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Second Grade Literacy Skills (3 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


Bulletin Board Set for Literacy Centers Teacher Supplies
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Literacy Centers Bulletin Board Set

Price: $6.99
Product #: 4000624

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Includes 22 center cards, 5 books, 5 days-of-the-week cards, and a headline to create an organizational board for managing your centers.


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Second Grade Reading Instruction / Comprehension (10 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


Second Grade Reading Instruction Teaching Materials Step Up to Reading: Primary

Grade Level: First, Second, Third Grade
Price: $18.99
Product #: 3104261
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3 Levels of Learning!
Supports NCTE Standards

Perfect for:

  • Differentiated Instruction
  • Review & Reinforcement
  • Enrichment
  • Mixed-Ability Classrooms

Reach each student in your classroom with the differentiated instruction offered in this teaching resource. Reproducible activity sheets cover core reading skills at three ability levels—basic, intermediate, and challenging. They provide the practice and instruction needed for your mixed-ability classroom. Simply choose a level based on the readiness of each student.

Topics include word analysis, vocabulary, reference skills, story elements and comprehension.

Motivate students by offering multiple approaches to content, instruction, and assessment. Help each student demonstrate individual strengths and "step up" to the next level of learning with the support, motivation, and challenges available with tiered instruction!

Pages: 160


Reading and Vocabulary Educational Supplies and MaterialsFor Every Learner: Reading and Vocabulary (Grade 2)

Grade Level: Second Grade
Price: $16.95
Product #: 2061186
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  • Exactly what you need to tailor instruction to students' varying abilities
  • 3 differentiated, reproducible activities for every skill (formats and level of difficulty vary)-just choose the right page for each learner!
  • Practice for different ability levels
  • Simple preparation for differentiated instruction
  • Fun formats and friendly characters
  • Covers 18 key skills, including comparing and contrasting, context clues, homonyms, main idea and details, and more.
  • Flexible and easy to manage
  • Reproducible activities include sorting, cut and glue, games, matching, and more.
  • Individual and partner activities.

Finally...a resource that gives you exactly what you need for differentiation! It takes a variety of activities to keep second graders engaged. No two learners are the same! Grade-specific reproducible activities address a variety of learning styles and abilities. The activities are flexible and easy to manage—just choose the right page for every learner.

80 pages.


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


Content Area Lessons Using Graphic Organizers Grade 1Content Area Lessons Using Graphic Organizers (with CD)

Grade Level: Second Grade
Price: $15.99
Product #: 1008092
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  • Includes CD-ROM
  • Teach content and thought process simultaneously
  • Promote inferential and evaluative thinking
  • Improve critical and analytical thinking skills
  • Enhance cross-curricular understandings

Twenty-three standards-based lessons use graphic organizers to help students visualize how concepts relate to one another.

A Mac/Win CD gives teachers the options of printing the 23 different graphic organizers as transparencies or as student worksheets.

The lessons cover a variety of topics across the curriculum:

  • Addition and subtraction (math)
  • Earth Science: Earth's Rocks (science)
  • George Washington (history)
  • Country, City, and Suburb (geography)
  • Poetry and Rhyme (reading)
  • Write a Short Story (writing)

96 pages + CD


Educational Songs for Reading Comprehension Reading Comprehension Test Taking Strategies DVD

Grade Level: Second, Third, Fourth Grade
Price: $19.99
Product #: RL00200
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Nobody’s sharper than Marko the Pencil when it comes to helping students learn to read for meaning and prepare for tests. His tips are super effective and his outrageous antics keep students on task. With Marko’s guidance, students ace a practice test by learning how to read passages, find key words, and determine the best answers. Students stay calm and relaxed knowing they have the tools they need to succeed!

A team of teachers—who consistently get superior performance from their students on standardized tests—helped create this DVD. They carefully examined reading tests in several states to identify winning strategies for boosting scores and reducing anxiety.

Let’s face it: preparing for state-mandated tests is not a favorite activity of teachers and students. But there’s no reason it can’t be fun when you have an entertaining character—one who knows exactly how to connect with kids. That’s why we’re so pleased to have Vic Mignogna playing the voice of Marko the Pencil. Vic is well known for his award-winning acting in anime cartoons and video games. Vic won Best Actor, 2007 American Anime Awards.

As a special reward at the end of Reading Comprehension, Marko makes an appearance at the Golden Stylus Comedy room to show just how sharp he can be! His kid-friendly jokes will have everyone laughing. Kids love telling jokes to others, and Marko has some of the best school-related jokes on the planet.

Included with Reading Comprehension, you get Marko’s cool website where you can download a practice test and answer key, learn more tips for doing well on standardized tests, and check out other helpful tools for scoring high on a reading test.

Reading Comprehension includes:

• Reading Comprehension
• Identifying the Main Idea
• Using Context Clues
• Making Inferences
• Recalling Details and Sequencing
• Drawing Conclusions
• Following Directions
• Mastering Standardized Tests
• Bonus: Marko’s Jokes at the Golden Stylus Comedy Room

You may also like:
Multiplication Rap DVD / Multiplication Rap CD and Book
Addition & Subtraction Rock DVD / Addition & Subtraction Rock CD & Book
Spanish Vols. l & ll DVD
Our complete collection of Reading Comprehension teaching materials
Our entire collection of Test Prep teaching materials


How to Teach Reading Teaching MaterialsDr. Fry's How to Teach Reading for Teachers, Parents and Tutors (5th edition)

Grade Level: Preschool - Adult
Price: $16.99
Product #: 1002766
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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 2nd edition Teaching Supplies and ProductsReading Practice Tests Second Edition

Grade Level: Second - Third Grade
Price: $15.95
Product #: WR00211
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59 Skills Practice & Activity Sheets
63 Comprehension Practice Tests
Supports NCES Standards

Practice and assess reading skills and comprehension.

Give your students more practice in the skills they need to be confident readers and better test takers! This teaching resource book for grades 2-3 provides 128 pages of cost-effective reproducibles that include engaging skill activities and practice tests to help reinforce critical literacy skills.

This teacher resource gives you three solid ways to measure students' progress in reading skills development and comprehension of text passages:

  • 38 Skills Activity Pages
  • 21 Skills Practice Tests
  • 63 Comprehension Practice Tests

The reproducible skill activities and student practice tests strengthen literacy skills in:

  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Vocabulary Development
  • Parts of Speech
  • Verb Tenses
  • Capitalization, Spelling, and Punctuation
  • Abbreviations
  • Understanding infographics

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.

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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