This colorful text features high-interest fiction and non-fiction stories with plenty of photographs and illustrations. Breaking reading down into engaging, manageable portions- - just right for second graders- - short reading passages are followed by spiral-based questions designed to improve reading comprehension. Main Idea, compare/contrast, sequencing, fact/opinion, and comprehension fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice exercises follow. 87 pages, softcover. Grade 2.

This second grade curriculum covers identifying details, sequencing, the main idea, compare/contrast, drawing conclusions/predicting outcomes, and fact and opinion. Strategies employed include identifying the main idea of the text, predicting outcomes, learning cooperatively, understanding vocabulary, monitoring comprehension, summarizing, and more.

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, with support gradually removed to encourage independent reading.