2nd Grade English Language Arts Centers

This is a fun activity to warm up those writing skills. Each student can use it as a writing center or independent work. You only need some dice and a pencil!

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• 1 Color template
• 1 BW template
• 1 writing template

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BACK TO SCHOOL PHONICS GAMES - BOSSY R GAMES is a set of 6 board games with a September Back to School theme. You'll have games for these skills: /ar/, /ir/, /er/, /or/, /ur/ and mixed. 6 games in color and 6 in B&W. Print & Go, just add a die.

These gameboards are "closed" gameboards. You can make these work in your favor by setting up the guidelines ahead of time. Students can continue to play round and round the board until the time is up. Put a small pile of tokens such as cubes in the center and they can collect one for each lap they make if you want a way to keep score. Or, you can state that the games are over after a player has made 5 rounds, or however you choose.

✅Literacy Centers

✅Small Groups

✅Tutoring/Parent Helpers

✅Send home B&W games

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This resource serves as a great way to teach speech language therapy students or English language learners to answer WHERE questions. The explicit instruction of places, including Inside + Outside and Rooms in a House can be essential for children to be able to answer certain WHERE questions, while also providing opportunity for vocabulary development. These visual aids, task cards, sentence model strips, sorting worksheets, coloring worksheets, and reading comprehension worksheets will walk you through the instruction of beginner WHERE questions step-by-step to help students comprehend wh-questions.

Included in this resource:

Task Cards/Flash Cards can be used to drill WHERE questions that elicit responses responses containing Inside/Outside and Rooms in a house. They can also be used as memory games or paired with motivating board games. These task Cards include:

Inside + Outside:

• 12 Inside + Outside Receptive Task Cards
• 24 Inside + Outside Activities Task Cards
• 18 Inside + Outside Animals Task Cards
• 18 Sentence Questions Task Cards

Places at Home:

• 11 Places at Home Task Cards (Front Yard, Back Yard, Kitchen, Bedroom, Bathroom, Living Room, Hallway, Closet, Living Room, Garage, Laundry Room)
• 12 Places at Home Receptive Task Cards
• 11 Places at Home Dog Task Cards
• 11 Places at Home Activities Task Cards
• 44 Places at Home Where Question Prompts

Sentence Frames for sentence structures.

7 NO PREP coloring and sorting worksheets for skill carryover.

Teaching Materials:

• 1-page teachable explanation of different ways to answer when questions.
• 1-page teaching script to explain Inside + Outside
• 1-page teaching script to explain Places at Home.

Excellent Resource for Mixed Groups

MLU: Naturally increase MLU

Vocabulary: Practice labeling daily activities of living, everyday places

Wh- questions: Ask who, what, where, when, why questions about daily routines.

Sequencing: Sequence daily routines.

Sentence production: Elicit full sentences with details using task cards and sentence visuals.

Categorization: Categorize by location.

Following directions: Follow directions containing sequential and temporal concepts such as before, while, earlier, later

** Perfect resource for Teacher Observation or Speech Therapy Observation**

This set comes in 2 version. color and an ink-saving black white version.

Each version contains 5 fun and engaging search and find sheets & 5 answer keys

You can choose to place these sheets into a literacy center, use whole-group, or for your early finishers. This packet requires very little prep for you! Simply print the sheets and that’s it. You can choose to place these search and finds into sheet protectors to save paper. You will be able to use them over and over again for your students! or you have an option to use Easel by TeachShare as digital tools for your students to practice.

Help with memorizing how they are spelled while they are searching for them in the puzzle.

This resource focus on 57 high frequency sight words:

They are:

I, like, my, see, can, the, a, go, to, we, you, is, look, me, big, with, for, he, she, read, at, all, little, and, have, here, are, play, said, put, come, they, this, help, in, girl, walk, up, down, away, jump, do, or, of, where, it, his, her, on, went, boy, has, no, but, how, am, into

Other resources:

- Kindergarten High Frequency Sight Word Practice Sentences & Guided Writing Word

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This is such a fun creative writing activity. This activity has students work in a small group to create a fun and unique story. They will be passing around their writing outline to their group of 5. The first student will choose a character and their characteristics. Then fold the paper down so the next student cannot see what they have written. Student 2 will decide the setting and then fold the paper down again. This will continue to student 3 and 4 where they will choose the conflict and the solution. Then the original student will get their paper back and open their paper and use their outline to create their own creative story. This makes the writing a little bit challenging as they try to create a story that was chosen by their fellow classmates. This can also be a super fun and creative way to expand students writing by stretching them a little outside their comfort zone.

