Grade 2 Social Studies

Reading A-Z

Grade 2 Social Studies

Third Quarter

Reading Strategy / Ask and answer questions
Comprehension / Main Idea and Details
Grammar and Mechanics / Possessive Nouns
Word Work / Compound Words

A Big League for Little Players
Informational (nonfiction)

1,386 words

Level S (Grade 3)

Reading Strategy / Ask and answer questions
Comprehension / Elements of a Biography
Grammar and Mechanics / Dash
Word Work / Homophones

American Sports Legends
Biography (nonfiction)

2,361 words

Level W (Grade 4)

Reading Strategy / Summarize
Comprehension / Cause and Effect
Phonics / R-Controlled Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics / Pronouns
Word Work / Synonyms

Martin Luther King Jr.
Biography (nonfiction), 503 words

Level M (Grade 2)

Reading Strategy / Summarize
Comprehension / Cause and Effect
Phonics / R-Controlled Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics / Pronouns
Word Work / Synonyms

Martin Luther King Jr.
Biography (nonfiction), 893 words

Level P (Grade 2)

Reading Strategy / Summarize
Comprehension / Cause and Effect
Grammar and Mechanics / Proper Nouns
Word Work / Synonyms and Antonyms

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Biography (nonfiction)

1,539 words

Level S (Grade 3)

Reading Strategy / Summarize
Comprehension / Sequence Events
Phonological Awareness / Initial Consonants
Phonics / Vowel Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics / Nouns
Word Work / High-Frequency Words

Riding With Rosa Parks

Historical (fiction)

272 words

Level J (Grade 1)

Reading Strategy / Retell
Comprehension / Cause and Effect
Grammar and Mechanics / Subject and Predicate
Word Work / Content Vocabulary

Harriet Tubman and the

Underground Railroad

Biography (nonfiction)

1,257 words

Level S (Grade 3)

Reading Strategy / Ask and answer questions
Comprehension / Cause and Effect
Phonics / Silent Letters
Grammar and Mechanics / Past-Tense Verbs
Word Work / Synonyms

Barack Obama

Biography (nonfiction)

372 words

Level K (Grade 2)

Reading Strategy / Ask and answer questions
Comprehension / Cause and Effect
Phonics / Silent Letters
Grammar and Mechanics / Past-Tense Verbs
Word Work / Synonyms

Barack Obama

Biography (nonfiction)

805 words

Level O (Grade 2)

Reading Strategy / Ask and answer questions
Comprehension / Cause and Effect
Grammar and Mechanics / Past-Tense Verbs
Word Work / Synonyms

Barack Obama

Biography (nonfiction)

1,359 words

Level S (Grade 3)

Tommy's Halloween Adventure Book in a series
Fantasy (fiction), 1,086 words, Level N (Grade 2)

Reading Strategy / Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension / Story Elements
Grammar and Mechanics / Pronouns
Word Work / Synonyms

Woolly and Fang
Historical (fiction),

1,792 words

Level S (Grade 3)

Reading Strategy / Visualize
Comprehension / Main Idea and Details
Phonics / Vowel Y
Grammar and Mechanics / Contractions
Word Work / Suffixes

Rainy-Day Savings

Realistic (fiction)

814 words

Level O (Grade 2)

Reading Strategy / Text to text connections
Comprehension / Cause and Effect
Phonological Awareness / Manipulate Medial Sounds
Phonics / R-Controlled Vowels
Grammar and Mechanics / Verb Endings
Word Work / High-Frequency Words

Bonk's New Bike

Fantasy (fiction)

323 words

Level J (Grade 1)

Reading Strategy / Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension / Cause and Effect
Phonological Awareness / Medial Sound
Phonics / Consonant Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics / Interrogative Sentences
Word Work / Alphabetizing

Let's Go to the Circus!

Fantasy (fiction)

250 words

Level G (Grade 1)

Reading Strategy / Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension / Sequence Events
Phonics / Vowel Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics / Verb Endings
Word Work / Compound Words

Vacation Time!

Fantasy (fiction)

595 words

Level M (Grade 2)

Reading Strategy / Make, revise, and confirm predictions
Comprehension / Sequence Events
Phonics / Vowel Digraphs
Grammar and Mechanics / Quotation Marks
Word Work / Multiple Meaning Words

Introducing the Penny
Creative (nonfiction)

565 words

Level N (Grade 2)

Reading Strategy / Connect to prior knowledge
Comprehension / Classify Information
Phonological Awareness / Blend Phonemes
Phonics / Consonant Blends
Grammar and Mechanics / Capitalization and Punctuation
Word Work / Compound Words

To the Store

Realistic (fiction)

101 words

Level D (Grade 1)

Troup County Schools 2014

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