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for K-5 Students

teach@homeDaily Lessons & Activities

for K-5 Students

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Literacy ActivitiesGrade 2, Week 6

Word Relationships, Shades of Meaning & Comprehension

Day Topic Pages

Day 1 Word Relationships 2–3

Day 2 Shades of Meaning 4–5

Day 3 Shades of Meaning 6–7

Day 4 Connecting Text and Illustrations (Literature) 8–10

Day 5 Connecting Text and Illustrations (Literature) 11–12

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Watch the Day 1 LessonDay 1

Read each sentence. What do you think of when you read the bold word? Write a sentence about something in your life

that relates to the bold word.

1. The salsa Lillian put on her burrito was very spicy. It made her mouth feel like it was on fire!

2. Mason’s bedroom is very clean. His bed is always made and you never see any clothes on the floor.

When I hear the word clean, I think of

3. Charlie’s kitty, Roxie, is so silly. She likes to hide in small spaces like shoes and even tissue boxes!

When I hear the word silly, I think of

4. Rodolfo feels tiny when he stands next to his dad. But he knows that 1 day he will be grow to be tall and strong too!

When I hear the word tiny, I think of

5. “Yum,” Carolina said as she took a bite of the juicy apple.

When I hear the word juicy, I think of

I think of red pepper when I hear the word spicy. My dad likes to

put lots of red pepper on his pizza, but it is too spicy for me.

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Day 1 (continued)Read the short story. Then, write about how each

bold word relates to you.

Arabella can’t wait to get home. Today, she is going to bake a warm, yummy chocolate cake with her mom. She will run as fast as she can when the bell rings. She will pass the fluffy dogs at the park and run by the kids playing basketball. When she gets home, they will start cooking. First, they will measure the sugar and the flour. Then, they will take a huge scoop of chocolate chips. Finally, when the cake is finished, Arabella will take a bite of the melty chocolate cake.

What other things feel warm?

What other foods taste yummy?

What other animals look or feel fluffy?

What other things can you measure?

What other things look huge?

What other foods are melty?

© hand2mind, Inc. hand2mind.comGrade 2 Literacy, Week 6, Page 4

Watch the Day 2 Lessonhand2mind-link.com/L2W6D2Day 2

Words can have different shades of meaning. Some words have more intensity or strength in their meaning. Order each

set of words from least to most intense.

Example:

Less intense: Erin likes to eat candy.

More intense: Erin adores candy so much that she eats it twice a day.

amazinggoodgreatfine

most

least

jogwalkrun

sprint

most

least

angrygrumpy

madfurious

most

least

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Day 2 (continued)Choose 2 words from the Answer Bank for each Shades of Meaning

table. Then, order the words from least to most intense.

Answer Bank

huge good pretty

gorgeous enormous tasty

most

leastbig

most

least

beautiful

most

least

delicious

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Watch the Day 3 Lessonhand2mind-link.com/L2W6D3Day 3

Select the word that has a less intense shade of meaning than the bold word. Then, write a new sentence using the less intense word.

1. I was overjoyed when my friends surprised me with a birthday party. I couldn’t stop smiling!

2. Karen is always fearful at night because she doesn’t like the dark.

3. My dog, Payton, runs to the backyard every afternoon to play with his ball.

4. I was starving at 5pm so my dad let me have an early dinner.

5. “It is scorching outside today!” Brian told Oscar. “I can’t believe it is already over 100 degrees in April.”

6. “Watch out!” I shouted as the baseball flew over the giant fence.

© hand2mind, Inc. hand2mind.comGrade 2 Literacy, Week 6, Page 7

Day 3 (continued)Replace the bold word in each sentence with another word

that has a more intense shade of meaning.

1. When it is cold outside, I like to sit next to the warm fire.

2. Before the trash gets picked up on Tuesdays, the garage always smells bad.

3. Mariah loves to jump over big puddles on rainy days.

4. Eli has a fine time when his family goes to the beach.

5. When we first got our dog, he would get very grumpy when we left the house.

6. “The brownies are so tasty!” I tell my stepmom after dinner.

© hand2mind, Inc. hand2mind.comGrade 2 Literacy, Week 6, Page 8

Read the story. Then, fill in the chart on the next page.

Violet looked out the window at a world covered in a blanket of snow. She immediately smiled her biggest smile because she knew exactly what she was going to do today.

“I’m going outside, Mom,” Violet said.

Outside the air felt like the inside of a freezer! Violet knelt on the ground and started rolling a snowball. She then rolled one that was slightly smaller. Next, she rolled a third.

She stacked the snowballs. The smallest one was on top. She made a nose out of a carrot. She used rocks for the eyes and mouth. She used sticks for arms.

“You must stay warm,” she told her new snow friend. She gave him a scarf and a hat. Violet loved making the first snowman of the year.

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Watch the Day 4 LessonDay 4

Stay Warm, Snowman!

Building with Snow

A New Friend

Cold Air

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Day 4 (continued)Readers learn information from the text or the words they read.

They also learn information from the pictures they see.Write or draw pictures to show what you learned from the text and

from the pictures. Some things may be in both columns.

From the Text From the Pictures

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Day 4 (continued)Use words and pictures to write a story that has a beginning,

a middle, and an end. Then, use the words and pictures to tell your friend about the story.

Beginning:

Middle:

End:

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Watch the Day 5 LessonDay 5

Read the story. Then, answer the questions. Use the pictures to help you answer some of the questions.

Erin loves to garden in her backyard. She grows lots of vegetables. Her favorite vegetable to grow is corn. But she also grows broccoli, asparagus, onions, and carrots. Some of her vegetables grow above ground and some of her vegetables grow below ground. She makes sure to water her vegetables, so they will grow to be big and strong.

1. Who is the story about?

2. Where does the story take place?

3. What is Erin’s favorite vegetable to grow?

a. broccoli b. corn c. asparagus

4. Does corn grow above ground or below ground?

a. above ground b. below ground

5. Do onions grow above ground or below ground?

a. above ground b. below ground

6. Do carrots grow above ground or below ground?

a. above ground b. below ground

Corn growingOnions growingCarrots growing

© hand2mind, Inc. hand2mind.comGrade 2 Literacy, Week 6, Page 12

Day 5 (continued)Use words and pictures to write a story in the boxes below.

Then, tell a friend your story.

Beginning:

Middle:

End:

Characters: Setting: