Prefixes and Compound Words Review
2nd grade vocabulary review: add un- or re- to words, build birdhouse and rainbow from pictures, and order big, huge and gigantic by strength.
2nd Grade Vocabulary Worksheets
L.2 vocabulary: using knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words.
2nd Grade ELA6 worksheets
Vocabulary worksheets to download
Context Clues Practice
2nd grade context clues: fill ten blanks in a camping story from a 12-word bank with two extras, plus a scalding soup bonus. Answer key included.
Dictionary Entry Labeling
2nd grade dictionary entry labeling: name the guide words, entry word, part of speech, definition and example sentence on a sample page. Answer key.
Root Word Families Word Search
2nd grade root word families word search: find careful, careless, helper, helpless, unhappy and retell in a 12 by 12 grid. Answer key included.
Prefix Meanings Practice
2nd grade prefix meanings: define, draw and use rebuild, unhappy, preheat and disobey in four-part word boxes with non-examples. Answer key.
Compound Words Crossword
A crossword puzzle where every answer is a compound word 2nd grade students build from two smaller ones. Aligned to the Common Core (L.2.4d), covering objectives such as: use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words. Free to download, edit, and print on Chalkie.ai.
Curriculum objectives covered
L.2.4b
“Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (e.g., happy/unhappy, tell/retell).”
L.2.4d
“Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse, lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark).”
L.2.5b
“Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).”
L.2.4a
“Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.”
L.2.4e
“Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.”
L.2.4c
“Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (e.g., addition, additional).”
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