Less than $5 2nd Grade English Language Arts Activities (by date, oldest first)

Popcorn Pathway is a fun way to help students practice CVC words with the short O sound. This is a perfect game for small group stations or to play during free time. Directions are included, but you are encouraged to change up the rules to according to your students' needs.

Use this activity to sequence the events in There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Turkey. Each event is pictured on a turkey feather that, when completed, creates an adorable turkey that sequences the story. Print on cardstock to make it more durable or mat it on a large piece of construction paper. Students will color and cut out the turkey feathers and body, glue them together, and have a great "craftivity" that tells what happens in this adorable book.

This is included in my sequencing activity bundle available here.

This super sight word game is a great way to get your little super heroes excited about reading! Game cards include pre-primer, primer, first grade, and second grade Dolch sight words, each marked for easy differentiation based on level. Download, print, laminate, and cut the cards and spinner. Students will spin and land on a number (one or two to practice as many words as possible). Some spaces say "draw 2." That means the student will draw and read two cards. On "action" spaces, you get to choose what the student can do. Use these spaces as an extra turn, lose a turn, or a battle! In a battle, each student can choose a card and attempt to read it. Any card read is kept; cards read incorrectly will return to the pile. Clip art in the game is from Krista Wallden with Creative Clips.

This resource will help your students/children learn their alphabet in cursive. This resource is an EDITABLE template that includes:

1. Complete cursive alphabet

2. Each letter of the alphabet with two practice sheets for each letter

3. 81 pages total in PPTX format and can be downloaded into Google Slides.

4. If you do not like the cursive font used, this resource is completely editable OR you can email me at bigeasyhomeschoolingmom@gmail.com with a font you would like to use and I will be happy to edit this resource with the font of your choice. Please note that some fonts may not transfer correctly from Google Slides to PowerPoint and may not be aligned when you download. This is completely normal.

If your students/children enjoy this resource, I would appreciate your feedback within 24 hours after purchase and download.

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Use in centers, small groups, or as an early finisher activity. My kids are always begging me to play this game!

This game includes all 107 Zeno Sight Words. I teach the 107 Sight Words because they are the most narrowed-down list of the most commonly used words in texts. It is important your child can read these words quickly and accurately for success in reading! 

I broke the words up into 8 sets so that each set would have 52 cards to keep the game engaging and not too long! This also allows you to easily differentiate the game by choosing the set that has more words that your child needs to work on! Each set is color-coded so if cards get mixed up you can easily find their place!

Included:

• Go Fish Rules

• 8 sets of cards

• Each set has 52 cards

• Endless amounts of fun!

*Prep time is needed. I suggest you print these on card stock and laminate them for more durability. Printing on normal paper will work too! Print the set of cards and cut them out!

Use it for small groups, early finisher activities, or centers! My kids always beg to play this game!

This freebie includes the first set which has the first 13 words on the Zeno word list. I teach the 107 Sight Words because they are the most narrowed-down list of the most commonly used words in texts. It is important your child can read these words quickly and accurately for success in reading! 

Included:

• Go Fish Rules
• Set 1; first 13 sight words on the Zeno Word List
• Total of 52 cards
• Endless amounts of fun!

*Prep time is needed. I suggest you print these on card stock and laminate them for more durability. Printing on normal paper will work too! Print the set of cards and cut them out!

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107 Zeno Sight Word Game BUNDLE

These keyword letter cards will help your students remember their sounds! When you add pictures and keywords research has shown it helps in the retention and retrieval of information.

Included:

• Mnemonic keywords
• Sounds; ai, ay, ee, ea, ey, oi, oy, oa, oe, ow, ou, ue, ew, au, aw, and oo.

I always have my kids create actions that go with the pictures. This allows them to be active while doing letter sounds! Research shows that adding movement to learning can also help in the retrieval and retention of information.

Springtime Adaptive Book about planting a flower garden with additional follow up activities.

Students will interact with book while you read & follow up for days with additional activities that enhance understanding and fine motor skills. Student will determine the lifecycle of a flower with a bulb, sequence the story,

Included:

• Book interactive book (prior prep is required, however you can use the book again and again! (two complete sets are included. One book has 8 icons / 8 pages. The other book has 8 icons however only 6 pages)

• lifecycle (bulb, sprout, plant, flower) - b/w pictures, color pictures, words & picture to picture matching & larger cards you can use to model for your students.

