Second Grade

2025 - 2026 ~ Welcome to Second Grade! 

Here is the link to your child's regular classroom learning site: 

Rancho Gabriela Teacher pages

Teacher Connections 

Here is the link to INTERVENTION learning site: 

Reading Intervention @ Rancho Gabriela 

Below you will find a list of The Five Big Ideas of Reading and Letter Recognition. 

Your student can select a components and then choose an activity. See the links below.

*Sight words are meant to be read quickly and not sounded out. Please practice sight words regularly. You can read off the list, play games, make flashcards, etc. 

*Phonemic Awareness- The ability to notice, think about and work with individual sounds.

*Letter Recognition- Ability to know name and sound of upper and lower case letters.

*Phonics- Letter sound relation to reading and spelling words accurately and quickly.

*Vocabulary- Understanding of new words and concepts.

*Fluency- Reading quickly and accurately, and with expression. 

*Comprehension- Making meaning of text and communicate meaning about what was read.

Second Grade High Frequency Words

Sight Words and Fluency Phrases help build your child's fluency and accuracy! 

Sight words are meant to be read quickly and not sounded out.

Please practice high frequency words regularly. 

You can print off these books attached, read off the lists, play games, make flashcards, etc.