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This Week in Second Grade
Week 2
Playing with Long Vowels
Long Vowel Review
Play a word hunt game over breakfast, while walking to school, or just during some downtime with your child. Search for objects in the room that have a long vowel sound, like baby, cheese, and ice cream.
Hit the ground running with a review of all the long vowel sounds! You can play word hunt games with students by asking them to find objects in the classroom that have a long vowel sound.
Reading Readiness: Long A Vowels
Worksheet
Reading Readiness: Long A Vowels
Enlist this colorful worksheet that dives into long "A" sounds to get your child ready to read!
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Circle the Long Vowels: E
Worksheet
Circle the Long Vowels: E
Learners label seven illustrations, then circle the words with the long E sound, in this early literacy worksheet.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Long Vowel O
Worksheet
Long Vowel O
Bright colors and adorable images give this reading worksheet some gusto! It's an enjoyable way to give your second grader practice with long vowel "o" sounds.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fun with Adding & Subtracting Within 100
Adding & Subtracting Within 100
Try hanging a hundreds chart in your home, on the bulletin board, on the refrigerator, or in your child's room. Having numbers available in this format helps students see how different numbers fit together to make one hundred.
Making a ten to add within 100 is an effective strategy for second graders to master. Scaffold your questioning for problems such as 39+5 by asking students how many more does 9 need to make a ten. Students should learn that they can break up the second addend to pull the amount needed to make 39 become 40.
2 Math Minutes: Addition
Worksheet
2 Math Minutes: Addition
Math minutes are an exciting, fast-paced way to get in lots of arithmetic practice. Race against the clock to solve these addition problems in two minutes.
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
Mad Minute Math: Subtraction
Interactive Worksheet
Mad Minute Math: Subtraction
Give math skills a workout with this race against the clock! This mad minute math worksheet of subtraction problems should be worked on for just one minute.
2nd grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Faster, Faster: Two-Digit Addition #1
Worksheet
Faster, Faster: Two-Digit Addition #1
Do your second graders get a rush from race cars? If so, this speedy addition worksheet is for them!
2nd grade
Worksheet
Identifying the Mood of a Story
Tracking Mood Changes Throughout a Story
As you read books aloud at home, ask your child how the character is feeling. Look for clues in the text or in pictures to guide your child.
Model identifying and tracking mood changes throughout a story with some of your favorite read aloud texts. You can even incorporate visuals by graphing the changes in moods for each of the characters.
The Velveteen Rabbit: Part 1
Worksheet
The Velveteen Rabbit: Part 1
Enjoy a heartwarming, childhood classic, The Velveteen Rabbit! Your little one will love coloring these storybook pages as she reads.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
The Velveteen Rabbit: Part 2
Worksheet
The Velveteen Rabbit: Part 2
Find out what happens to the Velveteen Rabbit in part two of this beautiful storybook coloring series.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Mad, Sad, Happy, Glad: Character Feelings
Lesson plan
Mad, Sad, Happy, Glad: Character Feelings
Your students will have loads of fun discovering new words and using them describe the feelings of different characters. Featuring No, David! by David Shannon, this lesson will help kids practice reading and writing.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson plan
Have Fun Interviewing Family and Friends
Classmate Interviews
For a fun unique way to practice handwriting, encourage your child to interview friends and family members and then writing down their answers.
Classmate interviews are a fun way for students to practice their writing skills in addition to getting to know their peers. Be sure to brainstorm and provide sentence starters and a word bank for struggling writers!
Birthday Interview Questions
Worksheet
Birthday Interview Questions
Make birthdays extra-special with this mini interview for your child!
kindergarten
Worksheet
All About Me!
Worksheet
All About Me!
Let's get to know you! Have beginning writers complete this activity all about them, a great way to build confidence in themselves and in their writing.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Classmate Interview Questionnaire
Worksheet
Classmate Interview Questionnaire
Your students will get to practice their writing and oral reading skills while learning more about their classmates with this fun questionnaire.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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