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Abbreviations help keep things short and sweet! Give your second graders practice identifying common abbreviations with this fun matching activity in which students draw lines to match words to their abbreviations.

Assess student understanding of common spelling patterns for vowel sounds with this quick sorting exercise. Young readers will read words and then write them out in the appropriate column for long or short vowel sounds.

Need a little extra contraction practice? You've come to the right place! Kids can work on combining two words to make one in this contraction activity. This can also be used as an assessment!

Use this paragraph frame worksheet to support ELs as they navigate through the process of retelling text using transition words. This template can be used as a scaffold for any fictional text in the classroom!

It's time to check in on those spelling skills! Gauge your second graders' growth in common spelling patterns by comparing this spelling assessment to their back to school test with the same words.

This short nonfiction text will provide students with an opportunity to become more comfortable with identifying and defining academic vocabulary words—and they'll have fun learning all about the life cycle of a chicken in the process!

Give your second graders some practice with long vowel word families and spelling patterns with this colorful activity! Students will identify long O words based on picture clues, then determine the spelling pattern of each word.

Kids will decide where to put apostrophes in contractions with this rainbow-themed activity. Students will be given a pair of words and the corresponding contraction, but they'll be responsible for filling in the missing apostrophe. They'll be contraction

Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.

In this worksheet, students seek to define "restorative justice" in their own words and draw a picture to represent the concept. They then work together to generate a list of ideas to help implement restorative justice in the classroom.

Kids will practice listening and speaking skills in this interactive vocabulary activity. Students will pair up and take turns responding to questions about difficult words they've encountered and what they learned by using context clues and a dictionary.

This short nonfiction text will teach students about the ocean, and includes questions to help students identify the author’s point of view and purpose for writing the text by focusing on important vocabulary words that support the main idea.

Use this activity to help students find and decipher metaphors in the context of short passages. Students will read the passages, record what is being compared in each, and then seek to explain the metaphors' meanings in their own words.

How are your students doing with the spelling patterns you’ve taught this year? This assessment, meant for spring of second grade, will allow you to gauge your students' familiarity with common words and spelling patterns.

Make taking notes fun by having your students use this handy organizer to collect their thoughts while learning about predators and prey. Students will note what they learn, questions they have, and new or interesting vocabulary words they hear.