pbWORKBOOK FEATURES bbr- Ages 7-8, Grade 2br- 174 pages, 10.9 inches x 8.4 inches br- Full-color, illustrated fiction and nonfiction stories and passagesbr- Passage reviews and exercisesbr- Answer key included pbFOCUSED PRACTICE b Spectrum's Second Grade Reading Workbook provides focused close reading practice to strengthen your second grader's ability to understand, process, and analyze fiction and nonfiction passages. This 174-page illustrated workbook helps kids enhance their reading comprehension skills through engaging texts and discussion questions. pbCORRELATED TO CURRENT STATE STANDARDS b This standards-based workbook helps your child build fluency and proficiency in essential reading concepts, including demonstrating understanding of a text, story structure, identifying the main purpose of a passage, describing how reasons support specific points, and using sentence-level context clues to confirm or self-correct word recognition. pbHOW IT WORKS b Each new lesson is introduced