Grade 2 English Language Arts Week 16 | Practice Workbook

Grade 2 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

WEEK 16 • PRACTICE WORKBOOK • DAYS 76–80

Read the matching lesson in the Week 16 Student Textbook first. Write each answer on the line below its question. Day 80 is answered on your own.

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Day 76: Base Words, Prefixes and Suffixes

Spelling: Listen as your teacher reads three words. Write each word.
Word 1: ______________________
Word 2: ______________________
Word 3: ______________________
What does unkind mean?
Answer: _________________________________________________
Add a suffix to help to make a word that means without help.
Answer: _________________________________________________
Explain how the base word and the suffix help you figure out what careful means.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 77: Subject Words in Science and History

Passage: Ice on the Pond

In winter, the temperature at the pond drops below freezing. The top of the water freezes and becomes ice, a solid. Fish stay in the liquid water under the ice. In spring, the sun warms the air, and the temperature rises. The ice melts and becomes liquid water again. Scientists call freezing and melting changes in the state of matter.

Spelling: Listen as your teacher reads three words. Write each word.
Word 1: ______________________
Word 2: ______________________
Word 3: ______________________
What does the subject word melt mean? Use the passage.
Answer: _________________________________________________
Which subject word in the passage names how hot or cold something is?
Answer: _________________________________________________
Use two subject words from the passage to explain what happens to the pond in winter and in spring.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 78: Main Idea in Two Texts

Passage 1: Seeds on the Move

Plants cannot walk, but their seeds can travel to new places. Some seeds, like dandelion seeds, have fluffy parts that the wind carries far away. Some seeds float on water to a new shore. Others have tiny hooks that stick to the fur of animals and fall off somewhere new.

Passage 2: Squirrels Plant Trees

In the fall, squirrels gather acorns and bury them in the ground to eat in winter. A squirrel buries acorns in many different spots, and it does not find them all. In spring, some of the forgotten acorns sprout and grow into new oak trees.

Spelling: Listen as your teacher reads three words. Write each word.
Word 1: ______________________
Word 2: ______________________
Word 3: ______________________
What is the main idea of Passage 1?
Answer: _________________________________________________
Write one detail from Passage 2 that supports its main idea.
Answer: _________________________________________________
Compare the two passages. Tell one way their main ideas are alike and one way they are different.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 79: The Writing Process: A Personal Narrative

Spelling: Listen as your teacher reads three words. Write each word.
Word 1: ______________________
Word 2: ______________________
Word 3: ______________________
Which step of the writing process is fixing capitals, end marks and spelling?
Answer: _________________________________________________
Write one subject word you used in your story and tell what it means.
Answer: _________________________________________________
After you revise, explain one change you made and why it made your story better.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Hands-on task: Write a personal narrative using the writing process

Plan: choose a true event you saw or did where something changed, such as ice melting, bread rising or a family move. Write what happened at the beginning, middle and end.
Draft: write your story in order, using words such as first, then and finally. Use at least two subject words from science or history.
Revise: read your draft aloud. Add a detail and fix any part that is unclear.
Edit: check capitals, end marks and spelling.
Publish: copy your story neatly and draw a picture to go with it.

Plan (beginning, middle and end):

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Draft:

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One change I made when I revised:

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Final copy (publish):

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Day 80: Independent Check: Word Parts, Subject Words and Main Idea

Passage: Saving Rain

Our family saves rain in a big barrel under the edge of the roof. When it rains, water runs off the roof and into the barrel. We reuse the water to give our garden a drink on dry days. Saving rain is useful because it keeps us from wasting water from the tap. On hot days, water left in an open pan will evaporate, which means it turns into a gas and goes into the air. That is why we keep a lid on the barrel.

Answer on your own. An adult may read the questions aloud but should not give the answers.

Spelling: Listen as your teacher reads three words. Write each word.
Word 1: ______________________
Word 2: ______________________
Word 3: ______________________
What does reuse mean? Use the prefix and the base word.
Answer: _________________________________________________
What does the subject word evaporate mean? Use the passage.
Answer: _________________________________________________
What is the main idea of the passage? Give one detail that supports it.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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