Rutherford County Schools – Individual Learning Modules Grade Course 2nd ELA-Week 4 Unit Focus Read grade level text with purpose and understanding Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text/story Know and apply grade level phonics (long vowels such as play, game, eight, vowel teams such as dream, great, quiet, digraphs such as phone, chip, and blends such as bread, blimp) Identify, read and write grade level sight words Day 1 Reading: Read Moths-Silkworms (ReadWorks) Phonics: Weekly phonics pattern: silent letters gn, kn, wr, and mb. Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=6p4hRbPQC2w After the video, practice reading each word from the list below and highlight the silent letter pattern in each word. Word List: gnome, gnaws, gnats, wreckage, wrinkled, wreath, wristband, knowledge, knuckle, knead, kneecap, plumber, thumb, numb, crumb. Sight Words: Pick a game from the link https://sightwords.com/sight-words/games/ . Use this sight word list to get started: seem, next, hard, open, example, begin, life, always, those, both, paper, together. Writing: What is the importance of the cocoon’s thread? What can the thread be used for? Day 2 Read: The Sounds Spring Brings and answer the questions (ReadWorks) Phonics: Choose one of the online activities to play https://www.spellingtraining.com/index.html? &oqydptay&oqzjpmyw&oqytlr&oqzvlntjw&pjbomyway&pjedpmy&pjytw&pj yydth&hmesnyq&lresn&jesn&dqesn&ajbsy&ajtov&ajtlv Sight Words: Pick a game from the link to play. Use the
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Rutherford County Schools – Individual Learning Modules
Grade Course
2nd ELA-Week 4Unit Focus
Read grade level text with purpose and understanding Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why and how to
demonstrate understanding of key details in a text/story Know and apply grade level phonics (long vowels such as play, game, eight, vowel
teams such as dream, great, quiet, digraphs such as phone, chip, and blends such as bread, blimp)
Identify, read and write grade level sight wordsDay 1
Reading: Read Moths-Silkworms (ReadWorks) Phonics: Weekly phonics pattern: silent letters gn, kn, wr, and mb. Watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p4hRbPQC2wAfter the video, practice reading each word from the list below and highlight the silent letter pattern in each word. Word List: gnome, gnaws, gnats, wreckage, wrinkled, wreath, wristband, knowledge, knuckle, knead, kneecap, plumber, thumb, numb, crumb. Sight Words: Pick a game from the link https://sightwords.com/sight-words/games/. Use this
sight word list to get started: seem, next, hard, open, example, begin, life, always, those, both, paper, together.
Writing: What is the importance of the cocoon’s thread? What can the thread be used for?
Day 2
Read: The Sounds Spring Brings and answer the questions (ReadWorks) Phonics: Choose one of the online activities to playhttps://www.spellingtraining.com/index.html?&oqydptay&oqzjpmyw&oqytlr&oqzvlntjw&pjbomyway&pjedpmy&pjytw&pjyydth&hmesnyq&lresn&jesn&dqesn&ajbsy&ajtov&ajtlv Sight Words: Pick a game from the link to play. Use the same words from day one.
https://sightwords.com/sight-words/games/ Writing: Using your 5 senses, what can you observe outside that spring has affected or
changed? Brainstorm ideas while walking around. When returning home, take your ideas and put them into a paragraph using 3-4 sentences. Illustrate what you observed.
Day 3
Read: A Day to Celebrate Earth and answer the questions (ReadWorks) Phonics: Choose one of the online activities to play https://www.spellingtraining.com/index.html?
https://www.abcya.com/games/dolch_sight_word_bingo Writing: Using some of the sight words and vocabulary words, student will write a
paragraph about a promise he/she is willing to make on Earth Day to make the planet a better place to live. Student will Illustrate or create a poster for his/her writing.
Day 4 Read: Animals of the Rain Forest and answer the questions (ReadWorks) Phonics: Choose one of the online activities to playhttps://www.spellingtraining.com/index.html?&oqydptay&oqzjpmyw&oqytlr&oqzvlntjw&pjbomyway&pjedpmy&pjytw&pjyydth&hmesnyq&lresn&jesn&dqesn&ajbsy&ajtov&ajtlv Sight Words: Practice spelling sight words. Have an adult call out a sight word and you
spell it using playdough, beans, cereal, shaving cream etc. Writing: Student will choose one of the 3 writing prompts to write about. Student
writing should include a topic sentence, at least 3 details to support his/her answer, and a conclusion sentence.
Writing Prompts:1. What do you think is the most important thing about the rainforest? Explain.2. If you were a butterfly in the rainforest, how would you protect yourself from
predators? Explain.3. If you could be any animal in the rainforest, which animal would you be? Why?
Day 5 Read: Awesome Animal Homes and answer the questions(ReadWorks) Phonics: Take the online spelling test and see how you do.https://www.spellingtraining.com/index.html?&oqydptay&oqzjpmyw&oqytlr&oqzvlntjw&pjbomyway&pjedpmy&pjytw&pjyydth&hmesnyq&lresn&jesn&dqesn&ajbsy&ajtov&ajtlv Sight words: Have an adult time and see how fast you can read your list of sight words
or if you want more practice, pick and activity to play. https://sightwords.com/sight-words/games/
Writing: Students will use their 5 senses and take a nature walk around their yard or neighborhood. Students will take notes describing the different animal homes they observe. With those notes, they will write a story about what they observed. Illustrate your story.
