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Week 13
Long & Short U
Long & Short U
Play sorting games with your child to help reinforce the differences between short and long vowels. Make the learning stick by using real objects (e.g. toy unicorn, toy duck).
After teaching both the long and short sounds for a vowel, have students play a few games asking them to differentiate between the two. Students can play a memory game or do a classic word sort. This is also a great opportunity for students to create a game of their own!
Short U Long U Worksheet
Worksheet
Short U Long U Worksheet
Short u long u worksheets help kids practice their phonics skills. This exercise uses fun images to teach kids about all the sounds the letter u makes.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Long Vowel U
Worksheet
Long Vowel U
Children will circle the long U words in a word bank, then use them to correctly label six pictures.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Short "U" Sounds Color Puzzle
Worksheet
Short "U" Sounds Color Puzzle
Be on the lookout for words with the short letter U sound in this worksheet. This short U puzzle is fun for kids who like color-by-number worksheets and games.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Finding 1, 10, & 100 More or Less
Finding 1, 10, & 100 More or Less
Print out a hundreds chart to help your child visualize 10 more and 10 less.
When students are asked to move ten less than a number and change the hundreds place, scaffold by asking students how many tens are in the original number. For example, when asking what is 10 less than 408 ask students how many tens are in 408 (40). This will help them change the hundreds place mentally.
101 and Out!
Worksheet
101 and Out!
This printable game, called 101 and Out!, is a great way for kids to practice their place value skills by using a hundreds chart.
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
Hundreds and Tens
Worksheet
Hundreds and Tens
Learners use base ten diagrams to enhance their understanding of multiples of ten in this practice worksheet.
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
Hundreds Chart Review: 1-120
Interactive Worksheet
Hundreds Chart Review: 1-120
How high can you count? First and second graders will strengthen their understanding of ones and tens with this hundreds chart. Students will fill in the missing numbers up to 120 and then answer questions using the chart.
2nd grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Monitoring Learning While Reading
Monitoring Learning While Reading
Help your child appreciate the gift of learning by treating books as special gifts in the home. Create a book corner in your home with a comfy chair, small bookshelf or basket to hold a variety of nonfiction and fiction books, and a notebook and pencils for your child to sketch pictures of their favorite part of the story and/or write down interesting facts they learned.
Reinforce the idea that reading nonfiction gives you the "gift of knowledge," and wrap a new nonfiction text that you will add to your classroom library in wrapping paper. Students will love unwrapping the text and discovering what is inside. This will increase engagement and foster the mindset that every book is an opportunity to learn and grow.
Emily's Turtle
Worksheet
Emily's Turtle
This short fictional text can be used to help students determine words and phrases the author uses to help the reader figure out the central message of the story.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Increasing Reading Stamina and Comprehension
Lesson plan
Increasing Reading Stamina and Comprehension
This lesson provides teachers with an opportunity to teach students about reading stamina and assess student comprehension during independent reading.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Reading Fluently to Support Comprehension
Lesson plan
Reading Fluently to Support Comprehension
Use this lesson to teach students about the importance of reading fluently to support comprehension. Use as a stand alone activity or a support for the Increasing Reading Stamina and Comprehension lesson plan.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Revising & Editing
Revising & Editing
Revising is the process of writing and re-writing text. Editing involves correcting text for grammar and style.
Students should understand the difference between revising and editing at this point in the year. Give students checklists to help them check their own writing as well as their peers' to see what changes are needed to make their stories stronger.
Capitalization Rules: Proper Nouns
Worksheet
Capitalization Rules: Proper Nouns
Learners will enjoy reading, and capitalizing, the whimsical story of Peter the pig in this early grammar and mechanics worksheet.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fix the Sentences: Rainy Day
Worksheet
Fix the Sentences: Rainy Day
These sentences about rainy day fun have errors. Kids rewrite the sentences using correct capitalization and punctuation on this second grade writing worksheet.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fix the Sentences: Baking a Cake
Worksheet
Fix the Sentences: Baking a Cake
These sentences about baking a cake have errors. Kids rewrite the sentences using correct capitalization and punctuation on this second grade writing worksheet.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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