This collection features one each of the six readers required for EPS' Grade 2Making Connections curriculum series. They're designed to be used with the sold-separately Making Connections Teacher's Edition and Making Connections Student Book, Grade 2.

These high-interest readers feature both narrative and informational books that cover a variety of genres. The informational readers incorporate the use of nonfiction features such as indexes, glossaries, tables of content, and captions. All readers include a purpose-setting question, graphic organizer, follow-up comprehension questions, and a writing activity.

EPS' Making Connections curriculum can be used as either a supplemental or stand-alone reading comprehension curriculum. Each unit focuses on a specific skill that's introduced and developed through explicit instruction, practice, and support.

2nd Grade Reader Titles & Focus Points Include:

 

• Where is Miss Pickles? (Identifying Detail)
• Our Adventure Vacation (Sequencing)
• Hail (Main Idea)
• Carisbad Cavern (Comparing/Contrasting)
• Harold the Super Pet (Drawing Conclusions and Predicting Outcomes)
• Who Invented Ice Cream? (Fact and Opinion)