Free 2nd Grade Phonics Centers

Spring short vowel mini set - Included is one of each of the activities featuring short a.

Students will write and wipe or use manipulative letters. Students will build letters using flower petals, tap out sounds with Mr. Frog, and slowly talk with Mr. Turtle. Turtle and Frog are ready to be printed and attached to popsicle sticks for hopping / walking along each word. Use them again and again in your small groups or centers.

Turtle Talk

Materials - Picture cards, turtle

Directions - 

We will be talking very slowly like a turtle!  We call this turtle talk.  Look at the picture.  What is it?  Say the word slowly.  Tap out every sound you hear.  Write the letters on the card.  Use your turtle to walk and turtle talk the word you made!   

Flower Building

Use the letters on each flower to build words. Each set has 3 pages to provide appropriate support for your students. You will have one blank page, one with the medial sound written, and one with word families.

Hop along with MR. Frog then find a matching picture

I hope you like my sample set featuring short vowel a. I have an extended packet available for purchase that includes all short vowel sounds, and manipulative letters for a total of 88 words in each set.

Spring Short Vowel CVC - Word Blending, Segmenting & Building

Short Vowel Word Ladders is a way students can practice substitutions and deletions within a single word family.

Included in each resource:

Teacher word meaning page

⭐2 different whole sheet ladders in black and white and color

⭐2 half sheet ladders (2 to a sheet for easy printing) in black and white and color

⭐6 half sheet ladders for small group, center, or independent practice in black and white and color

Other Resources:

These affixes charts serve as a great reference guide for teachers to use when teaching students about prefixes and suffixes. Each chart includes the affix, its meaning and examples of the words.

What is Included:

• 1 prefix chart with 19 common prefixes, their meaning and examples
• 1 suffix chart with 19 common suffixes, their meaning and examples

How to Use:

• These charts make a great reference for teachers who plan to teach students prefixes and suffixes.
• They can also be placed in a writing area or in writing journals for students to reference when writing their own original works.
• These charts can also be sent home with students so parents know what prefixes and suffixes their students are working on to further assist students at home.

These charts are a no-prep option for teachers. They can stay on the computer to be viewed or be printed out.

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Students will love learning their A-Z with this resource. Each page features a new letter with two visual prompt examples. Each page includes six writing lines so students can write down 6 words that start with that letter.

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Have you ever wished students in the prereading and early reading stage could have opportunities to be fluent and build automaticity? How can students who barely know letter names and sounds become fluent? Ready Reads are just what you are looking for.

Ready Reads are warm up activities for the eyes and the brain and can support any curriculum. Ready Read charts cumulatively follow the scope and sequence of UFLI and support the Science of Reading. Use these in small group, whole group on the projector, in partners for accountability, or for students to whisper read to themselves. They can easily be adapted in an I read, We read, You read or Your turn, My turn format. Ready Reads can be used for students to say the letter name and/or the letter sound practicing grapheme recognition as well as phoneme recall. For pre-readers and early readers alike, this activity builds the left to right progression of reading and builds fluency for letters and concepts already learned. This is the building block for automaticity and fluent reading.

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This Roll and Read worksheet includes first grade Dolch sight words. This high-frequency sight word game is perfect for reading centers, tutorials, small groups, homeschooling, homework, sub plans and more! Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students will practice their sight words by rolling a physical or digital dice using the provided qr code, and then reading the matching sight word.

✨Dolch Roll & Read Sight Words and Fluency Sentences Bundle✨

10 First Grade Sight Word Roll & Read Boards

✨growing 1st grade bundle!✨

What's Included

• 1 Roll and Read Board PDF with first grade dolch sight words

Directions

Rolling the Die:

• Students roll a six-sided die to determine which sight word they will read.
• Students can also scan the QR code on the worksheet using a device with a QR code scanner to access a virtual dice roller.

Reading the Sight Word:

• Students match the number rolled with the corresponding sight word on their worksheet.
• Students read the sight word out loud.
• Students should focus on pronouncing each word correctly and quickly.

Marking Progress:

• Once students read a sight word, they should highlight or color the box. They could also cover it with a counter or place marker etc.
• If students roll a number they have already completed, they should roll again until they land on a new sight word.
• Students continue rolling and reading until they have completed all the sight words on their worksheets.

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Short A- Easy Guided Reading Small Group Lesson Plans for 1st Grade- Print & Go!

CVC Words & Reading Fluency included!  Guided reading instruction & planning made EASY, consistent, effortless, and engaging!

