$5 - $10 2nd Grade Reading Strategies Centers (by date, oldest first)

It is important for a child to understand what a syllable IS and how to break words apart into syllables! When children begin to read and write multisyllabic words it will be vital they understand how to break the word into their syllables! This is a great hands-on and engaging way to work on syllables! Pick a manipulative that your child wants to use and get to work! Use them in centers or during small group!

Getting your students engage while learning is key, these word family posters will help your students remember their short a word. The following short "a" word families are included on this packet:

an, at, ad, am, ab, ar, ap, ag.

Print, laminate and put it on your pocket chart, or wall.

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Introducing Short Vowel Word Bingo – an engaging activity for students to practice blending and word recognition with short vowel words! These games are designed to help students develop their skills blending CVC words, beginning and ending blends, words with consonant digraphs, and a combination of all short vowel skills!

Each of the 30 unique Bingo cards contains 24 randomly selected short vowel words. 60 matching calling cards are included. The 24 words are chosen from a list of 60 words, so each Bingo card has a unique combination. Bingos should be frequent but not every word appears on every card.

Students will blend the words multiple times throughout the game facilitating orthographic mapping!

Practice short vowel word blending with a fun and engaging activity your students will be sure to enjoy!

What’s included:

• 30 unique Bingo cards in color
• 30 unique Bingo cards in black & white
• Related calling cards to print

Use your printer settings to print two on a page for smaller cards!

Clipart provided by Sasha Mitten at Rainbow Sprinkle Studio

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Introducing Decodable Word Bingo – an engaging activity for students to practice decoding and word recognition with more advanced vowel patterns! These games are designed to help students develop their skills blending long vowel teams, advanced vowel teams, words with silent e, and r-controlled vowel words!

Each of the 30 unique Bingo cards contains 24 randomly selected single-syllable words. 60 matching calling cards are included. The 24 words are chosen from a list of 60 words, so each Bingo card has a unique combination. Bingos should be frequent but not every word appears on every card.

Students will blend the words multiple times throughout the game facilitating orthographic mapping!

Practice more advanced vowel patterns in single syllable words with a fun and engaging activity your students will be sure to enjoy!

What’s included in each set:

• 30 unique Bingo cards in color
• 30 unique Bingo cards in black & white
• Related calling cards to print

Use your printer settings to print two on a page for smaller cards!

Clipart provided by Sasha Mitten at Rainbow Sprinkle Studio

___________________________________

Copyright: Tech for Teaching©

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Introducing Short Vowel Word Bingo – an engaging activity for students to practice blending and word recognition with short vowel words! These games are designed to help students develop their skills blending CVC words, beginning and ending blends, words with consonant digraphs, and a combination of all short vowel skills!

Each of the 30 unique Bingo cards contains 24 randomly selected short vowel words. 60 matching calling cards are included. The 24 words are chosen from a list of 60 words, so each Bingo card has a unique combination. Bingos should be frequent but not every word appears on every card.

Students will blend the words multiple times throughout the game facilitating orthographic mapping!

Practice short vowel word blending with a fun and engaging activity your students will be sure to enjoy!

What’s included:

• 30 unique Bingo cards in color
• 30 unique Bingo cards in black & white
• Related calling cards to print

Use your printer settings to print two on a page for smaller cards!

Clipart provided by Sasha Mitten at Rainbow Sprinkle Studio

___________________________________

Copyright: Tech for Teaching©

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Introducing Decodable Word Bingo – an engaging activity for students to practice decoding and word recognition with more advanced vowel patterns! These games are designed to help students develop their skills blending long vowel teams, advanced vowel teams, words with silent e, and r-controlled vowel words!

Each of the 30 unique Bingo cards contains 24 randomly selected single-syllable words. 60 matching calling cards are included. The 24 words are chosen from a list of 60 words, so each Bingo card has a unique combination. Bingos should be frequent but not every word appears on every card.

Students will blend the words multiple times throughout the game facilitating orthographic mapping!

Practice more advanced vowel patterns in single syllable words with a fun and engaging activity your students will be sure to enjoy!

