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.
ReadingClick 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!
Repeated Reading
Features of Non-Fiction
Have your child choose twobooks at his or her reading level!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!
Writing ActivitiesMake lists Write in a journal Send letters or postcards Take photos and write captions for them Write How-To stories about things they have done Write playsResearch a topic you are interested in and write a paper Make a menu for a fake restaurant Practice writing in sand or shaving cream Write alternate endings to a favorite book
Math ActivitiesYahtzee Flashcards Use shopping ads to make "wish lists" and add how the prices to practice counting money Shape,numbers,and color "hunts" Count change Play, "I'm thinking of a number" Play "War" with math facts using a deck of cards Play store Make patterns with blocks Cooking
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.
Repeated Reading
Features of Non-Fiction
Have your child choose twobooks at his or her reading level!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!
Sight WordsPractice these sight words:
Write in a journal
Send letters or postcards
Take photos and write captions for them
Write How-To stories about things they have done
Write playsResearch a topic you are interested in and write a paper
Make a menu for a fake restaurant
Practice writing in sand or shaving cream
Write alternate endings to a favorite book
Flashcards
Use shopping ads to make "wish lists" and add how the prices to practice counting money
Shape,numbers,and color "hunts"
Count change
Play, "I'm thinking of a number"
Play "War" with math facts using a deck of cards
Play store
Make patterns with blocks
Cooking
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