Grade 2 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
WEEK 10 • STUDENT TEXTBOOK • DAYS 46–50
Read each lesson with a parent or teacher and study the worked example. Then answer the questions for that day in the Week 10 Practice Workbook.
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Day 46: Long Vowels: ild, ind, old, olt and ost
Usually a vowel followed by two consonants says its short sound, as in milk or pond. These patterns are different: in ild, ind, old, olt and ost, the vowel often says its long sound.
Examples: child, wild, find, kind, cold, gold, bolt, colt, most, post. Learn these patterns by reading them and by writing them.
Worked example: Read the word mild. Is the i long or short?
- Find the pattern: ild.
- In the ild pattern, i often says its long sound, like in child.
Worked answer: Long: mild rhymes with child.
Day 47: When w and l Change the Vowel
The letter w can change the sound of a vowel after it. After w, a often sounds like the o in hot: want, wash, watch, swap.
Before l, a often says the sound in ball: talk, walk, salt, call. After w, the letters or often say the sound in her: word, work, world, worm.
Worked example: Read the word worm. What sound do the letters or make?
- Find w followed by or.
- After w, or usually sounds like er.
Worked answer: The or in worm sounds like the er in her.
Day 48: Shades of Meaning
Some words have close meanings but different strengths. Toss, throw and hurl all mean to send something through the air, but hurl is the strongest.
Writers choose the word with the exact shade of meaning they want. Lining words up from weakest to strongest helps you see the difference.
Worked example: Put in order from least cold to most cold: freezing, cool, cold.
- cool is a little cold.
- cold is more.
- freezing is the most cold.
Worked answer: cool, cold, freezing
Day 49: Writing a Narrative
A narrative is a story. It has a beginning, a middle and an end. The beginning tells who is in the story and where it happens. The middle tells what happens, in order. The end tells how it works out.
Time-order words such as first, next, then, after that and finally help the reader follow the events. Good writers also tell how the characters felt.
Worked example: Which word in this sentence tells time order? Next, we put the seeds in the soil.
- Look for a word that tells when.
- Next tells that this event comes after another one.
Worked answer: Next
Day 50: Independent Check: Spelling Patterns, Word Choice and Stories
Today you will answer on your own.
Use what you learned this week: long vowel patterns, how w and l change vowels, shades of meaning, and how stories are built.
Worked example: Write a word that rhymes with cold and begins with g.
- The pattern is old.
- Put g in front: gold.
Worked answer: gold
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