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Grade 2 English Language Arts Week 8 | Teacher Guide

Grade 2 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

WEEK 8 • TEACHER GUIDE AND ANSWER KEY • DAYS 36–40

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 40, read aloud if needed but give no hints.

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Day 36: Homophones

Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 16, 2.LF.16.c; Grade 2 ELA Standard 38, 2.LF.38.q

Worked example: Choose the right word: I ___ a pear for lunch. (ate, eight) Worked answer: ate

  1. Read: sea, eight, their.
  2. sun
  3. here
  4. They mean different things, so the wrong spelling changes the meaning. Example: I have two cats (the number). I want to come too (also). Accept any two correct sentences with a reason.

Teaching note: Their, there and they’re are a frequent error. Point out that their shows belonging.

Day 37: Synonyms and Antonyms

Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 16, 2.LF.16.a

Worked example: Write a synonym for small. Worked answer: little (tiny is also correct)

  1. Read: large, quiet, below.
  2. glad (also joyful or cheerful).
  3. full
  4. Synonyms mean almost the same thing, like fast and quick. Antonyms mean the opposite, like fast and slow. Accept any answer with both meanings.

Teaching note: Play a quick game: say a word and have the child answer with a synonym, then an antonym.

Day 38: Poetry: Rhyme Scheme and Kinds of Poems

Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 13, 2.LF.13; Grade 2 ELA Standard 32, 2.LF.32; Grade 2 ELA Standard 33, 2.LF.33

Practice record: Two poems, printed on the Week 8 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: Find the rhyme scheme: The cat sat by the door, / Waiting in the sun. / She did not want to snore, / She wanted to have fun. Worked answer: ABAB

  1. Read: rhyme, poem, line.
  2. day and play.
  3. AABB
  4. 5, 7 and 5 syllables. A haiku has three lines with a set number of syllables and does not need to rhyme. Morning in the Garden has four lines that rhyme in pairs (AABB). Accept 5-7-5 with one clear difference.

Teaching note: Read both poems aloud and clap the syllables of the haiku. Syllables: Soft-rain-on-the-roof (5), Lit-tle-drops-tap-a-slow-song (7), The-gar-den-drinks-deep (5). All poems in this curriculum are original.

Day 39: Fact or Opinion?

Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 34, 2.LF.34

Practice record: Sentences, printed on the Week 8 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: Is this a fact or an opinion? Dogs have four legs. Worked answer: Fact.

  1. Read: fact, opinion, prove.
  2. Sentences 1 and 3.
  3. most fun.
  4. Look at a map of the United States or a reliable book and find Alabama listed as a state. Accept any reliable way to check.

Teaching note: Have the child write one fact and one opinion about a favorite food.

Day 40: Independent Check: Word Meanings, Poems and Facts

Standard: Grade 2 ELA Standard 16, 2.LF.16.c; Grade 2 ELA Standard 32, 2.LF.32; Grade 2 ELA Standard 34, 2.LF.34

Practice record: Poem: Winter Evening, printed on the Week 8 Practice Workbook.

Worked example: Write an antonym for tall. Worked answer: short

  1. Read: hear, still, light.
  2. to or too.
  3. AABB
  4. Opinion. The word prettiest tells what someone thinks, and other people may disagree. It cannot be proven. Accept opinion with a clue word or reason.

Teaching note: Independent check: read aloud if needed, but give no hints.

Week 8 Student Textbook | Week 8 Practice Workbook | Week 8 Teacher Guide | Week 7 Student Textbook | Week 9 Student Textbook | Grade 2 index