Grade 2

Students in grade 2 are seen every day for 45 minutes. Below is a list of skills worked on throughout the year in reading group.

5/13/19

We will continue to work on chunking larger words into syllables and identifying what types of syllables we see in those words. Being able to break larger words into syllables helps students to be able to decode those bigger, tricky words.

Other Skills Covered This Year

• Blends (str, st, cl, pr)
• Digraphs (sh, th, wh, ch,ck)
• Bonus Letters ( ss, ff, ll, zz)
• Glued sounds ( all, am, an, ink, ank, onk, unk, ing, ang, ong, ung)
• suffix s
• Long vowel patterns
• R-controlled vowels (or, ar, er, ir, ur)
• Vowel digraphs ( oi, oy, au,aw,ow, ou, oo,)
• Prefixes and suffixes (un,re,dis,pre,)
• Character traits
• Identifying main idea and detail
• Retelling
• Summarizing
• Expanding sentences with who, what, where, when, and why expanders
• Answering comprehension questions by tagging the question

If you have any questions regarding your child's placement in Reading Support please see the How do students get chosen for reading support page or send us an email.

Helpful Links for Second Grade

Waltke's Web

High Frequency Words

Spelling City - kids can work on their phonics and spelling skills

Scott Foresman -students can log on and access Scott Foresman Reading Street materials online.

Book Adventure- Book Adventure is a free way to motivate your child to read. Kids K-8 can search for books, read them offline, and take quizzes on what they have read.

https://www.funbrain.com/books - a big library of books for students to read online. Books geared from grade levels K-8 can be found on funbrain. There are also other games and videos for kids to enjoy.

https://www.highlightskids.com/ - fun games and activities from Highlights Kids

abcya.com- Educational games and apps for kids.