Reading Skill Builders Contents All about Words
Sounds 1 Blend Two Consonants
2
13 Compound Words
50
2 Blend Three Consonants
8
14 Contractions
54
3 End with a Blend
10
15 Beat It!
56
4 Consonant Combos
14
16 Prefix Power
60
5 Hard or Soft?
18
17 Suffix City
64
6 Shh! Silent Consonants
22
Reading Comprehension
7 Final “E”—Finally!
24
18 What’s It About?
68
8 Get a Long, Li’l Vowel
26
19 Support Crew
72
9 Because “R” Says So!
36
20 Step by Step
76
10 Going for a Glide
42
21 Make a Prediction
80
11 Oo, Goo, Good
46
22 What Do You See?
84
12 “Aw”-some!
48
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
16 The New, True Long “U”
158
2 Spell Final E Long Vowels
110
17 You Old Soft “C”!
162
3 Beginning Consonant Combos 112
18 Gee Whiz!
164
4 Ending Consonant Combos 116
19 Spell Special Words
166
5 Spell Clothing
20 The Edge of “J”
168
6 Beginning Consonant Blends 122
21 Very “V”
170
7 Ending Consonant Blends
126
22 Silent as a Lamb
172
8 Spell Food
130
23 Commonly Misspelled Words 1 74
9 Vowels with “R”
132
24 “-Ed” Added
178
10 More Vowels with “R”
136
25 The “-Ing” Thing
182
11 What’s the Weather?
140
26 “S” Is More
186
12 The Long “A” Way
142
27 Odd Men Out
190
13 Free with Long “E”
146
28 “-Er” and “-Est”
192
14 Try Long “I”
150
Review
198
15 The Long “O” Show
154
Answers
201
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Vocabulary Puzzles Contents 1 Look It Up
206
11 Animals
266
2 Same and Opposite
212
12 Bugs
272
3 Compound Words
218
13 What’s That Sound?
278
4 Parts of the Body
224
14 Nature
284
5 Get Moving!
230
15 In the City
290
6 People
236
16 Whole Wide World
294
7 People Actions
242
Review
300
8 Family
248
i Index
304
9 At Home
254
Answers
307
10 Let’s Eat!
260
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2nd Grade Reading Skill Builders
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Blend Two Consonants Sort It Out What 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. flip clock
break block
cloud bring
black flower
br
cl
gr
bl
grape brave
clam ground
blue floppy
green
fl
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Blend Two Consonants Herd That Word
1
Yee-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
plane
2. cr
blaze
bring
crab
grin
clip
treat
float
frown
please
glow
blue
3. fr
4. pl
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Blend Two Consonants Blender Blunder Uh-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.
br
dr
fl
tr
cl
bl
1.
ouse
2.
oud
3.
ave
4.
ive
5.
oor
6.
iangle
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2nd Grade Spelling Games & Activities
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Spell Short Vowels Puzzle Pairs FILL IN the two different missing vowels in the word pairs to finish the riddles.
1. This
beetle was not small.
He was a b 2. When 3. I
g b
g.
I left my cap on the stove, I had a h
did not sleep well last night. I was on a b
4. To
t h d b
t. d.
get pecans out of the tree,
I used a n 5. The
t n
rabbit went h
t. p h
p all
the way up the hill.
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Look It Up ABC-123 Words 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. machine balloon
octopus trouble
1.
jelly angry
whisper learn
angry
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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Spell Short Vowels Criss Cross
1
READ 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
3
4
5
6
7
8
10
9
11
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Spell Final E Long Vowels Puzzle Pairs FILL IN the missing vowels in the word pairs to finish the sentences. Listen for how the final “-e” changes the vowel sound.
1. When
I h 2. My
it’s my turn, p
I can h
p.
sister broke my toy. It m
3. Pete
d
me m
is my dog. If you want, you can p
4. Maya
went to the salon and got a c
t
d.
t P
t
c
t.
.
5. The shark was a star. He had a f
n
f
n.
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2nd Grade Vocabulary Puzzles
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Look It Up Word List READ the words and their meanings.
ad•jec•tive—AJ-ihk-tihv noun a word that describes something, like pretty or blue
e v i t c D e fi Ad j e
nition e D e s c r i b Dictio M e a n in g
nary
Noun Verb
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
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Look It Up Match the Meaning
1
WRITE the words next to their definitions. LOOK at the word box for help. adjective noun
1.
describe
definition describe
dictionary verb
meaning
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
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