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Grade 2 English Language Arts Week 5 | Student Textbook

Grade 2 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

WEEK 5 • STUDENT TEXTBOOK • DAYS 21–25

Read each lesson with a parent or teacher and study the worked example. Then answer the questions for that day in the Week 5 Practice Workbook.

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Day 21: Three-Letter Blends

A blend is two or three consonants side by side where you can hear each sound. Some blends have three letters and three sounds: str as in street, spl as in splash, scr as in scrub, and spr as in spring.

Say each sound quickly, then blend them together with the vowel. For strap: s-t-r-a-p, strap.

Worked example: Read the word sprout and name its blend.

  1. Look at the first three letters: s, p, r.
  2. Say each sound: s-p-r.
  3. Blend with the rest of the word: sprout.

Worked answer: The blend is spr.

Day 22: Spelling tch and dge

The sound at the end of catch can be spelled tch or ch. Use tch right after a short vowel: catch, pitch, fetch. Use ch after a long vowel, a vowel team or a consonant: beach, bench.

The j sound at the end of a word is never spelled with j. Use dge right after a short vowel: badge, bridge. Use ge after a long vowel or a consonant: page, hinge.

Worked example: Should the word that means the edge of a road be spelled ej, edge or eje?

  1. The word ends with the j sound.
  2. The vowel before it is a short e.
  3. After a short vowel, use dge.

Worked answer: edge.

Day 23: Irregular Past-Tense Verbs

Most verbs add ed to show the past: jump becomes jumped. Irregular verbs change in a different way.

Some common irregular verbs are: go and went, see and saw, run and ran, eat and ate, bring and brought, sit and sat, write and wrote. Say the sentence aloud to check that it sounds right.

Worked example: Change the verb to the past: Today I sing. Yesterday I ____.

  1. Sing does not add ed.
  2. Its past form changes the vowel.
  3. Sing becomes sang.

Worked answer: Yesterday I sang.

Day 24: Character Traits and Feelings

A trait is what a character is like most of the time, such as kind, brave, lazy or honest. A feeling is how a character feels at one moment, such as happy, scared or angry.

Look at what a character says and does. Those actions are the evidence for a trait or a feeling.

Worked example: Read: Jada shared her lunch with a new boy who had none. What trait does Jada show?

  1. Look at the action: she shared her lunch.
  2. Sharing with someone in need shows care for others.

Worked answer: Jada is kind.

Day 25: Independent Check: Blends, Verbs and Characters

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

Use what you learned this week: three-letter blends, irregular past-tense verbs, and character traits.

Worked example: Change the verb to the past: Today I write a note. Yesterday I ____ a note.

  1. Write is an irregular verb.
  2. Its past form is wrote.

Worked answer: Yesterday I wrote a note.

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