Reading Comprehension and Skills: Grade 2

Reading Comprehension and Skills: Grade 2

Long and Short Vowels Long a, e, and o ...................................4 Long i, u, and a ....................................5 Short a, e, and o ..................................6 Short i, u, and a....................................7 Long or Short? .....................................8

R-Controlled Vowels ar, er, and ir..........................................10 ur, ar, and (er)......................................11 or, (ur), and (ar)...................................12

Beginning Clusters bl, cl, and fl..........................................13 gl, pl, and sl .........................................14 sh, sk, and st .......................................15 br, cr, and (dr) .....................................16 fr, gr, and (pr) ......................................17 str, thr, and (tr)....................................18 qu, (sw), and (squ).............................19 ch, (sn), and (th) ................................ 20

Ending Clusters ck, sh, and st .......................................21 ch, ck, and (sh) .................................. 22 nt, (nd), and (nk) ............................... 23

Synonyms Summer................................................24 My Best Friend .................................. 25 Eating Breakfast ................................26 Going to School ................................27 Flying a Kite ....................................... 28 Our New Kittens............................... 29 Aunt Jill's Farm.................................. 30 Dad's Computer ................................31 Jogging with Mom...........................32

Antonyms My Book ...............................................33 Seasons ............................................... 34 Book Buddies .....................................35 Pat's Car............................................... 36 Lynn's House ......................................37 A Special Puppy ............................... 38

Table of Contents

Opposite Day .....................................39 Camping ............................................. 40 Janelle's Day .......................................41

Comprehension

Sequencing Picnic .....................................................42 Writing a Story...................................43 Getting Ready for School.............. 44 Birthday Party ....................................45 A Gift .................................................... 46 Fruit Salad............................................47 Painting My Bedroom .................... 48 Planting a Garden.............................49 Putting on a Play.............................. 50 A New School.....................................51

Reading Fiction New Friends........................................52 Helping Grandma .............................53 A Big Surprise.................................... 54 Vanessa's Special Treat....................55 Sarah's Bright Idea........................... 56 Jared's Good Idea .............................57 Monkey See, Monkey Do .............. 58 Cat or Dog? .........................................59 The Community Club..................... 60 Grandpa's New Job ..........................61 New Introductions ...........................62

Reading about Health Teeth .....................................................63 Sleep .................................................... 64 Exercise ................................................65 Talking It Out..................................... 66 Wash Your Hands..............................67 Colds .................................................... 68 Food for Thought ............................ 69 Healthy Heart and Lungs ...............70 The Five Senses .................................71 Going to the Doctor ....................... 72

Reading about Science The Desert.......................................... 73 The Beach............................................74 How Plants Grow ..............................75 Animal Babies ....................................76 Woodpeckers .................................... 77 Helpful Bugs .......................................78 The Water Cycle.................................79 Weather............................................... 80 Whales ..................................................81 The Moon ............................................82

Reading about Social Studies Types of Shelter................................ 83 The Right to Vote ............................. 84 The U.S. Government ..................... 85 Continents.......................................... 86 The Liberty Bell .................................87 Coming to North America ............ 88 Going West ........................................ 89 Railroads ............................................. 90 Cities and Towns ...............................91 Building a Community....................92

Fact or Opinion Brad and Amy ....................................93 Making Baskets................................. 94 Dogs and Cats....................................95 Winter Fun.......................................... 96 My Funny Uncle.................................97 Drinking Water ................................. 98 I Like Math.......................................... 99 Summer Swimming ...................... 100 Learning to Cook ........................... 101 Oranges............................................. 102 Bubbles ............................................. 103

Answer Key..................................... 104

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Ready-to-Use Ideas and Activities

This book was developed to help students master the basic skills necessary to become competent readers. The stronger their foundation in reading basics, the faster and easier children will be able to advance to more challenging texts.

Mastering the skills covered within the activity pages of this book is paramount for successful reading comprehension. The activities at the beginning of the book aim to build and reinforce vocabulary, the foundation of reading comprehension. These activities lead to practice with more advanced comprehension skills such as categorizing and using context to understand words. Then, at the end of the book, students begin to practice answering comprehension questions about progressively longer stories.

All children learn at their own rate; therefore, use your judgment to introduce concepts to children when developmentally appropriate.

Hands-on Learning

Hands-on learning reinforces the skills covered within the activity pages and improves students' potential for comprehension. One idea for a hands-on activity is to use the removable flash cards at the back of this book to play a game of bingo. To do this, make a copy of the bingo card on the next page for each student. Write the flash card words on the board and have students choose 24 of the words and write them in the empty spaces of their bingo cards in any order. When students have finished writing on their cards, gather the flash cards into a deck. Call out the words one at a time. Any student who has a word that you call out should make an X through the word on her card to cross it out. The student who crosses out five words in a row first (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) wins the game by calling out, "Bingo!" To extend the game, you can continue playing until a student crosses out all of the words on his bingo card.

Comprehension Checks and Discussion

In addition to the activities in this book, you can support reading comprehension growth when you read stories in the classroom. After a story--or part of a story--is read, ask your students questions to ensure and enhance reading comprehension. The first type of question you might ask is a factual question. A factual question includes question words such as who, what, when, where, how, and why. For example, How old is the character?, Where does the character live?, What time was it when...?, or any other question that has a clear answer. You might also ask open-ended questions. These types of questions do not have a clear answer. They are based on opinions about the story, not on facts. For example, an open-ended question might be, Why do you think the character acted as he did?, How do you think the character felt about her actions or the actions of others?, What do you think the character will do next?, or What other ways could this story have ended?

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Long and Short Vowels

ong a e and o

Look at the list of words below. Sort the words into three groups. Each group should have words with the same vowel sound.

day week speech meet case stale

phone vote toe gale make seek

snake neat fame treat snow bone

feet haste stone poke teeth grow

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ong e ound

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Think Ahead! ist another word for each group

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