Publisher's Synopsis
Teach reading comprehension skills and fiction genre study to your second-grade students! Choose from ten units that span fiction genres or use them all! Poetry Fairy fale Realistic fiction Fable Folk tale Tall tale Each unit includes: Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective One or two leveled reading selections with illustrations Story dictionary with content words and words to know Illustrated close reading activities, comprehension activities, and vocabulary activities Oral close reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussion Genre study activity and literary analysis activity Writing prompt activity Additional teacher resources: Comprehensive picture dictionary "How to Be a Good Reader" resource page for students Literary genres chart Literary elements and story structure chart Overview of texts that includes the reading level, genre, and literary element or story structure The illustrated reading selections in the grade 2 book are: Poetry: "The Swing," Level H Poetry: "Water Fun," Level M Fairy Tale: "The Elves and the Shoemaker," Level I Realistic Fiction: "River Rafting," Level J Aesop's Fable: "The North Wind and the Sun," Level J Folk Tale: "The Rat Princess," Level J Folk Tale: "The Flute," Level L Tall Tale: "Febold Feboldson," Level L Realistic Fiction: "What Ben Franklin Said," Level L Fairy Tale: "Jackie and the Beanstalk," Level M About Evan-Moor A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.
