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Grade 2 English Language Arts Week 18 | Teacher Guide

Grade 2 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

WEEK 18 • TEACHER GUIDE AND ANSWER KEY • DAYS 86–90

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 90, read aloud if needed but give no hints.

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Day 86: Blends, tch and dge; Text Features

Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 10, 2.LF.10.c; Grade 2 ELA Standard 10, 2.LF.10.d; Grade 2 ELA Standard 38, 2.LF.38.c; Grade 2 ELA Standard 38, 2.LF.38.e; Grade 2 ELA Standard 38, 2.LF.38.f; Grade 2 ELA Standard 25, 2.LF.25.a

Practice record: An article with text features, printed on the Week 18 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: In the word stripe, which three letters are blended at the start? Worked answer: s, t and r (str).

  1. Read: scrub, catch, ledge.
  2. Three consonants: stretches, streams or strong. Ends with dge: bridge.
  3. It tells that the Tennessee River flows across northern Alabama, past Guntersville, Decatur and Florence.
  4. It is an important word for the topic. The sentence right before it explains that a tributary is a stream that flows into a bigger river.

Teaching note: The map is a text feature. Have the child point to each feature (title, subheadings, bold word, map, caption) before answering.

Teacher routine: Sound play (before dictation). Sound deletion: say the word, then say it again without the first sound. Say each word aloud; the child answers aloud without seeing it written. (1) scream: say it without /s/ (cream) (2) splash: say it without /s/ (plash) (3) string: say it without /s/ (tring) (4) spring: say it without /s/ (pring) (5) sprint: say it without /s/ (print)

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

Teacher routine: Listen and respond. Read this aloud once; the child does not see it. “Barges are long, flat boats. They have no engines of their own, so a strong boat called a towboat pushes them. One towboat can push many barges tied together.” Ask the child to retell it, then ask: What pushes a barge? (Answer: A towboat.) Why do barges need a towboat? (Answer: They have no engines of their own.)

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

Day 87: When w and l Change the Vowel; How Features Help

Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 10, 2.LF.10.h; Grade 2 ELA Standard 10, 2.LF.10.i; Grade 2 ELA Standard 38, 2.LF.38.j; Grade 2 ELA Standard 38, 2.LF.38.k; Grade 2 ELA Standard 25, 2.LF.25.b

Practice record: Fresh Water and Salt Water at Mobile Bay, printed on the Week 18 Practice Workbook.

Practice figure: Chart: water in Mobile Bay, printed on the Week 18 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: Which word has the same vowel sound as ball: tall, tap or tape? Worked answer: Tall.

  1. Read: wall, swap, warm.
  2. Chalk and walk.
  3. It shows how salty the water is in three parts of Mobile Bay: a little salty near the rivers, medium in the middle and very salty near the Gulf.
  4. The chart puts the three parts of the bay side by side, so I can quickly compare how salty each part is. Accept any answer about seeing or comparing the facts quickly.

Teaching note: Swan has a after w (sounding /o/), not before l. Accept only chalk and walk for item 2.

Teacher routine: Sound play (before dictation). Vowel swap: say the word, then change the middle vowel sound as directed and say the new word. Say each word aloud; the child answers aloud without seeing it written. (1) ball: change /aw/ to /e/ (bell) (2) tall: change /aw/ to /e/ (tell) (3) salt: change /aw/ to /i/ (silt) (4) hall: change /aw/ to /i/ (hill) (5) call: change /aw/ to /oo/ (cool)

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

Teacher routine: Fluency reading. The child reads Fresh Water and Salt Water at Mobile Bay 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 88: Plurals with ies; Multiple-Meaning Words

Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 45, 2.LF.45.d; Grade 2 ELA Standard 18, 2.LF.18

Practice record: Dictionary entry, printed on the Week 18 Practice Workbook.

Practice figure: Sentence, printed on the Week 18 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: What is the plural of fly? Worked answer: Flies.

