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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 35
This week, students will learn about silent letters. Specifically, they will learn about the silent g and silent k at the beginning of...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 34
This week, students will learn about ways the letter a can make the short /o/ sound. When a comes after w or qu, it can make the short...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 33
This week, students will learn about using the letters ea to make both the short /e/ sound and the long /e/ sound. You can get the weekly...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 32
This week, students will learn about using the letters tion and sion to make the /shun/ sound. The letters sion can also make the /zhun/...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 31
This week, students will learn about using the letters oo to spell both the long /oo/ sound and the short /oo/ sound. Please note that...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 30
This week, students will learn about spelling the /aw/ sound with the letters aw and au. The /aw/ sound is very similar to the short /o/...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 29
This week, students will learn about spelling multisyllabic words with r-controlled and consonant + le syllables. You can get the weekly...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 27
This week, students will review phonics patterns they have learned over the past 26 weeks. As a result, we will not follow the usual...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 28
This week, students will learn about spelling the long /oo/ sound with the letters oo and ew. Note that the long /u/ sound can also be...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 26
This week, students will learn about spelling the /er/ sound with the letters ir and the /or/ sound with the letters oar. You can get the...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 25
This week, students will learn about the spelling of the /ch/ sound. After a short vowel, we spell the /ch/ sound with the letters tch....
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 24
This week, students will learn about the ur spelling of the /er/ sound and the ore spelling of the /or/ sound. You can get the weekly...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 23
This week, students will review phonics patterns they have learned over the past 22 weeks. As a result, we will not follow the usual...
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The Prefix DIS-: A FREE Morphology Lesson
Morphology is a powerful tool for teaching older students both decoding longer words and understanding new vocabulary words. We use the...
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The Prefix RE-: A FREE Morphology Lesson
Morphology is a powerful tool for teaching older students both decoding longer words and understanding new vocabulary words. We use the...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 22
This week, students will review phonics patterns they have learned over the past 21 weeks. As a result, we will not follow the usual...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 21
This week, students will learn about the vowel teams oo, ue, ew, and ui that make the long oo sound. You can get the weekly phonics...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 20
This week, students will learn about the oi and oy diphthongs. You can get the weekly phonics routine at Teachers Pay Teachers. One of...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 19
This week, students will learn that oa, oe, and ow are all vowel teams that can make the long o sound. You can get the weekly phonics...
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Second Grade Phonics Program: Week 18
This week, students will review phonics patterns they have learned over the past 17 weeks. As a result, we will not follow the usual...
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