Second Grade ELA Test Second Nine- Week Study Guide

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1 Second Grade ELA Test Second Nine- Week Study Guide This study guide will help you review the second nine-week English Language Arts skills with your child. The questions are similar to the types of questions that will be asked on the second nine-week assessment. SL.2- Students will listen to a story read aloud by the teacher and answer questions based on the story. Students will review the questions before listening to the story so they can have some prior knowledge about the story. Sam thought the turkey was delicious. Delicious means. A. very good B. very bad C. fun D. pretty The best title for this story is. A. Sam s birthday B. Sam s Thanksgiving C. Sam s Summer Vacation D. Fun in the Sun Students need to understand the term genre. Genre is defined as the type of reading. This nine weeks students will have to read and answer questions on the following genres: informational (Non-fiction), literature (fiction), and poetry. Fictional Literature: Students will have to read a short story (fiction) and answer questions based on the story. Students will have the story to help them answer questions. They will have to read the story and answer questions on their own. Each question will have four answer choices. Examples of types of questions students will have to answer: Details- who, what, where, when type questions (What did Joe) Character- (Who is the main character in the story? How do you think the character felt at the end of the story?) Setting-(What is the setting of the story?) Sequence (What do you think happened next? Using pictures to help answer questions (Look at the picture, What do you think..) Inference (What do you think will happen next? Why did the character do that?) Words in context- (What does the word -----mean in the paragraph? )

2 Informational Literature (non-fiction)- Students will have to read a factual selection (nonfiction) and answer questions based on the passage. Students will have the story to help them answer the questions. They will have to read the story and answer questions on their own. Examples of types of questions student will have to answer: Details-what, when, how, where (Example: Where did the boy find his keys?) Context Clues: using words from the story to figure out the meaning of a word ( Use the clues from the passage, what does the word calculator mean?) Sequence- the order of events in a story or in an informational piece of writing. ( What happens before the boy ate dinner?, What step comes after you add the milk to the recipe?) Main topic (What is the main idea of the story?) Using picture/diagrams to help answer questions (Example: Look at the picture, what happens after ) Inference- ( Why did the main character buy a new book?, What do you think will happen next?) Text features- (Example: What text feature is used in the passage? ) Text features include bold print, numbers, and bullets. True or False: Students have to circle the word true if a statement is true or circle the word false if the statement is false. Example: The moon is far away. True False Poetry- Students will have to read a poem and answer questions based on the poem. Students will have the poem in front of them to help them answer the questions. Examples of types of poetry questions student will have to answer: Details/Description-what, when, how, where type questions ( When word does the author use to describe the cat?, What did the father do with the book? Which line from the poem tells you how the author feels about the horse?) Rhyme- ( What word rhymes with toy? ) Repetition - ( What word is repeated throughout the poem?) Alliteration- ( What line shows alliteration?) Alliteration is a repetition of beginning sounds- Mary made milk malts Genre- the type of reading (fiction, non-fiction, poem, etc.) ( What is the genre of this passage?)

3 In addition to multiple -choice type questions, students will have to answer open-ended questions that require written responses. Students may be required to prove their answers using information from the story. They should also write in complete sentences. Students have been practicing these types of questions on their reading tests. Use the story to answer the following questions. You may go back to the story to help you answer the questions. What is the character s problem in the story? How is the problem solved? Use part of the story in your answer. Problem How is the problem solved? Tell the story in your own words. Write about the beginning, middle and end. Beginning Middle End

4 Use the poem to answer the following questions. You may go back to the poem to help you answer the questions. Tell how the character feels about his new dog. Use a sentence from the poem to prove your answer. Write in complete sentences. Compare the character s old dog and his new dog. Use words from the story to describe the old dog and the new dog. Old Dog New Dog Reading a Glossary and an Index- Students will have an excerpt from a glossary and an excerpt from an index. They will use these tools to answer questions. Which of the following pages could you read about feeding cats? What does the word horse mean? Using the index, which pages can you read about saddles? Using the index, what would you read about on page 28? If you wanted to teach a dog a new trick, which pages would you read? What part of speech is the word dog? What is the plural of dog?

5 English Language Arts and Grammar Skills: L.2.1.b Plural/Irregular Nouns- Students need to know and understand plural/irregular nouns. box- boxes; tooth teeth; goose- geese Compound words- Compound words are made up of two small words. When these words are put together they have a new meaning. Students need to be able to recognize a compound word. Underline the compound words in the sentence: Joe saw a butterfly by the beehive. Which word is a compound word? A. bee B. butterfly C. month D. bird (Answer: B) L.2.1 Parts of Speech- Students will have to pick out nouns (common and proper) and verbs. The cat will jump on the pretty red mat. In the sentence above which word is a common noun? A. cat B. jump C. red D. Sam (Answer: A) Which word is proper noun? A. cat B. jump C. red D. Sam (Answer: D) Which word is a verb? A. cat B. jump C. red D. pretty (Answer: B)

6 Understanding words in context- Students will have to figure out the meaning of a word based on the use of it in context. Example: Use the clues from the passage, what does the word protect mean? (Answer: B) A. to be patient B. to keep safe C. to look like a stick D. to move in the wind. Writing DOL: Students will be given a friendly letter that needs corrections. Students will have to fix capital letters, punctuation, etc. Capitalization: Proper Nouns (names), the letter I, months of the year, Punctuation: End punctuation (periods, exclamation points, and question marks) Commas: in a series, in a greeting of a letter, in a closing of a letter Apostrophe- to show possession (Mary s house) Writing Prompt: Students will be given a writing prompt. They will have to write a paragraph consisting of at least 5 sentences. The paragraph should have a beginning (Introduction), middle and an ending (conclusion). There should be detail, description words and transition words used in the paragraph. Example: Write about a time you went on a special trip.