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This Week in Second Grade
Week 35
Verb Tenses
Verb Tenses
Help your child see the connection between plural Y endings and present tense endings for verbs ending in Y. In both cases, if a consonant precedes the Y, you simply add an S. If a vowel precedes the Y, you drop the Y and add "ies."
Help students see the connection between plural Y endings and present tense endings for verbs ending in Y. In both cases, if a consonant precedes the Y, you simply add an S. If a vowel precedes the Y, you drop the Y and add "ies."
Present Tense Challenge
Worksheet
Present Tense Challenge
Have your students mastered present tense verb endings, or could they use a bit more practice? Use this mix of regular verbs and verbs ending in Y to challenge your students with third person singular present tense.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Present Tense Verbs: Final Letter Clues
Worksheet
Present Tense Verbs: Final Letter Clues
Present tense verb endings can be tricky, but not if you know where to look for clues! Help your student sleuths make connections between present tense verb endings and final letters with this fun practice worksheet!
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Changing the Future to the Present: Present Tense Verbs Ending in Y
Worksheet
Changing the Future to the Present: Present Tense Verbs Ending in Y
Changing verbs from future to present tense can be tricky for young learners! Give your students a grammar boost with this useful worksheet that puts skill practice in context.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Composite Shapes
Composite Shapes
Try playing with tangrams at home to help your child get familiar with composite shapes.
Support students in their discussion of shapes by providing sentence frames. This will help them describe the shapes they observe and create when talking with a partner. These sentence frames could include a statement like "I see ... parallelograms because I see a ...."
Tangram Tree
Worksheet
Tangram Tree
This tangram tree is a festive way to put your child's math and reasoning skills to the test. Make a tangram tree with your child this Christmas season.
3rd grade
Math
Worksheet
Tangram Fish
Worksheet
Tangram Fish
Get into geometry the fun way, with a challenging tangram puzzle! Your child will use all seven tangram shapes to re-create this picture.
3rd grade
Math
Worksheet
Tangram Candle
Worksheet
Tangram Candle
Get ready for a tangram challenge! Build math and reasoning skills by using all tangram shapes to re-create the picture on this page.
3rd grade
Math
Worksheet
Reading Fiction Texts With Focus
Reading Fiction Texts With Focus
Encourage your child to reread the parts of their books that contain vivid descriptions — this helps them visualize what is happening in the text.
Encourage students to reread parts of books that contain vivid descriptions. This can help them better visualize what is taking place. A fun way to mark these sections is by having students make a frame out of a sticky note to stick on top of the text.
Scene Illustration
Worksheet
Scene Illustration
Help your students to visually interpret a scene from their book with this illustration worksheet! After students read, they’ll make the picture in their minds come to life by drawing their favorite scene and quoting a passage from the text.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Visualize and Summarize
Worksheet
Visualize and Summarize
Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practice both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Make a Mental Picture
Worksheet
Make a Mental Picture
Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Opinion Writing
Opinion Writing
This is a good opportunity to teach helpful linking words ("for example," "one reason," "because," "also").
This is a good opportunity to teach helpful linking words ("for example," "one reason," "because," "also"). Discuss with the class how linking words can help the reader understand your different pieces of evidence.
Explain Your Opinion
Worksheet
Explain Your Opinion
Have your students practice fleshing out their opinions with this writing exercise. Students will love sharing their opinions about their favorite game, least favorite food, and favorite season.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Linking Words
Worksheet
Linking Words
Use this graphic organizer to help your students learn how to write a fully formed opinion. This helpful worksheet breaks down opinion writing into three easy steps that will have your kids conquering persuasive writing in no time!
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Persuasive Writing #2: Make It Happen
Worksheet
Persuasive Writing #2: Make It Happen
Young writers practice forming and defending an opinion in this engaging three-page persuasive writing template.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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