Reading Literature Essential Activities for Grade 2
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Cinderella | Fairytale
Cinderella is a good classic bedtime story written by Brothers Grimm. This wonderful fairy tail still remains one of the greatest stories for kids ever. See how many chances the prince has to find the girl of his dream. Cinderella is classic fairy tale and good bedtime story for children.
Among the vast variety of rhymes, the Down “By the Bay” is undoubtedly the best kids’ song. Considering the lyrics, visuals, and tone, it is an appropriate option for your little angels. Play the song once for your child, and he would love to hear it again and again. Its tune is so compelling that your kids can listen to it on repeat for many times. The use of multiple colors, exciting animations, and a simple story developed to make the song interesting for the children.
The song brilliantly serves the purpose of entertainment. It is made to be very appealing to little children. The combination of sound, visuals, aesthetic colors and enticing tone makes the song perfect for amusing the kids. In short, the song is an accessible source of entertaining the babies.
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Across Genres: Character Check Worksheet
Read the sentences in this worksheet to your kids and make sure they are paying good attention to what you are saying. You can ask your kids to read along with you so that they understand the sentences better. The aim of the pdf exercise is to see how well your kids can match pictures to sentences. For each sentence, there are two pictures. Read the sentences to your kids, and then ask them to look at the pictures beneath the sentence. Help them check the picture that matches the sentence.
Check your child’s reading comprehension as well as early characterization skills using this delightful worksheet that tasks kids with recalling key plot points that involve a character from the stories he or she has read. Before getting started, ensure that your child has already read the stories of «Cinderella», «The Crow and the Pitcher», and «The Lion and the Mouse». Then, read through each questions and check the box next to the correct character to finish!
Children sometimes have trouble expressing their emotions. Can your students tell you what it means to be happy or sad? Give them the tools and the vocabulary to tell you how they feel. This fun worksheet pictures a very happy clown and a very sad clown. Students color the clowns and the emotion words happy and sad. Read the words with your students and have fun coloring the clowns with this fun PDF.
Story time means fun time for your kids, but make sure that they get much more than just thrills from a good story. There are lessons to be learned in every good story, and also your child has the opportunity to expand their vocabulary by learning new words. Bring your kids close to you and read them this classic tale of Jack and the Beanstalk. If you need to, read the story twice to them to make sure they pay good attention. Then, read the sentence at the bottom of the worksheet and help them check the missing word.
Fiction is a version of events that never truly occurred. Story writers are said to be fiction writers, as they formulate these stories from their minds to entertain their readers. The short story in this worksheet is also a fictional story. It is about a girl called Rosa, her friend, Miguel, and their first day back to school. Read the story carefully aloud to your kids, and make sure they are paying attention to some of the small details the story mentions. If needed, read the story twice to your kids. Then, help them circle the correct pictures to the questions.
Build your child’s ear for poetry while introducing him or her to poetic devices using this adorable rhyme in poetry worksheet!
Your child will read a cute poem about a cow, written by the famous poet Robert Louis Stevenson. Your child will form an appreciation for poetry and language after completing this rhyming worksheet!
Students often find that rhyming words are challenging. This worksheet is a great exercise in finding words that rhyme! Students read one word and then read four other options. The students then choose the words that rhyme with first word. Be careful though! Words with ending sounds spelled differently can still rhyme. Provide your students with this printable and improve understanding of rhyming words!
Rhyming words are easy to spot; the trick lies in how good your kids are with pronunciation. It is important to tell your kids before beginning this exercise, that spellings can be misleading and tricky. Some two words can help similar spelling, but their pronunciation would not be too similar. Now, assist your child in reading the words on each leaf in the worksheet. After reading all of them, ask your children to check the leaves that have three rhyming words.
Before beginning this worksheet, make sure that your little ones are already familiar with the classic story of Jack and the Beanstalk. If they are, they would find the exercise much easier to complete. If they are not, first read them the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. In the pdf, there are five different pictures and sentences beside the pictures. Read the sentences aloud to your kids. Ask your child if the sentence matches what is going on in the picture. Then, help them check the picture if it matches the sentence.
Story time is an opportunity for you to bond properly with your students, and also for your students to enjoy listening to a good story. However, the benefits of story time do not end just there. Your students can also come out of a story telling session with new words added to their vocabulary, as well as some lessons they have learned in the story. Read this fun story of The Ant and the Grasshopper to your little ones. At the end of the story, ask them what message they got out of the tale. Read the options at the bottom of the worksheet, and help your students check which one is the message of the story.
All stories have a lesson or message to share, and this is usually known as the theme. Check your child’s reading comprehension and give your child a purpose for reading with this fascinating worksheet from Kids Academy! Featuring a well-loved tale from Aesop’s fables, your child will enjoy reading about the thirsty crow who famously solved his problem by filling a pitcher with rocks to make the water rise. Simply read the story together with your child and determine which message on the bottom of the page is the central theme of the passage.
Writer’s often have a message or theme in their stories. Determining the message or theme is challenging in many cased because it is often not stated in the story-it is implied. Read the story from this worksheet about The Lion and the Mouse. Students then think about what the characters say and do to figure out the message in the story. This printable is a great practice resource for discovering the message of a text.
If your kids are already very interested in literature and short stories, they would be very excited to complete this exercise. You can encourage them to write their own short story before beginning this exercise. The children in this worksheet, Rosa and Miguel, are in their first day of school, and are meeting their new teacher for the first time. Read the story aloud to your kids and make sure they pay attention to the descriptions the story gives about Rosa’s feelings. After the story, help your kids circle the correct picture showing the answer to the question.
Recall details from the stories of The Crow and the Pitcher and The Lion and the Mouse with this worksheet. Students will be asked to answer the questions about what the character did in the story. This printable resource is perfect for checking your students’ ability to remember the events of two different stories. Answering questions correctly about the two texts is an important comprehension skill.
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