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Ask your 2nd Grader: What was the problem in the text, Separate is Never Equal? How was it resolved? What differences do you notice between how Sylvia and Ruby responded…

Ask your 2nd Grader: Who are the characters in Separate Is Never Equal? What is the problem? How did the Mendez family respond to injustice?  Why is ending a narrative…

Ask your 2nd Grader: How is an autobiography different from a biography? How does the SCAPE (Setting, Characters, Action, Problem, and End) strategy help you write a narrative?  Can you…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What was Martin Luther King’s dream for his children? What was his dream for the world? Who is Ruby Bridges?  Is happy an adjective or an…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What were some of the main points in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech? What is an adverb? Can you give an example?…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What type of text is Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington? What are civil rights? Can you give an example? What is the…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What does the prefix in- mean? What does the word injustice mean? Who faced an injustice in the two Wit and Wisdom books you’ve read this…

Ask your 2nd Grader: How do different authors tell the story of John Henry’s life? What are collective nouns? What are some examples of collective nouns? What sound does the…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What type of text is John Henry: An American Legend? What happens in John Henry: An American Legend? What are the present tense forms of the…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What are some similarities and differences between the two versions of the Johnny Appleseed stories you read in class? What life lesson can we learn from…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What are some characteristics of a legend? What is the problem in The Story of Johnny Appleseed? What is the resolution? Who are the characters? What…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What life lesson can we learn from The Legend of the Bluebonnet? What is the problem and resolution in The Legend of the Bluebonnet? What is…