Grade 2 English Language Arts Unit 2 | Practice Workbook
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Day 1: Short vowels and silent e
- Read cap and cape. Which word has a long a?
- Add silent e to kit. Write the new word.
- Add silent e to hop. Write the new word.
- Read tap and tape. Which word has a short a?
- Read “A kite is by the gate.” What is by the gate?
- Write the two silent-e words in the sentence.
- Use the word hope in a sentence.
- Explain what changed in cap when it became cape.
Day 2: Vowel teams and word meaning
- Which letters make the long a sound in rain?
- Which letters make the long e sound in seed?
- Which letters make the long o sound in boat?
- Write one word from the lesson with ee.
- What fell on the seed?
- What grew?
- Write a sentence using rain.
- How can you check an answer about the passage?
Day 3: Complete sentences
- Which is complete: “The bird” or “The bird sings”?
- Who or what is named in “The bird sings”?
- What does the bird do?
- Add a capital and period: “the seed grew”
- Add the correct mark: “Where is the leaf”
- Is “Can you see it?” a question or a statement?
- Finish the sentence: “The dog ___.”
- Write one complete sentence about a plant.
Day 4: Read and find the main idea
- Who planted the beans?
- What did they plant the beans in?
- What did they give the soil each day?
- Where did they put the cups?
- What appeared after several days?
- State the main idea in one sentence.
- Give one detail that supports your main idea.
- Does the passage say exactly how many days passed?
Day 5: Independent reading check
- Who put a seed in a pot?
- Where did Ben set the pot?
- What did Ben give the seed?
- What came up?
- What is the passage mostly about?
- Write the silent-e word in this pair: kit, kite.
- Add a capital and a period: “the plant grew”
- Write one sentence about how Ben cared for the seed.