Second Grade Language Arts Success (Sylvan - Random House

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Reading Skill Builders Contents

Sounds

1 Blend Two Consonants 2

2 Blend Three Consonants 8

3 End with a Blend 10

4 Consonant Combos 14

5 Hard or Soft? 18

6 Shh! Silent Consonants 22

7 Final “E”—Finally! 24

8 Get a Long, Li’l Vowel 26

9 Because “R” Says So! 36

10 Going for a Glide 42

11 Oo, Goo, Good 46

12 “Aw”-some! 48

All about Words

13 Compound Words 50

14 Contractions 54

15 Beat It! 56

16 Prefix Power 60

17 Suffix City 64

Reading Comprehension

18 What’s It About? 68

19 Support Crew 72

20 Step by Step 76

21 Make a Prediction 80

22 What Do You See? 84

23 Classify This! 88

24 As a Matter of Fact 92

25 Book Basics 96

Review 100

Answers 103

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Spelling Games & Activities Contents

1 Spell Short Vowels 108

2 Spell Final E Long Vowels 110

3 Beginning Consonant Combos 112

4 Ending Consonant Combos 116

5 Spell Clothing 120

6 Beginning Consonant Blends 122

7 Ending Consonant Blends 126

8 Spell Food 130

9 Vowels with “R” 132

10 More Vowels with “R” 136

11 What’s the Weather? 140

12 The Long “A” Way 142

13 Free with Long “E” 146

14 Try Long “I” 150

15 The Long “O” Show 154

16 The New, True Long “U” 158

17 You Old Soft “C”! 162

18 Gee Whiz! 164

19 Spell Special Words 166

20 The Edge of “J” 168

21 Very “V” 170

22 Silent as a Lamb 172

23 Commonly Misspelled Words 174

24 “-Ed” Added 178

25 The “-Ing” Thing 182

26 “S” Is More 186

27 Odd Men Out 190

28 “-Er” and “-Est” 192

Review 198

Answers 201


Vocabulary Puzzles Contents

1 Look It Up 206

2 Same and Opposite 212

3 Compound Words 218

4 Parts of the Body 224

5 Get Moving! 230

6 People 236

7 People Actions 242

8 Family 248

9 At Home 254

10 Let’s Eat! 260

11 Animals 266

12 Bugs 272

13 What’s That Sound? 278

14 Nature 284

15 In the City 290

16 Whole Wide World 294

Review 300

i Index 304

Answers 307


2nd GradeReading Skill Builders


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Blend Two Consonants

Sort It OutWhat do you call a blend of two consonants? A consonant blend, of course! Each letter makes its own sound but also blends with its buddy’s sound, as in words like fly, plate, and train.

SORT the words. PUT the words into the lists. WRITE them on the blanks.

br

gr

cl

bl

fl

flip break cloud black grape clam blue greenclock block bring flower brave ground floppy


3


1Herd That WordYee-haw! Cowgirl Kris has to round up words with the right consonant blends. Help her find them!

LOOK at the blend next to each fence. READ the words inside the fence. CIRCLE the word that starts with the correct blend.

1. bl

2. cr

3. fr

4. pl

plane blaze bring

crab grin clip

treat float frown

please glow blue


4


Blender BlunderUh-oh! Somebody spilled words into the blender. They got chopped up. Can you put them back together?

LOOK at the consonant blends in the blender. MATCH each blend with the right ending. FILL IN the blanks with the correct blends.

1. ouse

2. oud

3. ave

4. ive

5. oor

6. iangle

br

fl

bl

dr

tr

cl


2nd Grade Spelling Games & Activities


108

Puzzle PairsFILL IN the two different missing vowels in the word pairs to finish the riddles.

1. This beetle was not small.

He was a b g b g.

2. When I left my cap on the stove, I had a h t h t.

3. I did not sleep well last night. I was on a b d b d.

4. To get pecans out of the tree,

I used a n t n t.

5. The rabbit went h p h p all

the way up the hill.

Spell Short Vowels


208

Look It Up

ABC-123Words in a dictionary go in alphabetical order. That means words that start with “A” go before words that start with “B.”

READ the words in the word box. Then WRITE them in alphabetical order.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

machine balloon

octopus trouble

jelly angry

whisper learn

angry

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


109

1Criss CrossREAD the clues. FILL IN the boxes with the right word for each clue.

Across 1. This says “meow.” 3. You clean the floor

with this. 6. My cat or my dog

is my . 8. A hole in the ground 10. “You are it!” in the

game of 11. You sleep here.

Down 2. The highest spot 4. A young dog 5. You a ball

with a bat. 7. Wash up in the

bath . 9. One after nine.

1 2

65

10 11

7 8 9

3 4

Spell Short Vowels


110

Spell Final E Long Vowels

Puzzle PairsFILL IN the missing vowels in the word pairs to finish the sentences. Listen for how the final “-e” changes the vowel sound.

1. When it’s my turn,

I h p I can h p.

2. My sister broke my toy. It m d me m d.

3. Pete is my dog. If you want, you can p t P t .

4. Maya went to the salon and got a c t c t.

5. The shark was a star.

He had a f n f n.


2nd GradeVocabulary Puzzles


206

Word ListREAD the words and their meanings.

ad•jec•tive—AJ-ihk-tihv noun a word that describes something, like pretty or blue

def•i•ni•tion—dehf-uh-NIHSH-uhn noun the meaning of a word

de•scribe—dih-SKRIB verb to make a picture with words, like “a pretty girl in a blue dress”

dic•tion•ar•y—DIHK-shuh-nehr-ee noun a book filled with definitions of words

mean•ing—MEE-nihng noun the idea of a word, what it means

noun—nown noun a word that stands for a person, place, or thing

verb—verb noun a word that stands for an action, like run

Look It Up

AdjectiveAdjective

DescribeDescribeDictionaryDictionaryMeaningMeaning

NounNounVerbVerb

DefinitionDefinition


207

1Match the MeaningWRITE the words next to their definitions. LOOK at the word box for help.

Look It Up

1. to make a word picture

2. the idea of a word

3. an action word

4. a word for a person, place, or

thing

5. a word that describes something

6. a book filled with definitions

7. the meaning of a word

adjectivenoun

definitiondescribe

dictionary verb

meaning

describe


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Created by Smarterville Productions LLC Producer: TJ Trochlil McGreevy Producer & Editorial Direction: The Linguistic Edge Writers: Christina Wilsdon (Reading Skill Builders), Michael Artin (Spelling Games & Activities), Margaret Crocker (Vocabulary Puzzles) Cover and Interior Illustrations: Duendes del Sur, Delfin Barral, and Shawn Finley Layout and Art Direction: SunDried PenguinArt Manager: Adina Ficano

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