Take the guesswork, hours of planning, & the headache out of prepping for your small group guided reading instruction!

Teaching word families and practicing nonsense cvc words has a dramatic impact on reading fluency in early readers.  Year over year, over 80% of my students achieve benchmark or higher in reading fluency and nonsense cvc word fluency using this amazing resource I created.

What you get with this Short A- Easy Guided Reading Small Group Lesson Plans for 1st Grade- Print & Go! unit:

A week's worth of researched-based, classroom-tested word family sorts

Labels for word family sort envelopes (These are the envelopes I use)

Word work pages to work on segmenting, blending, and handwriting

Reading fluency passages and assessment

Nonsense cvc word practice and assessment

Word family BINGO and word family coloring pages

Sample small group schedule and tracking sheets to help plan your small groups or for use at home

Just print & teach! EASY!✔️

Word Families included:

at

an

and mixed short a

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Short A- Easy Guided Reading Small Group Lesson Plans for 1st Grade- Print & Go

This FREE short a word families phonics reading passage with activities, fluency, and comprehension questions are the perfect addition to your phonics instruction and phonics and reading small groups for intervention. These phonics worksheets will work for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and even for upper grades intervention. This resource has 1 short a word family passage with 5 different activities per passage to help your different learners practice blending, reading fluency, and gaining practice with Short A words.

This Product Includes:

► 1 short A phonics reading passage

► Blending practice

► Circling word family words in passage

► Multiply choice comprehension questions

► Written response comprehension questions

► Read and illustrate a picture

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These are perfect for small-group instruction or centers! Slide them in sheet protectors or laminate and you can reuse them! You can print these cards double-sided (on the short side) so that students can self-correct!

This creates meaning for words that follow the phonics pattern they are learning. This is important in helping the child turn these words into sight words!

*Check out my bundle to get all the VCe long vowels!

Use these phoneme-grapheme mapping charts in your phonics and small group lessons! Two options are provided. One with 4 sound boxes for earlier readers and one with 7 boxes for more advanced patterns.

See the video below for this chart in action!

Word Mapping Chart Video

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I created this worksheet to go along with UFLI for students who need additional practice with the focus letters, practicing heart words, and reading words.

Directions: Roll the dice. Read the word. Color the box.

Includes:

Letters: A, a

Heart Words: the

Sparkling Letter A Activities: Engaging Worksheets for PreK & Kindergarten!

Are you looking for fun and educational activities to teach the letter A? Look no further! This downloadable pack is packed with engaging worksheets that will help your PreK and Kindergarten students master letter recognition, sounds, and formation.

Activities Included:

• Tracing & Coloring: Develop fine motor skills and letter recognition with trace and color activities (uppercase & lowercase).
• Matching & Sorting: Strengthen visual discrimination skills with picture matching, letter sorting, and sorting by uppercase/lowercase.
• Phonics & Word Work: Build foundational phonics skills with activities that explore the "A" sound, including "Color by Letter" and "Word Match."
• Creative Fun: Encourage creativity with "Draw a Picture Beginning with A" and shape coloring activities.
• Bonus Activities: Challenge young learners with additional worksheets like "Connect the Dots," "Letter Mazes," and picture puzzles.

What You Get:

• A variety of engaging worksheets (over 20!) to keep students interested and learning.
• Clear instructions for each activity.
• Age-appropriate content perfect for PreK and Kindergarten students.

Help your students embark on a captivating adventure through the alphabet with this exciting Letter A activity pack!

This short vowel digraph roll and read phonics worksheet will help students improve their decoding and fluency skills with SH pattern. Use it for literacy centers, guided reading, morning work, Daily 5, literacy activities and more! This game is great for kindergarten, first grade and second grade.

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What's Included:

• 1 sh board

How to play:

• Students can play individually or with partners.
• Roll the dot cube. Read the first word in the row. Cover the word with a counter or color in the box. Keep rolling and reading words until someone reaches the top of a column first!

More Roll & Read Games:

CVC Short Vowels

Beginning Blends

Long Vowel Teams

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Hard and Soft C & G

*Note this product may be used in brick and mortar classes as well as virtual systems like Outschool.

Short Vowel Preview has six activities to help students practice words with the short a sound in a CVC pattern.

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Building reading comprehension is an important skill for students to learn. This AGE words literacy center contains hands on activities to practice reading single words as well as reading simple sentences.

What is Included:

• 1 AGE words sentence mat
• Picture cards for matching with the mat

To complete this activity, students will read the sentences on the mat and then match the pictures to the correct sentence.

