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This Week in Second Grade
Week 6
Long E Vowel Patterns
Long E Vowel Patterns
You can help your child review common spelling patterns by making their vocabulary words into flash cards.
Using flashcards is an effective way to teach spelling patterns because it helps students visualize the word while hearing/speaking the sound. You can use flashcards in a whole group setting, as a center activity, and/or when working with a small group.
Long "e" Sound
Worksheet
Long "e" Sound
The sentences on this worksheet are missing a word, each containing the long "e" sound. Choose words from the box to complete each sentence!
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Short and Long Vowel Review
Interactive Worksheet
Short and Long Vowel Review
By now, your child knows that not all vowel sounds are the same. Challenge him to determine whether words contain a short or long vowel sound.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Interactive Worksheet
Vowel Sounds: Y as Long "E" and Long "I"
Worksheet
Vowel Sounds: Y as Long "E" and Long "I"
On this second grade reading worksheet, kids sort words ending in "y" into two categories: the long "e" sound as in baby, or the long "i" sound as in spy.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Adding Within 20 & Counting to 100
Adding Within 20 & Counting to 100 Review
This week, try playing a board game that contains some simple math elements with your child.
Make review fun by incorporating games and puzzles! This is also a good time to incorporate fact family cards. Have students test each other on their fluency skills using fact family cards.
Color by Number: Practice Two-Digit Subtraction 2
Worksheet
Color by Number: Practice Two-Digit Subtraction 2
Modeled after color by number coloring pages, this math worksheet makes subtraction fun! Your child will enjoy coloring to reveal a pretty geometric pattern.
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
Color by Number: Practice Two-Digit Subtraction 3
Worksheet
Color by Number: Practice Two-Digit Subtraction 3
Part color by number coloring page, part math worksheet, this second grade printable have your child begging to practice subtraction!
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
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
Decoding Challenging Words
Decoding Challenging Words
If your child encounters a word they don't know, try talking them through the techniques you might use to figure out the meaning. Kids can look at pictures, look for root meanings within the word, and more.
Students should know a few different strategies for decoding words at this point in the year. Review their learning by creating a poster or chart that lists these different strategies along with visual examples. Allow students time to share their decoding strategies.
What is a Suffix?
Worksheet
What is a Suffix?
Learn how, with the addition of a suffix, everyday words can transform into completely new ones.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
What is a Prefix?
Worksheet
What is a Prefix?
This worksheet on prefixes will advance your student's reading comprehension and grammar skills.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
'Til the Cows Come Home: Phonics Practice
Worksheet
'Til the Cows Come Home: Phonics Practice
Children will identify the OW words that sound like cow in order to help a young bull find his way back to the barn.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Dialogue
Incorporating Dialogue into Personal Narratives
When your child is writing dialogue, volunteer to read through the lines with them. This will help them make revisions based on how the text sounds when spoken.
Adding dialogue is a way to add a sense of realism in a personal narrative. Students can read their stories and have different peers read the dialogue for different people. This will increase student engagement and also allow students to catch mistakes.
Using Punctuation in Dialogue
Worksheet
Using Punctuation in Dialogue
Learners practice editing dialogue for punctuation in this appealing grammar worksheet.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Write the Dialogue
Worksheet
Write the Dialogue
What are they saying? Write the dialogue for the scientist and robot!
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Personal Narrative Organizer: Surprise!
Worksheet
Personal Narrative Organizer: Surprise!
Surprise! Young writers are prompted to write a personal narrative about a time they were surprised. Students will practice sequencing and prewriting skills as they use this fun watermelon-shaped graphic organizer to plan out their personal narrative.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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