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This Week in Second Grade
Week 26
Compound Words
Compound Words
Encourage your child to look for two smaller words when studying compound words. Have them highlight each word in a different color!
Use letter tiles to teach students how to look for two smaller words in a compound word. This can be a great, tactile way for children to practice building and decomposing words.
Compound Words Game #1
Worksheet
Compound Words Game #1
Children will enjoy pairing two balloons together to create a compound word in this vocabulary-boosting worksheet.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Guess the Compound Word
Worksheet
Guess the Compound Word
Compound words are just words that are made by putting two smaller words together. With this worksheet, students will work backwards from definitions to guess the compound words and expand their vocabulary.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Compound Word Meaning
Worksheet
Compound Word Meaning
In this worksheet, learners will practice using context clues to find the meaning of eight compound words.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Recognizing and Adding Coin Values
Recognizing and Adding Coin Values
Games like Race to $1.00 are a fun way for children to practice recognizing and totaling the value of coins.
Games like "Race to $1.00" are a fun way for students to practice recognizing and totaling the value of coins. This can be an engaging "early finisher" activity or a quick, informal check-in.
Practice Test: Money
Interactive Worksheet
Practice Test: Money
Learners will test their money math and addition skills with this simple quiz.
2nd grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Counting Change: How Much?
Interactive Worksheet
Counting Change: How Much?
Kids count up the coins, then circle the correct amount.
2nd grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Counting Coins III
Worksheet
Counting Coins III
Knowing how to count coins and handle money is a practical math skill for kids. Help your child master coin counting with this worksheet.
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
Dialogue, Comprehension, and Expression
Dialogue, Comprehension, and Expression
Words like "he said," "she exclaimed," and "I grumbled" can offer your child important clues about the text and what a character is thinking.
Take a snippet of dialogue from one of your class's favorite read-alouds. Write it, along with multiple dialogue tags, on sentence strips, then ask students to read these aloud in various combinations. How does this affect the expression and meaning of a story?
Using Quotes in Writing
Worksheet
Using Quotes in Writing
This narrative writing worksheet teaches your budding author how to use quotes. Correctly using quotes in writing comes in handy for all ages.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Brainzy Presents: The Amazing Adventures of Floyd and Roly
Worksheet
Brainzy Presents: The Amazing Adventures of Floyd and Roly
What are Floyd and Roly talking about? Fill in the word balloons and make up your own comic!
preschool
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Make That Dialogue Pop!
Worksheet
Make That Dialogue Pop!
As students write stories, encourage them to add dialogue to their writing with this fun worksheet. Students practice both correctly punctuating dialogue and adding details to make their writing pop!
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Figurative Language: Metaphors and Similes
Figurative Language: Metaphors and Similes
Help your child learn how to incorporate metaphors and similes into their writing by keeping a journal of metaphors and similes you hear in songs and conversations.
Create a phrase bank on the whiteboard and encourage students to jot down metaphors and similes they hear throughout the day.
Write Your Own Similes
Worksheet
Write Your Own Similes
After introducing similes, give kids a chance to be creative with this writing activity! Students will have fun comparing all kinds of things of their choosing using the prompts, and you'll love watching them use and grow their figurative language skills.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Write Your Own Metaphors
Worksheet
Write Your Own Metaphors
Give kids a chance to think creatively about metaphors by letting them write their own! Students will stretch their imaginations and figurative language skills as they think of ways to describe their class, bedroom, and more.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Simile or Metaphor
Worksheet
Simile or Metaphor
Can you tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Students will seek to distinguish between—and determine the meanings of—simple similes and metaphors with this multiple choice activity.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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