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2nd Grade Reading Activities

135 resources

2nd Grade Reading Activities

135 resources

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Activity2nd GradeSupermarket Sweep Food Words Activity

Using Supermarket Sweep Food Words Activity, students practice reading high frequency words tocollect all of the food items on your shopping list.

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Activity2nd GradeFalling Leaves Sight Words Activity

UsingFalling Leaves Sight Words Activity, students practice reading high frequency words related to fall.

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Activity2nd GradeAuthor's Purpose Activity

Using this Author's Purpose Activity, students read and sort story idea cards to determine the author's purpose as to inform, entertain, or persuade.

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Activity2nd GradeReasons and Evidence Activity

Using this Reasons and Evidence Activity, students identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.

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Activity2nd GradeAsking Questions about a Story Activity

Using Asking Questions about a Story Activity, students Discuss a topic or read a book aloud using Question Cards to help guide questions andanswers about the topic.

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Activity2nd GradeBrushing Your Teeth Sequencing Activity

Using Brushing Your Teeth Sequencing Activity,students retell a story about brushing your teeth and put the events in order based on the story.

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Activity2nd GradeFarm or Zoo Matching Activity

Using this Farm or Zoo Matching Activity, students sort pictures to determine if animals live on a farm or in a zoo.

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Activity2nd GradeCool Cat Sentences Activity

Using Cool Cat Sentences Activity, students sort and organize the different types of sentences (Telling Sentence, Asking Sentence, Exciting Sentence).

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Activity2nd GradeBlank BINGO Board

This Blank BINGO Board will quickly give you a template to create BINGO games to review material you are learning in class, no matter the topic!

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Activity2nd GradeHelp From Other Author's Activity

Using this Help From Other Author's Activity helps, students collect story elements from literary or informational texts to write their own story.

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Activity2nd GradeWhat Does it Mean Literal Non-Literal Language Activity

Using this What Does it Mean Literal Non-Literal Language Activity, students determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from non-literal language.

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Activity2nd GradeDescribing Characters Beginning Middle and End Activity

Using Describing Characters Beginning Middle and End Activity, students describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

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Activity2nd GradeText Features Scavenger Hunt Activity

Using Text Features Scavenger Hunt Activity, studentsidentify text features in the books they are reading to gather information about what they will read.

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Activity2nd GradeRetelling Using Key Details Activity

Using Retelling Using Key Details Activity,students read Floppy Ears to retell the story by putting key events in order.

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Activity2nd GradeSentence Structure Activity

Using Sentence Structure Activity, students cut out words to recognize distinguishing features of a sentence.

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Activity2nd GradeDon't Wake the Librarian Sorting Books by Genre Activity

UsingDon't Wake the Librarian Sorting Books by Genre Activity, students will "return" books to the library based on genre type without waking the librarian!

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Activity2nd GradeHow Does The Character Respond Activity

Using How Does The Character Respond Activity, students describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

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Activity2nd GradeBeginning Middle End Plot Activity

Using Beginning Middle End Plot Activity, students describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

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Activity2nd GradeComparing Two Stories Activity

Using Comparing Two Stories Activity, students compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story by different authors or from different cultures.

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Activity2nd GradeComplete Sentences with Subject and Predicate Activity

Using this Complete Sentences with Subject and Predicate Activity, students match subjects and predicates to create sentences with complete ideas.