This resource accompanies our Rethink 2nd Grade ELA course. It includes ideas for use, ways to support exceptional children, ways to extend learning, digital resources and tools, tips for supporting English Language Learners and students with visual and hearing impairments. There are also ideas for offline learning.  

This parent guide supports parents in helping their child at home with the 2nd Grade English Language Arts content. Within the folder you will access Parent Guide PDFs in FIVE Languages: Arabic, English, Hindi, Spanish, and Vietnamese to help on-going communication with caregivers. 

Students can practice their reading skills as they read stories with high-frequency words; interact with the computer to create new text; understand that changing one word in a sentence can change the meaning of the entire sentence; recognize consonant sound-spellings; distinguish easily confused letter pairs; and recognize common short and long vowel sounds as they participate in this interactive reading of Clifford's beloved stories.

Students can practice their reading skills as they read stories with high-frequency words; interact with the computer to create new text; understand that changing one word in a sentence can change the meaning of the entire sentence; recognize consonant sound-spellings; distinguish easily confused letter pairs; and recognize common short and long vowel sounds as they participate in this interactive reading of Clifford's beloved stories.

In this activity, students say the sound of a printed irregular word with automaticity.

In this activity, students say the sound of a printed irregular word with automaticity.

In this activity, students say the sound of a printed irregular word with automaticity.

In this activity, students say the sound of a printed irregular word with automaticity.

In this activity, students say the sound of a printed irregular word with automaticity.

In this activity, students say the sound of a spoken irregular word with automaticity.

In this activity, students say the sound of a printed irregular word with automaticity.

In this activity, students say the sound of a printed irregular word with automaticity.

In this activity, students say the sound of a printed irregular word with automaticity.

In this activity, students say the sound of a printed irregular word with automaticity.

In this activity, students identify the printed work within a printed irregular word.

In this activity, students say the sound of a printed irregular word with automaticity.

In this activity, students say the sound of a printed irregular word with automaticity.

In this lesson, students engage in independent literacy centers to become proficient in completing activities about the stories they read. Although this lesson uses Seven Blind Mice as an example, the framework is adaptable to almost any text.

In this activity, students quickly read a dolch word without sounding it out.