What’s included in each set:

• 30 unique Bingo cards in color
• 30 unique Bingo cards in black & white
• Related calling cards to print

Use your printer settings to print two on a page for smaller cards!

Clipart provided by Sasha Mitten at Rainbow Sprinkle Studio

___________________________________

Copyright: Tech for Teaching©

Permission to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

A perfect book for remembering September 11. This is a 26 page book companion packet for THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN TWO TOWERS by Mordicai Gerstein.

Tailored for Grades ONE, TWO, and THREE students, this resource is an excellent introduction to comprehension strategies. Students are required to engage with the text by retrieving information, inferring, using their prior knowledge and evaluating.

The activities and worksheets in this pack are highly engaging and cover a wide range of comprehension strategies, book responses and writing opportunities.

Activities include a differentiated variety of:

• Prediction activities
• Character responses
• Story events
• Sequencing
• Vocabulary
• Making Connections
• Comprehension, including inference questions
• Punctuation activities
• Writing responses

Sight Word Journal: Fry’s First 100 Sight Words - Color, Trace, Write & Use in a Sentence

Description:

Boost your students' reading skills with our comprehensive Sight Word Journal featuring Fry’s First 100 Sight Words! This engaging journal is designed to make learning sight words interactive and fun. Each page provides a structured approach to mastering sight words with activities for coloring, tracing, writing, and using words in sentences.

Product Details:

• Sight Words Covered: Includes all of Fry’s First 100 Sight Words, ensuring comprehensive coverage of essential vocabulary for early readers.

• Interactive Pages: Each page is dedicated to one sight word and includes:

  • Coloring: A colorful illustration featuring the sight word to enhance visual recognition and make learning enjoyable.
  • Tracing: Guided tracing activities to help students practice writing the sight word correctly.
  • Writing: Space for students to write the sight word independently, reinforcing their learning through repetition.
  • Sentence Creation: A prompt for students to use the sight word in a sentence, encouraging practical application and sentence-building skills.

• Over 100 Pages: With a page dedicated to each of Fry’s First 100 Sight Words, students have ample space to practice and reinforce their sight word knowledge.

Features:

• Vibrant Design: Engaging, colorful pages designed to capture students' interest and make learning sight words fun.
• Structured Practice: A clear, step-by-step approach to learning each sight word, from recognition to usage in sentences.
• Easy-to-Use: Printable PDF format allows for easy printing at home or in the classroom. Each page is designed to be used individually or compiled into a complete journal.
• Skill Development: Supports key literacy skills, including word recognition, writing practice, and sentence formation.

How It Works:

1. Download and Print: Access the downloadable PDF file and print each page as needed. You can print the entire journal or select individual pages.
2. Color and Trace: Have students start by coloring the illustration and tracing the sight word to build familiarity.
3. Write and Use in Sentences: Encourage students to write the sight word independently and create their own sentences using the word.
4. Compile or Use Individually: Use the pages as a complete journal or individually as part of daily sight word practice.

Perfect For:

• Teachers looking for a structured sight word practice tool for their students.
• Parents seeking an interactive way to support their child's reading development at home.
• Homeschool families needing comprehensive sight word resources.

Purchase Now and provide your students with a fun and effective way to master Fry’s First 100 Sight Words!

Veteran’s Day Bundle

This three packet activity bundle has more than 50+ handouts to help students define, understand, and discuss the importance of Veteran’s Day.

Packet 1: Veteran’s Day Thank You Cards (English and Spanish)

Product Description

Pages: 23

Instill gratitude for our Armed Services with these 20 Veteran's Day Thank You Cards. Write a note of thanks, color images, fold, and give to make a veteran smile!

Includes a mix of English and Spanish gratitude phrases, black and white images to color, and one blank card for students to create their own Veteran's Day message. Highlights each branch of the Armed Services: Army, Marines, and Navy. Includes female and male armed services members.

Use as across curriculum government/history/social studies and ELA lesson, to practice fact-based letter/note writing skills, develop social skills, learn more about U.S. history, practice vocabulary, and meet local veterans in your community. Contact your local Veteran's of Foreign Wars (VFW) for a list of veterans in your area.

