Reading Comprehension: Nonfiction, Grade 2
Teach second-grade students reading comprehension and nonfiction text structures with our comprehensive series. Choose from 10 units covering various text structures and topics, including science, geography, social studies, biography, and more. Each unit includes teacher support, complex texts, picture dictionaries, close-reading activities, comprehension tasks, oral discussions, and writing activities. Additional resources include a student reading journal and answer key.
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Teach reading comprehension skills and nonfiction text structures to your second-grade students with this comprehensive resource. Building strong literacy skills in grade 2 is essential for academic success. This resource offers 10 units covering a range of text structures and topics:
Text Structures:
- Question and answer
- Main idea and details
- Cause and effect
- Compare and contrast
- Time order
Content-Area Topics:
- Science:
- �Baby Blue Whale� Level I
- �Big Machines� Level L
- Geography:
- �Big Island Map� Level K
- Social Studies:
- �TOMS Shoes� Level I
- �Rosa Parks Rides the Bus� Level L
- �What Does Congress Do?� Level M
- Biography:
- �Ben Franklin and the Glass Harmonica� Level J
- �Thank You, Sarah Josepha Hale� Level K
- How-to:
- �Fun with Magnets� Level H
- Technical:
- �Help Wanted: Earth Engineer� Level M
Each unit includes:
- Teacher support pages with lesson plans and objectives
- A Teacher�s Complex Text and a leveled student text with illustrations
- A picture dictionary with content and academic vocabulary
- Illustrated close-reading and comprehension activities
- Oral close-reading questions for discussion
- Scaffolded writing activities, including a pre-writing exercise and a culminating text-based writing activity
Additional resources for teachers:
- �How to Be a Good Reader� resource page for students
- Reproducible reading journal for students
- A student record sheet
- Overview of texts with reading levels, text structures, topics, and objectives
- An answer key
This revised edition replaces Reading Informational Text and includes updates to the content, making it an ideal resource for developing reading skills in second-grade students.
Information
Subject: Language Arts
Grade: Grade 2
Brand: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
UPC: 9781645143352
