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Week 36
Irregular Verbs
Irregular Verbs
Your child can get a head start on third grade word study by practicing irregular verbs.
Get ready for third grade by practicing irregular verbs! Your students learned about irregular plural nouns earlier this year, so seeing these irregular verbs shouldn't be too daunting. Read a familiar story that uses several past tense verbs, and have your students point out the words. They will be surprised to learn that many verbs they regularly hear are irregular!
Getting Irregular
Worksheet
Getting Irregular
This is a great supplement to lessons about irregular plural nouns. Challenge your students to write the plural form of tricky words like fish, spy, person, wolf, birthday, library, mouse, calf, and more.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Irregular Past Tense Verbs #1
Worksheet
Irregular Past Tense Verbs #1
Irregular past tense verbs are tricky, but a little practice can go a long way! Use this worksheet to help your students understand how to use those tricky words in context.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Irregular Past Tense Verbs #2
Worksheet
Irregular Past Tense Verbs #2
Are your second graders struggling with irregular past tense verbs? Not to worry! Use this practice worksheet to help your students confidently use those tricky words in context.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fractions of Circles and Rectangles
Fractions of Circles and Rectangles
When your child is studying fractions of circles, it can be helpful to visualize pizza, pie, and any other circular object that might be divided. This is also a great opportunity to turn pizza night into an educational experience!
Lead students in brainstorming objects that are in the shape of a circle (pizza, pie, clock). This will help them visualize partitioning shapes.
Fraction Practice: Pizza Slices
Worksheet
Fraction Practice: Pizza Slices
To complete this second grade math worksheet, kids connect divided pizzas to the fractions the pizza slices represent.
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
Fraction Practice: Pie Slices
Worksheet
Fraction Practice: Pie Slices
To complete this second grade math worksheet, kids connect divided pies to the fractions the pie slices represent.
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
Pie Chart Practice: Colored Pencils
Worksheet
Pie Chart Practice: Colored Pencils
Your child might not be ready for statistics, but they can practice using pie charts with this fun, cute worksheet.
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
Finding the Lesson in a Story's Ending
Finding the Lesson in a Story's Ending
Short fables or folktales are a good resource for this skill. Kids can practice identifying the moral or lesson of a short story and compare and contrast the different lessons.
Short fables or folktales are a good resource for this skill. Students can practice identifying the moral or lesson of a short story and compare and contrast the different lessons. This will help them identify lessons in the longer books that they are reading.
The Lion and the Mouse Fable
Worksheet
The Lion and the Mouse Fable
Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
The Fox and the Crow
Interactive Worksheet
The Fox and the Crow
Stories are a fantastic way to teach kids important life lessons. This reading comprehension worksheet uses the classic Aesop’s fable—The Fox and the Crow—to get your students thinking about the central lesson of a story.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Interactive Worksheet
The Crow and the Jug
Worksheet
The Crow and the Jug
Short stories, such as The Crow and the Jug, make great reading comprehension tools. Use this short Aesop’s fable to get your second graders thinking about central lessons and morals.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Opinion Writing
Fact or Opinion
Have your child write about topics they feel passionate about.
Opinion writing is best done with high-interest topics. Allow students to write about topics that they feel passionate about. Spend time brainstorming a list of topics that the class can draw on when they have a new writing assignment.
Fact or Opinion? #1
Worksheet
Fact or Opinion? #1
Learn the difference between fact and opinion! Your child will build basic logic skills as they decide which statements are facts and which are not.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fact or Opinion? #2
Worksheet
Fact or Opinion? #2
Can you tell the difference between fact and opinion? Give your students a hand with basic logic, and help them decide what kinds of statements these are.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fact or Opinion? #5
Worksheet
Fact or Opinion? #5
A fact is a true statement, while an opinion is just someone's personal view. Learn to tell the difference with this worksheet on facts and opinions!
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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