Read to Succeed! Comprehension & Fluency- 2nd Grade (On-going)

Whether your child loves to read or is in need of guided reading practice, this course is perfect for preparing learners to become better readers. In this on-going class that runs from September 2021 through June 2022, we will be reading a different online book together each week.  Students should be able to read on a second grade level; however, they do not have to be in second grade. We will be reading electronic books that I will display on the screen. I will model how to read with fluency and students will have the opportunity to practice reading aloud. We will learn new vocabulary words and reading comprehension skills. We will also discuss how to determine the main idea and key details from the stories we read. The preliminary schedule is as follows:

Aug 28- Read book, Soccer is a Kick, learn multiple-meaning words, and identify prepositions.

Sept 4- Read book, I'd Like to Be, learn how to identify the author's purpose and learn about contractions.

Sep 11- Read book, The Drum, identify cause and effect relationships and learn about where to place commas in a sentence.

Sept 18- Read book, It's About Time, identify the main idea and important details, and practice the long e and i vowel sounds.

Sept 25- Read book, Hugs for Daddy, identify story problem and solution, and use quotation marks to denote dialogue in text.

Oct 2- Read book, Blackbeard the Pirate, learn how to visualize the text as you read, and practice past tense verbs with -ed.

Oct 9- Read book, High Fives and Other Signs, learn about contractions and homophones.

Oct 16- Read book, The Animal Bridge by Marcie Aboff, identify characters, setting and plot, use quotation marks and -ing.

Oct 23, 2022- Read book, Jessica Loves Soccer by Joe Slade, make inferences, learn about "kn-" blend and capitalization.

Oct 30, 2022-Read book, At the Movies by Rachel Rice, practiced new vocabulary words and retelling the story.

Nov 6, 2022- Read book, The 100th Day Project by Elizabeth Strauss, identify adjectives, learn about sequencing and cardinal #'s.

Nov 13, 2022- Read the book, The Spelling Bee by Jill Sherman, analyze characters, learn digraph /th/ and write sentences.

Nov 20, 2022- Read book, The Day it Rained Tortillas by Betty Yee, identify story's problem and solution, learn about prepositions.

Dec 4, 2022- Read the book, The Best Guess, by Jeanne Baca Schulte, learn about sequencing, edit dialogue, and make contractions.

Dec 11, 2022- Read the book, Joey's Stop Sign, learn new vocabulary words and dipthong /ou/, and identify problem and solutions.

Dec 18, 2022- Read the book, Introducing Planet Earth by Celeste Fraser, identify the main idea and details, learn about plural nouns and compound words. 

Jan 8, 2023- Read the book, Blizzards by Susan Lennox, determine author's purpose, learn new vocabulary and antonyms.

Jan 15, 2023- Read the book How We Measure by Dori Butler, learn new vocabulary words, punctuation and measurement.

Jan 22, 2023- Read the book, Deep in the Ocean by Natalie Rompella, identify main idea and details and learn about adjectives.

Jan 29, 2023- Read the book, Deep in the Ocean by Natalie Rompella, identify main idea and details and learn about adjectives.

Feb 5, 2023-Read the book, Great Zimbabwe by Eleanor Frost, learn new vocabulary words, answer comprehension questions.

Feb 19, 2023- Read the book, Marcus Loses Patches by Clifton Holland, identify problem & solution, and practice with synonyms.

Feb 26, 2023- Read the book, Brad Needs a Budget by Ned Jensen, learn subjects and predicates and practice alphabetizing words.
Mar 5, 2023- The Day it Rained Tortillas retold by Betty Yee, learn about prepositions and compound words.

Mar 12, 2023- Read Arthur's Bad News Day by Lara Henderson Megard, learn about cause & effect and declarative sentences.

Mar 19, 2023- Read Coding Camp by Keith & Sarah Kortemartin, make predictions, practice using verbs and homophones.

Mar 26, 2023- Read Birthday Blues by Rus Buyak, discuss comprehension questions, learn compound words and exclamatory sentences.

