2nd Grade Vocabulary Resources
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Building Vocabulary
Vocabulary development is critical to success in reading To develop students' vocabulary, teachers must encourage a…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingVocabularyReading -
WORKSHEETS
Facial Expressions Chart
Display this chart to give students a visual reference for facial expressions.Subjects:Language Arts and WritingVocabularyVisual Arts -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Literacy Glossary
A list of terms pertaining to literacy and reading.Subjects:VocabularyLanguage Arts and Writing -
WORKSHEETS
St. Patrick's Day Word Scramble
The St. Patrick's Day words in this printable are scrambled and misspelled. Students will correctly spell each word and…Subjects:SpellingLanguage Arts and WritingVocabulary -
MAPS
Weather Words
Develop student science skills with an activity that focuses on identifying/interpreting weather words.Subjects:Language Arts and WritingVocabularySocial Studies and History -
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Find the Compound Words in the Sentence
You can use this activity to increase reading abilities by helping students find the compound words in the sentences and…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLanguage Arts and WritingVocabulary -
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Means of Transportation
Employ a printable reading activity with your students that helps build skills in understanding names of modes of…Subjects:Reading ComprehensionVocabularyReading -
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Soil Erosion Word Search
Challenge children on soil erosion vocabulary with this word search.Subjects:Language Arts and WritingVocabularyScience -
GAMES AND APPS
Word Hunt
Share this fun vocabulary game with your students to give them plenty of practice spelling difficult words.SubjectsVocabularyLanguage Arts and Writing -
LESSON PLANS
Label Your Body
Students create a life-sized tracing of their bodies and label them.SubjectsLanguage Arts and WritingVocabularyScience -
WORKSHEETS
How Does Your Garden Grow? Antonyms
Use this vocabulary activity to help build skills in understanding antonyms.Subjects:VocabularyLanguage Arts and Writing -
BOOK GUIDES
Body Parts and Actions Vocabulary Lessons—Teacher's Guide
In this compilation of lessons, activities, and worksheets, students learn that vocabulary words normally used to…Subjects:Human Body and AnatomyHuman BiologyBiology -
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Easter Word Games
These Easter activities, including word scrambles and sentence builders, will help students build their vocabularies.Subjects:Language Arts and WritingVocabularySpelling -
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Voting!
Increase social studies skills with an activity that focuses on elections and recognizing voting terms. This is a fun…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryU.S. GovernmentU.S. Elections -
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Twin Words
Employ a printable reading activity that helps build skills in understanding synonyms.Subjects:Reading ComprehensionVocabularyLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Family Tree Wordsearch
Distribute a printable social studies activity that presents a family members wordsearch.Subjects:VocabularySocial Studies and HistoryFamilies -
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The Mercy Watson Books Teachers' Guide
Children love Katie DiCamillo's Mercy Watson series. Enrich their reading experience with the language arts lessons and…Subjects:LiteratureSafetyReading and Literature -
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Things to Know About the Environment: Crossword Puzzle
Strengthen students' vocabulary with this simple ecology crossword puzzle. Terms discussed include oxygen, toxic,…Subjects:VocabularyEcologyLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Electricity Wordsearch
Try a printable science activity that focuses on electricity vocabulary.Subjects:VocabularyPhysicsLanguage Arts and Writing -
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Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp Activity Kit
A word search, drawing and coloring sheets, and a fill-in-the-blank story activity will extend students' enjoyment of…Subjects:Creative WritingVisual ArtsWriting -
LESSON PLANS
Using Mad Libs® in the Classroom: Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary (Gr. 1-3)
Reading comprehension activities focus on sequence, summary, main idea and details, and context clues. Vocabulary…Subjects:VocabularyGrammarLanguage Arts and Writing -
WORKSHEETS
Fossils: Vocabulary
Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to fossils.Subjects:FossilsVocabularyGeology -
ACTIVITIES
Spanish Flash Cards: Animals (Los animales)
Use these printable flash cards to review Spanish vocabulary for animals.Subjects:Foreign LanguagesLanguage Arts and WritingSpanish Language -
WORKSHEETS
Science and Language Arts: Keep It Clean Crossword
Students write the word for each picture clue about hygiene in the puzzle.Subjects:Dealing with Germs in the ClassroomHealthHealth and Safety
