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Joey’s Locker ActivitiesLevel 2

Letter Home 2Current Events 3Geography Activity 4Vocabulary Words & Defi nitions 5Graphing Words 6-7Graph Worksheet 8Beginning Letter 9Write the Word 10Beginning Letter Cursive 11Write the Word Cursive 12Write a Story 13Correct Spelling? 14Word Endings 15Patchwork Math 16Word Problems 17Sudoku Puzzle 18What’s the Time? 19Picture Graph & Story Problems 20Maze 21Look, Think & Read 22Cause and Effect 23Big and Little 24Science Activity 25

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News-2-You Letter

This week the newspaper was about “Charlotte’s Web”:

Dear:

The students had fun making a new recipe:

We found a new place on the map:

I learned four new words:

farm Charlotte/spider

friends Wilbur/pig

My favorite part of the paper was:

joke puzzle recipe

Comments:

Charlotte Webs

Zuckerman Farm

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1. What is the name of the place in the news?

2. Where do the animals live on the farm?

3. What kind of animals live on the farm?

4. Draw Wilbur on the farm.

5. Color the barn red. Color the rest of the farm.

6. Draw a picture of a web.

Current EventsPlaces in the News

Zuckerman Farm

Draw a picture of a web.

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Geography Activity Name:

What is Charlotte? a dragonfl y a spider

Draw Charlotte on the web.

Charlotte wrote how many messages to save Wilbur?

Write the messages next to the web.

What message would you write?

What were Charlotte and Wilbur? friends cars

Write

“Charlotte’s Web”

Message 1

Message 2

Message3

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Vocabulary Words & Defi nitions“Charlotte’s Web”

farmLand used to raise animals

and crops.

Wilbur/pigAn animal with short legs

and a snout.

Charlotte/spiderA bug with eight legs and

spins a web.

friendsPeople you know, like

and trust.

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Graphing Word: Charlotte Count the “Charlotte” words in the topic pages. Mark the answer below.

Defi nition:

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1Page1

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Graphing Word: Wilbur Count the “Wilbur” words in the topic pages. Mark the answer below.

Defi nition:

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Graph Worksheet Name:

Which had the most?

Which had the least?

Were any the same?

What was the highest number?

Which was your favorite?

#

Charlotte Wilbur

yes no

Wilbur

Wilbur

Charlotte

Charlotte

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Beginning Letter1. Practice writing the beginning letter.2. Alphabetize the words. The fi rst word in the alphabet will get a #1, the second a #2, etc. 3. Write the numbers in the small box near each word.

Name:

book

pig

farm

web

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Write the Word Name:

1. Write the word.2. On the line below the word, write a sentence using the word.

web

book

pig

farm

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Beginning Letter Cursive1. Practice writing the beginning letter.2. Alphabetize the words. The fi rst word in the alphabet will get a #1, the second a #2, etc. 3. Write the numbers in the small box near each word.

Name:

book

pig

farm

web

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Write the Word Cursive Name:

1. Write the word.2. On the line below the word, write a sentence using the word.

web

book

pig

farm

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Write a Story Name:

book barn Charlotte/spider friends farm webWilbur/pig

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Correct Spelling? Directions: Look at the picture and circle the word that is spelled correctly.

Name:

bokk bok book

web weeb webb

pig peg piig

barrn brn barn

spidr spider spder

frm faarm farm

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Word Endings Name:

Directions: Write the letter you hear at the end of each word.

n d r

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Patchwork Math Name:

Find the answers to the problems below. Then color the item using the colors next to your answer.

10 + 11 _____ pink

32 + 25 _____ orange

21 + 7 _____ brown

32 + 4 _____ yellow

43 + 2 _____ red

5 + 29 _____ black

2828

2828

34

34

34

454536

36

36

57

57

57

28

21

2121

45

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Word Problems Name:

The students are having a book sale. They sold 29 paperback books, 31 hardback books and 20 magazines. Write the math equation: How many did they sell in total?

Room One is reading “Charlotte’s Web”. Victor read 30 pages, Haley read 41 pages and Emily read 18 pages.

Write the math equation: How many pages did they read?

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Sudoku Puzzle Name:

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every large box contains the following 4 items: Cut out the items below and paste in the grid.

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121

2

3

4

567

8

9

10

1112

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567

8

9

10

11

121

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567

8

9

10

1112

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567

8

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11

121

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567

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1112

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567

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11

What’s the Time? Name:

Directions: Circle the correct answer. The book club meets at 1:45. Put an “X” next to the clock that matches that time.

6:35 12:30 7:30 5:15 9:10 3:25

7:30 4:00 4:30 9:10 10:15 1:45

8:30 6:45 6:40 12:50 6:35 10:00

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Picture Graph & Story Problems Name:

How many spiders does JACOB have?How many does EMILY have?How many does ETHAN have?How many does RYAN have?How many does SARA have?How many does LOGAN have?

How many spiders do Ethan and Logan have altogether?

Ethan has more spiders than Emily.How many more spiders does Ethan have?

JACOB

EMILY

ETHAN

RYAN

SARA

LOGAN

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Maze Name:

Can you fi nd your way through the maze? Watch out for the spider.

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Look, Think & Read Name:

Put an “X” in the box that is next to the sentence that describes the picture.

The spider is on the web.

The spider is next to the web.

The spider is above the web.

The spider is on the web.

The spider is next to the web.

The spider is above the web.

The spider is on the web.

The spider is next to the web.

The spider is above the web.

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Cause and Effect Name:

Directions: Look at the 2 columns of boxes. The fi rst column has causes and the second column has effects. Have the student look at each cause/effect and draw the missing cause/effect next to it.

Cause Effect

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Big and Little Name:

1. Write the word big under the big picture.2. Write the word little under the little picture.3. How many spots does the little picture have?4. How many spots does the big picture have?5. Which has more spots? 6. How many more spots does it have?7. Color fi ve of the spots on the big picture yellow.8. Color the big cow black.9. Color six of the spots on the little picture brown.10. Color the little cow orange.

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Science ActivityDirections: Look at the chart and answer the questions below.

Name:

Name Type of Species

What do they eat?

How many legs?

What is an arachnid?

What does a spider eat?

Which animals eat plants and meat?

How many legs does a pig have?

How many legs does a spider have?

Arachnid

Mammal

Mammal

meat only

plants and meat

plants and meat

eight

four

four

spider

pig

rat

Write