Skill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 2
Skill Sharpeners Reading is brimming with engaging stories, all charmingly illustrated in full color. The stories are followed by activity pages to practice comprehension, word meaning, phonics, and a variety of other reading skills. Written by teachers, it addresses the five essential components of reading instruction as identified in the No Child Left Behind Act: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Comprehension and Fluency. Contains both fiction and nonfiction stories with each getting progressively more difficult at each grade level, providing challenge as the child gains in reading skills over a period of time. Parents can purchase this series and know that their child is getting reading practice that's grade appropriate. 144 full-color pages.