• Beginning, Middle, End - Students can either write their answer or cut and paste sentences in order.

• First, Then, Last - Students can either write their answer or cut and paste sentences in order.

• Vocabulary - Words included: bulb, sprout, plant, flower.

  • Students can work on initial sounds then trace (B b Bulb bulb). I have also written the words in both uppercase and lowercase so students understand it is the same word.
  • Students can also write a sentence about the words.

• Assessment - 2 included

  • choice of 2 or 3 pictures
  • short answer

I hope you enjoy this resource. I love making and using adaptive books with my students. Adaptive books are such fantastic resources to have in the classroom. They provide frequent interactions and a unique opportunity to engage in targeted skills. I have created several that give the students additional visual icons to move after each page is read. The books are short, with only eight interactive pages, and my experience has been that students of various skill levels enjoy them. It allows students to feel engaged and successful in their learning. Please reach out with any questions! untilthepiecesfit2@gmail.com

Check out my other adaptive books:

Adaptive Books - Baseball (opening day, colors, matching & how to play?)

Adaptive Books - Springtime (weather, matching, activities & colors)

Adaptive Books - Fall (matching clothes, activities, colors & Fun in Fall!

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Your student will enjoy these Adaptive Books with a spring time theme. The three books have cute and colorful characters & 2 levels. Adaptive books are also very easy to adjust for the specific learning needs of your students. Do you need less choices (8 are provided), then just provide a reduced selection of icons.

Book 1: Hedgie in the spring

Read each page with your students. They will select the correct interactive card from a choice of 8 to demonstrate understanding of the sentence. Each page has simple and repetitive sentences: "Hedgie has a yellow flower". or "Hedgie has an umbrella".

Level 1 - supported with corresponding pictures

Level 2 - No pictures provided for support.

Book 2: Rainy Days

Adorable animals are playing in the rain. Simple and repetitive sentences "The frog plays in the rain" are provided. Animals included in this set are: dog, frog, elephant, bunny, cat, chick, bird, pig.

Level 1 - supported with corresponding pictures

Level 2 - No pictures provided for support.

Book 3: Catching butterflies

This interactive story has children Abby and Joey catching butterflies. Students will "help" them find their net, butterfly container, and colorful butterflies.

Bonus Print and Go activity: adapted book with only black and white pictures. Students will color each page as directed after reading aloud.

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Practice the differences between the -ge/-dge word ending. Example lesson provides practice in phonological awareness, guided practice, connection to word meaning, reading of text.

This packet has activities and visuals to support practice with demonstrating understanding of why we use -ge or a -dge ending.

• Students will sort words/pictures with the -ge/-dge ending
• Students can practice writing / or selecting the appropriate word ending.
• A visual is provided to discuss & sort the rules.
• Students will highlight, read and then write sentences using the words they have learned. For more practice have students read their sentences to one another!
• Students will also read a story, at the end they will finish it!

Answer key included:)

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Word Ending Digraphs - ch / -tch

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Adaptive Books with a chores theme review ways we can help at home. Talk about helping with the laundry, washing tables, and cleaning the floor. These books require some prep work; however, once made, you can use them year after year!  

Book 1: Laundry Time

Students will listen to a short story about doing the laundry. Use the story to work on laundry together. Send a copy home with your students so they can help out at home too!

Book 2: I Can Do Chores

Students will listen to a story about doing different chores. Children can work with the story to wash tables or floors.

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Three adaptive books with a Thanksgiving theme! Read to your students with these interactive books about the Thanksgiving Day Parade, yummy Thanksgiving food & things we can be thankful for. These books require some prep work; however, once made, you can use them year after year!  

Book 1: Thanksgiving Day Parade

Students will listen to a short story about parade. The book has colorful pictures (but easy on that printer!) showing students what they can expect to see. They will see a big city, news reporters, big balloons, floats, bands & end the parade with you know who...Santa!

Book 2: Yummy Food

This story uses a repetitive text ("I like") and identifies the food. Traditional Thanksgiving foods are included: pumpkin pie, stuffing, apple pie, turkey, cranberry jelly, mashed potatoes, & dinner rolls

Book 3: I am Thankful

A variety of activities are represented in this book. What might you be thankful for? Pets, teachers, family, favorite foods, games, homes and birthdays.

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Adaptive Book with a theme of Aliens! This set includes an adaptive book with visual support and an adaptive book without visual support for 2 books. The pictures are adorable & engaging.

