Activity:
Complete the Christmas Story
Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler’s understanding of adjectives from adverbs. Early on, it can be confusing to distinguish how the two forms of speech are used. Use the downloadable worksheet below and fill in the blanks or create one of your own after it and ask your child to bring the story to life.
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What You Need:
- Pen or pencil
- Copy of this Christmas story
- Thesaurus (optional)
What You Do:
- Print out a copy of the Christmas story.
- Quickly go over some of the basic parts of speech: adjectives, adverbs, verbs, and nouns.
- Have your child tackle this downloadable worksheet by filling in the blanks with various adverbs and adjectives.
- Give your child extra practice by creating your own short story for her to complete. If she needs more help in other areas such as with nouns or verbs, for instance, then help her create her own story that focuses on the parts of speech she has trouble with.
Guided Lessons are a sequence of interactive digital games, worksheets, and other activities
that guide learners through different concepts and skills.
They keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.
Guided Lessons are digital games and exercises that keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step.
Vocabulary development helps second graders advance their reading and writing skills. This guided lesson uses exercises and techniques targeted to building vocabulary. Kids will be tasked with using descriptive adjectives, distinguishing between similar verbs and adjectives, and using context clues to determine the meaning of a word phrase. For more vocabulary boosters, check out the worksheets that align with this lesson.
Vocabulary development helps second graders advance their reading and writing skills.
This lesson includes printable activities:
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Game: Word Transporter: Adjectives and Nouns
Game: Compound Word Fish
Game: Animal Adjective Game
Game: Prefix and Suffix Fish
Game: Vocabulary Quiz: Context Clues
Game: Texting: Shades of Meaning
