This blog is to help my second grade students continue to improve their reading and writing skills.
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Dragons
Friday, April 17, 2026
Completing Sentences with Spelling Words
Today, we completed our Long I workbook. We did this worksheet in which we had to complete the sentences with our spelling words.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Long /i/ with -igh spelling Dictionary Copy
Today, reviewed the -igh spelling of the Long I sound like in night, right and sight. In this spelling, the letters -gh are silent. We learned that we live in Ejea de los Caballeros/Ejea of the Knights. We copied and illustrated our vocabulary in our dictionary. You can listen to us reading the words in the video below. 😃
Monday, April 13, 2026
Long I Spelling Words
-i like in tiger, spider and lion
-y like in my, fly and sky
-ie like in flies, cries and butterflies
-igh like in light, night and high
-i_e like in like, bike, and kite
Can you read these words?
Friday, April 10, 2026
New Book: Hide and Seek
Today, we read a new book called Hide and Seek. Let´s read it again together!
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Long I: -igh spelling and worksheet
Today, we are learning that the Long I sound can be written with -igh like in night, light, sight and firefighter. We also completed a worksheet with some of this vocabulary.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Long /i/ Sound with -i Spelling
We know that sometimes the letter i makes a short sound like in big, sit and pig. But today, we reviewed that it also makes the long sound like in Friday, triangle and tiger. We copied the words in our Phonics Dictionary. You can practice saying the words with us in the video below.
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Long I with the Magic -e Dictionary Copy
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
New Book: Sky Ride
This week, we are reading a new book called Sky Ride (book 8) from the Starfall page. You can read it again here:
Monday, March 16, 2026
Long i with the Magic -e
Today, we are learning about the Long i Sound with the Magic -e spelling like in bike, five and nine. Let´s have a look at the vocabulary and play a game! We also did these vocabulary worksheets from our packet!
Friday, March 13, 2026
Thursday, March 12, 2026
The Sounds of the Letter Yy
Today, we reviewed the three different sounds of the letter Yy. Then, we sorted the words on the board. You can see us do it in the video below.
Did you know that the letter y is a consonant and a vowel? When it is at the beginning of a word, it is a consonant like in yogurt, yo-yo and yes. When it is at the end of a word by itself, it is a vowel and can make two sounds:
-Long E like in happy, mommy and rainy (in long words)
-Long I like in my, fly and cry (in short words)
Yy as a consonant:
Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Long I sound with -ie spelling
Today, we reviewed the Long I sound and song. We also copied some words with the -ie spelling in our Phonics Dictionary.
Monday, March 9, 2026
Long I with -y and -ie Spellings
This week, we have started to review the Long I sound with the -y and -ie spellings like in fly, cry and spy as well as flies, cries and spies. Let´s review!
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Group writing using our spelling words
Today, we used our spelling words to write sentences. Then, we copied them in our notebook. Have a look!
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Long /e/ Sound: -ey Dictionary Copy
Today, we learned about the -ey spelling of the Long /e/ Sound like in monkey, donkey and keys.
We also copied the -ey words in our Phonics Dictionary.
Friday, February 20, 2026
Long /e/ Spelling Words
Next Friday (February 27th), we are going to have our Long /e/ spelling test (exam). Do you remember how to spell the words? Let´s review by playing the riddle game.
Long /e/ Word Sort
Today, we reviewed the spellings of the Long /e/ sound that we have learned about so far:
-e like in zero, me and even
-ee like in bee, green and sheep
-ea like in eat, seal and tea
-y like in happy, sunny and candy
-ie like cookie, mommies and candies
-e_e like in Pete, these and here
Then, we did this word sort worksheet:
Monday, February 16, 2026
Long /e/: -y and -ie spellings and plurals of words that end in -y
Today, we have reviewed the Long /e/ Sound with the -y spelling and learned about the -ie spelling:
-y like in happy, sunny and family
-ie like in families, candies and babies
Do you know that singular words that end in -y and make the Long /e/ sound transform the letter -y to -ies to make the plural?
one mommy, two mommies
one family, many families
one cherry, many cherries
We copied the -ie words in our Phonics Dictionary.













