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Amazing Grace Resource Set
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Preview the Resources Download the Resources Buy the Book- Grade Level: 2
- Guided Reading Level: L
- Genre: Realistic Fiction
Summary
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
This is the inspiring story of a girl who refuses to let other people tell her what she can and cannot do. Grace has her heart set on playing the role of Peter Pan and must prove that she can, even though she’s both black and a girl. Students will quickly come to Grace’s defense as they learn to use comprehension strategies to connect with the book and take away lessons that will help them to understand that a person can do anything if they put their mind to it.
Teach with Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Get everything you need to deliver meaningful reading instruction using Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
- Comprehension Strategy Lesson Plans
- Page by Page Guided Think Sheets
- Text Based Reader’s Notebook Prompts
- Word Work Lesson Plan and Activities for Adding the Suffix –ing to Verbs in order to create Adjectives
- Interactive Vocabulary Games and Activities
- Running Record Assessment
- Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
- Extension Activities for Early Finishers
- Answer Keys
- Complete Common Core Alignment
- and More!
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Amazing Grace Resource Set
Determining Importance with Amazing Grace
Use this determining importance lesson plan and set of resources to support readers as they identify important characters, events, and emotions that impact Grace throughout the story.
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.10 RL.2.2 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6B 2.6E 2.6G 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8A 2.8C 2.9C
Identifying the Author's Purpose with Amazing Grace
Mary Hoffman, the author of Amazing Grace, does a beautiful job communicating the importance of believing in one's self. Use this identifying the author's purpose lesson plan and set of resources to help readers notice the ways in which authors reveal their purpose for writing books.
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.10 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.10A 2.10B 2.10C 2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6E 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8C 2.9C
Making Connections with Amazing Grace
Grace's story is one of determination and self-discovery. Because your students are in a constant state of discovery, this book is an ideal springboard for helping them make connections while reading.
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.10 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6E 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8C
Making Inferences with Amazing Grace
Making inferences is an essential comprehension skill for students to master. Use this lesson plan and set of resoruces to help readers gain a deeper understanding of Grace's inside story while reading this book.
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.10 RL.2.6 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6E 2.6F 2.6I 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8B 2.8C
Synthesizing with Amazing Grace
Grace changes throughout the story. She goes from being happy and confident to self-doubting, then once again returns to being confident. Use this lesson plan and set of resources to help students synthesize the events of this story in order to understand how characters change across text.
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RL.2.1 RL.2.10 RL.2.2 RL.2.3 RL.2.4 RL.2.5 RL.2.6 RL.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6B 2.6H 2.6I 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8C 2.9C
Amazing Grace Extension Activity
The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.
Amazing Grace Running Record
Use this "done for you" Running Record to assess oral reading fluency of Amazing Grace. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.
Amazing Grace Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of Amazing Grace.
Student Resources in Spanish
This set of Spanish student facing resources includes comprehension strategy practice pages, reader's notebook prompts (complete with Spanish Common Core "I Can" statements), and extension activities for use with Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman. These resources are intended to be used with the lesson plans included in the Super Pack for this book.
Amazing Grace Word Work - Suffix -ing
If you use Amazing Grace as an anchor text for reading comprehension, you can take advantage of your students’ framework and directly tie in word study as well. This book is a good resource for teaching a phonics lesson about the adding the suffix –ing to verbs in order to create adjectives. You can find these lesson plans, interactive games and fun worksheets in your Super Pack, or download the individual Word Work package now.
Common Core Alignment:
RF.2.3 RF.2.4
TEKS Alignment:
2.2A(iii) 2.2A(iv) 2.2B(i) 2.2B(iii) 2.2B(v) 2.2B(vi) 2.2C(i) 2.2C(iv) 2.2C(v) 2.2C(vi)
Amazing Grace Vocabulary Connections
Your students will enhance their enjoyment and understanding of Amazing Grace if they’re prepared for new vocabulary introduced in this text. And this classroom-ready Vocabulary Builder has everything you need. Download the individual Vocabulary Builder or the Super Pack for fun, productive activities that support Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary growth.
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.4a L.2.5a L.2.6
TEKS Alignment:
2.3A 2.3B 2.3D 2.7E 2.7F
TEKS Alignment
Complete TEKS alignment for all of the mini lessons, resources, and activities in the Amazing Grace Resource Set.
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