Apr 2, 2023-Read The Spelling Bee by Jill Sherman, make predictions, analyze characters and learn new vocabulary words.

Apr 16, 2023- Read The Drum by Katherine Mollett, learn new vocabulary words, practice introductory words and suffix -ed.

Apr 23. 2023-Read The Backpack Tax by Keith and Sarah Kortemartin, summarize story, use quotation marks and homophones.

Apr 30, 2023- Read Bigger Than a Monster Truck by Sarah & Keith Kortemartin, practice comparative/superlative and synonyms.

May 7, 2023-Read the 100th Day Project by Elizabeth Strauss, practice new vocabulary words, story sequencing and adjectives.

May 14, 2023- Read History to Chew On by Marilyn Gould, learn new words, identify main idea, and practice synonyms.

May 21, 2023- Read Aesop's Fables by Julie Harding, learn new words, and practice antonyms.

June 3, 2023- Read The Other Book of World Records by Torran Anderson, learn transition words and contractions.





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Dec 26, 2021- Read the book, Anansi and the Talking Watermelon by Kitty Higgins, learn about character traits, definite articles, and synonyms.

Jan 2, 2022- Read the book, Coding Camp by Keith Cortemartin, practice verbs and write sentences using homophones.

Jan 9, 2022- Read the book, Birthday Blues by Jessica Mallordy, identify character traits, use exclamation points and compound words.

Jan 16, 2022- Read the book, The Five Brothers by Betty Yee, write the cause & effect, words that begin with 'br', and learn about verbs.

Jan 23, 2022- Read the book, Grounded to Earth by Torren Andersen, analyze characters, learn "ay" digraph, and use quotation marks.

Jan 30, 2022- Read the book, Brad Needs a Budget by Ted Jensen, identify problem/solution, subjects & predicates, alphabetical order.

Feb 5, 2022- Read the book, Aesop's Fables by Julie Harding, identify moral of story, write dialogue, and study antonyms.

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Feb 27, 2022- Read the book, Sparky's Mystery Fortune by Jan Goldberg, write contractions and study multiple-meaning words.

Mar 6, 2022- Read the book, All About Chocolate by Robert Charles, practice sequencing, match vocabulary words & definitions.

Mar 13, 2022- Read the book, Edible Bugs by Jeri Cipriano, compare and contrast, learn about compound adjectives, & suffix -ing.

Mar 20, 2022- Read the book, Mysterious Mars by Susan Lennox, learn new vocabulary words, and write sentences.

Mar 27, 2022- Read the interview "The Bee Keeper" with Russell Riopelle conducted by Kathie Lester, use -y and -ly to make adjectives and adverbs.

Apr 3, 2022- Read the book, Bigger Than a Monster Truck by Sarah & Keith Kortemartin, learn about comparative and superlative adjectives.

Apr 10, 2022-Read the book, Magnetism by Elizabeth Austin, learn about problem and solution, determine main idea and details.

Apr 17- no class

Apr 24, 2022- Read book, History to Chew On by Marilyn Gould, identify main idea and details, learn about synonyms and commas.

May 1, 2022- Read the book, China by Judy Brauss, learn new vocabulary words and superlative adjectives.

May 8, 2022- Read the book, World Cup Soccer by David Ord, practice suffix -ing and root words, and learn new vocabulary words.

May 15, 2022- Read the book, How Memory Works by Rus Buyok, learn new vocabulary words and practice with synonyms/antonyms.

May 22, 2022- Read the book, Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis by Elizabeth Austin, learn about comma placement and compound words.

May 29, 2022- Read the book, Ramses II by Danny Reif, learn new vocabulary words and respond to comprehension questions.

June 5, 2022- Read the book, The Summer Olympics by Terry Miller Shannon, learn new vocabulary words, discuss main idea and details.

June 12, 2022- Read the book, The Kid Who Couldn't Save by Karen Mockler, learn new vocabulary words, discuss cause & effect.