English language arts for 2nd grade (page 9)
Reading, writing, phonics and language.
- The Water Cycle: 2nd grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about weather and water for 2nd grade, 116 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Magnets Push and Pull: 2nd grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about forces and magnets for 2nd grade, 105 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Needs and Wants: 2nd grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about money and choices for 2nd grade, 96 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Analytic or single-point? A rubric quizPage
Eight classroom moments. For each, pick the rubric shape that fits: analytic for a score, single-point for feedback. Every answer says why.
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- Is this rubric descriptor child-readable?Page
Ten rubric cells written for grown-ups. Pick the rewrite a student could read and check against their own work. Every answer says why.
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- Sight words quiz bankPage
Every sight word the quiz maker can print as a listening quiz, list by list, with the look-alike words it puts in the boxes.
- Do you know the Fry 100?Page
Fifteen words from Fry's first 100, read aloud by your device, three boxes each. The wrong boxes are the look-alikes a beginning reader mixes up.
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- Word meanings quiz bankPage
Every word meaning the quiz maker can print, by reading level, with the two wrong meanings written for each word.
- Guess the grade of this passagePage
Eight openings of real reading passages. Pick K–2, 3–5 or 6–8 by ear, then see the grade each was written for and its Flesch–Kincaid number.
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- Make a quiz from a book, a recipe or a landPage
A free three-box quiz made from the words on one Peabody page, with an answer key to print and a homework link a student opens without signing in.
- Standards and questions for library booksPage
Common Core reading standards and five comprehension questions at three depths, with an answer key, for Peabody's library books. Free to print.
- Can you score these running records?Page
Eight running records with their counts. Work out the accuracy, error rate, self-correction ratio or words correct per minute. Every answer shows the arithmetic.
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- Free phonics worksheets by patternPage
Twelve phonics patterns in teaching order, every word decodable, with keys.
- Short a (CVC) phonics worksheetsPrintable
Free short a (cvc) worksheets: the letter a between two consonants, as in cat. Every word decodable, with an answer key.
- Your Bones Hold You Up: 2nd grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the human body for 2nd grade, 114 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- How Spiders Spin Webs: 2nd grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about spiders for 2nd grade, 120 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Short e (CVC) phonics worksheetsPrintable
Free short e (cvc) worksheets: the letter e between two consonants, as in bed. Every word decodable, with an answer key.
- Seeds on the Move: 2nd grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about plants and seeds for 2nd grade, 103 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Short i (CVC) phonics worksheetsPrintable
Free short i (cvc) worksheets: the letter i between two consonants, as in sit. Every word decodable, with an answer key.
- Short o (CVC) phonics worksheetsPrintable
Free short o (cvc) worksheets: the letter o between two consonants, as in hot. Every word decodable, with an answer key.
- The Sun Gives Us Light and Heat: 2nd grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about the sun for 2nd grade, 98 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Counting Coins: 2nd grade reading passage with questionsReading
A nonfiction passage about money and math for 2nd grade, 102 words, with six comprehension questions, an answer key and vocabulary. Print it or read it big.
- Short u (CVC) phonics worksheetsPrintable
Free short u (cvc) worksheets: the letter u between two consonants, as in sun. Every word decodable, with an answer key.
- Magic e (CVCe) phonics worksheetsPrintable
Free magic e (cvce) worksheets: a vowel, a consonant and a silent e, as in cake. Every word decodable, with an answer key.