More than $20 2nd Grade Reading Activities (by date, oldest first)

The ELL Newcomer Vocabulary Units offer an engaging and interactive way to build essential vocabulary for English Language Learners. Designed to help students tackle everyday tasks in English, these units focus on important basic vocabulary that lays the groundwork for language success.

All 44 Picture Page First Word Units cover 396 entry-level vocabulary words, organized into groups of nine for easy comprehension. (Download the preview for the complete list of words covered and a few pages from the product)

Key Features:

• Interactive Learning: Each thematic unit is crafted to engage students through hands-on activities that reinforce vocabulary comprehension and usage.
• Practical Vocabulary: Students will learn vital words and phrases relevant to various themes, enabling them to navigate real-world situations and communicate more effectively.
• Supportive Structure: The units are designed to foster a collaborative learning environment, allowing students to practice their language skills in a supportive setting.
• Comprehensive Approach: These units provide a well-rounded introduction to vocabulary, incorporating visual aids and contextual learning to enhance understanding.

Empower Your Students: Provide them with the foundational vocabulary they need to succeed in their English language journey. The Picture Page First Word Units are essential tools for helping learners build confidence and competence in English.

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With read and reveal cards, students can practice reading, decoding and sounding out words and then check their reading by opening the card and revealing the picture inside! Each set of cards focuses on a different phonics skill.

Each cards in these sets have lines and dots for students to move their finger along as they sound out each word. After sounding out the word, students open the card to see if they read the word correctly!

Sets Currently Included:

CVC Words -- 164 cards

CVCe Words -- 96 cards

Digraphs -- 67 cards

Diphthongs - 80 cards

Ending Blends -- 60 cards

Bossy R -- 18 cards

L Blends -- 64 cards

R Blends -- 72 cards

S Blends -- 56 cards

Trigraphs -- 48 cards

Vowel Teams - 27 cards

Note that some cards do repeat if they fall in more than one set, though all the cards in the CVC and the CVCe sets are unique to those sets.

All words in each set are one syllable words with 2-6 individual phonemes.

Practice S Blends in a variety of ways with this worksheet and center bundle.

The following activities are in this bundle:

S Blend Flowers - Make flowers that focus on each S Blend sound.

S Blend Worksheets - One set for each S Blend and one set of mixed practice.

S Blend Clip Cards - Two sets of clip cards to practice completing words by clipping the correct S blend and another set for spelling the words.

S Blend Matching and Sorting Mats - Students sort pictures according to their beginning blend.

S Blend Self Checking Cards - Students read the cards and open them to see if the word they read matches the picture inside.

S Blend Stamp It! - Students use stamps, letter tiles or magazine letter cutouts to complete or spell S Blend words.

S Blend Spelling Cards - Spell S Blend words with a variety of cards with missing sounds.

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Blends Activities

Practice sight word recognition with these sight word flip books for the Pre-Primer sight word list. These books can be differentiated for multiple student levels. Students will find, spell, write and read the sight word through out the pages of this flip book.

Each sight word books comes with the following pages:

Page 2: Cover Page

Page 3: Find and Color – Color the sight word as you find it.

Page 4: Trace and Write – Trace the sight word then write the sight word.

Page 5: Spell It – Use various mediums to spell the sight word.

Page 6: Cut and Paste – Use the provided tiles or look for the word in magazines to cut out and glue.

Page 7: Read, Write and Draw – Students will read the sentence, write the sentence and illustrate the sentence.

Page 8: Fluency Reading – Students will read the sentences.

Page 9: Write and Draw – This is a more difficult version of page 7 and can be substituted for students who are ready to make their own sentences.

Page 10: Write and Read – This is a more difficult version of page 8 and can be substituted for students who can write the sight word before reading the sentences.

Some books include extra pages which include British spellings where necessary.

This set includes all 40 Pre Primer sight words:

a, and, away, big, blue, can, come, down, find, for, funny, go, help, here, I, in, is, it, jump, little, look, make, me, my, not, one, play, red, run, said, see, the, three, to, two, up, we, where, yellow, you

Where is the Object? These seasonal sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.

Products Included:

• Winter: Where's the Penguin?
• Spring: Where's the Ladybug?
• Summer: Where's the Sun?
• Fall: Where's the Acorn?

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for all 220 sight words.
• Penguin cards for hiding

The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.

Ways to Use:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the ________? is a game for centers or whole group instruction where an object is hidden behind a sight word card. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the object is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the object is behind the sight word card, then the object must be hidden again to play further. If the object is not behind the sight word card, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

Practice Bossy R words with these R-controlled vowel worksheets and center activities. There a variety of activities to help your students learn the different R-Controlled vowels. There is a set for each r-controlled vowel (AR, ER, IR, OR, and UR) as well as packets for practicing the vowels altogether.

