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Weird Sea Creatures Resource Set
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- Grade Level: 2
- Guided Reading Level: L
- Genre: Informational, Nonfiction
Summary
Weird Sea Creatures by Laura Marsh
Weird Sea Creatures by Laura Marsh is both engaging and fun to read. Its interesting text, color photographs, and simple nonfiction text features make it the perfect book for readers learning to comprehend nonfiction text. When paired with the BookPagez lesson plans and teaching resources, students will use a variety of comprehension strategies as they learn fun facts about sea creatures –like how they catch their prey, how they survive without eyes, and even how some creatures can make light all by themselves.Teach with Weird Sea Creatures by Laura Marsh
Get everything you need to deliver meaningful reading instruction using Weird Sea Creatures by Laura Marsh
- Comprehension Strategy Lesson Plans
- Page by Page Guided Think Sheets
- Text Based Reader’s Notebook Prompts
- Word Work Lesson Plan and Activities for Consonant digraphs (sh, ch, th)
- 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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Weird Sea Creatures Resource Set
Asking Questions with Weird Sea Creatures
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RI.2.10 RI.2.7 RL.2.1 SL.2.1b SL.2.1c SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.13A 2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6B 2.6E 2.6I 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8C 2.9D(i) 2.9D(ii) 2.9D(iii)
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Identifying the Author's Purpose with Weird Sea Creatures
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RI.2.10 RI.2.2 RI.2.6 RI.2.8 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 2.9D(i) 2.9D(ii) 2.9D(iii)
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Making Predictions with Weird Sea Creatures
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RI.2.10 RI.2.3 RI.2.4 RI.2.8 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 2.6C 2.6E 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8C 2.9D(i) 2.9D(ii) 2.9D(iii)
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Retelling and Summarizing with Weird Sea Creatures
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RI.2.1 RI.2.10 RI.2.2 RI.2.4 RI.2.6 RI.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 2.6G 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8A 2.8C 2.8D 2.9C 2.9D(i) 2.9D(ii) 2.9D(iii)
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Visualizing with Weird Sea Creatures
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.6 RF.2.3 RF.2.4 RI.2.10 RI.2.3 RI.2.7 SL.2.1b SL.2.2 SL.2.3 W.2.8
TEKS Alignment:
2.10C 2.13C 2.13E 2.13G 2.1A 2.1C 2.1D 2.6A 2.6D 2.6E 2.6I 2.7A 2.7B 2.7C 2.7D 2.7E 2.7F 2.8C 2.9C 2.9D(i) 2.9D(ii) 2.9D(iii)
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Weird Sea Creatures Extension Activity
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Weird Sea Creatures Running Record
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Weird Sea Creatures Common Core Aligned Comprehension Assessment
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Weird Sea Creatures Word Work - Consonant Digraphs
Common Core Alignment:
RF.2.3 RF.2.4
TEKS Alignment:
2.2A(i) 2.2A(iii) 2.2A(iv) 2.2B(iii) 2.2C(i)
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Weird Sea Creatures Vocabulary Connections
Common Core Alignment:
L.2.4a L.2.5a L.2.6
TEKS Alignment:
2.3A 2.3B 2.3D 2.7E 2.7F
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