Ways to Use:

• Simply lay the images on top of the sentence.
• Use hook and loop fasteners to attach the images.
• Use a baking sheet and magnets to attach the images.

Students will love the hands on nature of this activity. They are able to manipulate the images for a tactile approach to demonstrate their learning.

When to Use:

• Literacy Center
• Morning Work
• Reading Center
• Small Group Activity
• Hands On Assessment

This activity is low prep. The mats just need to be printed out. The cards need to be printed and cut out. The activity can be laminated if desired for durability. Once created, this resource can be used over and over.

This packet includes 2 activities to practice short vowel sounds aligned to UFLI lessons 8-18 from the Vital Vowels Short Vowel Series which has all 5 activities. Learning the vowel sounds and why they make the sounds they do is VITAL to fluent reading. Vital Vowels is a daily practice in saying vowel sounds. This packet includes 2 activities to practice short vowel sounds aligned to UFLI lessons 8-18. These activities are intended to be used daily as a quick practice. They can be used in whole group instruction on the projector, in small group instruction differentiated to what students need, in a center rotation, or even for homework. Use the corresponding lesson AFTER it is explicitly taught and continue to use the same activity until the next vowel is taught, then move to the next level.

This FREEBIE pack includes two activities for practicing the short vowels up through lesson 53. Each activity in this pack includes the breve symbol for the short vowel sound. A blank chart is included for each activity to create your own targeted instruction. Slide it into a clear cover and write your own.

If your students enjoy these activities, check out all 5 activities in the full Short Vowel Packhere.

Check out the rest of the Vital Vowels Series that includes long vowels, vowel teams, diphthongs, and advanced vowels through lesson 118. *COMING SOON*

This Roll and Read worksheet includes third grade Dolch sight words. This high-frequency sight word game is perfect for reading centers, tutorials, small groups, homeschooling, homework, sub plans and more! first grade, second grade, third grade, and fourth grade students will practice their sight words by rolling a physical or digital dice using the provided qr code, and then reading the matching sight word.

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Get the 3rd grade sight words and sight word sentences HERE :)

What's Included

• 1 Roll and Read Board PDF with third grade dolch sight words

Directions

Rolling the Die:

• Students roll a six-sided die to determine which sight word they will read.
• Students can also scan the QR code on the worksheet using a device with a QR code scanner to access a virtual dice roller.

Reading the Sight Word:

• Students match the number rolled with the corresponding sight word on their worksheet.
• Students read the sight word out loud.
• Students should focus on pronouncing each word correctly and quickly.

Marking Progress:

• Once students read a sight word, they should highlight or color the box. They could also cover it with a counter or place marker etc.
• If students roll a number they have already completed, they should roll again until they land on a new sight word.
• Students continue rolling and reading until they have completed all the sight words on their worksheets.

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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!

For all 107 words buy the bundle!

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Roll and Read activities are fun no-prep worksheet games that allow your students to practice decoding, word recognition and oral reading fluency for long vowel team and CVCe words. These phonics games are great for literacy centers, early finishers, informal assessments and morning work in your kindergarten, first grade and second grade classes.

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What's included:

• 1 long vowel ea & ee game board
• Directions page

More Long Vowel Team & CVCe Games:

Long A: A_E, AI & AY

Long E: EA, EE, EY & Y

Long I: I_E, IE, IGH & Y

Long O: O_E, OA, OE & OW

LONG U: U_E, EW, UE & UI

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Beginning Blends

Practice reading and spelling L blends with this set of boom cards. This phonics deck allows students to practice recognizing words that begin with L blends.

How to Use:

With this set of boom cards, students will click on the beginning L blend that begins each picture.

Blends Included:

BL, CL, FL, GL, PL, SL

This deck is also available in a money saving bundle!

• Beginning Blends Boom Cards Bundle - This bundle contains practice for all the beginning blends (s blends, l blends, and r blends). There is one deck for each type of blend as well as a deck for practicing all blends together.

Playable Preview

View the product preview for a link to a playable preview for this deck.

What will you get?

When you download this digital task card deck, you will receive a PDF with a link to your boom card deck. Simply click the picture and follow the instructions to redeem your deck!

How to Use:

To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the Internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge). Apps are available for modern Android, iPads, iPhones, and Kindle Fires. For security and privacy, adults must have a Boom Learning account to use and assign Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are buying with "Fast Pins," (a form of play that gives instant feedback to students for self-grading Boom Cards). For assignment options that report student progress back to you, you will need to purchase a subscription. If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial. Read here for details: http://bit.ly/BoomTrial.

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