Curriculum Reading Students are assessed through STAR testing in the early Fall to determine reading levels. We then assess other stregnths and weaknesses in reading and place students into appropriate reading groups. Within reading groups, students will practice reading aloud, making predictions, inferences, making comparisons, making text to world, text to self, and text to text comparisons, and responding to literature. Book Club Along with classroom reading, second graders participate in Book Club. This takes place three times per week for half of the school year. Students read to community volunteers and continue read with someone at home for extra practice. Writing In second grade, students learn a variety of different writing crafts including poetry, letter writing, procedure writing, non-fiction writing, and most importantly in second grade personal narratives.