RENWICK Second Grade Storytown
Spelling City
Theme 1- Count on Me
Vowels
Short Vowel Practice - select correct spelling of word
Vowel Digraphs - select correct digraph to match picture
Chicken Stacker- click on the word with the correct short vowel sound
When Two Vowels go Walking - song
CVC CVC Maker - Word Play- Make words and put them on Word list, then read them back. and Word Match - Match word shown by using arrows by the letters.
Inflections (s, es, d, ed, ing)
S or ES - choose correct spelling
ED or ING - choose correct word.
Suffix practice - more practice on s/es and ed/ing.
Ending consonant practice - for all letters.
Root Words - root quiz
Prefixes - quiz
Suffixes - quiz
Characters
Characters - Click on the different parts to create a character, then write a sentence about the character you created.
Sentence, Questions, Sentence Parts
Proofreading Makes Perfect - Capital letters and end marks.
Grammar Blaster - Grade 2 skills
Maggie's Earth Adventures - Nouns and Verbs - Put the trash into the correct bucket, separating the nouns and verbs.
Sentence Clubhouse - Identify the type of sentence, then capitalize the sentence and put the end punctuation in place.
Theme 2 - Doing our Best
Vowels See Vowels Above
r-controlled Vowels
r-controlled game 1- find the r-contolled word that matches the picture
Inflections- See Inflections Above
Compound Words
Compound Words - Select the word that makes a compound word.
Compound Words - Drag and Drop to make compound words
Compound Words - Match the blue word with the red to form a compound word
Compound Words - Quia game
Compound Words - online interactive game
Compound Words - GetReadyToRead on-line game
Plot Sebastian Swan - read stories online and then answer questions
Predictions These are worksheets
And Then... - Look at each picture, and then underline the sentence that tells what will probably happen next.
End the Story - Cut out the pictures on the bottom of the page. Decide which picture goes with each story. Paste the pictures on the page. Color the pictures.
What Will Happen Next? - Look at each picture. Draw what you think will happen next
Nouns, Plural Nouns, Proper Nouns
Irregular Plurals - match the related words, singular to plural
Irregular Plurals - match related words, oes, os
Plural Nouns - add s or es
Theme 3 Changing Times
Diagraphs
Review Phonemes- Phonics-Word Builder – Three dozen different combining sound activities are available in the following categories; abc’s, short vowels, long vowels, other vowels, beginning consonants and final consonants. Word parts are read individually, blended, and then followed by a sentence accompanied by an illustration. Ignore the registration screen that pops up, select Maybe Later to go directly to the activity.
Poem Pack - Ten colorful poems with animation, audio and activities - featuring Daisy the snail, the toad and the goat, and friends. Read it, Hear it, search for sounds, and find words concentrating on vowel blends.
See 'N Spell - Students click and drag letters into the box to spell the words that correspond to the pictures. A very good activity with many skills such as plurals, long vowels, short vowels, blends and digraphs.
Blending Dragon - Direct your dragon with the mouse and catch the globes with real words. Choose the phoneme that you wish to work with
Word Families - select the word family to practice and select the correct beginning consonant to match the pictures
Consonant Blends - find the blend that matches the picture
Beginning Consonant Digraphs - select the correct digraph
Paw Park: Sassy Seals - Match beginning sounds
Ending consonant practice - for all letters
Ending Digraphs - select the correct digraph ending
Long E/Y
Long E- Short E- interactive whiteboard activity
Long Vowels - poems and activities about long vowels and digraphs
Author's Purpose
Quiz
Fiction/Non-Fiction
Abbreviations
Duck Von Fly- Choose the correct abbreviation
Possessive Nouns
Harcourt
r- controlled Vowels see above
Pronouns
Skillwise
Quia- Pronoun Poppers
Quia- Jeopardy Game (1 or 2 players)
iKnowthat.com- SuperNova Sentence Puzzlers with Jupiter Jane (Pronouns)
Theme 4 Dream Big
Diagraphs and Suffixes
Vowel Digraphs - select correct digraph to match picture
S or ES - choose correct spelling
S song - Without an S
ED or ING - choose correct word
Suffix practice - more practice on s/es and ed/ing
Short vowels- See Vowels
Dipthongs
Sadlier-Oxford Practice- Choose the correct spelling of the picture
r-controlled vowels- See r-controlled vowels
Setting
Similarities and Differences in Setting- Determine what makes different settings alike
Locate Information
Adjectives
Rats! Adjectives and Adverbs
Interactive Whiteboard Activity- Picture of elephant- student list describing words and then write sentences (easily replicate in Kidspiration)
iKnowthat.com- SuperNova Sentence Puzzlers with Jupiter Jane (Adjectives)
Theme 5- Better Together
Vowel Dipthongs- See Dipthongs
Abbreviations- See Abbreviations
r-controlled Vowels- See r-controlled vowels
Prefixes
Prefixes - quiz
Harcourt: Book Buddy - tests knowledge of prefixes and suffixes. One or two players
Contractions
Contraction Practice - Interactive contraction practice.
Contractions - Type in the contraction beside the two words.
Contractions - Matching game
Action Verbs
Jupiter Jane- Primary (G1-3)
Jupiter Jane- Intermediate (G4-6)
Subject and Verb agreement
Word Viper - choose correct verb tenses, recognize correct verb forms, and recognize subject/verb agreement.
Past Tense Verb
Past Tense Practice
Forms of Be
2Bee or NottooBee
Theme 6- Seek and Find
Prefixes and Suffixes
Vowel Digraphs - select correct digraph to match picture
S or ES - choose correct spelling
S song - Without an S
ED or ING - choose correct word
Suffix practice - more practice on s/es and ed/ing Prefixes
Inflections
Irregular Verbs
Quia Game: Irregular Verbs I Play this game by yourself or with a partner and test your knowledge of irregular verbs
Quia Game: Irregular Verbs II Try these Flashcard and Concentration games to learn more about irregular verbs
Regular and Irregular Verbs Can you tell irregular verbs from regular ones? Complete these sentences on the whiteboard
Go for a Grammar Gold Play this quiz and try to get a grammar gold
Helping Verbs
Helping Verb Test
Go for Gold- helping verbs
Contractions
Type in the Contraction
Contraction Games Play these contraction games
Concentration/Matching Learn contractions while playing the Matching or Concentration game
Go For Grammar Gold Read the explanation of contractions and negatives, then try the interactive quiz
A Bed Full of Cats interactive quiz
Fly By Game Test your knowledge of contractions with this interactive game