2nd grade Instructional Guide

2nd Grade Fall Skill-Based Instruction Focus of Instruction & Materials

Group 1 : Benchmark ORF Benchmark WWR Focus of Instruction: Comprehension ●​ Monitoring for meaning ●​ Identifying, summarizing, and extending main ideas ●​ Self-monitoring and fix-up strategies and awareness of reading for understanding ●​ Teaching important words directly and word-learning strategies ●​ Extended reading, writing, and speaking opportunities tied to Core subjects Instructional Materials: ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group On level or Beyond Level Readers and Lessons ●​ Wonders Classroom Lesson Library

Group 2 : Below Benchmark ORF Benchmark WWR Focus of Instruction: Fluency ●​ Building automaticity while making meaning ●​ Repeated readings ●​ Word or phrase level automaticity in addition to passages, if necessary ●​ Grouping words to make meaning, pacing punctuation ●​ Read for main idea, summarizing, and/or text elements Instructional Materials: ●​ 95 Phonics Core Program Sound/Spelling Cards ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group On-Level lessons ●​ Wonders and 95 Decodable Readers Group 4 : Below Benchmark ORF Below Benchmark WWR Focus of Instruction: Phonics and/or Phonological Awareness ●​ phonemic awareness skills ●​ Decoding skills ●​ Sight words skills ●​ Multisyllabic decoding skills ●​ Apply skills to connected decodable text ●​ Building fluency ●​ Substantial practice applying phonics to new text and writing Instructional Materials: ●​ 95 Phonics Core Program Decodables ●​ 95 Phonological Awareness Kit ●​ 95 Phonics Core Program Sound/Spelling Cards ●​ CSD Decodable Database and Game Sheets ●​ 95 Blending Routine ●​ 95 Pocket PA and PAIR ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group Approaching Level Lessons

●​ Wonders Research and Inquiry Lessons ●​ Wonders Extend and Connect Lessons ●​ Wonders Extended Writing Lessons ●​ 95 Phonics Core Program Decodables ●​ Reading Software ●​ Wonders Digital Activities

Group 3 : Benchmark ORF

Below Benchmark WWR Focus of Instruction: Digging Deeper into Needs ●​ Explicit modeling of accurate reading ●​ Self-monitoring—table tap when student makes an error. This will help the student slow down and read more accurately. ●​ Challenge student to read a portion of the text with 2 or fewer errors ●​ Teach student to adjust rate of reading to type of text and purpose for reading Instructional Materials: ●​ Wonders Differentiated Instruction Small Group On-Level lessons ●​ Wonders Decodable ReadersWord and Phrase practice for Sight Word Fluency ●​ 95 Phonics Core Program Decodables ●​ 95 Phonics Core Program Sound/Spelling Cards ●​ 95 Blending Routine

Updated 6.18.26