Adaptive books are a valuable tool to use with students. While the books do require some prep work such as printing, laminating, cutting and velcro; they can be used again and again! They are highly motivational for even the most reluctant learners. Each book has 8 removable picture icons to choose from. You can easily adapt by sharing less options with your students.

Shapes featured in the Alien books: square, rectangle, star, heart, triangle, oval, circle, rhombus

Need additional shape practice? Check out my other Adaptive Books with a shape them! They will provide fun and engaging opportunities to learn & demonstrate understanding of shapes! Grab them all in the bundle and switch out your materials throughout the seasons!

Fall Shapes total of 6 Adaptive Books apple themes, scarecrow, acorn, pumpkin

Christmas Shapes 5 Adaptive Books (present, tree, gingerbread, candy, reindeer)

Shapes in Adaptive Books - Growing Bundle

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Introduction to Wordle! This is a print and go activity with multiple levels as students develop skills. The playing mats can be reprinted and used again and again as so many different words can be created.

Begin with 3 letter words -

Level 1 - Students can use the alphabet to guess letters in your chosen word. You will mark (red, yellow or green) once students have guessed.

Level 2: Students will use a letter bank (10 letters) to make CVC words. You will again mark the students guesses.

Wordle mats with 4 letter words -

Level 1 - Students can use the alphabet to guess letters in your chosen word. You will mark (red, yellow or green) once students have guessed. (These are great for digraph, or consonant blend practice!)

Level 2: Students will use a letter bank (12 letters) to make 4 letter words. You will again mark the students guesses.

Wordle mats with 5 letter words -

Level 1 - Students can use the alphabet to guess letters in your chosen word. You will mark (red, yellow or green) once students have guessed.

Level 2: Students will use a letter bank (12 letters) to make 5 letter words. You will again mark the students guesses.

Have fun!!

Spring Short Vowel CVC - Word Blending, Segmenting & Building

Word Ending Digraphs - ge/-dge

Word Ending Digraphs - ch / -tch

Practice the differences between the -ch/-tch word ending. Example lesson provides practice in phonological awareness, guided practice, connection to word meaning, reading of text with WH questions.

This packet has activities and visuals to support practice with demonstrating understanding of why we use -ch or a -tch ending.

• Students will sort words/pictures with the -ch/-tch ending
• Students can practice writing / or selecting the appropriate word ending.
• A bw / color visual is provided to discuss the rules. Students can color their visual and take home.
• Students will highlight, read and then write sentences using the words they have learned. For more practice have students read their sentences to one another!
• Students will also read three short stories. Wh questions about the story included for comprehension practice.

Answer key included:)

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Word Ending Digraphs - ge/-dge

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Reward prize coloring bookmarks with Inspirational sayings about reading with cute Kawaii kids, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD, these bookmarks could be used as a fun coloring activity at a party, in the classroom, or done as a homeschool craft activity, early finisher activity, or could be given out as gifts for the first day of school, birthdays, 100th Day, end of the year, early finisher activity, or for summer break activity.

For best results please print them on thick cardstock paper, or could also be printed on colored paper and given out without coloring.

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This Middle Sounds Sorting Activity makes the perfect Literacy Center for your Kindergarten students this Winter. Learners will identify and sort picture cards based on the medial short vowel sound. This medial sounds sorting activity is the perfect way to reinforce your lessons about medial sounds.

Perfect for use during kindergarten literacy centers or with small groups of students, this winter middle sound sorting activity is simple to prepare and can be used again and again. Color and black and white picture cards are provided along with an optional black and white worksheet for students to further demonstrate their learning.

⭐ This printable is also part of the following bundles:

-Kindergarten Winter Math and Literacy Centers

What is included in this Winter Middle Sounds Sorting Center for Kindergarten?

• Winter themed short vowel sounds sorting mat
• 45 short vowel picture cards - 9 for each sound
• Differentiated recording sheets - 2 Versions
• Color and Black and white versions

How do learners complete this Winter Middle Sounds Sorting activity?

• Present learners with the sorting mats and the picture cards.
• Learners sort the picture cards based on the middle/medial sound that they hear in the word and match it to the correct box on the sorting mat.
• They can record their answers in the recording sheet, if required.

Preparing this Winter Middle Sounds Activity for Kindergarten:

• Print the pages, laminate them and cut them apart.
• Print recording sheets, if using.

