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Grade 2 English Language Arts Week 16 | Teacher Guide

Grade 2 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

WEEK 16 • TEACHER GUIDE AND ANSWER KEY • DAYS 76–80

Read each lesson aloud with the child and model the worked example before practice. Do not show this key during practice. Accept oral, drawn or written answers where the child cannot yet write the whole answer. On Day 80, read aloud if needed but give no hints.

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Day 76: Base Words, Prefixes and Suffixes

Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 15, 2.LF.15.a; Grade 2 ELA Standard 17, 2.LF.17.b

Worked example: What does reread mean? Worked answer: To read again.

  1. Read: unlock, hopeful, retell.
  2. Not kind.
  3. helpless
  4. The base word is care, and the suffix -ful means full of, so careful means full of care, or taking care. Accept any answer that uses the base word and the meaning of -ful.

Teaching note: Write base words on cards and affixes on sticky notes. Let the child build new words and read them aloud.

Teacher routine: Listen and respond. Read this aloud once; the child does not see it. “The library in our town has a new reading room. It has soft chairs, tall windows and shelves of picture books. On Saturdays, a librarian reads stories aloud at ten o’clock. Children who finish five books get a bookmark with their name on it.” Ask the child to retell it, then ask: When does the librarian read stories aloud? (Answer: On Saturdays at ten o’clock.) What do children get for finishing five books? (Answer: A bookmark with their name on it.)

  • ☐ Check: Child retells three key details in order and answers both questions.

Teacher routine: Sound play (before dictation). Say the sounds of a word in reverse order, or change one sound to its partner sound (f and v, s and z, t and d). Partner sounds are made the same way in the mouth, but one uses the voice. Say each word aloud; the child answers aloud without seeing it written. (1) tip: say the sounds in reverse (pit) (2) pat: say the sounds in reverse (tap) (3) net: say the sounds in reverse (ten) (4) tub: say the sounds in reverse (but) (5) gum: say the sounds in reverse (mug)

  • ☐ Check: Child gets 4 of 5 spoken items right.

Day 77: Subject Words in Science and History

Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 19, 2.LF.19; Grade 2 ELA Standard 20, 2.LF.20; Grade 2 ELA Standard 22, 2.LF.22

Practice record: Passage: Ice on the Pond, printed on the Week 16 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: Read this sentence: A thermometer is a tool that measures temperature. What does a thermometer do? Worked answer: It measures how hot or cold something is.

  1. Read: careless, slowly, reheat.
  2. To change from a solid to a liquid when it gets warmer, as ice melts into water.
  3. temperature
  4. In winter the temperature drops, so the water freezes into ice, a solid. In spring the ice melts and becomes liquid water again. Accept any explanation that correctly uses two subject words from the passage.

Teaching note: This week’s Science lessons freeze and melt water, so the child will use these words again. Keep a list of subject words from science and history on the wall.

Teacher routine: Sound play (before dictation). Say the sounds of a word in reverse order, or change one sound to its partner sound (f and v, s and z, t and d). Partner sounds are made the same way in the mouth, but one uses the voice. Say each word aloud; the child answers aloud without seeing it written. (1) fan: change /f/ to /v/ (van) (2) sip: change /s/ to /z/ (zip) (3) tip: change /t/ to /d/ (dip) (4) safe: change /f/ to /v/ (save) (5) bus: change /s/ to /z/ (buzz)

  • ☐ Check: Child gets 4 of 5 spoken items right.

Teacher routine: Fluency reading. The child reads Ice on the Pond aloud twice. Mark any words missed on the second reading.

  • ☐ Check: On the second reading, the child misses no more than 1 word in 20 and pauses at periods and commas.

Day 78: Main Idea in Two Texts

Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 24, 2.LF.24.a; Grade 2 ELA Standard 26, 2.LF.26

Practice record: Passage 1: Seeds on the Move, printed on the Week 16 Practice Workbook.

Practice figure: Passage 2: Squirrels Plant Trees, printed on the Week 16 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: A text tells how robins use grass, mud and twigs to make a nest. What is the main idea? Worked answer: How robins build their nests.

  1. Read: unpack, painful, softly.
  2. Seeds travel to new places in different ways.
  3. Any one of: squirrels bury acorns in many spots; squirrels do not find them all; forgotten acorns grow into new oak trees.
  4. Alike: both tell how seeds get to new places where plants can grow. Different: Passage 1 tells several ways seeds travel (wind, water and animal fur), and Passage 2 tells about one animal, the squirrel, planting acorns. Accept one correct likeness and one correct difference.

