2nd Grade
Instructional Packet
Week 5
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Board of Education
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Dr. Lisa A. Hagel, Superintendent
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Week 5
Please work with your child to complete
the activities in the packet.
Your child may do these on their own or
you may support them as needed.
2-3 ELA Online Resources--Week 5
IXL Language Arts:
From phonics and reading comprehension to writing strategies and more, IXL helps learners develop the
communication skills needed for success in school, college, and
career.
https://www.ixl.com/ela/
ABCya:
Provides over 400 fun and educational games for grades PreK through 6:
https://abcya.com
Rivet:
Rivet's mission is to solve some of the primary obstacles to good reading practice - access to
books, access to high quality feedback, and most importantly, enthusiasm for reading.
https://rivet.area120.com/
Storyline:
Storyline Online streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively
produced illustrations.
https://www.storylineonline.net/
Worldbook Online:
Offers a variety of stories, activities, games and songs.
https://tinyurl.com/uyvfots
A Playground Problem
A Playground Problem
by Rachelle Kreisman
Have you ever built a model? A model is a small copy of something. People
make models of buildings, cars, and many other things. Models can be fun
to build. They can also communicate ideas to other people.
Let's say your town wants to build a playground. However, the town only
has a small amount of money to spend.
People are chosen to design and build the playground. They know they
must keep costs low. The design team decides to save money by reusing
materials. The team will use old tires to make swings. The designers will
recycle plastic bottles and milk jugs to make rides. Someone suggests
building play tunnels out of old plastic tubes.
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A Playground Problem
Those ideas will save money. The ideas will also help the earth by not
making more trash.
The team builds a model using recycled materials. The designers bring their
model to the town leaders. The leaders look it over. They ask lots of
questions. The leaders ask for some changes, but they like what they see.
The model helps everyone understand how the playground can work. Soon,
the playground is built. It looks like the model, only much bigger!
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A Playground Problem - Comprehension Questions
Name: ___________________________________ Date: _______________
1. What is a model?
A. a big copy of something
B. a small copy of something
C. an old copy of something
2. The article explains what models can do. What can models do?
A. Models can put the people making them in danger.
B. Models can make a simple idea very confusing.
C. Models can communicate ideas to other people.
3. Read these sentences from the text.
"People are chosen to design and build the playground. They know they must keep
costs low. The design team decides to save money by reusing materials."
What can be concluded from these sentences about the cost of reusing materials?
A. Reusing materials costs the same amount of money as using new materials.
B. Reusing materials costs less money than using new materials.
C. Reusing materials costs more money than using new materials.
4. Read these sentences from the text.
"Models can be fun to build. They can also communicate ideas to other people."
What sentence from the article supports the statement that models can communicate
ideas to other people?
A. "The model helps everyone understand how the playground can work."
B. "The team builds a model using recycled materials."
C. "People make models of buildings, cars, and many other things."
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A Playground Problem - Comprehension Questions
5. What is the main idea of this article?
A. A model of a playground shows how models can be used to communicate ideas.
B. Models of cars are more fun to build than models of buildings are.
C. If you want the leaders of a town to listen to you, you have to build a model and bring
it to them.
6. Read these sentences from the text.
"Let's say your town wants to build a playground. However, the town only has a small
amount of money to spend."
Why does the author use the word "however" here?
A. to give readers an example of something discussed in the previous paragraph
B. to introduce information that will affect something that has just been stated
C. to ask readers an important question about the main idea of the article
7. Choose the answer that best completes this sentence.
The people designing the playground must keep costs low, _______ they decide to
reuse materials.
A. so
B. because
C. but
8. Whom do the designers of the model playground bring their model to?
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A Playground Problem - Comprehension Questions
9. What does the model playground brought to the town leaders use?
10. Why might the town leaders like the model they see? Support your answer with
evidence from the text.
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WRITING PROMPT
Week 5
Write about something that makes you special. Tell how you use that to help others.
Day 1
Solve the below word problems. Show your work.
There are 5 . 3 more swim up. How many are there?
There are 45 . 12 hop away. How many are left?
There are 26 . 7 more join. How many are there?
There are 34 .5 leave. What is 34 – 5?
There are 7 . 4 more walk up. What is 4 + 7?
There are 71 . 16 walk away. How many are left?
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Day 2
Solve the addition or subtraction problem. Then, write
a word problem based on the problem.
There are 15 carrots.
24 more carrots grow.
15 + 24 =
Now there are 39 carrots.
