-Moosetache by Margie Palatini
-Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
-The Umbrella by Jan Brett
-Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel

Click here for UNIT 4:
-The Important Book by Margeret Wise Brown
-Parts by Tedd Arnold
-Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
-Corduroy by Don Freeman
-Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
-A Chair For My Mother by Vera B. Williams
-Stone Soup by Ann McGovern
-Smelly Socks by Robert Munsch
-Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
-Don’t Let The Pigeon Stay Up Late! by Mo Willems

Every mentor text “set” of activities includes the “What Do You Think?” page for context application and the “Show What You Know” page to formatively assess students. The other activities vary based on the text and the vocabulary words.

There are open-ended activities and ideas provided that can be used with any words, and I encourage you to incorporate past words in with the current words using these formats for frequent repetition.

★ Get the BIG bundle with all Second Grade Mentor Sentences, Interactive Notebooks, Modifications, Vocabulary Activities, and Reading and Writing activities for all 40 mentor texts in the volume! Check out the Biggest and BEST Yearlong Bundle for Second Grade!

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