Teaching note: Read each passage aloud once before the child reads it alone.

Teacher routine: Sound play (before dictation). Say the sounds of a word in reverse order, or change one sound to its partner sound (f and v, s and z, t and d). Partner sounds are made the same way in the mouth, but one uses the voice. Say each word aloud; the child answers aloud without seeing it written. (1) pit: say the sounds in reverse (tip) (2) ten: say the sounds in reverse (net) (3) fine: change /f/ to /v/ (vine) (4) sue: change /s/ to /z/ (zoo) (5) town: change /t/ to /d/ (down)

  • ☐ Check: Child gets 4 of 5 spoken items right.

Teacher routine: Talk it through. After the child reads Seeds on the Move and Squirrels Plant Trees, ask these questions and have the child answer each in a complete sentence: (1) Who plants trees in Passage 2? (2) What carries dandelion seeds? (3) When do squirrels bury acorns? (4) Where do the forgotten acorns grow? (5) Why do some seeds have tiny hooks? (6) How do forgotten acorns become trees? Then the child asks you one question about it.

  • ☐ Check: Child answers 5 of 6 questions in complete sentences and asks one clear question of their own.

Day 79: The Writing Process: A Personal Narrative

Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 40, 2.LF.40; Grade 2 ELA Standard 21, 2.LF.21; Grade 2 ELA Standard 22, 2.LF.22; Alabama ELA Recursive Standard K-3.R5

Worked example: Which step comes right after drafting? Worked answer: Revising.

  1. Read: thankful, redo, sadly.
  2. Editing.
  3. Answers vary. Example: melt means to change from a solid to a liquid when it warms up. Accept a subject word from science or history with a correct meaning.
  4. Answers vary. Example: I added how the ice looked so the reader could picture it. Accept a real change with a reason it helps the reader.

Teaching note: Spread the steps across the day if needed. The Practice Workbook gives a labeled writing area for each step, and the fillable PDF needs one large multiline field for each part. Use the observation checklist below.

Teacher routine: Sound play (before dictation). Say the sounds of a word in reverse order, or change one sound to its partner sound (f and v, s and z, t and d). Partner sounds are made the same way in the mouth, but one uses the voice. Say each word aloud; the child answers aloud without seeing it written. (1) top: say the sounds in reverse (pot) (2) nap: say the sounds in reverse (pan) (3) rice: change /s/ to /z/ (rise) (4) tuck: change /t/ to /d/ (duck) (5) leaf: change /f/ to /v/ (leave)

  • ☐ Check: Child gets 4 of 5 spoken items right.

Teacher routine: Fluency reading. The child reads Ice on the Pond aloud twice. Mark any words missed on the second reading.

  • ☐ Check: On the second reading, the child misses no more than 1 word in 20 and pauses at periods and commas.

Teacher routine: Share and record. When the story is published, the child reads it aloud while showing the drawing. Record the reading on a phone and play it back together.

  • ☐ Check: Child reads clearly at a steady pace, and the drawing matches the story.

Hands-on task observation checklist (Write a personal narrative using the writing process). Check each item you observe. Four or five items shows the child met the task goal; two or three means repeat the task with support.

  • ☐ Child planned a beginning, middle and end.
  • ☐ The draft tells a true event in order, with linking words.
  • ☐ The story uses at least two subject words correctly.
  • ☐ Child made at least one revision and fixed capitals, end marks and spelling.
  • ☐ Child published a neat final copy with a matching drawing.

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

Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 15, 2.LF.15.a; Grade 2 ELA Standard 17, 2.LF.17.b; Grade 2 ELA Standard 20, 2.LF.20; Grade 2 ELA Standard 24, 2.LF.24.a

Practice record: Passage: Saving Rain, printed on the Week 16 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: Which word has a prefix: replay or player? Worked answer: replay

  1. Read: painless, unfair, rebuild.
  2. To use again (re- means again, and the base word is use).
  3. To turn from liquid water into a gas that goes into the air.
  4. Main idea: our family saves rain in a barrel to use in the garden. Detail: any one, such as rain runs off the roof into the barrel, or the water gives the garden a drink on dry days. Accept a main idea about saving or reusing rain with a matching detail.

Teaching note: Independent check: read aloud if needed, but give no hints.

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