2nd Grade ELA
What kind of nouns are always capitalized?
Proper nouns (a person's name, name of a place, very important things)
The name of a book is called the ____.
The title!
A main idea of a story is...
The message that the author wants to convey.
What is a verb?
An action word
How many days are in a week?
7 days
What is the plural of the word child?
children
What do we call the person who writes a book?
The author!
What is a contraction?
Two words put together with an apostrophe that takes place of some of the letters.
What is a noun?
A person, place, or thing.
How many months are in a year?
The prefix for the word "unkind" is?
Un-
The people in a story are called the ____.
Characters
What punctuation do you use when you are saying something exciting?
An exclamation mark
What is an adjective?
A word that describes something
What is the name of our mascot?
Oscar
I ______ people speaking so loud right now.
Choose the correct word
Hear or Here
Hear
What does the setting of a story tell us?
Where and when a story takes place
How do you spell take + ing?
Take becomes taking
What does every sentence have to start with?
A capital letter
Name all of the 2nd grade teacher.
Hill, Hopkins, Embry, Gross, Williams, Yates
What is a synonym?
A word that has a similar or identical meaning to another word.
What is the genre of the story "Cinderella"?
Fiction/Fairy tale
Tell me two adjectives.
Any 2 describing words
Examples: pretty, funny, nice, purple
What are the three types of punctuation that can be at the end of a sentence?
Period
Exclamation mark
Question mark
Why are we out of school next week?
SPRING BREAK!