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Alphabet Flash Cards Uppercase and Lowercase

These alphabet flash cards uppercase and lowercase are the perfect resource for teaching letter recognition, phonics, and fine motor skills. Each card includes clear and engaging designs for both uppercase and lowercase letters, helping young learners easily connect the two forms.

Alphabet Lower and Upper Case Posters

Brighten your learning space with these Alphabet Lower and Upper Case Posters, a perfect resource for teaching letter recognition and formation! Featuring clean, visually appealing designs, each poster displays both uppercase and lowercase letters with clear path-of-motion guides to help students master proper letter formation.

Alphabet Writing Practice | Alphabet Tracing Worksheets

Make learning letters fun and engaging with this Alphabet Writing Practice | Alphabet Tracing Worksheets! This resource is designed to help young learners develop essential handwriting skills while reinforcing letter recognition and formation.

Inspire creativity and imagination with the Roll a Story Bundle! This versatile collection offers a variety of themed story prompts for endless writing adventures.

Contents:
The Roll a Story Bundle includes multiple themed Roll a Story worksheets, each featuring:

• Character, Problem, and Setting Chart: Each chart has 6 unique characters, 6 story problems, and 6 settings, with numbers beside each option to correspond with a dice roll. Themes include Wild West, Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Fall, Under the Sea, and more!
• 3 Lined Story Pages: Select from three different lined pages to help students organize their ideas, plan their story, and begin writing. Each page provides ample space for brainstorming and storytelling.

How It Works:
Students will roll a dice to select a character, problem, and setting based on the numbers they roll. After the story elements are chosen, they’ll use one of the included lined pages to plan and write their story, adding an imaginative twist to each theme. With familiar, seasonal, and adventurous themes, students can develop storytelling skills while engaging in a fun, interactive writing activity.

Why You’ll Love This Product:
The Roll a Story Bundle is a fantastic way to support creative writing development in a fun, game-like format! Each theme offers new, exciting characters and situations to encourage students to think outside the box and expand their storytelling abilities. Teachers and parents will appreciate the easy setup and flexible options, while students enjoy creating unique stories based on the roll of a dice.

Features:

• A wide range of fun and engaging themes, with new additions as they’re created
• Clear, easy-to-follow charts with characters, problems, and settings
• Three types of lined story pages to support storytelling and organization
• Perfect for encouraging creativity, critical thinking, and organization in writing

Who This Product Is For:

1. Elementary Classrooms: Perfect for writing centers, literacy blocks, and creative writing exercises.
2. Homeschoolers: Great for flexible, hands-on storytelling activities.
3. After-School Programs: An engaging and educational activity for students.
4. Seasonal Writing Activities: Teachers can match the theme to the season, such as Halloween, Christmas, or Fall.
5. Tutoring Sessions: Helps students develop story-planning skills and enhance creative expression.

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Engage your students with these Water Cycle Reading Comprehension Boom Learning Cards/Decks. These no-prep and self-grading task cards are designed for students in grades 1, 2, and 3 to provide them with a comprehensive understanding of the water cycle's key processes, making learning both fun and educational.

Topics Covered

• Evaporation: Discover how water transforms from liquid to gas and rises into the atmosphere.
• Condensation: Learn about the process that forms clouds as water vapor cools and changes back into liquid droplets.
• Precipitation: Understand how water falls from the sky in various forms like rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
• Collection/Accumulation: Follow the journey of water as it gathers in rivers, lakes, oceans, and other bodies of water.

Interactive Questions

• Multiple Choice Questions: Test comprehension with carefully crafted questions that challenge students to recall key details.
• Matching: Strengthen connections between terms and their definitions or processes with interactive matching activities.
• Drag and Drop: Enhance understanding through engaging drag-and-drop exercises that visualize the water cycle.
• True or False: Assess knowledge and clarify misconceptions with true or false questions.

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Looking for a fun way to get your young learners moving around the room during math stations? This Kindergarten October Write the Room Math Station is the perfect way to engage your students with vibrant, seasonal real-world pictures of numbers 1-10+.

Print, laminate and place the pictures around the room for students to use during math stations. Students can practice building number sense and counting while reinforcing literacy skills of letter recognition and handwriting.

Student reflection is included for students to let the teacher know if they need additional assistance. Perfect for your ELL students and young learners!

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Medial Short Vowel direct instruction, stations, and Boom cards!

Students will use a variety of activities to reinforce understanding of medial short vowel sounds. When teaching medial sounds I use a roller coaster arm motion providing emphasis of the medial sound at the top of the coaster. To reinforce this, I have made a visual students can use.

