The Second phonics reader focuses on r-controls (ar, er, ir, ur, or) and long vowels. Each reader comes with two pages. The first page is a list of the words that fit the phonics skill, high frequency words, and activities for these words (spelling activities, vocabulary, and sorting based on the phonics skill). The second page includes a story built around the phonics skill and sight words found on the first page and reading comprehension questions for that story.