Grade 2 Student License (Digital)

Description

This one-year subscription gives you access to all fiction and nonfiction student materials for Junior Great Books^® Grade 2 through the new and improved Junior Great Books Digital Classroom.

Junior Great Books Series 2 Fiction consists of two books, each with nine stories by award-winning authors organized by theme. The program, focused on high-quality literature and student-centered discussion, provides a superb framework for teaching reading comprehension, critical thinking, vocabulary, and writing. The nine Junior Great Books Nonfiction Inquiry 2 selections explore historical and contemporary issues and align with national social studies and science standards. They also connect to concepts in Junior Great Books literature so that students can meaningfully compare texts across genres and curricular areas.

If you are interested in purchasing Junior Great Books Digital Classroom for multiple grade levels, please contact your Great Books K–12 partnership manager.

Students using the NEW Junior Great Books Digital Classroom can:

Listen to professionally recorded audio versions of the readings (fiction series only) with tracked audio to help them follow along as they listen
Highlight and annotate texts in several different ways and colors
Type comments and questions as they read
See glossary definitions, which appear alongside the text, of potentially unfamiliar words
Make notes and highlights that carry over from one activity to the next throughout each unit
Track their thinking through each unit using free-response activities

Fiction Book One

FRIENDSHIP

The Happy Lion: Louise Fatio
Miss Maggie: Cynthia Rylant
Anancy and Dog and Puss and Friendship: West Indian folktale as told by James Berry

RESPONSIBILITY

Catalog Cats/Our Garden (from The Stories Julian Tells): Ann Cameron
Carlos and the Cornfield: Jan Romero Stevens
The Wedding Basket: West African folktale as told by Donna L. Washington

BRAVERY

The Jade Stone: Chinese folktale as told by Caryn Yacowitz
The Girl and the Chenoo: Native American folktale as told by Joseph Bruchac and Gayle Ross
Jack and the Beanstalk: English folktale as told by Joseph Jacobs

Fiction Book Two

GENEROSITY

Erandi’s Braids: Antonio Hernández Madrigal
The Invisible Hunters: Nicaraguan folktale as told by Harriet Rohmer
Fishing Day: Andrea Davis Pinkney

COMMUNITY

Perfect Crane: Anne Laurin
Hurricane Flowers: Ethel Pochocki
My Great-Grandmother’s Gourd: Cristina Kessler

BEING YOURSELF

The Wise Little Toad: Rosario Ferré
Doodle Flute: Daniel Pinkwater
The Velveteen Rabbit: Margery Williams

Nonfiction Inquiry 2

UNITS

Life Science: Bees and Pollination: Why We Need Bees
Physical Science: Properties of Stones: From Stone to Sculpture
Economics: Economic Decision-Making: Impulse Buying: How Stores Make Us Want More
Life Science: Animals and Habitats: Splash! Rustle! How Habitats Help Frogs Survive
Social Studies: Individual Development and Community: Connecting Young and Old
Physical Science: Extreme Weather: Storm Trackers Save Lives
Social Studies: Folktales and Culture: Harriet Rohmer: Sharing the World's Stories
Social Studies: Social Responsibility: Making Life Sweeter for Others
Physical Science: Weather and Climate: Figuring Out Drought