The I Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word I when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The LOOK Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word LOOK when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The IS Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word IS when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
Using the Science Songs (MP3 Album), students learn about different science concepts while listening to these upbeat and catchy songs.
The Letter C Song will help teach the Letter C Sound, Uppercase and Lowercase Letter C, Vocabulary words with the C sound, Letter C handwriting practice.
The Letter B Song teaches the Letter B sound, uppercase and lowercase letter b, vocabulary words that start with b, and letter B handwriting practice.
The Sight Word Songs Volume 1 (MP3 Album) will help students recognize 22 sight words as they are repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The FOR Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word FOR in a snap to build reading speed and and fluency while watching this fun video!
The ANY Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word ANY in a snap to build reading speed and and fluency while watching this fun video!
The ABOUT Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word ABOUT when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The A Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word A when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
Using the Noun Song (Lyric Music Video), students will be able to define, give examples and use adjectives in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.
The AROUND Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word AROUND in a snap to build reading speed and and fluency while watching this fun video!
The FIVE Song (MP3) will help students recognize the sight word FIVE when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The FOUR Song (MP3) will help students recognize the sight word FOUR when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
The AND Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word AND in a snap to build reading speed and and fluency while watching this fun video!
The ALWAYS Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word ALWAYS in a snap to build reading speed and and fluency while watching this fun video!
The IT Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word IT when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
Using the Verb Rap Song (MP3), students will be able to define, give examples and use verbs in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.
The AFTER Song (Animated Music Video) will help students recognize the sight word AFTER when it is repeated, spelled, and used in sentences put to a catchy tune.
Where sentences start to sparkle
Second grade is the year kids start thinking about how their sentences work, not just what they say. They learn the jobs words do: nouns name, verbs act, adjectives describe. They make plurals, including the tricky irregular ones like mouse → mice and child → children, swap in pronouns, and add prefixes like un- and re- to change a word's meaning. Editing becomes a real habit: capital letters, end marks, commas in dates and lists. The click is when a 2nd grader spots a missing capital in their own writing before you do!
Grammar sticks when kids use it in real sentences. These are the moves we lean on all year.
Write a sentence with three mistakes on the board and fix it together, thinking out loud: "Hmm, does a sentence start with a little letter?" Then hand kids a sentence to fix with a partner. Watching you catch mistakes teaches them what to look for.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withEditing Sentences WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Give pairs a stack of word cards and three mats: noun, verb, adjective. They sort, then build a silly sentence using one word from each pile. Moving words around makes the parts of speech feel concrete.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withClassifying Nouns, Verbs, or Adjectives WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Start every morning with one sentence to correct: one capitalization fix, one punctuation fix. It takes two minutes, and by spring kids are catching errors on their own. Mix in plurals and pronouns as you teach them.
Why it works: spreading practice out over days is one of the two most effective study methods in a major research review (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withCorrecting Punctuation WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Second graders love a challenge. These turn grammar into a game.
GamesTeams race to read and sort words by their vowel team. Loud cheering is allowed.
Open Vowel Teams Game →
WorksheetsCall out a noun and kids hold up one finger, then two, and shout the plural. Save mouse and goose for the grand finale.
Open Using Irregular Nouns Worksheet →
WorksheetsAdd un- to happy, kind or lock and watch the meaning flip. Kids invent the silliest un-words they can.
Open Pre- and Un- Prefixes Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: I Song (Animated Music Video), Look Song (Animated Music Video) and Is Song (Animated Music Video).
By the end of 2nd grade most kids can identify nouns, verbs and adjectives, form regular and common irregular plurals, use pronouns, and capitalize names and holidays. They also use commas in dates and greetings and end sentences with the right punctuation.
Ask them to read their sentence out loud. Their ear will often catch a missing word or a run-on. Then check three things together: capital at the start, end mark at the end, and does it make sense.
They're plurals that don't just add -s or -es, like children, feet, teeth, mice and geese. Kids learn them by hearing and using them, so short daily practice works better than a list to memorize.
Most 2nd graders write several connected sentences on one topic, building toward a short paragraph. Writing a little every day matters more than length.
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