2nd Grade Common Core Phonics Resources

Students may know they can blend colors or food, but did they know they can blend letters too? Learn to use common consonant blends in this engaging worksheet! 

Distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds is one of the first steps in mastering vowels. Gauge student understanding of long and short vowels with this review activity.

In this worksheet, children will complete each sentence using a word with a long A sound.

Give your second grader practice reading and decoding "ew" words with this worksheet that asks her to choose the word that completes each sentence.

Children practice dividing up VC/CV words by syllables in this spelling and grammar worksheet.

Engage learners with fun and colorful phonics practice this season with these winter-themed word sorts!

Children learn to identify, pronounce, and sort words with R-controlled vowels in this grammar and phonics worksheet.

This worksheet helps students fine tune their understanding of letter-sound relationships and spelling patterns.

Let's practice identifying the blends at the end! Kids will sound out each word and identify the ending blend.

By now, your child knows that not all vowel sounds are the same. Challenge him to determine whether words contain a short or long vowel sound.

Help your second grader master sounding out and reading "ow" words like cow and towel.

Children work on phonics and spelling skills as they learn about the diphthong OW in this vocabulary-building worksheet.

Practice dividing up V/CV words by syllables in this spelling and grammar worksheet!

The sentences on this worksheet are missing a word, each containing the long "e" sound. Choose words from the box to complete each sentence!

In this worksheet, choose words from the box to complete each sentence. This worksheet helps kids recognize long-vowel patterns and spell them correctly.

Give students fun word study practice during the winter season using this short and long vowel sort! 

Boost your child's reading skills with this winter-themed word sorting worksheet featuring schwa vowel sounds!

Kids sort long A vowel words in this worksheet.

The vowel team "ee" stars in this second grade review. Students will use context clues and a word bank to practice “ee” words.

Provide students with word study practice during the winter season using this engaging open and closed syllable sort! 

Children will look at a list of 20 words and sort them according to whether they make a long or a short /oo/ sound.

Get more fun phonics practice this winter with this open and closed syllable sort! 

Children practice dividing up VC/V words by syllables in this spelling and grammar worksheet.

Ready for some vowel team review? Students will distinguish between the long and short e sounds for the “ea” vowel team.

Children will work on their understanding of the -OW sound, and build vocabulary too, as they solve 14 clues to complete the crossword puzzle.

Give students more word study practice this winter with this engaging open and closed syllable sort! 

Focusing on the letter blends ar and or, this worksheet helps build your child's repertoire of letter and sound combinations.

Give students word-building practice using the long E vowel digraph with this hands-on worksheet!

On this second grade reading worksheet, kids sort words ending in "y" into two categories: the long "e" sound as in baby, or the long "i" sound as in spy.

Give students fun word study practice during the winter season using this short and long vowel sort!