This packet includes the following types of activities for each individual vowel spelling:

• 150+ pages of worksheets and posters to practice R-controlled vowels
• 40 unique spelling cards with 3 different formats for a total of 120 cards. One set of cards has the word fully spelled, a second set with only the r-controlled vowel missing and a 3rd set with the entire word blank. Letter tiles are included.
• 44 reading and blending cards are an independent where students will read the words and then open the cards to see if they read the word correctly. There are two sets of these cards: one set with the words color coded for beginning, middle and ending sounds, and one set with the word in all black.
• 5 flower craftivities, one for each r-controlled vowel.
• 44 clip cards for students to place a clip on the correct r-controlled vowel to complete the word.
• STAMP IT pages: one set to stamp just the vowel, one set to stamp the whole word, and one set to cut and paste letters to form the word.

These holiday sight word cards make a fun holiday literacy center or holiday sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the preprimer through third grade word list, for a total of 220 sight word cards for each theme.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the Room

Each word is printed on its own themed card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Sets Included:

• The Christmas cards have the sight words printed on Christmas trees.
• The Halloween cards have the sight words printed on pumpkins or candy corn.
• The Valentine's Day cards have the sight words printed on hearts of various shades of purple, pink and red.
• The St. Patrick's Day cards have the sight words of shamrocks of different patterns.
• The Easter cards have the sight words printed on Easter eggs of different patterns.
• The Patriotic cards have the sight words printed on red, white and blue stars.
• The Thanksgiving cards have the sight words printed on turkeys.

This product contains all 220 sight words:

Practice R Blends in a variety of ways with this worksheet and center bundle.

The following activities are in this bundle:

R Blend Flowers - Make flowers that focus on each R Blend sound.

R Blend Worksheets - One set for each R Blend and one set of mixed practice. (Mixed Set Coming Soon)

R Blend Clip Cards - Two sets of clip cards to practice completing words by clipping the correct R blend and another set for spelling the words.

R Blend Matching and Sorting Mats - Students sort pictures according to their beginning blend. (DR, FR, PR and TR Coming Soon)

R Blend Self Checking Cards - Students read the cards and open them to see if the word they read matches the picture inside.

R Blend Stamp It! - Students use stamps, letter tiles or magazine letter cutouts to complete or spell R Blend words.

R Blend Spelling Cards - Spell R Blend words with a variety of cards with missing sounds. (Coming Soon)

Related Links

Blends Activities

These holiday sight word cards make a fun holiday literacy center or holiday sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the Fry 1-300 word list.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the Room

Each word is printed on its own themed card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Sets Included:

• The Christmas cards have the sight words printed on Christmas trees.
• The Halloween cards have the sight words printed on pumpkins or candy corn.
• The Valentine's Day cards have the sight words printed on hearts of various shades of purple, pink and red.
• The St. Patrick's Day cards have the sight words of shamrocks of different patterns.
• The Easter cards have the sight words printed on Easter eggs of different patterns.
• The Patriotic cards have the sight words printed on red, white and blue stars.
• The Thanksgiving cards have the sight words printed on turkeys. (coming soon)

This product contains all of Fry's first 300 sight words:

Introducing Decodable Word Bingo – an engaging activity for students to practice decoding and word recognition with a variety of spelling patterns in single and multisyllabic words! These games are designed to help students develop their skills decoding words with various spelling patterns!

• CVC words (hat, tab)
• Beginning and ending blends (slug, help)
• Consonant digraphs (chin, dish, tuck)
• Short vowel words with digraphs and blends (hat, help, dish)
• Silent-e words (came, time, home)
• R-controlled vowel words (form, star, term, birth)
• Long Vowel Teams (heat, sheet, pain, way, mow, boat, goes, ties)
• Advanced Vowel Teams (straw, cause, thread, look, tool, crew, juice)
• Words with inflectional endings (-es, -ed, and -ing)
• Compound words with closed syllables (snapshot, gumdrop)
• Closed/closed two-syllable words (dentist, habit)
• Open/closed two-syllable words (robot, tripod)
• Words with consonant le syllables (cuddle, rattle)
• Words with ending y (fry, sly, bumpy, copy)

Each of the 30 unique Bingo cards contains 24 randomly selected decodable 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 decoding words with a variety of spelling patterns 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

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Enhance your students' phonics, word reading, or math skills through engaging and customizable BINGO card templates! Effortlessly generate 30 distinct themed BINGO cards in color or black & white by entering 24 to 60 items. These editable templates are tailored to meet the diverse needs of your students and are sure to make learning a fun experience!