How to best use this Kindergarten Middle Sounds Sorting Literacy Center:

• Explore during morning work 
• Assign as supplemental literacy centers 
• Implement these centers in an independent way or use them with small-groups.

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This Alphabet Letter Matching activity will make the perfect Literacy Center for your Kindergarten students this Back to School season. Learners will explore uppercase and lowercase letters across two levels of difficulty - one version providing upper and lowercase letter outlines, and one version with just uppercase letter outlines provided.

Perfect for use during kindergarten literacy centers or with small groups of students, this back to school letter matching activity is simple to prepare and can be used again and again. Learners use magnetic letters to match uppercase and lowercase letters to the match-up cards then record the letters on the recording sheets provided.

⭐ This Back to School Kindergarten Literacy Center is also included in the following bundle:

• Kindergarten Back to School Math and Literacy Centers.

What’s included in this Back to School Letter Matching Literacy Center?

• Level 1 match-up cards - both uppercase and lowercase letter outlines are included on the card, learners only have to recognize and match the letters
• Level 2 match-up cards - only the uppercase letter outline is provided, learners will have to figure out the lowercase letter and match it to the uppercase letter
• 2 differentiated recording sheets - 

1. Learners trace the uppercase and lowercase match
2. The uppercase letter is provided, learners write the lowercase letter themselves

How to best use this Kindergarten Letter Matching Literacy Center?

• Print which version you'd like learners to use.
• Provide learners with magnetic letters or a dry-erase marker. Learners can use the magnetic letters or trace/write the letter on the card.
• They can record their answers in the recording sheet if required.

Preparing this Back to School Alphabet Activity for Kindergarten:

• Print and laminate the pages. 
• Cut apart to create the cards.
• Print recording sheets if required.

For more engaging Kindergarten alphabet Activities, check out the following resources:

**-**Alphabet Mystery Puzzles

-Alphabet Clip Cards - Letter Recognition

-Winter Alphabet Match-Up (Beginning Sounds Craft)

-Spring Alphabet Match-Up (Beginning Sounds Craft)

-Alphabet Beginning Sounds Clip Cards

-Alphabet Dominoes - Alphabet Recognition

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These hands-on Spring Sequencing Puzzles are a great option for your kindergarten spring math and literacy centers. This puzzle printable includes 15 Spring Alphabet and Number Sequence Puzzles! Students will put the puzzle pieces together using alphabet or number sequences to reveal a picture. These puzzles are also great for your early finishers, enrichment opportunities, morning work, or even intervention groups. The Spring puzzles come in a super fun spring theme making this center perfect for Spring!

• This printable is part of the Kindergarten Spring Math and Literacy Centers.

Check the preview for a look at the puzzles included.

Each puzzle picture is a fun photo of a Spring theme. These puzzles allow for independent learning since these are SELF-CHECKING!

What is in this packet?

The printable contains the following activities and printables:

- 9 Number Sequencing Puzzles

• 1 to 10 (3 puzzles)
• 11 to 20 (3 puzzles)
• 1 to 20 (3 puzzles)

-6 Alphabet Sequencing Puzzles

• Uppercase letters (3 puzzles)
• Lowercase letters (3 puzzles)

How to use this packet?

• Print, laminate and cut apart the pages to create the puzzle pieces.
• Choose the puzzle you need depending on your learner's needs. The puzzles allow for easy differentitation.
• Learners will put the puzzle pieces together to recreate the spring scene. They will either sequence the alphabet letters from A to Z or sequence numbers from 1 through 20.

Looking for more Spring Printables? Check out these.

1. Spring Alphabet Match-up
2. Spring Number Match-up
3. Rhyming Caterpillar
4. Build a Spring Sentence
5. Spring Mystery Puzzles

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These puzzles contain fun and colorful clip art of children acting out animal similes. It is a fun way to explore figurative language and is suitable for younger students. The printable version is available in colour and black and white versions.

Simply print the puzzle, laminate and cut apart. Give the pieces to the children and ask them to match it together and explain the meaning and use behind the simile.

There are a total of 10 similes making this a rich language activity.

The similes included are:

Angry as a hornet

Cold as a fish

Strong as an ox

Slow as a snail

Proud as a peacock

Tall as a giraffe

Hungry as a horse

Sick as a dog

Brave as a lion

Scared as a rabbit

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