Understanding letter-sound relationships is an important skill for young readers. Give your students the practice they need distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds in this long “i” search.
Give your second graders some practice with long vowel word families and spelling patterns with this colorful activity! Students will identify long O words based on picture clues, then determine the spelling pattern of each word.
The letter G is one of those tricky consonants that can make different sounds (as in girl or gym). That can be confusing for young readers! Help them sort out hard and soft consonant patterns with this helpful practice worksheet.
Get to know some awesome vowel teams in simple words that you already know. You'll identify the team, fill-in-the-blanks, and complete a fun wordsearch!
As your students have learned, different spellings can sometimes make the same sound, such as the au/aw or ou/ow vowel teams. Assess your students' abilities to distinguish between differently spelled aw/ow sounds with this end-of-year phonics check-in.
Challenge your students to this word brainstorm activity! Students will use letters from a letter bank to generate words that contain the short vowel I.
All of the words on this second grade reading worksheet have at least one silent letter. Kids say each word, write it, and circle the silent letter or letters.
These words need sorting! Give your second graders some needed vowel practice with this sorting activity. Students will read words and then sort them into long and short O words.
The answer to each crossword puzzle clue is a word with a silent letter. This second grade reading worksheet helps kids recognize words with silent letters.
Help second graders along in their reading journey with this curated collection of worksheets that focus on letter-sound relationships. These educator-designed phonics worksheets cover long and short vowels, digraphs and diphthongs, and more to help readers confidently read and decode words. Practicing letter-sound relationships with matching, fill-in-the-blank, bingo, and other activities will be a fun addition to any second-grade phonics lesson.