Second Grade

Popular Authors

Do you need new books for your child to read? Here is a list of popular authors from a local library! Give a few a try, they might find a new favorite book!

Dan Gutman
Mary Pope Osborne
Marci Peschke
Matt Christopher
Judy Blume
Suzy Kline
Megan McDonald
Sarah Mlynowski
Graham Salisbury
Donald Sobol
Dav Pilkey
Paula Danziger
Johanna Hurwitz
Bevererly Cleary
Judy Moody
David Adler

Home Reading Helper

Visit Home Reading Helper for practice ideas, resources, and games to support your child's literacy at home.

Scooping Phrases and Sentences

Click on the link to the left to read a blog about scooping phrases and sentences. This blog will help explain how to scoop sentences in a productive way to help beginning readers scoop effectively. This blog can give you ideas to use with the reading materials your child brings home from the classroom, title class, or any book you are reading together. Grab a piece of paper, copy a few sentences and practice scooping!

Reading Fluency and Phrasing {Using Scooping Phrases} - This Reading MamaDoes your reader sometimes sound like he’s just saying a string of words? Is it sometimes choppy? This can happen to all kinds of young readers, especially struggling readers. Instead of focusing on reading fluency and phrasing, struggling readers are often just trying to make sure they can say all the words correctly. Last week, The Measured ... Read More about Reading Fluency and Phrasing {Using Scooping Phrases}

Breaking Open Syllable Words

This song will help explain how to break words into open syllables to help with those bigger words!

Ur, Ir, Er- R controlled vowels

This hilarious couple has teamed up to help explain to students, teachers and parents way to break down words er, ir, ur words.

Vowel Teams

First vowel does the talking and the second one is quiet. Watch this video that can help explain those confusing vowel teams.

The Lazy Schwa Sound

The lazy what??!! The schwa sound is a vowel in a word that does not always say a sound or the correct sound. The schwa is also known as the lazy vowel because your mouth barely has to open to make the sound, and it's a weak sound. In some words, it's weak we barely hear it, such as in the words 'interest' and 'chocolate'.

Race to the Top

There are a lot of different printable games to pick from here!! Pick from different blends and diagraphs to print out and play this easy to follow game with your child. Very easy to do, just print and play!

Race-to-the-Top-Blends-and-Digraphs-Games.pdf

Roll and Retell

Grab a dice and roll to pick which question to answer before and/or after reading with your child. Great way to help with comprehension skills!!

FreebieComprehensionRollandRetell-1.pdf

Scavenger Hunt

Create a reading around the house scavenger hunt for your child. This is a reading idea that does not have your child sitting down to read to you. Finding the clue for the next location which will bring them closer to the hidden "treasure".

This activity teaches children how important reading is without the activity being focused specifically on reading. Make a list of five to ten clues leading to different locations around the house. At each location hide a stamp, stickers or a different colored marker.

Once your child decipher the clues and find the correct location, he/she marks their list with the marker, sticker,or stamp found at that location. This can be a group activity or one on one.

Parent Strategy Guidebook (3) (1).pdf

Comprehension Strategies

Asking questions before, during, and after your child reads to you or vice versa is a very important part of comprehension. It helps the reader to clarify what he or she is reading and to better understand the text. Ultimately, asking good questions is a way for children and parents to monitor comprehension while reading and also, develop critical thinking skills.

Read Write Think

Click on this link to access Read Write Think to have your child focus in on Second grade materials. Discover ideas and strategies that support literacy learning, specially curated for this grade band.

Syllables Ideas

Here are a few activities to assist in your child's learning about syllables. There are six syllable types that your child has been learning in class through their phonics program and also, during their small group instruction.

23_p031_syllable_snake.pdf

23_p033_map_and_swap.pdf

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