Teach reading comprehension skills and fiction genre study to your second-grade students
Choose from 8 units that span fiction genres or use them all
Realistic fictionHistorical fictionFolktalesFablesRhymesPoetryEach unit includes:
Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objectiveA leveled reading selection in a minibook formatVocabulary activity: Picture dictionary with content words and a "Words to Know" listReading comprehension activities: "I Read Closely," "I Read and Understand," and "I Tell the Story"Oral close reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussionGenre activity such as "I Read a Fable"Writing activity: "I Can Write"Additional teacher resources:
Reproducible reading journal for students"How to Be a Good Reader" resource page for studentsOverview of texts that includes the reading level, genre, and literary element or story structureThe eight illustrated reading selections in the grade 1 book are:
Realistic fiction: "Caleb's Year," Level DPoetry: "Color," Level DPoetry: "Bed in Summer," Level EFolk Tale: "The Ant's Voice," Level FAesop's Fable: "The Bear and the Bees," Level GNursery Rhyme: "Three Little Kittens," Level HHistorical Fiction: "Mary's Fourth of July," Level HA Navajo Folk Tale: "Spider Woman," Level IAbout Evan-Moor
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