The school district in which I taught and tutored adopted Wonders as its K-5 ELA Program
beginning with the 2015-2016 school year.
So… I thought about blending the ideas
of teaching with fidelity… and… teaching with integrity
to give students the ELA word recognition, word analysis skills practice and independent reading and listening experiences
I believed would be to their benefit
and
meet our state’s Core ELA Standards
I used the Scope and Sequence provided by Wonders
in the order and pacing in which we were asked to use them
supplementing and complementing classroom instruction for students I taught and students I tutored
with activities I created.
Early in my teaching career, a very wise building administrator told me:
“In the classroom, you should be teaching the standards, not the textbook your administration has given you.
As a teacher, you should be trusted to use your judgment
to determine what will help meet your student’s needs to learn those standards.
You will need to pick and choose from a variety of sources to do that.”
Those words help guide me every year.
This page was created May 9, 2025 and last updated: May 11, 2025
These classroom and tutor-tested activities were created by me to supplement and complement the Wonders program,
serving as companion resources for the 2014, 2017, 2020, and 2023 editions.
2nd Grade Wonders
Companion Resources
may be used with
2014, 2017, 2020, 2023 editions
