If...Then...Curriculum: assessment-based instruction, grades K-2 -- A guide to the reading workshop, primary grades -- Second-grade reading growth spurt -- Series book clubs -- Bigger books mean amping up reading power -- Becoming experts: reading nonfiction -- Tigers --Those darn squirrels! -- Happy like soccer -- Owl moon -- Knights in shining armor -- Katie Woo has the flu -- Tigers -- Minnie and Moo go dancing -- Houndsley and Catina and the quiet time -- Days with Frog and Toad -- Mercy Watson to the rescue -- The stories Julian tells -- Anchor-chart notes -- Read-aloud prompts.