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2ND GRADE - SUMMER
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Reading
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To help your child prepare for reading:
- Recognize blends: bl,br,cl,cr,dr,fl,fr,gl,gr,pl.pr,scr,sk,sl,sm,sn,sp,spl,spr,st,str,sw,tr,tw
- Discriminate rhyming words
- Recognize antonyms, homonyms, synonyms
- Recognize contractions, compound words
- Sound out words
- Know how to form plurals
- Divide words into syllables
- Identify prefixes and suffixes
Some popular authors and series:
Judy Blume Jan Brett Marc Brown Beverly Cleary Joanna Cole
Roald Dahl Tomie DePaola Steven Kellogg Jeff Kinney Suzy Kline Mary Pope-Osborne Barbara Park Dav Pilkey Cynthia Rylant Louis Sachar
Websites for reading practice:
www.funbrain.com www.sheppardsoftware.com
www.abcya.com www.scholastic.com
Fun activities to try this summer:
- Check out your local library for free children’s programs
- Start reading a book series
- Read to your sibling
- Read to your pet or stuffed animal
- Create your own reading log and keep track of your minutes
- Play MadLibs
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Language Arts
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To help your child prepare for language arts::
- Recognize nouns
- Recognize verbs
- Recognize adjectives
- Recognize pronouns
- Know correct abbreviations
- Identify main idea of a story
- Identify setting of a story
- Identify conclusion of a story
- Draw illustrations to match sentences
- Use correct punctuation: period, question mark, exclamation point
- Use correct spelling
Websites for language arts practice:
www.funbrain.com
www.scholastic.com
www.sheppardsoftware.com
www.abcya.com
Journal, journal, journal! Check out these creative journal ideas:
- Describe a wonderful parade.
- Make up a story about a person who is afraid of dogs.
- Tell how you feel when you see a baseball game.
- Make up a new flavor of ice cream that most people would like to eat.
- Write about how you feel when you taste chili.
- What do you feel when you see the flag?
- Hot steam hits your nose. It smells like chocolate. Write a story about it.
- Tell about things you enjoy watching babies do.
- You are in a time machine. Write a story about your trip in time.
- What pets will you have when you grow up?
- How do you feel when you smell a skunk?
- Describe a trip underwater in the sea.
- Write a story about a new cartoon superhero named Dynamite Dog.
- Tell all the reasons you know why it is important to be on time.
- Make up a story about an exciting camping trip.
- What would it be like to take a bus trip across the whole country?
- Describe what puppies do all day.
- What do you think of when you touch an ice cube?
- In the dark, you see a light beneath the door ahead. What happens next?
- Describe the one thing you like best to hold when you are sad or hurt.
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Math
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2nd Graders learn to::
- Recognize numbers to 1,000
- Know addition and subtraction facts to 18
- Understand place value: ones, tens hundreds
- Perform 2 and 3 digit addition with and without regrouping
- Perform 2 and 3 digit subtraction with and without regrouping
- Know relation and comparison symbols <, >, =
- Recognize and know value of:money: penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, dollar
- Tell time in five minute intervals
- Measure using inches and centimeters
- Identify fractions
- Use problem-solving strategies to complete math problems
Websites for math practice:
www.aaamath.com
www.aplusmath.com
www.funbrain.com
www.sheppardsoftware.com
www.thatquiz.org
www.abcya.com
www.mathblaster.com
Fun activities to try this summer
- Play a game involving math, like Racko, Uno, or Monopoly
- Shop together - use a calculator to compare prices per pound
- Make dessert tonight, following recipe directions and measurements
- Take a counting walk, how many steps to the mailbox, how many steps to a friends house, etc.
- Work on addition and subtraction facts.
- Have a marble tournament.
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Science
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Websites for science fun:
www.abcya.com
www.brainpop.com
www.funology.com
www.sciencemadesimple.com
Fun activities to try this summer:
- Bubble fun - one third cup liquid dishwashing soap, plus two quarts water
- Learn about the summer solstice. Time the sunrise and sunset.
- Zoo contest - find the most African animals
- Check out a science book - try some experiments
- Find out what causes hiccups
- Watch a science show on T.V.
- Plan a hike at a nearby canyon
- Weed your garden
- Paint a picture with lemon juice on white paper - hang it in a sunny window and see what happens in a few days
- Go to a farm and feed the animals
- Share your garden produce with your neighbors
- Make and fly a paper airplane
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Social Studies
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Websites for social studies fun:
www.thatquiz.org
www.abcya.org
www.brainpop.com
www.kids.nationalgeographic.com
www.google.com/earth/
Fun activities to try this summer:
- Have a contest to name the state capitals
- Visit a historical site
- Do a pioneer activity. Brainstorm and be creative!
- Visit the library and research an occupation
- Visit someone in your chosen occupation
- Contact your church and ask if you can do some volunteer work
- Go on a penny walk, flip the coin to see if you should go east or west, or north or south
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Time with Jesus
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This summer:
- Prayers aren’t just for mealtime and bedtime. Pray any time! Jesus hears prayer!
- Make a prayer journal, a list of people and things you want to pray for, and be thankful for.
- Lead prayers with your family. Just start by talking to Jesus.
- Go to Vacation Bible School.
- Talk to your family about going to church/Kid’s church.
- Lead devotions for your family.
- Listen to music and sing songs that help you remember Jesus.
- Read your favorite bible stories aloud to your siblings, friends, or parents.
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