Mrs. Rearick's Picks:
2nd Grade Classroom Curriculum Support
Module 1: Schools and Community
Off to Class : incredible and unusual schools around the world
It's back to school we go : first day stories from around the world
Malala: Activist for Girls' Education
The First Step: How one girl put segregation on trial
When the schools shut down : a young girl's story of Virginia's "lost generation" and the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision
This is a School
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I Got the School Spirit
Rain School
School Around the World
If I Built a School
Nasreen's Secret School
Nana Akua Goes to School
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World Book Kids: nonfiction text, read aloud support about schools
Search schools-short descriptions about schools around the world by country
Kanopy Video: Same, Same but Different (8 min)
Module 2: Fossils Tell of Earth’s Changes
A dinosaur named Ruth : how Ruth Mason discovered fossils in her own backyard
Everything awesome about dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts
Fossil by fossil : comparing dinosaur bones
Living fossils : survivors from Earth's distant past
Dinosaur lady : the daring discoveries of Mary Anning, the first paleontologist
Fossil
Let's Rock: Fossils
Dinosaurs: Fossils and Feathers
Rocks and Fossils
Fossil
One million oysters on top of the mountain
Dinosaurs : fact and fable : truths, myths, and new discoveries!
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Explore Fossils!
Dinosaur Lady
When She Found Sue
Fly Guy Presents: Dinosaurs
Fossils
Dinosaur Discoveries
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World Book Kids: nonfiction text, read aloud support about Paleontology
World Book Kids: nonfiction text, read aloud support about Mary Anning
PebbleGO Science: nonfiction text with read aloud support about Fossils
PowerKnowledge Life Science: nonfiction text, read aloud support about Fossils
Kanopy Video: Franklin the Dinosaur Hunter (11 min)
Kanopy Video: Dinosaur Bones (11 min)
Modules 3 & 4: The Secret World of Pollination & Providing for Pollinators
Bees!
Honeybee : the busy life of Apis mellifera
A is for bee : an alphabet book in translation
My Tiny Life
The Life Cycle of a Bee
Wings : birds, bees, biplanes, and other things with wings
Pollen : Darwin's 130 year prediction
Gives Bees a Chance
Bat citizens : defending the ninjas of the night
Beehive
Begin with a Bee
The Bee Book
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From Seed to Plant
Plant Secrets
Achoo! Why Pollen Counts
Sylvia's Spinach
Bees
Seed to Plant
A Boy and a Jaguar
The Bee Book
Give Bees a Chance
Follow the Moon Home
Marvelous Cornelius
One Hen
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Scholastic Go! Video about Bees
Scholastic Go! Articles about pollinators leveled by Lexile with read aloud support
Kanopy Video: Honey (5 min)