Education Close Reading Level 2 Guide: Prepare second-grade students for college and career readiness

Twelve units of paired fiction and nonfiction with ready-to-use assessments

Product Overview:

You want lessons that actually stick in a busy second-grade classroom. This guide layers close-reading strategies, reciprocal teaching, and paired fiction with nonfiction to push thinking. Inside you get twelve units across language arts, science, social studies and math with hands-on activities. Text-dependent questions, text sets, and differentiation tips mean you're prepared for mixed-ability rooms. Picture clearer discussions, quieter independent work, and assessment data that actually tells you where to focus. It is classroom tested, ready to use, and flexible enough to fold into your Daily Five routines without drama. You'll see steady progress and save prep time.

Key Features:

• Close-reading strategies: Built around practical close-reading strategies, it trains students to cite evidence and explain ideas aloud.
• Paired fiction and nonfiction texts: Paired fiction with nonfiction prompts careful comparison so kids learn structure, purpose and vocabulary in context.
• Text-dependent questions: Text-dependent questions guide classroom talk, keeping focus on the text rather than guesswork, which teachers appreciate.
• Differentiation and assessment: Differentiation suggestions and assessment options let you meet varying skills and track progress without extra fuss.
• Twelve interdisciplinary units: Twelve units weave language arts, science, social studies and math into weeklong sequences with hands-on projects.

Quick Specs:

• Brand: Shell Education
• Item#: SHL-51358
• Format/Type: Printed Book
• Quantity/Pack: 1 Each
• Compatibility/Use: Grade 2
• Country of Origin: United States

Picture calmer discussions, clearer writing, and steady skill gains, order a copy to try a unit in your classroom and see the difference for yourself, ready to start?

Authors Lori Oczkus, M.A. and Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D., 128 pages, Shell Educational Publishing.