Direct Instruction Activity -

• Use the roller coaster and cars to segment words provided on the picture cards. Students will drive the coaster cars, identify the medial sound at the top of the coaster.
• This activity can be done over multiple days - you can focus on one vowel at a time (bring in mirrors so students can see the placement of their tongue when annunciating the short vowel sounds). You can also mix up all 5 short vowel sounds to determine if students are able to identify their sounds.
• Pictures provided have a short vowel focus, with a bonus 20 long vowel pictures.

Stations - Laminate the materials for extended use.

• Clip Cards (30 cards) - use expo markers or clothing pin to select the correct medial sound.
• Sorting (30 pictures) - Sort the pictures to the correct short sound
• 30 cards with pictures and beginning / ending sounds. Students will fill in the medial sound

Short Vowel Tab book - For extra practice, or direct instruction complete a tab book with your students. I have included a different set of pictures.

• B/W and color tab book

Boom cards - 10 sets of cards in all (one location)

Set one: Students select the correct word from a choice of 3 matching the picture.

Set two: Students will select the correct picture for the word that is provided.

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❤️Looking for a fun way to engage your students in learning about subject pronouns? These low prep, printable charts and flashcards are useful for demonstrating to ESL, ELL, EFL, ESOL, pre-K and kindergarten students when to use each form of a given verb. (Example: I/You/We/They play at the park. He/She/It plays at the park.)

✏️It includes four sets of charts and flashcards (black & white, rainbow, neutral, or pastel colors).

✏️Simply print and laminate for durability and to use dry erase markers when writing your verbs!

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☑ Subject pronoun flashcards - lowercase and capital beginning letter (16 pages / 56 cards)

☑ Singular and plural verbs flashcards (20 pages / 80 cards)

☑ Nouns (places) flashcards (12 pages / 48 cards)

☑ Nouns (people, things) flashcards (8 pages / 32 cards)

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☑ Table of contents (2 pages)

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Celebrate the season of love and creativity with this pack of Valentine’s Day Heart-Shaped Writing Crafts! Designed for students in grades 2 to 5, this engaging activity blends artistic expression with writing skills, making it the perfect classroom or at-home project.

Product Highlights:

▪︎ Heart Templates: Includes blank and lined heart templates in two sizes for students to color, decorate, and personalize.

▪︎ 6 Creative Writing Prompts: Encourages students to express their thoughts with prompts like “I can spread love by”, “Things I love”, “How to make Valentine’s Day Cookies” and story writing prompts to enhance their narrative skills like “A friend for my heart”, “The day I found a magic heart” and “A day in the life of Cupid”.

▪︎ Skill Development: Combines writing, fine motor skills, and creative thinking in one fun activity.

▪︎ Customizable: Blank heart templates allow students to unleash their imagination and create unique designs.

▪︎ Easy to Use: Just print, cut, and craft! Suitable for individual work, group activities, or even as thoughtful Valentine’s Day gifts.

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Why Teachers & Parents Love It:

This craft is more than just fun—it’s meaningful. Students practice gratitude, kindness, and self-expression while creating beautiful keepsakes to cherish.

Add a heartfelt touch to your Valentine’s Day celebrations with this unique writing craft!

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Super Bowl Word Searches: 49ers vs. Chiefs Edition

Stir up excitement for the Super Bowl with these captivating word searches! This bundle features two dynamic puzzles centered around the star players and iconic elements of the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, the contenders for football supremacy.
Challenge your students to locate names like "Mahomes," "Kittle," "Kelce," and other key players as they delve into the rich football vocabulary associated with these powerhouse teams. Whether in the classroom, as homework assignments, or for recreational enjoyment, these word searches offer an entertaining avenue to reinforce vocabulary and spelling skills while fostering excitement for the Super Bowl. Suitable for all ages, these puzzles are a winning addition to any lesson plan. Download now and experience the thrill of the game with your students!

Includes 13 words for each team, separate word searches. PDF form with 2 pages. Players last name.

I Have, Who Has Halloween Vocabulary Game - Halloween Classroom Activity and Game

Get your students in the holiday spirit with this fun and engaging I Have, Who Has Halloween Vocabulary Game! This interactive game is perfect for elementary classrooms, making learning new Halloween-themed vocabulary an exciting experience. Designed to build reading fluency and listening skills, this game is ideal for grades 2-5 and can be used in whole-class settings, small groups, or literacy centers.

Topics Covered

• Halloween vocabulary
• Reading fluency
• Listening skills

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**Boost Writing Skills with Engaging Independent Informal Letter Lessons – Ready to Go!
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Master Formal Letter Writing with Engaging, Low-Prep Lessons

Empower students in Grades 1-5 to excel at formal letter writing with this comprehensive, print-and-go resource. Tailored for independent learning, this packet offers a clear, step-by-step framework to help students confidently craft polished and professional letters. Ideal for teachers seeking a time-saving, curriculum-aligned solution to enhance writing skills.

