Valentine's Day Informational Text Classroom Activities for Second and Third Grade

Looking for an educational activity to do with your second and third graders on Valentine's Day?

Try using their excitement for the special day and get them engaged in reading with an informational text passage about CANDY HEARTS!

They are everywhere in stores and classroom parties but what do the kiddos really know about them or how this famous little treat came to be?

There is one informational text passage written at the stretch complexity band for second and third grade. It comes with one page of text-dependent questions and several culminating activities. One that I love is where the students have to look back at the reading to create a love note candy of their own based on the history of how candy hearts have changed over the years. There is also a descriptive writing portion and an opinion writing piece. These are our focus questions/prompts to set the purpose for reading.

 If you think you might want to bring a little sweet history into your February before it ends, you can find the packet and read the full description at my Teachers Pay Teachers store {here}.

Other teaching resources for February themes at my store include a packet for dental health, a February Writing Kit, Black History Month items and everything Valentine's Day!

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