Reading Mastery Signature Edition, Assessment & Fluency Teacher Handbook, Grade 2 Reading Mastery® Signature Edition offers a highly explicit, systematic approach to teaching reading that has proven successful in a wide range of schools, classrooms, and districts. Benefits: Systematic and sustained instruction teaches students important concepts and efficient strategies thoroughly and effectively. Teacher modeling, guided practice, and cumulative review are central to the program and ensure that all students make significant progress. Highly specified lessons and consistent presentation techniques allow lessons to flow smoothly and teachers to respond immediately to student needs. The comprehensive assessment system starts with placement and includes ongoing testing to monitor progress and guide movement through the program. A substantial body of independent research shows that, with Reading Mastery®, teachers can expect mastery, success, and results. The Reading Strand: Addresses all five essential components of reading-phonemic awareness, phonics and word analysis, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension Provides spelling instruction to help students make the connection between encoding and decoding Develops decoding, word recognition, and comprehension skills that transfer to other subject areas The Literature Strand: Supports the Reading Strand by offering a variety of literary forms and text structures Provides multiple opportunities for students to practice vocabulary and comprehension strategies and write for authentic purposes Gives opportunities for students to read at independent levels