Grade 2 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
WEEK 6 • PRACTICE WORKBOOK • DAYS 26–30
Read the matching lesson in the Week 6 Student Textbook first. Write each answer on the line below its question. Day 30 is answered on your own.
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Day 26: Soft c and Soft g
Word list
circle, giant, cup, gym, cave, giraffe
- Which words in the list have a soft c?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Which words in the list have a soft g?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- The word circle has two c’s. Explain why they make different sounds.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 27: When y Is a Vowel
Word list
cry, baby, yellow, try, sunny, candy
- Which words in the list have y saying long i?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Which words in the list have y saying long e?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain why the y in yellow is not working as a vowel.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 28: Adjectives and Adverbs
Sentences
A. The red fox ran quickly into the woods. B. Mom gently covered the sleeping baby. C. Five ducks swam slowly across the cold pond.
- Find the adjective and the adverb in sentence A.
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Find the adverb in sentence B.
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Sentence C has two adjectives and one adverb. Name them and explain how you knew which was the adverb.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 29: Text Features
Table of contents: All About Bees
| Chapter | Page |
|---|---|
| 1. Where Bees Live | 2 |
| 2. How Bees Make Honey | 6 |
| 3. The Queen Bee | 10 |
| 4. Why Bees Matter | 14 |
- On what page does the chapter about the queen bee begin?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Which chapter would tell how honey is made?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain how a table of contents helps a reader before reading the book.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 30: Independent Check: Phonics, Describing Words and Text Features
Article: City Gardens
Heading: Growing Food in a City. Many families in a busy city grow gentle green plants on rooftops. They carefully water tomatoes, beans and herbs in large pots. Caption under a photo: A family picks ripe tomatoes on their roof.
Answer on your own. An adult may read the questions aloud but should not give the answers.
- Find one word with a soft c and one word with a soft g in the article.
Answer: _________________________________________________
- What does the caption tell you?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Find two words in the article that end in y, where the y says long e.
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Find one adjective and one adverb in the article, and explain how you knew the adverb.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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