Making Connections Student Book, Grade 2 (Homeschool Edition)

This colorful text features high-interest fiction andnon-fiction stories with plenty of photographs andillustrations. Breaking reading down into engaging,manageable portions- - just right for second graders- -short reading passages are followed by spiral-basedquestions designed to improve reading comprehension. MainIdea, compare/contrast, sequencing, fact/opinion, andcomprehension fill-in-the-blank and multiple choiceexercises follow. 87 pages, softcover. Grade 2.

Thissecond grade curriculum covers identifying details,sequencing, the main idea, compare/contrast, drawingconclusions/predicting outcomes, and fact and opinion.Strategies employed include identifying the main idea of thetext, predicting outcomes, learning cooperatively,understanding vocabulary, monitoring comprehension,summarizing, and more.

EPS'Making Connectionscurriculum can be used as either a supplemental orstand-alone reading comprehension curriculum. Each unitfocuses on a specific skill that's introduced and developedthrough explicit instruction, practice, and support, withsupport gradually removed to encourage independentreading.