Interactive Read Aloud Lessons for second grade are finally here!  I wanted to get comfortable being back in second grade again, as well as find a way to share these in a way that would be more beneficial to you and your students.  We have to follow a curriculum guide at our school, which doesn't necessarily match what you are required to do at your school, so I found a solution that will hopefully work best. I will be releasing each IRA by the focus standard.  Each week has a focus standard that is practiced throughout the week.  Of course, you will be hitting other standards through the questioning during the actual read aloud.   First up is Balloons Over Broadway , covering RI 2.3 and 2.RI.KID.3 if you are in Tennessee.   RI 2.3 Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text. 2.RI.KID.3   Describe the connections between a series of histo......