Your child will learn exciting new concepts, including three-letter blends, the jobs of Silent E, new phonograms, and methods for decoding multisyllable words – and continue to establish a firm foundation for a lifetime of learning. Every component of reading is taught: Phonological Awareness, Phonics and Decoding, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Reading Comprehension. Below is a sampling in each area.
GR Reading Level 2
What Your Child Learns in Level 2
Vocabulary
- Discuss new words in the context of the story and one’s own life
- Understand homophones
- Understand synonyms and antonyms
Fluency
- Read with accuracy
- Read with meaningful expression
- Read with natural phrasing
Comprehension
- Connect text to one’s own experiences
- Make predictions
- Compare and contrast main characters
- Skim for specific information
- Make inferences from the text
- Discuss character motivation, main conflict
- Identify the main character
Decoding (Phonics)
- Learn phonograms WH, EE, ER, AR, OR, ED, OY, OI, AW, AU, OW, and OU
- Read words containing the new phonograms, such as whale, sheep, herd, farm, horn, toy, boil, saw, haul, flower, and found
- Read words with long I or O before two consonants, as in find and gold
- Read words with soft C, as in race
- Read words with soft G, as in gem
- Learn the first four jobs of Silent E
Decoding (Structural Analysis)
- Identify base words
- Read contractions, such as they’ll
- Learn syllable division rules for reading multisyllable words
- Read words with past tense ending ed, including all three sounds, as in wanted, snowed, and chipped
Placement Test for Level 2
Our Placement Tests help you to determine the level that is the most appropriate for your child to begin with in our programs. Please note that our lessons are mastery-based, not grade-level-based. This means that our students are placed where they are ability-wise, not according to age or grade level. Click the button below to go to our Placement Tests page.