Second+Grade

Your child is in second grade, and you're wondering what you can do to help him or her be more successful in school! Here are a few videos with activities that you can do with your child at home. Check out the first grade and third grade pages for even more ideas of things to do at home.
 * Second Grade **

**__Reading__ ** Click on the videos below to see how to do simple reading interventions with your child at home.Doing these activities regularly will help your child improve his or her reading abilities!Feel free to email the second grade teachers if you have any questions!

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Have your child choose two <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 23px; text-align: center;">__books at his or her reading level__ ! <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">Then, for each book, have your child complete one of the following activities. Children who complete two activities over the summer and bring them to school in the fall will get to participate in a celebration event!



<span style="color: #008000; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #008000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">Sight Words ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">Practice these sight words:

<span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #008080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">Writing Activities ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">Make lists <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">Write in a journal <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">Send letters or postcards <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">Take photos and write captions for them <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">Write How-To stories about things they have done <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">Write playsResearch a topic you are interested in and write a paper <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">Make a menu for a fake restaurant <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">Practice writing in sand or shaving cream <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; overflow: hidden; text-align: center;">Write alternate endings to a favorite book

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