This GROWING BUNDLE will include color and black & white Editable Bingo Card Creators in Google Sheets™ for...

→ Summer FunFun✓

→ Back to School

→ Halloween ✓

→ Thanksgiving

→ Christmas ✓

→ Winter ✓

→ Valentine's Day ✓

→ St. Patrick's Day ✓

→ Easter ✓

→ Earth Day ✓

No more searching for BINGO cards with just the right skills for your students! These BINGO card templates will allow you to provide targeted whole group or small group instruction for your diverse learners!

Print and send them home for a fun way for students to practice with their family!

How they work:

First:

Enter between 24 and 60 phonics skills, words, numbers, or equations on the "List" tab.

Then:

Print up to 30 unique winter-themed BINGO cards!

You control the length of the game! Enter exactly 24 items for 30 unique cards containing all words or enter up to 60 words for cards that do not contain all items!

Three ways to track used items!

Printable calling cards!

Drag bulbs or gifts to cover used items on virtual tracker!

Check of items on list as they are called!

See complete directions in the preview for more information!

You may also like these Google Sheet Helpers:

→ Bingo Card Generator - Phonics, Sight Words, Math Facts - Dynamic Google Sheets™

→ Fluency Pyramid Generator - Editable Google Sheet Workbook™

→ Phonics, Sight Words, Etc. - Editable Fluency Practice - Targeted Intervention

→ Multisyllabic Words & Phrases Editable Fluency Practice - Targeted Intervention

→ Longer Phrases and Sentences - Editable Fluency Practice - Targeted Intervention

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.

NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE

Introducing Decodable Word Bingo – an engaging activity for students to practice decoding and word recognition with a variety of spelling patterns in single and multisyllabic words! These games are designed to help students develop their skills decoding words with various spelling patterns!

• CVC words (hat, tab)
• Beginning and ending blends (slug, help)
• Consonant digraphs (chin, dish, tuck)
• Short vowel words with digraphs and blends (hat, help, dish)
• Silent-e words (came, time, home)
• R-controlled vowel words (form, star, term, birth)
• Long Vowel Teams (heat, sheet, pain, way, mow, boat, goes, ties)
• Advanced Vowel Teams (straw, cause, thread, look, tool, crew, juice)
• Words with inflectional endings (-es, -ed, and -ing)
• Compound words with closed syllables (snapshot, gumdrop)
• Closed/closed two-syllable words (dentist, habit)
• Open/closed two-syllable words (robot, tripod)
• Words with consonant le syllables (cuddle, rattle)
• Words with ending y (fry, sly, bumpy, copy)

Each of the 30 unique Bingo cards contains 24 randomly selected decodable 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 decoding words with a variety of spelling patterns 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.

Enhance your students' phonics, word reading, or math skills through engaging and customizable BINGO card templates! Effortlessly generate 30 distinct themed BINGO cards in color or black & white by entering 24 to 60 items. These editable templates are tailored to meet the diverse needs of your students and are sure to make learning a fun experience!

This GROWING BUNDLE will include color and black & white Editable Bingo Card Creators in Google Sheets™ for...

→ Summer FunFun✓

→ Back to School

→ Halloween ✓

→ Thanksgiving

→ Christmas ✓

→ Winter ✓

→ Valentine's Day ✓

→ St. Patrick's Day ✓

→ Easter ✓

→ Earth Day ✓

No more searching for BINGO cards with just the right skills for your students! These BINGO card templates will allow you to provide targeted whole group or small group instruction for your diverse learners!

Print and send them home for a fun way for students to practice with their family!

How they work:

First:

Enter between 24 and 60 phonics skills, words, numbers, or equations on the "List" tab.

Then:

Print up to 30 unique winter-themed BINGO cards!

You control the length of the game! Enter exactly 24 items for 30 unique cards containing all words or enter up to 60 words for cards that do not contain all items!

Three ways to track used items!

Printable calling cards!

Drag bulbs or gifts to cover used items on virtual tracker!

Check of items on list as they are called!

See complete directions in the preview for more information!

You may also like these Google Sheet Helpers:

→ Bingo Card Generator - Phonics, Sight Words, Math Facts - Dynamic Google Sheets™

→ Fluency Pyramid Generator - Editable Google Sheet Workbook™

→ Phonics, Sight Words, Etc. - Editable Fluency Practice - Targeted Intervention

→ Multisyllabic Words & Phrases Editable Fluency Practice - Targeted Intervention

→ Longer Phrases and Sentences - Editable Fluency Practice - Targeted Intervention

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.

NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE

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Student Notebook Cover Page

Reading Skills-Concept Page Separator

Genres-Concept Page Separator

Literal and Nonliteral Meanings-Concept Page Separator

Text Structure-Concept Page Separator

Word Skills-Concept Page Separator

Table of Contents

What do good readers do? Interactive Organizer

Author's Purpose-Interactive Page

Story Elements-Study Organizer

Characters-Interactive Page

Setting-Interactive Page

Plot- Interactive Page

Theme-Interactive Page

Point of View-Interactive Page

Inference-Interactive Page

Predict-Interactive Page

Main Idea- Interactive Page

Different Genres-Study Page

Fiction/Nonfiction-Interactive Page

Literal Vs. Nonliteral Meaning Study Page

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Alliteration and Personification-Interactive Pages

Compare and Contrast- Interactive Page

Cause and Effect- Interactive page

Steps in a Process- Interactive Page

Context Clues-Interactive Page

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Student Notebook Cover Page

Purpose of Writing-Concept Page Separator

The Writing Process-Concept Page Separator

Writing Strategies-Concept Page Separator

Types of Writing-Concept Page Separator

What is a Writer’s Purpose? Study Organizer

Write with a Purpose Interactive Practice Page

What is the Writing Process? Study Organizer

Brainstorming Interactive Page

Revise/Edit Interactive Page

Strong Writing Leads Study Organizer

Strong Writing Leads Interactive Page

Writing Moments (Shrink A Moment & Explode A Moment)

Powerful Words (Adjectives) Interactive Page

Transition Words for all types of Writing-Interactive Page

Narrative Writing Interactive Page & Example paragraph

Opinion Writing Interactive Page & Example paragraph

Descriptive Writing Interactive Page & Example paragraph

How To Paragraph-Interactive Page & Example Paragraph

Compare & Contrast Interactive Page & Example Paragraph

Informative Writing Interactive Page & Example Paragraph

Parts of a Letter & Write a Letter Interactive Pages

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Student Notebook Cover Page

Page Concept Dividers (Parts of Speech, Capitalization/Punctuation, Word Skills)

What is a sentence? Interactive Study Guide

Sentence/Sentence Fragment Interactive Practice

Nouns Interactive Study Guide

Possessive Nouns Interactive Practice

Singular/Plural Nouns Interactive Practice

Concrete/Abstract Interactive Practice

Types of Verbs Interactive Study Guide

Action Verbs Interactive Practice

Verb Tenses Interactive Practice

Pronouns Interactive Practice

Adjectives Interactive Practice

Capitalization Interactive Practice

Punctuation Interactive Practice

Dictionary Skills Interactive Practice

Compound Words Interactive Practice

Synonyms/Antonyms Interactive Practice

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Short u Mega Phonics Bundle has 18 resources to help students build fluency and accuracy with short u CVC word pattern. Activities can be used as lessons, centers, small groups, or to take home for additional practice. All resources focus only on the short u CVC Phonics pattern which makes any activities you miss a great review throughout the school year.

Also included is a bonus pack of picture cards that can easily be used in pocket charts or whole sheets that can be placed with centers, writing folders, or take home folders (to just name a few). All picture cards come in color and black and white options for easy printing of your choice.

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Also included is a bonus pack of picture cards that can easily be used in pocket charts or whole sheets that can be placed with centers, writing folders, or take home folders (to just name a few). All picture cards come in color and black and white options for easy printing of your choice.

Other Resources:

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Short i Mega Phonics Bundle has 18 resources to help students build fluency and accuracy with short i CVC word pattern. Activities can be used as lessons, centers, small groups, or to take home for additional practice. All resources focus only on the short i CVC Phonics pattern which makes any activities you miss a great review throughout the school year.

Also included is a bonus pack of picture cards that can easily be used in pocket charts or whole sheets that can be placed with centers, writing folders, or take home folders (to just name a few). All picture cards come in color and black and white options for easy printing of your choice.

Other Resources:

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Short e Mega Phonics Bundle has 18 resources to help students build fluency and accuracy with short e CVC word pattern. Activities can be used as lessons, centers, small groups, or to take home for additional practice. All resources focus only on the short e CVC Phonics pattern which makes any activities you miss a great review throughout the school year.

Also included is a bonus pack of picture cards that can easily be used in pocket charts or whole sheets that can be placed with centers, writing folders, or take home folders (to just name a few). All picture cards come in color and black and white options for easy printing of your choice.

Other Resources:

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