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Second Grade Literacy Skills (2 products)

first grade, second grade, third grade language arts teaching resourceBest of The Mailbox - Language Arts

Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
Price: $17.95
Product #: 2001459
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Make language arts fun with hundreds of creative ideas, now in one extensive volume for grades 1-3. This compilation of teaching units will energize your language arts lessons and strengthen students' skills. From vocabulary enrichment to reading motivation, to letter writing and poetry, and more, these quality and teacher-tested ideas will get results.

Includes the following:

  • Using the Dictionary and the Newspaper
  • Vowels
  • Main Idea
  • Vocabulary Enrichment
  • Antonyms & Synonyms
  • Response to Literature
  • Reading Motivation
  • Parts of Speech
  • Writing Mechanics
  • Journal Ideas
  • Spelling
  • Writing Letters, Poetry, and Reports
  • Handwriting
  • Dictionary Skills

Pages: 160


reading and writing skills activitiesFull-Color Literacy Activities: Reading and Writing

Grade Level: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd Grade
Price: $21.99
Product #: 1003237
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This book has ready-to-use pieces needed to implement great reading and writing activities! From story starters to reading a menu, students are sure to learn while having a lot of fun. Includes easy, step-by-step directions.

This resource includes many quick, easy, colorful, and fun literacy activities and games for you to use with your students. Whether you are a first-year teacher or a seasoned veteran, you will be overjoyed at the wealth of materials included in this book to supplement your literacy program.

This book provides a variety of unique hands-on activities and games that encourage language exploration. Students will participate in activities that focus on reading and writing. As a result, students develop literacy skills in ways that meet individual learning needs.

Each lesson defines the literacy skill and the different ways of student grouping. The lesson states clear and simple directions to allow you to quickly assemble the learning activities for your students, substitute teachers, and/or take-home activities. Most of the materials needed for the activities are included in the book. Since many of the activities are generic, they can be adapted to meet a variety of individual needs.

This book offers new and creative ideas and a fresh twist on commonly-used activities to help teachers save time and assist children in being successful literacy students.

Pages: 176


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Second Grade Reading Instruction / Comprehension (6 products)

reading activities and skillsReading First Activities, Grade 2

Grade Level: Second Grade
Price: $17.99
Product #: 1003022
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Teacher-directed lessons and independent student activities focus on the five key elements of reading as identified by the National Reading Panel: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

This book has been designed to assist the classroom teacher with activities and teaching strategies appropriate for teaching the elements of reading identified by the National Reading Panel. The book is divided into five sections appropriately named after each of the elements of reading instruction.

Within each section, you will find a definition of the element of reading, as well as a variety of ways to implement this key for effective reading instruction in your classroom. Some of the activities are teacher-directed activities, while others are games which students can use for practice, A variety of student activity sheets are provided as well. When appropriate, these activity sheets can be copied and distributed for the student to complete.

The activities included in this book are not meant to be a complete reading program. They are to be used in conjunction with your school's adopted reading program. These activities are meant to provide you with ideas for ways to make teaching the elements of reading more fun.

Pages: 176


Reading Comprehension Teaching MaterialsIncreasing Comprehension

Grade Level: Second - Third Grade
Price: $12.95
Product #: 2060910
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Any text, any time-activities to improve comprehension

  • Easy-to-do, engaging activities that grab students' attention
  • Standards-based work to build their comprehension skills
  • Skills grid helps you find what you need in a flash
  • Practice every day with any text

Use these reading and response activities with any fiction or nonfiction text to improve reading comprehension.

Students need comprehension practice every day. And now finding simple activities to give them that practice just got easier. This teaching resource features easy-to-do reading comprehension and response activities you can use with any text your students read, including:

  • realistic fiction
  • nonfiction
  • historical fiction
  • legends
  • tall tales
  • fables
  • fairy tales
  • folktales
  • biographies
  • fantasy

A handy skills grid helps you find an activity to fit your needs in a flash. Whether students are reading a story from a basal reader, a chapter from a class novel, or a selection from a science or social studies textbook, you'll find an engaging reproducible or easy-to-do activity that will grab their attention, increase their comprehension, and help them meet your state's standards.

To help you meet the diverse needs of your students, a wide variety of activities and reproducibles have been included.

80 pages


reading comprehension teaching suppliesReal-World Comprehension Practice

Grade Level: Second - Third Grade
Price: $14.95
Product #: 2060916
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  • Build comprehension skills needed in everyday life.
  • Connect reading to your students' lives.
  • Increase confidence about reading nonfiction texts.

Nonfiction text is all around us and it can challenge even the best readers. Give your students the confidence they need to successfully read real-world text with this teaching resource book.

Inside this easy-to-use reading resource you'll find 24 reproducible examples of real-world texts, such as game rules, a drive-through menuboard, an advertisement for a cool new product, and an internet search screen.