Packet 2: 30 Veteran’s Day Activities

Product Description

Pages: 32

30 activities to celebrate Veteran's Day! Coloring, lists, poems, writings, and more...for using critical thinking skills to learn about a national holiday.

Includes:

Democracy is...
Freedom is...
Liberty means...
The eagle is representative of...
Veteran's Day Speech
Map for listing no. of veterans/naming veterans
10 Ways to Thank a Veteran
Make your own dog-tags
Many faces of soldiers
Many roles of soldiers
What Veteran's Day means to me...
Thank you to a Veteran
My Message to a Veteran
Decorate the tombstone of a fallen soldier
Veteran Acrostic Poem
A Veteran's Poem
My favorite branch of armed services
My Pledge for Peace
Veteran's Day Maze
Veteran's Day Word Search
Women's roles in the Armed Services
How many words can you make from "veteran"
What will you do on Veteran's Day?
From a soldier's point of view: What Veteran's Day means...
The War Wall--fill in to make and display your own war wall

30 activities to help students acknowledge, appreciate, celebrate, and honor veterans and what the special day means.

Packet 3: Get Fit Action Story: A Veteran’s Day Celebration

Product Description

Pages: 15

What is Veterans Day? When does it fall each year? What kinds of celebrations honor our veterans? Students get an introduction and definition of Veterans Day, plus why it is different than Memorial Day. Then, get ready to join the parade! Play ball, watch fireworks, and thank a veteran for serving!

Get Fit Action Stories combine reading, sight words, listening, speaking, directions, and physical education into one assignment. It's a fun, physical learning adventure!

Action Words included:
1. salute
2. clap
3. Miss America wave
4. struts
5. moves a scepter up and down
6. twirl
7. toss
8. catch
9. plays a violin
10. toots a horn
11. beats a drum
12. pedal
13. flip hamburgers
14. toss salads
15. swing bats
16. hit homeruns
17. yells, “Ewwwww” then “Awwwww”
18. “Thank you!”
19. salute
20. “Happy Veterans Day!”

This three packet activity bundle with over 50+ handouts will encourage discussions, increase understanding, and reinforce meaning of Veteran’s Day.

Are your early learners struggling to master short vowel sounds before the curriculum moves on? The Vital Vowel Series: Short Vowel Bundle is the perfect solution, offering engaging, no-prep activities designed to ensure mastery through fun and repetition. Aligned with CCSS and UFLI scope and sequence, this vibrant bundle includes five different games, each available in multiple versions, and a customizable blank chart for targeted differentiation.

This bundle is a print-and-go solution, ready to use instantly. It covers UFLI lessons 8-18 and is adaptable for use through lesson 53 when long vowels are introduced. Designed to use after the corresponding lesson is explicitly taught and continue the same level activity until the next vowel is taught. The activities share the same set of instructions, making it substitute-friendly and efficient—no more wasting time on teaching new directions.

Teachers will love the versatility of the Vital Vowel Short Vowel Series, ideal for whole group instruction, small groups, partner work, a center activity, individual practice, and even homework. Plus, every chart can be used digitally or printed, giving you the flexibility you need.

Example in Use:

Your students will love cheering each other on as they work their way through the activities! If a student "falls off," the unique cheer encourages them to start over with enthusiasm, turning practice into play. With every correct step, they gain confidence and skill—it's a win-win for everyone!

This short vowels pack includes:

• Multiple versions of 5 activities for practicing the short vowels up through lesson 53. Each activity in this pack includes the breve symbol for the short vowel sound as well as charts without the breve symbol.
• A blank chart is included for each activity to create your own targeted instruction to differentiate and customize. Slide it into a clear cover and write your own.
• Teacher directions included and the best part is all 5 activities follow the same rules for no-prep, print and go fun. The ease of play makes these substitute friendly and it will be a favorite game your students will love.

If your students enjoy these activities, check out the rest of the Vital Vowels Series that includes long vowels, vowel teams, diphthongs, and advanced vowels through lesson 118. *COMING SOON*