Something to Roar About! Decodable Books for 2nd Grade

Is it Dinovember yet? Get ready to travel back in time to the land of the dinosaurs, and take your students along for the ride. We’ve put together the perfect blend of decoding, comprehension skills, and reptiles to inspire your young readers to grow! 

Students will love learning about dinosaurs with this fun and educational book. The book covers everything they know and love about dinosaurs. Students can learn all about these terrible lizards while they are having fun reading and coloring the pictures inside.

This leveled reader is perfect for first and second-grade students. It features

• Decodable text 
• Tracking dots to encourage fluent reading
• Engaging text and illustrations
• Comprehension questions to summarize learning.

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Plan for Dinovember Activities Ahead of Time

In addition to independent student work time, use this Dinosaur book for kids as a resource for:

• Guided reading groups
• Lesson Introduction
• Fast finishers 
• ESL Reading Group Activities

Easily Download & Print

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button and choose between the PDF or Google Slides version of this resource. 

Find more dinosaur-themed resources in our Dinosaur Collection!

This resource was created by Anna Helwig, a teacher in Arizona and a Teach Starter collaborator.

Don’t stop there! We’ve got more activities to shorten your lesson planning time:  

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Measuring with Dinosaur Footprints - Worksheet

A worksheet to use when exploring informal units of length.

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Where is the Dinosaur? - Positional Words - Differentiated Worksheets

Use this set of differentiated worksheets to practice positional words (prepositions).

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Dinosaurs Classroom Theme Pack

An extensive collection of dinosaur themed resources to refresh your classroom decor.