What+do+we+get+to+read+in+Second+Grade?

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Do you want to know what the second graders said about their favorite things to read?

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 * We read lots of great books in Second Grade. The Stranger is a book about this guy who gets run over by a car and the farmer thinks it is a deer. He gets out of the car, and he sees it is a man who he thinks is dead. The farmer brings him back home and... I don't wait to spoil the story! You have to look at the clues!!! **




 * We read Owl Moon! It is a book about a girl and her older brother who see an owl. But Mrs. McD doesn't show you the pictures. And you do a special project where you visualize! We also read The Keeping Quilt in Writer's Workshop. It's about a blanket that has been kept for many years. **


 * Tuesday is a hilarious book about crazy thinkgs that happen on a Tuesday, its really awesome! **




 * Fireflies is about a guy who catches fireflies. Fly Away Home is about a kid and a Dad who live in an airport. **

Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers is a true story about a girl who writes a letter to Mr. Lincoln, and that is how Mr. Lincoln ended up with a beard!
 * The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is a about Edward who is a bunny. He goes on a miraculous journey. He has many adventures. It takes about 50 days to read. It is really awesome. **

Parents: a curriculum note from your child's teacher- We use the Reading Street program, which provides explicit, systematic, high quality instruction focusing on the five critical elements of reading identified by research: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension, as well as an emphasis on concept and oral language development. Each unit focuses on a “big question” that connects reading, vocabulary, and writing for a full six weeks. The themes of Second Grade are Exploration, Working Together, Responsibility, Creative Ideas, and Our Changing World. We also teach reading comprehension strategies such as making connections, making inferences, asking questions, visualizing, and synthesizing throughout all of the Reading Street stories. Phonics concepts and reading skills are also embedded each week.