2nd Grade Choice Board Literacy
Phonological Awareness
Rhyme Time
Starting with the word jig, how many new words can you create by changing the beginning sound?
Phonics
Choose 5 heart words you have learned this year and explain to a family member how you know it is a heart word. For example:
The is a heart word because we don’t hear the expected sound of e. So we need to remember that an e makes an unexpected sound in the word the.
Fluency
Read the mini-play below, "Seeds on the Move" by Jacqueline Clark. Mini-Play: Seeds on the Move. Read the Mini-Play aloud to a family member.
Vocabulary
Listen to The Keeping Quilt story.
Listen for interesting words Example: tradition
Find 2 more!
Comprehension
Listen to The Keeping Quilt story.
How does the use of the quilt change over the course of the story?
Seeds On The Move
A Rhyming Mini-Play by Jaqueline Clarke
Characters: Flower, Seed 1, Seed 2, Seed 3
Setting: a garden
| Flower: My little seeds, It’s time to go, To find your place In the Earth Below. |
Seed 2: I’ll ask the water For a ride. We’ll travel the ocean Far and wide. |
| Seeds: But how will we move From here to there. |
Seed 3: I’ll ask the child For a ride. We’ll travel the Earth Far and wide. |
| Flower: Seek a friend in nature In this world we share. |
Flower: Wherever you land When your trip is through, |
| Seed 1: I’ll ask the wind For a ride. We’ll travel the sky Far and wide. |
Seeds: Is where we’ll grow To be just like you! |