Reading Anthology Grade Two

Grade 2

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS “The First Day of School” from CRICKET NEVER DOES: A COLLECTION OF HAIKU AND TANKA by Myra Cohn Livingston. Copyright © 1997 by Myra Cohn Livingston. Used by permission of Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division. THE ART LESSON by Tomie dePaola. Copyright © 1989 by Tomie dePaola. Used by permission of G. P. Putnam’s Sons.

“The Ugly Duckling” by Hans Christian Andersen, retold by Karen-Amanda Toulon. Copyright © 1989 by Silver, Burdett & Ginn Inc. Used by permission of Silver, Burdett & Ginn Inc. Excerpt from MAX by Rachel Isadora. Copyright © 1976 by Rachel Isadora. Used by permission of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

NO DRAGONS FOR TEA: FIRE SAFETY FOR KIDS (AND DRAGONS) by Jean Pendziwol. Copyright © 1999 by Jean Pendziwol. Used by permission of Kids Can Press Ltd.

“The Storytelling Stone” a Seneca tale retold by Joseph Bruchac, from KEEPERS OF THE EARTH: NATIVE AMERICAN STORIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN. Copyright © 1988, 1989 by Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac. Used by permission of Fulcrum, Inc.

I WISH I WERE A BUTTERFLY by James Howe. Copyright © 1987 by James Howe. Used by permission of Gulliver Books, Harcourt Brace & Company.

POLICE PATROL by Katherine K. Winkleman. Copyright © 1996 by Katherine K. Winkleman. Used by permission of Walker and Company.

THE AMERICAN WEI by Marion Hess Pomeranc. Copyright © 1998 by Marion Hess Pomeranc. Used by permission of Albert Whitman & Company.

BURIED IN THE BACKYARD by Gail Herman. Copyright © 2003 by The Kane Press. Used by permission of The Kane Press.

THE STORY OF JOHNNY APPLESEED by Aliki. Copyright © 1963 by Aliki Brandenberg. Used by permission of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

BOY, CAN HE DANCE! by Eileen Spinelli. Copyright © 1993 by Eileen Spinelli. Used by permission of Aladdin Paperbacks, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division.

Excerpt from A THOUSAND PAILS OF WATER by Ronald Roy. Copyright © 1978 by Ronald Roy. Used by permission of Random House, Inc.

BARNYARD LULLABY by Frank Asch. Copyright © 1998 by Frank Asch. Used by permission of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division.

Excerpt from A SPECIAL TRADE by Sally Wittman. Copyright © 1978 by Sally Christensen Wittman. Used by permission of Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.

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CONTENTS Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Literature Selections The First Day of School and The Art Lesson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 A haiku by Myra Cohn Livingston and a memoir by Tomie de Paola The Lion and the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 A fable by Aesop retold by Margaret H. Lippert No Dragons for Tea: Fire Safety for Kids (and Dragons) . . . 17 A poem by Jean Pendziwol

I Wish I Were a Butterfly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 A fable by James Howe

The American Wei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 A story by Marion Hess Pomeranc The Story of Johnny Appleseed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 A legend by Aliki

A Thousand Pails of Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 A story by Ronald Roy

A Special Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 A story by Sally Wittman The Ugly Duckling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 A fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen retold by Karen-Amanda Toulon Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 A story by Rachel Isadora The Storytelling Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 A folktale retold by Joseph Bruchac Police Patrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Nonfiction/Expository by Katherine K. Winkleman

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Buried in the Backyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 A story by Gail Herman

Boy, Can He Dance! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 A story by Eileen Spinelli

Barnyard Lullaby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 A story by Frank Asch

The Great Kapok Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 A fable by Lynne Cherry

Nail Soup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 A folktale by Debi Gliori This Is Our Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 A poem by Laura Lee Benson Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 A fantasy by Judi Barrett

Slowly Does It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 A fable by Robin Ravilious The Desert Is Theirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 A poem by Byrd Baylor

Albert’s Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 A poem by Leslie Tryon Lewis and Clark: a Prairie Dog for the President . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Nonfiction/Expository by Shirley Raye Redmond

Kate and the Beanstalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 A fairy tale retold by Mary Pope Osborne A Dress for the Moon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 A story by Indira Krishnan

When Elephant Goes to a Party . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 A story by Sonia Levitin

If You Were a Writer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 A story by Joan Lowery Nixon The Bremen Town Musicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 A folktale retold by Anne Rockwell

So You Want to Be an Inventor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Nonfiction/Expository by Judith St. George Grandma’s Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 A story by Eric Velasquez

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Table of Contents

Plays Room for More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Secret Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I’ll Be the Dragon! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Whale of a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Search for the Magic Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mother Goose to the Rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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INTERACTIVE ANTHOLOGY with PLAYS Developing Listening Comprehension Read Alouds help to build children’s listening comprehension. This anthology offers selections from a variety of genres, including biography, fiction, folktales, nonfiction, and poetry, to share with children. Instruction is provided with each selection to develop specific comprehension strategies. Children are asked to set a purpose for listening, as well as to determine the author’s purpose for writing. Using the instruction provided, each Read Aloud becomes an enjoyable, purposeful learning experience.

What Makes a Read Aloud Interactive? With each selection, Teacher Think Alouds are provided to help you model the use of comprehension strategies during reading. Using Think Alouds allows children to listen and to observe how a good reader uses strategies to get meaning from text. After reading, children are given the opportunity to apply the comprehension strategy. Children are asked to “think aloud” as they apply the strategy. By listening to a student Think Aloud you can determine if the child is applying the comprehension strategy appropriately and with understanding. Think-Aloud Copying Masters included in the Read-Aloud Anthology provide sentence starters to help children “think aloud” about a strategy.



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