Grade 2 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
WEEK 6 • TEACHER GUIDE AND ANSWER KEY • DAYS 26–30
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 30, read aloud if needed but give no hints.
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Day 26: Soft c and Soft g
Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 10, 2.LF.10.j; Grade 2 ELA Standard 38, 2.LF.38.l
Practice record: Word list, printed on the Week 6 Practice Workbook.
Worked example: Does the c in cent say the hard or soft sound? Worked answer: Soft: cent sounds like sent.
- circle (the first c).
- giant, gym, giraffe.
- The first c comes before i, so it says the soft s sound. The second c comes before l, so it says the hard k sound. Accept any answer that uses the letter after each c.
Teaching note: Make a two-column chart, hard and soft, and have the child sort words by the letter that follows c or g.
Day 27: When y Is a Vowel
Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 10, 2.LF.10.k; Grade 2 ELA Standard 38, 2.LF.38.m
Practice record: Word list, printed on the Week 6 Practice Workbook.
Worked example: What sound does y make in the word sky? Worked answer: Long i, as in sky.
- cry, try.
- baby, sunny, candy.
- The y in yellow is at the beginning of the word, where y is a consonant. It makes the sound in yes. Accept any answer about y at the beginning.
Teaching note: Have the child clap syllables to decide between long i and long e.
Day 28: Adjectives and Adverbs
Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 7, 2.LF.7.e; Grade 2 ELA Standard 45, 2.LF.45.a
Practice record: Sentences, printed on the Week 6 Practice Workbook.
Worked example: In the sentence The small bird sang sweetly, find the adjective and the adverb. Worked answer: Adjective: small. Adverb: sweetly.
- Adjective: red. Adverb: quickly.
- gently.
- Adjectives: five and cold. Adverb: slowly. Slowly tells how the ducks swam, so it describes the verb swam. Five and cold describe the nouns ducks and pond. Accept the three words with a reason about describing the verb.
Teaching note: Sleeping in sentence B also describes the baby. Accept it if the child names it as a describing word.
Day 29: Text Features
Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 25, 2.LF.25.a; Grade 2 ELA Standard 25, 2.LF.25.b
Practice record: Table of contents: All About Bees, printed on the Week 6 Practice Workbook.
Worked example: You want to know what a picture of a beaver dam shows. Which text feature should you read? Worked answer: The caption.
- Page 10.
- Chapter 2, How Bees Make Honey, on page 6.
- It shows what the book is about and where each topic begins, so a reader can find the part they need without reading every page. Accept any answer about finding topics or pages quickly.
Teaching note: Look at a real nonfiction book together and find its headings, captions and bold words.
Day 30: Independent Check: Phonics, Describing Words and Text Features
Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 10, 2.LF.10.j; Grade 2 ELA Standard 10, 2.LF.10.k; Grade 2 ELA Standard 7, 2.LF.7.e; Grade 2 ELA Standard 25, 2.LF.25.a
Practice record: Article: City Gardens, printed on the Week 6 Practice Workbook.
Worked example: What sound does y make in the word funny? Worked answer: Long e.
- Soft c: city. Soft g: gentle or large.
- It tells that a family is picking ripe tomatoes on their roof.
- Any two of: city, many, busy, family.
- Adjectives include busy, gentle, green, large or ripe. The adverb is carefully. It tells how the families water the plants, so it describes the verb water. Accept any correct adjective with carefully and a reason.
Teaching note: Independent check: read the article aloud if needed, but do not give the answers.
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