Second Grade Grammar and Phonics Skills

Phonics
  • consonant sounds - beginning, ending, medial consonants (sh, th, ch, br, dr, fr, tr, bl, kl, fl, pl, sl, sn, sp, st)
  • long vowels - y and i, ay and ai, ee and ea, silent e, oa, ow
  • short vowels
  • word endings - s, es, ing, ed, er
  • vowels with r
  • homophones
Sentences
  • What is a sentence
  • Makes sense
  • Begins with capital letter
  • Has an end mark (! . ?)
  • Word order in sentences
  • Statements and questions
  • Sentence parts ( subject and predicate)
Nouns - Person, place, thing, animal
  • Proper nouns
  • Months - abbreviations
  • Dates
  • Holidays
  • Titles for people (Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms., Dr.)
  • Plurals - add s, es
  • Compound words
Verbs - Action word
  • Adding ed, ing
  • Contractions
  • Helpers - have/has, saw/seen, did/done, is/are, went/gone, gave/given
Adjectives - Describes a noun
  • Number, size, color, shape
  • Sight, sound, taste, feel, smell
Pronouns - Word used for a noun
  • I, me, we, he, she, it, we, they
Using the dictionary
  • ABC order (to third letter)
  • Using guide words
  • Word meanings
  • Locating words