2nd Grade
Give 3 synonym for the word happy?
glad, joyful, content
What two words does the contraction can't make up?
Can not
When you have a magic e word and want to add "ing" at the end, what do you have to do first?
Take away the e!
For example...
take becomes taking
smile becomes smiling
Tell me two words that rhyme with play.
pray
pay
tray
okay
may
Which of these words can be classified as a noun and a verb?
GRAB
HAVE
DO
SMILE
SMILE
What kind of punctuation do you use when you are saying something exciting?
Exclamation point
Tell me two words that rhyme with mice.
rice
ice
nice
spice
What is an antonym for the word dry?
wet
I go to Vermont for Christmas vacation.
How would you phrase this in past tense?
I went to Vermont for Christmas vacation.
Tell me three adjectives
Any three describing words!
Examples:
pretty, funny, nice, blue, big, hot, round
What kind of nouns are always capitalized?
Proper nouns (people's names, place names, very important things)
What does SOAR stand for?
Safety On Task Achievement Respect
What do you use apostrophes for?
In contractions or to show possession
can't
don't
Sofia's desk
Owen's pencil
What is the possessive noun in the sentence below?
"I am going to my grandma's house this weekend"
Grandma's
You should always start your sentences with...
a capital letter
Plural form of Child.
Children
How do we call words that show actions?
Verbs
______ I go to the bathroom? (May/Can)
May
When you have a word with an e at the end like...
name, time, or stone
the vowel in the middle makes what kind of sound? (Long or short?)
Long! Says it's name!
I _______ people speaking so loud right now (Hear/here).
Hear
The prefix in the word "unkind" is:
Un-
How do we call words such as:
Here, hear
Sea, See
Two, Too?
Homophones
How do we call words that refer to names?
Nouns
Write a word for each of the following letter sounds when you combine them?
ch
th
sh
ch like bunch or chip
th like thick or bath
sh like sheep or bash
She, he, it, hers, mine, and yours are examples of what part of speech?
Pronouns