  1. Read: ponies, stories, babies.
  2. Berries and keys.
  3. Meaning 1, the land along the side of a river or lake.
  4. The words water and muddy, and the turtle climbing out of the water, show that the bank is land beside the water, not a business or a coin container.

Teaching note: Valley becomes valleys (a vowel before y), a useful extra example if the child overgeneralizes the rule.

Teacher routine: Sound play (before dictation). Sound deletion: say the word, then say it again without the first sound. Say each word aloud; the child answers aloud without seeing it written. (1) bank: say it without /b/ (ank) (2) plant: say it without /p/ (lant) (3) stamp: say it without /s/ (tamp) (4) frog: say it without /f/ (rog) (5) clay: say it without /k/ (lay)

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

Teacher routine: Talk it through. After the child reads the dictionary entry and the sentence, ask these questions and have the child answer each in a complete sentence: (1) How many meanings does bank have? (2) Which meaning is about money? (3) Where did the turtle rest? (4) What clue word tells about water? (5) Which meaning fits the sentence? (6) Can you make a sentence with meaning 3? 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 89: Plural Possessives; Hands-On Nonfiction Poster

Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 45, 2.LF.45.f; Grade 2 ELA Standard 43, 2.LF.43.b; Grade 2 ELA Standard 25, 2.LF.25.a; Grade 2 ELA Standard 21, 2.LF.21

Worked example: Write the possessive for the toys that belong to two puppies. Worked answer: The puppies’ toys.

  1. Read: cats’, friends’, teachers’.
  2. The birds’ nests.
  3. The farmers’ tractors.
  4. Answers vary. Example: the subheadings tell what each section is about, so a reader can find facts fast; the caption tells what the picture shows. Accept two features with how each helps.

Teaching note: Dictation words with apostrophes: say each as a phrase (“the cats’ bowls”) but have the child write only the possessive word. Privacy: the poster names a public place only, never a home address. Use the observation checklist below.

Teacher routine: Sound play (before dictation). Sound addition: say the word, then add the given sound to the front and say the new word. Say each word aloud; the child answers aloud without seeing it written. (1) ink: add /p/ (pink) (2) lane: add /p/ (plane) (3) rush: add /b/ (brush) (4) lock: add /k/ (clock) (5) rip: add /t/ (trip)

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

Teacher routine: Share and record. When the poster is finished, the child presents it, pointing to each text feature and explaining what it does. Record the presentation on a phone and play it back together.

  • ☐ Check: Child reads clearly at a steady pace, with expression, and points to each part of the work while explaining it.

Hands-on task observation checklist (Make a nonfiction poster about a place). 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.

  • ☐ The poster has a title that names the place.
  • ☐ It has two sections, each with a subheading.
  • ☐ It has a picture or map with a caption.
  • ☐ One important word is in bold and explained.
  • ☐ Facts use subject words correctly and include no home address.

Day 90: Independent Check: Features, Plurals and Word Meanings

Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 25, 2.LF.25.a; Grade 2 ELA Standard 25, 2.LF.25.b; Grade 2 ELA Standard 18, 2.LF.18; Grade 2 ELA Standard 45, 2.LF.45.d; Grade 2 ELA Standard 45, 2.LF.45.f

Practice record: An article with text features, printed on the Week 18 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: What text feature tells what a picture shows? Worked answer: A caption.

  1. Read: strap, badge, puppies.
  2. Families; the bats’ wings.
  3. Night Hunters.
  4. A place. The article says a roost is a place where bats rest, and it is used as a noun after the words is called a.

Teaching note: Independent check: read aloud if needed, but give no hints. The picture box stands for a photograph so the child can find the caption.

Teacher routine: Fluency reading. The child reads Bats in Alabama Caves 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.

Week 18 Student Textbook | Week 18 Practice Workbook | Week 18 Teacher Guide | Week 17 Student Textbook | Week 19 Student Textbook | Grade 2 index