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a few ideas
By sj

It's my experience that most kids who need remediation in reading at 1st and 2nd grade level most need to be read to. Often, though not always, these are the children who have not been read to a great deal at home. Reading
to children is also so very hard for the busy classroom teacher to fit into the day unless the reading has some lesson built around it. Reading for the pure pleasure of the reading teaches so much! So, I would suggest that you try to read several books to your group each day, perhaps including one ongoing chapter book. This age usually thoroughly enjoys Junie B Jones as a read-aloud

chapter book, and your 2nd graders will most likely want to reread them after hearing them. Then I'd suggest you split them into two groups and let one group play reading games (board games or computer games, Leapfrog, teacher-made games, books on tape, etc.) while you have a group at the table with you for their homework, then switch. As an after-school teacher you a basically providing what the teachers wish the parents would do with their children at home, so I wouldn't think you would have to necessarily be presenting lessons as much as experiences with reading.