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Grade 2 English Language Arts Week 4 | Student Textbook

Grade 2 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

WEEK 4 • STUDENT TEXTBOOK • DAYS 16–20

Read each lesson with a parent or teacher and study the worked example. Then answer the questions for that day in the Week 4 Practice Workbook.

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Day 16: Diphthongs: oi and oy

A diphthong is a vowel sound that glides from one sound to another inside one syllable. The letters oi and oy make the same sound, as in coin and boy.

Use oi when the sound is followed by a consonant in the same syllable, as in oil, coin and soil. Use oy when the sound comes at the end of a word or syllable, as in toy and enjoy.

Worked example: Should the word that means a happy feeling be spelled joi or joy?

  1. Listen for where the sound is.
  2. It comes at the end of the word.
  3. Use oy at the end.

Worked answer: joy.

Day 17: Diphthongs: ou and ow

The letters ou and ow can make the sound in out and cow. Use ou when the sound is followed by a consonant, as in out and loud. Use ow at the end of a word, as in now, and often before a final n or l, as in town and owl.

Be careful: ow can also say the long o sound, as in snow and grow. Try both sounds and choose the one that makes a real word.

Worked example: Read the word crown. Which sound does ow make?

  1. Try the sound in cow: crown.
  2. Try the long o sound: crone. That is a different word.
  3. In crown, ow sounds like cow.

Worked answer: ow says the sound in cow.

Day 18: Reflexive Pronouns

A reflexive pronoun ends in self or selves. It points back to the person who does the action: I hurt myself. She dressed herself.

Use self for one person and selves for more than one: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves. Never say hisself or theirselves.

Worked example: Fill in the blank: We built the fort by ____.

  1. The person doing the action is we.
  2. We is more than one, so use selves.
  3. The reflexive pronoun for we is ourselves.

Worked answer: We built the fort by ourselves.

Day 19: Why Did the Author Write This?

Authors write for a reason. An author may write to tell a story, to teach facts, to explain how to do something, or to persuade you to think or do something.

Look at the kind of information in the text. Facts and steps usually teach or explain. Characters and events usually tell a story. Words like should and best often try to persuade.

Worked example: Read: Mix the flour and water. Then knead the dough for five minutes. What is the author’s purpose?

  1. The text gives steps in order.
  2. Steps tell how to do something.

Worked answer: To explain how to make dough.

Day 20: Independent Check: Diphthongs, Pronouns and Purpose

Today you will read a new text and answer on your own.

Use what you learned this week: read oi, oy, ou and ow words, choose reflexive pronouns, and decide why the author wrote.

Worked example: Fill in the blank: The cat cleaned ____.

  1. The cat is one animal.
  2. For an animal or thing, use itself.

Worked answer: The cat cleaned itself.

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