Grade 2 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
WEEK 7 • PRACTICE WORKBOOK • DAYS 31–35
Read the matching lesson in the Week 7 Student Textbook first. Write each answer on the line below its question. Day 35 is answered on your own.
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Day 31: Adding Suffixes: Drop e, Change y to i
- Spelling: Listen as your teacher reads three words. Write each word.
Word 1: ______________________
Word 2: ______________________
Word 3: ______________________
- Add -ing to ride. Write the new word.
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Add -es to pony. Write the new word.
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Write cry + ing and cry + ed. Explain why the y changes in one word but not in the other.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 32: Prefixes: un-, re- and pre-
- Spelling: Listen as your teacher reads three words. Write each word.
Word 1: ______________________
Word 2: ______________________
Word 3: ______________________
- Write a word that means not happy.
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Write one word that means to fill again.
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain how the prefix pre- helps you know what pretest means.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 33: Contractions
- Spelling: Listen as your teacher reads three words. Write each word.
Word 1: ______________________
Word 2: ______________________
Word 3: ______________________
- Write the contraction for they are.
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Write the two words that make the contraction can’t.
Answer: _________________________________________________
- In the contraction it’s, the apostrophe takes the place of a letter. Which letter is it, and how do you know?
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 34: Cause and Effect
Story: Ice on the Pond
Last night was very cold. The water on the pond froze into ice. In the morning the ducks could not swim, so they walked across the ice. Grandpa scattered corn on the bank because the ducks could not reach the plants under the water. By noon the sun had warmed the air, and the ice began to melt.
- Spelling: Listen as your teacher reads three words. Write each word.
Word 1: ______________________
Word 2: ______________________
Word 3: ______________________
- What caused the water on the pond to freeze?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- The ducks could not swim. What was the effect?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- The ice began to melt. Explain what caused this and which words in the story show it.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 35: Independent Check: Word Parts, Contractions and Cause and Effect
Story: The Lost Mitten
Kim’s hands were cold because she had lost a mitten at the park. She was unhappy. She retraced her steps and found the mitten under a bench, so she put it on right away. Soon her hands felt warm again.
Answer on your own. An adult may read the questions aloud but should not give the answers.
- Spelling: Listen as your teacher reads three words. Write each word.
Word 1: ______________________
Word 2: ______________________
Word 3: ______________________
- Write the contraction for she is.
Answer: _________________________________________________
- What caused Kim’s hands to be cold?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- The word retraced has the prefix re-. Explain what it means that Kim retraced her steps.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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