What is a 2R Reader?
Finish 1 Chapter Book Each Week
2R readers begin 2R as picture book readers and leave as chapter book readers. They develop the habit of silent reading, the ability to sustain interest across sittings, and finally, the chapter book reading habit, where they must engage and understand without the aid of illustrations. Students should not leave 2R until they are successfully reading (and finishing) at least one chapter book a week.
Decode All Multi-Syllabic and Irregularly Spelled Words Familiar from Everyday Speech
2R readers are able to try various vowel sounds for unfamiliar words until they recognize the word from everyday speech. 2R books are full of irregularly spelled words, multi- syllabic words, special vowel spellings, but all of the words in 2R books should be familiar to readers from their oral language (e.g., gigantic, scientist). Their use of decoding and context clues allows the 2R readers to get close enough to the pronunciation of any word so that as they try different possible pronunciations, they recognize one. Expect 2R readers to be able to approximate pronunciation of difficult names.