**What’s Included?
**✏️ Print Materials: Worksheets, Answer Keys, PDF Slides

What’s Inside?

✔️ Teacher & Student Directions
✔️ Features of an Informal Letter

✔️ Informal Letter Features Exercise

✔️ Step 1: Desired School Trip Framework

✔️ Step 2: Impact of the Trip Framework

✔️ Step 3: Letter Writing Template

✔️ Step 4: Review & Self-Reflection
✔️ 3 Options of Letter Writing Template

✔️ Model Answers

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

✏️ No Prep 

✏️ Print and Go

✏️ Classroom-Tested

✏️ Aligned with Aligned with Common Core, TEKS, and UK National Curriculum.

**When to Use This Resource:
**✅ Literacy Lessons (1-2 hour lessons)

✅ Independent Work

✅ **Literacy Centers
**✅ Sub Plans

✅ Writing Workshops ✅ **Homework Assignments
**✅ Early Finishers

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✏️ Pencils

**Skills Focused:
**✔️ Formal letter structure

✔️ Idea organization

✔️ Sentence fluency

✔️ Editing and self-assessment

✔️ Professional tone and language

✔️ Independent writing skills

Curriculum Alignment

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Common Core State Standards (CCSS)**:

• W.1.2-W.5.2: Write informative/explanatory texts with clear purpose and structure
• W.1.4-W.5.4: Produce clear, coherent writing appropriate to task and audience
• L.1.5-L.5.5: Demonstrate command of word nuances and formal language

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Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)**:

§110.3-§110.7 (Grades 1-5):

• • (b)(11)(A): Develop drafts with clear purpose and audience
  • (b)(12)(B): Apply proper capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
  • (b)(13)(A-B): Edit drafts to improve grammar and clarity

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UK National Curriculum (Years 1-5)**:

• Writing Composition: Plan and write for specific purposes and audiences
• Grammar and Punctuation: Use appropriate formal language and punctuation

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Ignite critical thinking with these 52 reader-response question cards that can be used for any fiction book or text!

This time-saving resource will provide you with a wide variety of questions with all the main elements of a fictional story to teach and assess the reader’s comprehension of the text.

You will also find two different response sheets for written responses!

Elements and Skills Covered:

•Plot-Climax

•Sequencing Events

•Characterization

•Problem & Solution

•Theme/Author’s Purpose

• Figurative Language

•Setting

•Mood

•Point of View

•Cause and Effect

•Summary

•Dialogue

This is the PERFECT RESOURCE for:

•Centers, Literature Circles, Partner Work-

Students ask each other the questions and form discussions.

•Guided reading, Small Groups-

Give to any teacher, teacher assistant, etc as they work with students during and/or after any text.

•Readers Workshop, Whole Class Instruction

Pull out a specific question as an introduction to a mini lesson. Keep them on hand as you assess understanding during/after a read aloud or novel.

•Independent Reading Time, At Home

Choose a card for the student to respond to during and/or after your classroom independent reading time. They could use the response sheet to write their answer. Send home with parents so they can have a variety of questions to ask their child as they read at home.

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Are you looking for popular learning station activities? Download these student-approved & tested consonant digraph learning station activities!

The "H" Siblings (AKA The "H" Brothers) digraphs (ph, ch, sh, th, and wh sounds and words) are a crucial aspect of learning phonics reading. This phonics package is full of 18 pages of digraph learning station activities that will strengthen their reading and decoding skills. It includes reusable (after lamination) worksheets, games, activities, and charts, including:

five nonsense word sorting jars

five monster mazes

one picture sorting charts

one word bank sorting activity

five digraph-hunting stories

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Posters including 17 literary devices which are easy to print and use in your classroom. Add them to your word wall or brighten up a reading area.

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Have fun exploring your house or community with these 3 Halloween Scavenger Hunts for all different ages. You even get a set of colorful Halloween gift tags to use at your party.

Here is what is included:

1. Scavenger hunt with pictures to find and cross off or dab

2. Scavenger hunt with reading clues to pick out of a hat and go find

3. Scavenger hunt in list format that should be found and crossed off

This could be used for little ones all the way up to adults.

Just print your templates, grab a pencil, crayon, marker or dabber and you are set to go to have some easy, but challenging, creative Halloween action! You can print this in black and white or in color.

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This product contains a set of beginning level sight words for first grade students. These words, also known as "baseball" words, are commonly taught in schools and are an essential foundation for reading and spelling. The set includes a few additional words to provide a well-rounded learning experience.

These cards are perfect for group or center activities, as they can be easily cut up and used for matching games. They are also a great resource for homeschooling parents or for use in spelling tests. Help your child develop strong language skills with these versatile sight word cards.

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