2nd Grade Report Overview

Pathways to Reading Grade 2 materials reviewed partially meet the criteria for alignment to standards and research-based practices for foundational skills instruction.

Materials contain explicit instructions for systematic and repeated teacher modeling of all grade-level phonics standards; however, reading of complete words is limited to calling on students during "Large Group" instruction which may not provide opportunities for all students to read complete words. Students have frequent opportunities to build/manipulate/spell and encode grade-level phonics, including common and newly-taught sound and sound patterns. Materials provide explicit systematic teacher modeling and instruction for encoding of phonics during "Segment and Write," and "Spelling" lessons.

Materials meet the criteria for materials include systematic instruction of high-frequency words and practice opportunities of high-frequency words to develop automaticity. Students have frequent practice opportunities to read and write high-frequency words in sentences during "Small Group" lessons. Explicit instruction in word analysis is provided with sample dialogue. Materials provide limited instructional opportunities for explicit instruction with fluency through small group lessons. Explicit instruction in rate is not evident in the materials. Opportunities for students to progress in oral reading fluency over the course of the school year lack in variety, frequency, and fluency feedback.

On-level texts included with the program are limited to weekly spelling paragraphs. While grade-level books are referenced in the materials, the books are not included in the program.