Grade 2 — Reading Comprehension
ELA Common Core Aligned
Grade 2 — Reading Comprehension
Grade 2 Reading Comprehension develops fluency and confidence with both literary and informational texts. Students practise answering questions about characters, main ideas, and text features, while building vocabulary through context clues — aligned to the ELA Common Core State Standards.
Units & Topics Covered
4 units · 21 topics
Foundational Reading Skills
- Phonics: long and short vowel patterns in multisyllabic words
- Decoding words with common prefixes and suffixes
- Sight word fluency (Fry Words 101–300)
- Reading aloud with appropriate rate, accuracy, and expression
- Self-monitoring and self-correcting while reading
Literary Text Comprehension
- Identify story elements: character, setting, problem, solution
- Retell stories in sequence using key details
- Describe how characters respond to major events
- Identify the central message or lesson of a story
- Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions
- Compare and contrast two stories with similar characters or events
Informational Text Comprehension
- Identify the main topic and key details of a text
- Describe the connection between ideas using because and and
- Use text features: headings, captions, bold print, index
- Identify the point the author wants to make
- Compare and contrast two informational texts on the same topic
Vocabulary & Language
- Determine the meaning of new words using context clues
- Common prefixes: un-, re-, pre-, mis-
- Common suffixes: -ful, -less, -er, -est, -ly
- Identify synonyms and antonyms
- Distinguish shades of meaning among related words
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