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This Week in Second Grade
Week 39
Irregular Past Tense Verbs
Irregular Past Tense Verbs
Irregular past tense can be tricky. Keep a journal of irregular verbs and jot down examples when you read to your child. Challenge your child to find irregular verbs when they are reading, too!
Write some sentences in the past tense, leaving a space where the verb would go. For each missing verb, ask students to select one of two options, regular or irregular.
Spot Past Tense
Worksheet
Spot Past Tense
Spot the past tense! Present and past tense verbs are listed on the page and it's up to you and your child to match the right words together.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Irregular Verbs
Worksheet
Irregular Verbs
Use this irregular verbs worksheet to give your child some irregular verbs exercises that will help develop her grammar skills and improve her writing.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Knew It! Irregular Past-Tense Verbs
Worksheet
Knew It! Irregular Past-Tense Verbs
This worksheet offers engaging practice for students as they learn to conjugate and use irregular past-tense verbs.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Elapsed Time
Elapsed Time
Ask your child questions about time throughout the day. For example, tell your child that dinner is at six o'clock; then, ask them how long it will be until dinner time.
Reinforce the concept of elapsed time by asking your students time-themed questions throughout the day. For example, how long do they have until lunch? Until the end of the day? Until recess?
Elapsed Time Problems
Worksheet
Elapsed Time Problems
Is your child a time whiz? Challenge his time-telling savvy with an exercise on calculating elapsed time. Can he figure out how much time has passed?
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
Time Goes By: Calculate Elapsed Time #1
Worksheet
Time Goes By: Calculate Elapsed Time #1
For kids who already have a handle on telling time, this worksheet poses a new challenge: for each problem, can your child figure out how much time has gone by?
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
Calculate Elapsed Time
Worksheet
Calculate Elapsed Time
Boost your second grader's time savvy with a lesson in elapsed time.
2nd grade
Math
Worksheet
Making Inferences
Making Inferences
Books like "No, David!" by David Shannon, "Tuesday" by David Wiesner, and "The Relatives Came" by Cynthia Rylant are good options for inference-making practice.
Use books to model making inferences for your class. "No, David!" by David Shannon, "Tuesday" by David Wiesner, and "The Relatives Came" by Cynthia Rylant are all good options.
Making Inferences
Worksheet
Making Inferences
Help your child read deeper into a story by having him practice making inferences about what happened.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Making Inferences with Pictures
Worksheet
Making Inferences with Pictures
Making inferences means reading between the lines! Learn to spot contextual clues in stories my making inferences with these pictures.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Inferring with Quotes
Worksheet
Inferring with Quotes
Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Using Story Starters for Creative Writing
Using Story Starters for Creative Writing
Story starters are a fun way to stimulate creative thinking.
Story starters are a fun way to stimulate your students' creative thinking process. Invite students to create their own visual and written story starters to share with other students in the class.
Creative Writing: Summer Memories
Worksheet
Creative Writing: Summer Memories
Children write about their favorite summer memory with this writing template, using their five senses to describe what happened.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Pirate Writing
Worksheet
Pirate Writing
Is that a pirate on a dinosaur's back? Yes. Why? Let your child decide (and slip in great composition skills practice)!
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Mermaid and Pirate Writing Prompt
Worksheet
Mermaid and Pirate Writing Prompt
It's entertaining (and educational) to make-up stories. Try a funny pirate writing prompt like this one!
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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