62 – 21 =
23 + 25 =
59 – 37 =
34 + 16 =
43 – 21 =
Day 3
Use counters (such as Snap Cubes®, 2-Color counters,
paperclips, cereal, etc.) to help solve the puzzles.
1. John had 32 teddy bears. He gave some away.
John now has 18 teddy bears.
How many teddy bears did John give away?
2. Eva had 45 candles. She burned some of the
candles. Then she had 12 candles left.
How many candles did Eva burn?
Day 4
Find the missing number. Use counters (such as Snap
Cubes®, 2-Color counters, paperclips, cereal, etc.) to help
solve the puzzles.
K-1 Math Online Resources -- Week 5
Fun Brain - Math Zone:
On this math site for kids, students can enjoy playing a variety of games that reinforce key mathematical concepts
and engage young learners. Many of these games focus on a fun theme, like sports, animals or unique landscapes.
Educational videos are also included, and there’s a special “Playground” with games suited to pre-K and
kindergarten students.
https://www.funbrain.com/math-zone
ABCya:
ABCya provides over 400 fun and educational games for grades PreK through 6. Our activities are designed by
parents and educators, who understand that children learn better if they are having fun.
https://www.abcya.com/games/category/math
Math Games.com:
Fabulous FREE games that are addressed to the Common Core State Standards. You can also check out their
worksheets and activities connected to specific skills.
https://www.mathgames.com/
2nd Grade Local Communities SS020206
Where is My Community and What is it Like There?
The Social Studies goal this week is to review what are natural characteristics and to accurately label
different landforms and bodies of water.
With your child using the graphic organizer, the Big Ideas Card, and the picture cards, review the two types
of natural characteristics. Then, cut out the16 squares on the two pages below and put the cards into groups
of four. Each group should contain a name card (like ‘mountain’), a definition card, a picture card, and a
simple drawing card. Give your child time to sort the cards into groups. Monitor their work and provide
feedback as needed. Repeat the activity on another day and then later in the week use the Check for
Understanding activity to see what your child knows.
Graphic Organizer
Natural
Characteristics
Landforms Bodies of
Water
mountain ocean
hill lake
plain pond
valley river
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Where is My Community and What is it Like There?
Big Ideas Card
Big Ideas of Lesson 6, Unit 2
• There are many different kinds of natural characteristics of the Earth.
• Landforms are different kinds of land on the Earth.
• Mountains, hills, valleys and plains are landforms.
• Bodies of water are different kinds of water on the Earth.
• Oceans, lakes, ponds and rivers are bodies of water.
• Communities are sometimes different because they have different landforms
and bodies of water.
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Where is My Community and What is it Like There?
Landforms
mountain
the highest kind of land
hill
land that rises up high but
not as high as a mountain
plain
land that is mostly flat
valley
low land between
mountains
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Where is My Community and What is it Like There?
Bodies of Water
ocean
the largest body of water
and its water is salty
lake
a body of water that has
land around it
pond
a small body of water that
has land around it
river
a long body of water that
flows through the land
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land that is
river
mostly flat
mountain lake
the largest
body of water
and its water
is salty
the highest
kind of land
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Where is My Community and What is it Like There?
land that
low land rises up high
between but not as pond
mountains high as a
mountain
valley plain
a long body
a body of
of water that
water that
flows
has land
through the
around it
land
a small body
of water that
ocean hill
has land
around it
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Check for Understanding
mountain ocean
hill lake
plain pond
valley river
Directions: Write the words above in the correct places in these
sentences.
1. A ____________ is low land between mountains.
2. A __________ is a long body of water that flows through the
land
3. A ___________ is land that is mostly flat
4. A _____________is a small body of water that has land
around it
5. A ___________ is a body of water that has land around it
6. An ___________is the largest body of water and its water is
salty
7. A _______________ is the highest kind of land
8. A __________is land that rises up high but not as high as a
mountain.
Directions: Draw a picture that has two different landforms and
two different bodies of water. Write their names on
your drawing.
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Where is My Community and What is it Like There?
Check for Understanding
mountain ocean
hill lake
plain pond
valley river
Directions: Write the words above in the correct places in these
sentences.
1. A valley is low land between mountains.
2. A river is a long body of water that flows through the land
3. A plain is land that is mostly flat
4. A pond is a a small body of water that has land around it
5. A lake is a body of water that has land around it
6. An ocean is the largest body of water and its water is salty
7. A mountain is the highest kind of land
8. A hill is land that rises up high but not as high as a mountain.
Directions: Draw a picture that has two different landforms and
two different bodies of water. Write their names on
your drawing.
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