Each real-world reproducible is followed by two comprehension practice pages: one using a standardized test format and the other featuring a creative, fun format. Use these activities for independent practice, centers, homework, or small-group lessons. Whether you're looking for year-round practice or targeted reinforcement in the weeks before testing, this teaching resource is the right tool for building nonfiction reading success.

Skill-building activities include:

  • Making Inferences
  • Drawing Conclusions
  • Determining Cause and Effect
  • Comparing and Contrasting
  • Identifying Main Idea
  • Finding Supporting Details
  • Determining Purpose
  • Using Text Features

Pages: 80


reading comprehension teaching resourceReading Comprehension: Grade 2

Grade Level: Second Grade
Price: $4.99
Product #: 1003332
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Both teachers and parents appreciate how effectively this book helps students master skills in reading. This book provides activities that are great for independent work in class, homework assignments, or extra practice to get ahead. Test practice pages for standardized tests are included!

This resource gives practice in reading and answering questions to help fully comprehend what is read. The exercises in this book can be done sequentially or can be taken out of order, as needed.

After reading the story the questions can be answered either by circling the answers or by reproducing and using the fill-in answer sheets found in the book. The practice tests, one for each of the areas of reading, can be bubbled in on the answer pages that are provided for each test.

The following standards or objectives will be met or reinforced by completing the practice pages included in this book. These standards and objectives are similar to the ones required by your state and school district. These standards and objectives are appropriate for the second grade.

  • The student will demonstrate competence in reading for understanding.
  • The student will demonstrate competence in understanding how print is organized.
  • The student will demonstrate competence in using various reading strategies to read the stories and answer the questions.
  • The student will demonstrate competence in finding the main idea in a story, making inferences and making predictions.
  • The student will demonstrate competence in beginning to recognize different types of reading (fiction, nonfiction, informational).

Pages: 48


How to Teach Reading Teaching MaterialsHow to Teach Reading for Teachers, Parents and Tutors

Grade Level: Preschool - Adult
Price: $15.99
Product #: 1002760
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This easy to use 6 step teaching strategy really works with young children, older children who are remedial, and even illiterate adults. The student can have no reading ability at all or some mix of elementary school abilities.

The book has been used by thousands of parents, adult literacy tutors, volunteers in programs for the disadvantaged, teachers' aides, and even classroom teachers who want a rapid overview of some proven methods of teaching reading. It has also been used by college students in laboratory and clinic-type teacher training courses.

This up-to-date version includes more emphasis on writing, fluency, and phonemic awareness. This new edition also has longer lists of phonic words, high-frequency words, and lists of reading materials. But basically, the 6 steps given in this manual have stood the test of time and have helped many thousands of students read better.

6 steps:

  • Find present reading ability
  • Select the right reading material
  • Stress comprehension and variety
  • Teach vocabulary
  • Teach phonics
  • Develop writing

This books also includes:

  • Sample Lessons
  • Phonics Charts
  • Reading Tests
  • Teaching Games
  • Instant Word Lists
  • Book Section Ideas

Pages: 144


learning to read! words with blends game
Learning to Read! Words with Blends Game

Grade Level: Preschool, Kindergarten, First, Second, Third Grade
Price: $9.99
Product #: 3003117

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Two games to play!

Encourage beginning readers to make the connection between sounds and letter combinations by assembling colorful puzzles. Only the right pieces will fit together as players build 14 words by matching the pictures and word sounds.

For word recognition practice, flip over the pieces, assemble the words, and then match them with pictures.

The set includes 14 puzzles, 42 durable puzzle pieces and an activity guide.

Beginning blends: bl, cl, cr, dr, fr, gl,sc, sk, sl, sn, sp,st, sw,tr.

Educational value: Strengthen visual discrimination and word recognition skills.


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Second Grade Reading Practice Tests

Reading Practice Tests Teaching Supplies and ProductsReading Practice Tests

Grade Level: Second - Third Grade
Price: $15.95
Product #: WR00111
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Supports NCES Standards
Easy-to-use sample tests and student practice sheets.

This teaching resource includes the best sample tests and reproducibles from award-winning Weekly Reader magazines to provide teachers with highly effective activities for determining how children are progressing in their reading and writing.

Learning to read is a great accomplishment for any student, and testing literacy is a necessary and valuable part of any student's academic evaluation process. This teacher resource book gives teachers reproducible tools to help students learn and develop key reading, language, and test-taking skills.

The reproducible practice sheets facilitate review and practice of vocabulary-synonyms, antonyms, homonyms; phonics-long and short vowels and consonant blends; contractions; singular and plural endings; root words; possessive nouns; prefixes; grammar; and sentence writing.

This teaching book is also a great way to sharpen students' test-taking skills. Each set of reproducibles includes instructions on how to best use the test to help students improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills.

By using the reproducibles in this book, students will:

  • Gain a clearer understanding of vowel sounds
  • Realize the many meanings of words in text
  • Develop an awareness of parts of speech
  • Recognize the elements of a complete sentence
  • Construct meaning from text and graphics
  • Gain confidence around testing and build test-taking skills

128 pages, B&W reproducibles
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