2nd Grade Reading Activities
Looking for games and activities to keep your child busy? Second grade is all about real world applications - from math activities that teach about money, to games that develop reading comprehension, we've got fresh ideas to keep learning going long after the school bell rings.
This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that they can use themselves. It is also kept right where it should be--inside your child's book!
Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's a great way to practice this reading comprehension skill with your child at home.
More reading activities for second grade:
Make an Abbreviation Book!
Recognizing common abbreviations is an important component to second grade language arts. Here's a fun book-making project that will help your child learn to abbreviate and provide a great art lesson at the same time!
Punctuate with Pasta!
This year, your second grader will need lots of practice using commas, quotation marks, periods, and question marks. Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with punctuation marks, using something straight from the cupboard... pasta!
Make a Movie in Your Head!
Writing with detail is an important skill-set for second grade. Here's an activity to give your kid practice.
Make a Paper Mache Puppet
Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores - out of paper mache! Imagine the hours of craft and puppet show entertainment, not to mention creative play essential to your child's development.
Write Parts of Speech Acrostic Poetry!
If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this parts of speech exercise. It’s a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing, for both you and your child.
Make an Independence Day Word Puzzle!
This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.
Guess My Word: A Vocab Game
Here's a thought-provoking activity to make new vocabulary words "stick" in the mind of your second grader.
Make a Reading Bookmark!
This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that they can use themselves. It is also kept right where it should be--inside your child's book!
Story Charting with Venn Diagrams
Visual tools, like Venn diagrams, help us organize information in multiple stories, in order to analyze them against each other. They're a big skill in math--but they can be very useful for young readers, too.
Go Fishing for Vowels!
This fun game will help your child learn words with r-controlled vowels and is also a great memory exercise.
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