Nonfiction Science Reading 2nd Grade: Passages, Questions, & Bonus Experiments
Engage 2nd Graders in science with nonfiction reading comprehension passages and questions, plus bonus experiments, and finally, find a way to fit in both science and reading comprehension in your already busy schedule. It really can feel like an impossible task. But this resource can be the answer you are looking for. This bundle includes engaging passages written specifically for second graders, covering 9 science topics, including force and motion, forms of energy, and states of matter (more details below if you keep scrolling!).
It's the perfect way to seamlessly integrate science into your reading block while still meeting informational text standards and science curriculum requirements.
Your students will enjoy learning about science while working on their reading skills, and the bonus experiments for each topic will help deepen their understanding of each subject.
Investing in this bundle will save you time, making it easier to fit science into your busy schedule.
Science and reading don't need to be taught separately, and this bundle will help you teach both at the same time.
⭐️⭐️ The passages are short, only taking 15-20 minutes a day, and are accompanied by questions aligned to informational text standards.
⭐️ Topics Covered:
✓ The Practice of Science
✓ The Practice of Engineering
✓ Forms of Energy
✓ Solids, Liquids, and Gases
✓ Force and Motion
✓ Rocks and Soil
✓ Weather
✓ Habitats
✓ Life Cycles
⭐️ What is inside Each Unit: (Digital Options and Print)
The Practice of Science:
What is a Scientist? and What is Science?
Science Tools Vocabulary and Sort (drag and drop in the digital version)
Science Inquiry and Science and How Do You Think Like a Scientist?
Science Safety
Science Vocabulary
Bonus:
Science Experiment
Informational Text Standards Covered:
RI.2.1 Asking and Answering Questions
RI.2.4 Content Vocabulary
RI. 2.5 Text Features
RI. 2.6 Author's Purpose
☀️ Forms of Energy:
Included in this Pack:
Student Rubric
KWL Forms of Energy Activity
Reading Passages
•What is Energy?
•From Where Does Energy Come?
•What is Solar Energy?
•What is Electricity
•What are Types of Energy?
Types of Energy Sort (drag and drop in the digital version)
Science Vocabulary
Bouncing Energy Experiment
Informational Text Standards Covered:
RI.1 Asking and Answering Questions
RI.4 Vocabulary
RI.5 Text Features
RI.7 Visuals
States of Matter:
What You Know About Matter and What You Want to Learn
What is Matter?
How Can You Observe and Measure Properties of Matter?
How Does Matter Change States?
How Does Matter Change?
Types of Matter Sort (drag and drop in the digital version)
Matter Vocabulary
Matter Experiment
Informational Text Standards Covered:
RI.1 Asking and Answering Questions
RI.4 Vocabulary
RI.5 Text Features
RI.7 Visuals
⛷Force and Motion:
What is a Force?
What are Motion and Friction?
What is Gravity?
What Are Magnets?
Push or Pull Sort (drag and drop in the digital version)
Science Vocabulary
Investigating Pushes and Pulls Experiment
Informational Text Standards Covered:
RI. 1 Asking and Answering Questions
RI. 3 Connections in scientific ideas and concepts
RI. 4 Vocabulary
RI. 5 Text Features
Rocks and Soil:
KWL Rocks and Soil
What Makes Up the Earth?
What Can You Observe About Rocks?
How Do Rocks Change Shape?
What Can You Observe About Soil?
Informational Text Standards Covered:
RI. 1 Asking and Answering Questions
RI. 3 Connections in scientific ideas and concepts
RI. 4 Vocabulary
RI. 5 Text Features
☔️ Weather:
What You Know About Weather and What You Want to Learn
What Is Weather?
How Does Weather Affect the Earth?
How Does the Sun’s Energy Affect Water?
How Does Weather Change?
What are the Four Seasons?
How Can We Predict the Weather?
What Is Severe Weather?
Weather Vocabulary
Weather Experiment
Informational Text Standards:
Asking and Answering Questions RI.1
Main Idea RI. 2
Connections with Scientific Concepts RI.3
Content Area Vocabulary RI.4
Text Features RI.5
Habitats/Biomes:
KWL Habitats/Biomes
Where Do Plants and Animals Live?
What Are Different Types of Habitats?
What Do Plants and Animals Need to Survive?
Land or Water Sort (drag and drop in the digital version)
Science Vocabulary
Informational Text Standards Covered:
RI. 1 Ask and Answer Questions
RI. 2 Main Idea
RI. 3 Cause and Effect (Connections in scientific concepts)
RI. 4 Vocabulary
RI. 5 Text Features
Life Cycles:
KWL Life Cycles
What Do Living Things Need?
How Do Plants Grow and Change?
How Does the Sun Affect the Earth?
How Do Humans and Animals Grow?
How Do Animals Grow and Change?
Science Vocabulary
Investigating Sunflower Seeds and Pumpkin Seeds
Informational Text Standards:
RI. 1 Questions and answers in nonfiction text
RI. 3 Cause and Effect- connections in scientific concepts
RI. 4 Vocabulary
RI.6 Author's Purpose
RI. 7 Visuals impact meaning
The Practice of Engineering:
What is an Engineer? and What is an Engineer?
Engineering Tools Vocabulary and Sort
Engineering Design Process and How Do You Think Like an Engineer?
Engineering Safety
Engineering Vocabulary
Bonus:
STEM Challenge
Student Journals
Informational Text Standards Covered:
RI.2.1 Asking and Answering Questions
RI.2.4 Content Vocabulary
RI. 2.5 Text Features
RI. 2.6 Author's Purpose