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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
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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
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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
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Blend Two Consonants
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
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Blend Two Consonants
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
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2nd Grade Spelling Games & Activities
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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2nd GradeVocabulary Puzzles
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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
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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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