• Have your child read a book for 20-30 minutes each day. You can find digital books on his or her reading level through EPIC and Sora. The links are on the second page of the reading challenge.

• When your child knows his or her high frequency words, it makes reading comprehension easier. If your child is still having to sound out each words as he or she reads then use this list to help improve fluency and comprehension.

Writing is an important skill for second graders. The best way to help your child become a better writer is to encourage him or her to write everyday. You may want to give them a summer writing journal or create a folder for writing in their Google Drive. Then at the end of the summer you can go back and look at what they have written.

You can let them pick what they want to write about or use the Summer Writing Challenge ideas. Children can also draw pictures and write about their picture. Providing children with a choice in what they are writing will help motivate them. If they love superheros, unicorns, or space have them write about something they love and know a lot about.

Your child may ask for help spelling words, but as they are writing, the focus is on getting ideas down on paper. Tell your child to spell the word the best way they can and circle it. You can then work on spelling after he or she has finished writing. When you help with spelling, ask your child to sound the word out and write down each sound or group of sounds. My students also kept a list more difficult works in the back of their writing journals, and you may decide this is a strategy that you would like to use with your child as well.