Reading Comprehension: Paired Text, Grade 2 Teacher Resource - Paperback

by Evan-Moor Corporation (Author)

Reading Comprehension: Paired Text grade 2 is an easy-to-use resource that includes 8 paired text units with everything you need to practice reading comprehension skills. Evan-Moor is known for providing high-quality reading comprehension resources.

Use Evan-Moor's grade 2 paired text units to provide students with opportunities to compare multiple viewpoints and to integrate information. Each unit contains two thematically related selections that are focused around an essential question.

Each selection includes:

• vocabulary development in context
• an oral close reading discussion
• comprehension questions
• a writing prompt

The unit assessment includes discussion of the topic, texts, and essential question, as well as a pre-writing graphic organizer and culminating writing prompt.

Additional features:

• student objectives
• topic introductions
• lesson plans

Grade 2 paired text science units include:

Parts of a Plant: "Apple Tree Swing" Level I "Parts of an Apple" Level I Simple Machines Help Us: "Jack's Wheels" Level H "Six Simple Machines" Level J Understanding Magnets: "What Will a Magnet Attract?" Level L "Magnificent Magnets" Level K Grade 2 paired text social studies units include: We Help Each Other: "Stone Soup" Level H "Mexican Wedding Cakes" Level L National Memorials: "Mount Rushmore" Level J "Colossal Crazy Horse" Level L People Can Change the World: "Chavez and the Grape Boycott" Level M "King and the Bus Boycott" Level M The First Railroad: "Railroad Songs" Level K "Tracks Across America" Level M Community Art: "Farm Art" Level M "Wall of Welcome" Level M About Evan-Moor A leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.