Homophones – Second Grade English

Homophones – 2nd Grade Writing

Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meaning.

A pair is two of something (socks, shoes, gloves, etc).

A pear is fruit.

I can build sandcastles by the sea.

I see an airplane in the sky.

I hear mom calling me.

“Come here“, she said.

When I am sick I feel weak and out of energy.

Every week has seven days.

A shirt without any signs or words on it is a plain shirt.

I see a plane flying over us.

I wanted to go to the store too, but there was only room for two.

I knew that their stuff was over there by the tree.

Can you tell me which girl was a witch for Halloween?

I would like to get some new stickers.

My desk is made out of wood.

These books belong to our classroom.

I have to leave in an hour.

I want to wear my yellow shirt, but I don’t know where it is.

My mom bakes with flour, which sounds like a flower plant growing outside.

I got a brand new bike for my birthday.

I knew the answer to that question.

I better be more careful next time because there is a bee hive in the backyard.

I bought four popsicles for my family.

Friend or Fiend? by Judy Blume- The Best First Chapter Book

Friend or Fiend? by Judy Blume-
If you where looking for a great first chapter book for your child, this is the one. The stories are about a brother and sister, the Pain and the Great One. Unlike many other first chapter books, in which kids are badly behaved, Blume’s characters are just adorable, funny, and interesting. You will enjoy reading these chapters as much as your child.
Happy Reading!

Tacky the Penguin – Helen Lester- Something for Laughs

Tacky the Penguin- by Helen Lester- Something To Make Kids Laugh

Tacky is an odd bird. He does not blend in with other penguins. He has his own style, his own way of greeting and marching and splashing… And when he sings, others wish that he’d stop, but one day when the hunters come to hunt for penguins, Tacky saves the day. You’ll have to find out how.. This is a perfect story for 4-8 years olds. They will laugh and ask for a reread.

Happy Reading!

Wemberly Worried- Kevin Henkes- Something for the kids who worry

Wemberly Worried – by Kevin Henkes

Wemberly worries about everything, little things, big things, and things in between. She worries all day and all night long about all kinds of things, like, the crack in the wall, the radiator noise, her doll, having no friends, etc. Wemberly worries very much, but at the end she seems to become better able to manage her worries. To find out about the end, you’ll have to read the story. The kids will like it, and it will definitely make them laugh. Being worried and fearsome is a normal part of childhood. I found that this story really hits home with second grade students. Second graders are constant worriers. They are kind of like Wemberly . This is also a perfect story for a child who is about to go into a new school or start a new grade. 

Hope you enjoy it!

Reading Fluency K-2

Once children know their letters and can read simple CVC words, such as cat, dog, hat, they are ready to take a next step. But this next step can cause frustration in both children and parents.

Students come out of kindergarten reading letter by letter. And if they are not taught word families, they continue to read letter by letter even when words get bigger. This impedes decoding, fluency, and comprehension, and causes great stress.

To address this, students should be taught word families, as I noted in one of my previous posts. Word family study is often referred as “chunking”. Students learn to “chunk words” by learning rhyme patterns/word families. For example…

-ash

dash

smash

rash

trash

Hooked on Phonics books are great for learning and teaching word families and chunking. Hooked on Phonics books progress in difficulty and each story reviews words/word families prior to child’s reading. As with other phonics material, stories don’t offer much of a story line, but they are good practice of word families/chunking.