Spelling Lists, Comprehension Strategies

and Grammar Skills

2nd Grade Reading

Story Number
Title of Story
(Click on title for spelling and Vocabulary words)
Comprehension Strategy
Grammar Skill

1

The Mixed Up Chameleon

Main Idea,Main Idea, Locate Book Parts

Sentences

2

Get Up and Go

Author's Purpose, Locate Information

Statements and Questions

3

Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon

Narrative Elements, Locate Information

Commands and Exclamations, Exclamations and Commands

4

Days with Frog and Toad

Compare and Contrast

Naming Parts of Sentences

5

Wilson Sat Alone

Narrative Elements

Telling Parts of Sentences

6

The Enormous Turnip

Sequence,Test Tutor Sequence

Nouns

7

Helping Out

Main Idea, Test Tutor Main Idea

Plural Nouns, Proper Nouns

8

Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane

Predict Outcomes

More Plural Nouns, Abreviations

9

Hedgehog Bakes a Cake

Main Idea, Follow Directions

Names of People, Synonyms

10

Lemonade For Sale

Compare and Contrast

Animals and Places

11

Johnny Appleseed

Details

Names of Days

12

From Seed to Plant

Reading Diagrams

Names of Months

13

The Secret Life of Trees

Cause and Effect

Names of Holidays

14

Watermelon Day

Details, Make Inferences

Abbreviations

15

Pumpkin Fiesta

Making Inferences

Showing Ownership

16

The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash

Cause and Effect, Test Tutor C & E

Pronouns, Using Nouns and Pronouns Correctly

17

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Cause and Effect

Adjectives

18

Dear Mr. Blueberry

Making Inferences, Test Tutor MI

More Adjectives

19

Cool Ali

Drawing Conclusions

Number (Adjectives), Antonyms, Test Tutor Antonyms

20

The Emperor's Egg

Fact and Fiction

Comparative Adjectives

21

The Pine Park Mystery

Narrative Elements, Test Tutor NE

Present Tense Verbs

22

Good-bye Curtis

Compare and Contrast

Agreement

23

Max Found Two Sticks

Predicting

Past Tense Verbs, Test Tutor Multiple Meaning Words

24

Anthony Reynoso

Summarizing / Restate

Am, is, are, was, were, Forms of Be

25

Chinatown

Details, Test Tutor Details

Has, have, had

26

Abuela

Making Inferences

See, give, saw, gave

27

Beginner's World Atlas

Preview, Locate Information, Test Tutor Locate Information

Come, run, came, ran

28

Dinosaurs Travel

Author's Purpose

Go, do, went, did

29

Montigue on the High Seas

Inferring

Helping Verbs, Multiple Meaning Words, Homophones

30

Ruth Law Thrills a Nation

Predict Outcome

Using Verbs Correctly/Contractions, Contractions, Troublesome Words, Fixing Sentence Problems