Grades 2 - Articles

The three words below are called articles. We use articles in front of naming words.
 
a an the
 
            Use the word an in front of the letters a, e, i, o, u, and h. 
 
     Examples:
            1. Sam has an apple. 
            2. Pat ate a carrot.  
            3. Sam and Pat will eat the orange.  
  
Directions: Circle the correct article. Write it on the line.  
 
 
1. __________________ ox was pulling a cart.    a an  
 
2. I am looking for _________________ book.     the an
 
 3. Please hand me ________________ pen.     an a
   
4. Where is _______________ umbrella?    a the
   
5. I can read _________________ story.    the an
 
 6. Help me fix ________________ toy.    an the

Grades 2 - Biography and Autobiography 

Biography/Autobiography

 
At my house, I was the oldest of three sisters. Next door to us, there lived another three
girls. They were all younger than me, too. Whenever we played together, I was in charge of what we
did. I was the director of the play, or the mom in a pretend family. Sometimes I was the doctor who
saved their lives!

An excerpt from “Stirring Up Memories” written by Pam Munoz Ryan.

 
  
Benjamin used his clock to measure the movements of the stars. He used math to figure out the
position of the stars, moon, and planets. Years later, he wrote an almanac. An almanac is a book that
lists the positions of the sun, moon, and planets for every day of the year.  

An excerpt from “African-American Inventors” written by Jim Haskins.

 
 
            1. Read the two passages.  
            2. Draw a star next to the autobiography. Draw a check mark next to the biography.
            3. What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?
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4. How do you know which passage is a biography?
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________
 
5. How do you know which passage is an autobiography?
_____________________________________________________
Cool Colons!
 
We use colons to help us tell time. We put a colon between the hours and the minutes. The hours should be on the left of
the colon, and the minutes should be on the right. 
 
             5:10     
 
Directions: Circle the correct time. Write it on the line using a colon.  
 
     90:0        :900         9:00         ____________
 
     4:30 43:0 430: ____________
 
     104:5 10:45 1:045 ____________
 
Fill in your own time. Write the time on the line using a colon.
 
      ___________________
 
 It is 10 minutes past 5.
 
The hour is 5 o’clock.

More Cool Colons!

 
We use colons to help us tell time. We put a colon between the hours and the minutes. The hours should be on the left of
the colon, and the minutes should be on the right. 
 
             5:10     
 
Directions: Write the correct time on the line using a colon.  
 
   ____________    _______________
 
   ____________    _______________  
 
   ____________    _______________ 
 
Fill in your own time. Write the time on the line using a colon.
 
 ______________    ______________
 
 
The hour is 5 o’clock.
 
It is 10 minutes past 5.
 Connecting with Conjunctions
 
 The words below help us put two or more things together.
and but or
 Examples:
1. I like to eat apples and oranges. 
2. I like to eat apples but not oranges.  
3. I can eat one apple or one orange.   
 
Directions: Read each sentence. Choose the correct word, circle it, and write it on the line.   
 
  
1. I need a pencil ________________ a piece of paper to write.
  
and or but
 
 2. We have a cat ________________ we do not have a fish.  
 
and or   but
  
3. Tomorrow we can go to the zoo _______________ the movies, but not to both.
and or but
 
 4. I would like carrots, peas, _______________ broccoli please.
 
and or but
 
5. When you go to the end you can go left ______________right.  
 
and or but

Grades 2 - Identify Paragraph Features

Paragraph Parts
 
 

Silk was discovered more than 5,000 years ago by the Chinese. Silk is made from silkworm
caterpillar cocoons. A silkworm is a caterpillar from China that eats leaves of mulberry trees. For
about 3,000 years the Chinese kept the discovery of silk a secret. Silk takes a long time to make and
costs a lot of money. Only very rich people could afford silk, but many people wanted to wear silk
because it was light and cool in hot weather. Because silk cost so much money, poorer people found
other kinds of cloth that looked like silk but didn’t cost as much money. Women would beat cotton
with sticks to make it soft and rub the soft cloth against large rocks to make it shiny. Shiny cotton was
called “chintz” because it was a cheap copy of silk.  

If you hear someone call something “chintzy,” it means that it is not something of good
quality.   

 
 
  
 1. Read the paragraphs. 
 2. Draw an arrow at the start of each paragraph.
 3. Underline a sentence.
 4. What is the main idea of this paragraph?
 Grades K-2 - Nouns

Name That Noun!

 
Directions: Circle the nouns in each sentence.  
  
1. Five green frogs swam in the deep pond.  

 
2. The little leopard leaped along the long wall.   
 
 
3. Cut open the orange and eat a slice. 
 
 
4. Where is the little black bear hiding?
 
 
5. Mark said he wanted to play with the toy car, not the airplane.  
 
 
6. Six silly swans swam against the stream. 
 
 
7. I can hear a dog barking in the house next door. 
 
 
8. The cloud drifts slowly through the blue sky.

Grades K-2 - Noun Verb Agreement

Does The Verb Agree?

 
Directions: Circle the verb that fits into the sentence.   
 
 
1. The boy (go / goes) outside.  
 
 
2. Five boys (go / goes) outside.
 
 
3. Two girls (eat / eats) soup.
 
 
4. One girl (eat/ eats) soup. 
 
 
5. The little dogs (jump / jumps) on me. 
 
 
6. The big dog (jump / jumps) on me.
 
 
7. Five cats (live / lives) in the house on the hill. 
 
 
8. A small cat (live/ lives) in the house next to the park. 
 
 
Where’s the Verb?
 
Directions: Circle the verb in each sentence.  
 
 
            1. The spotted horses run wild in the wind.  
 
 
2. A boat floats in the river.   
 
 
3. The dim light bulb flashed before it blinked out.   
 
 
4. A dog hides under the porch.
 
 
5. Watch out!   
 
 
6. The sun set over the ocean. 
 
 
7. The cat quietly sat in the windowsill. 
 
 
8. Will you eat some of the delicious broccoli?
 
 
 Grades K-2 - Prepositions
Cut and Paste with Prepositions
 
The position words: on, under, by, next to, and above, are one kind of preposition. Prepositions show us directions like
left and right. Prepositions show us positions. Prepositions help us tell time, and prepositions can help us figure out where
we are with directions.   
 
Directions: Cut out the pictures. Glue the pictures around the table.
Cut out the prepositions. Glue the prepositions next to the pictures to show if they are on, under, by, next to, or above the
table. 
    
 
on
 
under
 
by
 
next to
 
above

Interjections
Include at least four interjections in your dialogue.

 Interjections are expressions of exclamation that show emotion. The words themselves often do not have any other
meaning. An interjection is often followed by an exclamation point, but not always.

 
Ouch! You’re stepping on my toe!
Hey, that looks a lot like my sandwich.
Dang! I missed the early bird special.
Wow! I think I got my highest score!
Yikes! The water was freezing cold!
Aw! The kitten is curled up in the blanket.
Hurray! We will have a class picnic!