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This Week in Second Grade
Week 10
Long O Spelling Patterns
Long O Spelling Patterns
Ask your child's teacher for the spelling focus each week, and encourage your child to notice words that follow those spelling patterns in your everyday life.
The goal in word study is to build students' understanding of spelling patterns and their ability to use them in their own writing. Have students highlight words in their own writing that follow the week's spelling pattern during writer's workshop. Students can also snap their fingers each time they hear a word that follows the spelling pattern.
Fox and Goat: Practicing Vowel O Sounds
Worksheet
Fox and Goat: Practicing Vowel O Sounds
This worksheet will help your first grader understand the difference between a long o and a short o.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Long "O" Vowel Sounds
Worksheet
Long "O" Vowel Sounds
On this first grade phonics worksheet, your child will practice identifying the long "O" vowel sound by circling pictures. Then she'll write a long "O" word.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Long "o" Sound
Worksheet
Long "o" Sound
In this worksheet, choose words from the box to complete each sentence. This worksheet helps kids recognize long-vowel patterns and spell them correctly.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Modeling Base Ten Numbers within 1,000 with Money
Modeling Base Ten Numbers within 1,000 with Money
Help your child strengthen their math skills by reviewing coin names and values.
When introducing coins and money, be sure to do it in a guided setting. Students will need review or introductions to the different coin names and their values. Create anchor charts with this information to provide assistance for students.
Practice Place Value: Fill in the Blank I
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Practice Place Value: Fill in the Blank I
Ready for a little place value fun? In this math worksheet, your child will write out each number in words using place value notation.
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
Practice Place Value: Fill in the Blank II
Worksheet
Practice Place Value: Fill in the Blank II
In this worksheet, your child will write out the whole numbers listed in the table in words according to the place value of each digit.
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
Place Value Lessons: What Am I?
Worksheet
Place Value Lessons: What Am I?
Give your child some valuable place value lessons with a brightly-colored worksheet that will have her number guessing and identifying throughout its entirety.
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
Identifying Archetypes & Elements of a Story
Identifying Archetypes & Elements of a Story
There are certain types of plots your child will encounter over and over again. Some examples include comedies, tragedies, and quests. Next time you watch a family movie, see if your child can figure out what type of plot the movie has!
Reading comprehension will improve when students understand that there is a common structure and common story elements in most fictional stories. When they have an idea of what to expect, they can make predictions and, most importantly, they will be thinking about what they are reading.
Fairy Tale Graphic Organizer
Worksheet
Fairy Tale Graphic Organizer
The next time you're having story time, be sure to use this fairy tale graphic organizer to boost comprehension!
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Vowel Teams
Worksheet
Vowel Teams
Get to know some awesome vowel teams in simple words that you already know. You'll identify the team, fill-in-the-blanks, and complete a fun wordsearch!
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map
Worksheet
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" Story Map
Give your second graders some practice building their reading comprehension skills with the timeless story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. Students will read this classic fable and then answer questions about setting, characters, genre, and cause and effect.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Story Elements
Story Elements
Story elements include the characters, setting, plot, conflict, and resolution. See if your child can identify these elements next time you read a book together!
Use read aloud texts to give students opportunities in a whole class setting to identify different story elements. This will help them with their writing as well as their reading comprehension.
"Somebody Wanted" Prewriting Organizer
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"Somebody Wanted" Prewriting Organizer
The Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy is a great tool to help students identify and understand story elements. In this fun brainstorming activity, budding writers will use the format to start generating a story of their own!
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Ingredients of a Story
Worksheet
Ingredients of a Story
Have your students think of story elements as ingredients for a delicious narrative! Young writers will consider setting, characters, the problem, and the solution with this fun pre-writing organizer!
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Map the Story
Worksheet
Map the Story
Help your beginning reader boost comprehension skills with this fun worksheet, where he'll map the events in a story.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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