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This short nonfiction article discusses various animals and why and how they spit! The high-interest text is paired with three comprehension questions.

This friendly-looking whale is a great activity to practice cutting skills. Students can color it in before cutting along the dotted line and gluing it to a new piece of paper.

Encourage your students to work slowly and carefully while cutting along the lines to neatly cut out this dinosaur. They can color it in too!

Bring out the coloring supplies and color this bear any way you please. Then cut it out and glue it to another sheet of paper.

Cut out the shapes provided. Then glue them to another piece of paper to build a house. Be sure to color your creation too!

Cut along the wavy lines to follow the path of the balls.

This worksheet requires students to look at the tags on three of their shirts. They will draw each shirt and circle or write the size of the piece of clothing.

With this early learning worksheet, students will color items of clothing according to the directions.

This poem evokes imagery and makes it easy for the reader to visualize what the poet is writing about. Students will answer questions about the content, complete a vocabulary crossword, and respond to a writing prompt.

Follow the step-by-step instructions to draw this Pilgrim hat.

This worksheet features 8 easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions to draw a cornucopia.

Learn or reinforce the understanding of the vocabulary words for this section of the book by completing a fun crossword puzzle activity.

This set of questions includes 6 multiple choice questions and 4 short responses for students to complete.

Practice recognizing beginning sounds and their letters with this worksheet. Students will color or dab the letter each word starts with.

Color the letter that makes the beginning sound of each picture on this early learning worksheet. Pictures are of easily recognizable things and include a barn, frog, cookie, and watermelon.

Mark the letter that makes the beginning sound of each word. Words include zebra, snowman, bat, house, flower, cake, and more.

Students can use a dabber, crayons, colored pencils, or markers to color in the letter that makes the beginning sound of each word. Words shown on this worksheet include dog, bus, sun, elephant, pretzel, bird, and more.

Students will dab or color in the letter that makes the beginning sound of each word shown by a picture. Words on this sheet include cupcake, octopus, football, saxophone, tree, monkey, and more.

With this worksheet, students will fill in the beginning consonants for the words yak, bat, jar, cab, cup, rat, pin, bag, and mop.

Students will respond to this prompt with evidence from the text explaining how Salva has evolved so far throughout the text, specifically in regard to how he reacted to seeing the nine people collapsed on the sand.

With this writing prompt, students will write about Salva's experience walking across the Akobo Desert. They will cite specific obstacles he faced and analyze how he responded to these challenges.

Use this Venn diagram worksheet to compare and contrast traits of Uncle Jewiir and Salva. In addition to completing the diagram using the words provided, students will explain why they chose some of the words they did.

The vocabulary words from this section of the book are staggered, puzzled, monotonous, abundance, exception, dismounted, abruptly, desperate, relentless, lag, and utterly. The vocabulary cards can be used in various ways to practice the words and their definitions.

The literature circle's artist is the illustrator. They are in charge of drawing a scene from the book, using details from the text and showing characters and setting.

The question leader should encourage everyone in the circle to thoughtfully answer the four questions they came up with.

The real-life connector has the job of picking two specific events from the chapters and connecting them to something that has happened to them or someone else they know about.

Tasked with identifying three difficult words from the assigned reading and defining them, the word wizard must also come up with their own sentences correctly using each word.

The summarizer of the lit circle is in charge of writing and sharing a summary of the assigned chapters with the group. They should use important details and be the person to start the group's discussion.

Reinforce your students' understanding of the vocabulary words from this section of the book with thought-provoking questions about their meanings.

Make a curly or wavy haircut by cutting along the lines provided.

Give the person a fun, zigzag haircut by cutting along the dotted lines.

With this printout, students will practice cutting straight lines to make a straight haircut.

This informative article uses examples young readers can relate to, such as Hot Wheels toys, to help explain the basics of supply and demand.

This reading comprehension article is written at a second-grade level about the adorable squirrel monkey. The worksheet includes a vocabulary activity and writing prompt, along with both multiple choice and short answer comprehension questions.

The illustrator gets to be the artist of the lit circle! They should draw a picture of a scene from the reading, being as detailed as possible. They can ask their group to identify the scene they drew.

The real-life connector has the fun job of relating two events from the assigned chapters to something that has happened in real life.

The question leader should write discussion questions that relate to the assigned chapters, avoiding yes or no questions or other questions that would have short or one-word answers. They should encourage everyone in their group to answer the questions.

The summarizer is assigned this worksheet to write a summary of the assigned section of the book. This person should be the first one to start discussion in their lit circle.

The word wizard is in charge of finding three words from the assigned chapters to define and use in a sentence.

Help your students practice words that begin with the short u sound by having them create their own mini book. Black-and-white pictures are included for each word so students can visualize and color in each term. Words used are umbrella, upside down, under, up, uncle, upset, and underwater.

This letter O mini book focuses on words that start with the short o sound, including ox, olive, otter, octopus, on, ostrich, and odd.

Help your students practice words that start with the letter i and the short i vowel sound with this mini book activity. Words are igloo, insect, iguana, ink, ill, internet, and inchworm.

Words included in this mini book are egg, elephant, elbow, elk, elevator, empty, and exit.

This mini book activity reinforces the initial, or beginning, short a sound. It includes word like apple, ant, airplane, arrow, alligator, ax, and animals. Each word also is shown with a black-and-white picture students can color.

This engaging story is about a snail who, along with help from other animals in the garden, bravely takes down a thistle plant that has been blocking sunlight and drinking up all the garden's water.

Help students get in touch with how they are feeling with this worksheet. It asks questions like, "What is contributing to these feelings?" and "What are some things you could do to make your day better?" It also asks them to write 3 nice things about themselves and rate their overall mental health for the week.

With this feelings thermometer worksheet, students will write about what makes them feel angry, frustrated, sad, worried, and happy.

Using this worksheet, students will create their own feelings thermometer. It shows a range of 5 feelings, and students will interpret how they feel and act with each one.

This worksheet is a great way to get young students thinking about their feelings. They will color in the umbrella based on the color key to show how they are feeling.

Draw faces that express the emotions noted for each character.