Spelling Lists, Comprehension Strategies

and Grammar Skills

2nd Grade Reading

Story Number
Title of Story
Comprehension Strategy
Grammar Skill

1

The Mixed Up Chameleon

Main Idea R4i
Locate Book Parts R4n

Sentences w1r,l

2

Get Up and Go

Author's Purpose R4o
Locate Information R4n

Statements and Questions W1r

3

Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon

Narrative Elements R4l
Locate Information R4n

Commands and Exclamations W1r

4

Days with Frog and Toad

Compare and Contrast R4l

Naming Parts of Sentences W1l

5

Wilson Sat Alone

Narrative Elements R4l

Telling Parts of Sentences W1l

6

The Enormous Turnip

Sequence W1b
Test Tutor Sequence

Nouns W1m

7

Helping Out

Main Idea R4i

Plural Nouns W1m
Proper Nouns W1l (1st grade)

8

Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane

Predict Outcomes R4B

More Plural Nouns W1m
Abreviations W1s

9

Hedgehog Bakes a Cake

Main Idea R4i
Follow Directions

Names of People W1m
Synonyms R3c

10

Lemonade For Sale

Compare and Contrast R4l

Animals and Places W1m

11

Johnny Appleseed

Details R4d

Names of Days W1m

12

From Seed to Plant

Reading Diagrams R4g

Names of Months W1m

13

The Secret Life of Trees

Cause and Effect R4k

Names of Holidays W1m

14

Watermelon Day

Details R4d
Make Inferences R4d

Abbreviations W1s

15

Pumpkin Fiesta

Making Inferences R4d

Showing Ownership W1m

16

The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

Cause and Effect R4k

Pronouns W1n, o

17

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Cause and Effect R4k

Adjectives LSV1c

18

Dear Mr. Blueberry

Inferences R4d

More Adjectives LSV1c

19

Cool Ali

Drawing Conclusions R4e

Number (Adjectives) LSV1c
Antonyms R3c

20

The Emperor's Egg

Fact and Fiction R4f

Comparative Adjectives LSV1c

21

The Pine Park Mystery

Narrative Elements R4l

Present Tense Verbs W1m

22

Good-bye Curtis

Compare and Contrast R4l

Agreement W1l

23

Max Found Two Sticks

Predicting R4b

Past Tense Verbs R1b, e
Multiple Meaning Words R3b

24

Anthony Reynoso

Summarizing / Restate R4e

Forms of Be W1l

25

Chinatown

Details R4d

Has, have, had W1l

26

Abuela

Making Inferences R4d

See, give, saw, gave W1l

27

Beginner's World Atlas

Preview R4b,n
Locate Information R4n

Come, run, came, ran W1l

28

Dinosaurs Travel

Author's Purpose R4o

Go, do, went, did W1l

29

Montigue on the High Seas

Inferring R4d

Helping Verbs W1l
Multiple Meaning Words R3b
Homophones R3c

30

Ruth Law Thrills a Nation

Predict Outcome R4b

Using Verbs Correctly
Contractions r1c
Troublesome Words R1e,f,g
Fixing Sentence Problems W1j