Free Sample Workbook · Reading

Free 2nd grade reading worksheets, with the lesson and the answer key

One full topic — Vowel teams and two-syllable words — as a printable PDF. No payment.

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The topic inside: Vowel teams and two-syllable words

Read vowel teams and decode two-syllable words with long vowels

RF.2.3Ages 7–8

Key words

  • vowel team — two or more letters that work together to make one vowel sound, like oa in boat
  • syllable — a word part with one vowel sound
  • long vowel — a vowel sound that says its name, like the a in rain
  • decode — use sound and spelling patterns to read a word

What you need at home: the passage below; index cards and a marker; scissors; a highlighter or two crayons of different colors.

What is in the PDF

  1. Quick Check — 10 questionsBefore you teach. It shows what the student already knows.
  2. Learn ItThe lesson you teach from: key words, step-by-step teaching with lines to read aloud, 2 worked examples and 2 common mistakes to watch for.
  3. We Do It Together — 10 questionsWorked side by side. The answer and the reason it is the answer are printed right after each question.
  4. You Try — 10 questionsThe student works alone.
  5. Answer KeyEvery question, its answer and a short explanation.

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8 topics, 960 questions and 225 printed pages, with the answer key included. $9.99 as a PDF you print at home, as many copies as you need for your own household.

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One PDF of 16 pages (0.4 MB): the Vowel teams and two-syllable words topic in full — 30 questions across three sets, the lesson to teach from, and the answer key.

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How does this fit the rest of the year?

Vowel teams and two-syllable words is the first of 8 topics in 2nd grade Reading. The full workbook has 960 questions over 225 printed pages, with the answer key.

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