Literacy Skills Practice Activities
Second Grade

Phonics

1. Alien Scavenger Hunt Letter Bugs
   catch the letters to spell the short vowel (CVC) words you hear

2. Alien Scavenger Hunt Space Trash
   catch vowel sounds to spell the words you hear

3. Fearless Frieda Goes Skating
   spell words with short vowel sounds

4. Fearless Frieda
   spell words with short and long vowel sounds

5. Rhyme Rodeo

Grammar and Writing

1. Apostrophes
   practice with contractions and possessives

2. Edit Dan's Copy
   Dan needs your help in editing his news report; pick Level 1 for capital letters and punctuation or Level 2 or run-on sentences, quotation marks and apostrophes

3. Getting the Right tense
   spot the verb, choose the correct verb form and rewrite sentences

4. Grammar Blast
   grades 2-5, multiple choice format, created by Houghton Mifflin

5. Personal Pronouns
   spot the pronoun, choose the right pronoun and rewrite sentences

6. Power Proofreading
   edit mistakes in short passages

Sentence Building

1. Monkey Business
   Put words in order to make a sentence

2. Silly Sentence Machine
   Create silly sentences by choosing who, where, when, how, and type

3. Penguins on Ice
   make sure to choose "Big Screen with Sound"; put words in order to make sentences and punctuate sentences

Spelling and Vocabulary

1. Look, Cover, Write, Check

2. What's in the Bag?
   An online activity designed to give students opportunities to explore descriptive words; uses sound

3. Spelling Match
   practice spelling, phonics and some grammar skills

4. Squanky the Tooth Taker: Quest for Antonyms
   match the opposites

5. Squanky the Tooth Taker: Quest for Synonyms
   match the words that have the same meaning

6. Supermarket Spree
   "Read" the list and then fill your cart with the matching items