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By second grade your child should be putting much of his emphasis on fluent reading when it comes to phonics. The basic skill sets have been learned in earlier years, and your child is ready to begin a lifelong love of reading.
At this stage your second grader should be not only reading better, but also able to write stories of a basic nature. It is an exciting year for your child as he moves from simple phonics to advanced phonics, and delving into the English language at greater lengths. In second grade, your child will be challenged to review previous phonics skills with regards to consonant blends, ending consonant sounds, digraphs, diphthongs, and other skills. The review will thus turn into more applying these phonic rules to larger and more difficult words. Your second grader is learning advanced phonic skills by this time. This includes utilizing multi-syllable words. It also means your child is learning to spell and decode words on his own. He will also start to learn about root words, prefixes, suffixes, and how to tackle bigger vocabulary words. It is at this point that your child should be encouraged to read books to become graceful at reading without having to stop and figure out words as often as he used to. He is not necessarily able to read a novel with lots of big words, but a book recommended for his age group and reading level should be easy and enjoyable. Fluency is an important step in advanced phonics as it ties into reading comprehension and the ability to read at a quicker rate. By the second grade, kids are able to grasp what they are reading to a fuller extent. This is because when you are able to read fluently, you can take hold of what you are reading and understand it better. It is important for your second grader to start learning about reading comprehension as it makes reading have meaning, and makes it more fun. You can tell your second grader is knowledgeable about reading comprehension when he is able to predict what will happen next in a story, is able to apply prior events to current events while reading, and can rationalize parts of the text that confuses him. Most second graders have quite vivid imaginations. Your child should be able to put his thoughts into a story form and create something wonderful. Strong sentence skills have been taught in earlier years, and writing a story is a great way for your child to practice these skills. Sentences should flow and make sense by this age. It is also very possible that your child's handwriting has become smaller and more legible. You may even consider starting to teach cursive writing by the end of second grade This original article is a copyright of Childhoodphonics.com and may not be reproduced without permission.
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