Second Grade Weekly Reading Plans
Grammar/Spelling – week 18
Common Core Objectives:
L.2.1d Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid, told).
Essential Question:
What is the purpose of applying grammar and mechanics skills?
I can statement:
I can write the past tense verb that goes with the present tense verb.
I can correctly use an irregular verb in a sentence.
Standard/Lesson
Day 1
Reading Skill: Introduce Weekly Spelling Words
Have the students unscramble the spelling words. Use the website to create a
word scramble. Then print it off as a pdf and have them work together to
figure out the new spelling words. As a bonus, see if they can figure out the
pattern once they have unscrambled the words.
Day 2: Whole Class Activity
Reading Skill: Introduce Weekly Grammar Skill
1. Have them paste the rule paper on the left side of their journal.
Some verbs do not have -ed to show they happened in the past. Some verbs
change their spelling completely.
Some examples of Irregular Verbs are:
go - went
see – saw
blow - blew
do – did
eat – ate
bite – bit
hear – heard
become – became break – broke
(Use this as a reference http://www.myenglishteacher.net/irregular_verbs.html)
2. Under the rules, have them write an example of each.
He will go to the store.
He went to the store.
Materials
Unscramble
Paper
Rule Sheet
for journal
I see the birds in the tree.
I saw the birds in the tree.
See if the students can name other irregular verbs.
3. Diagram a sentence in journal using color.
A little boy saw himself in the large mirror.
- Have them divide the subject and the predicate with a slash
mark.
- Have them underline the nouns in the sentence with blue.
- Have them draw a black triangle around the pronouns.
- Have them draw a black line back to the word the reflective
pronoun modifies.
- Have them circle the adjective with a red colored pencil and
draw an arrow to the noun it modifies.
- Then have them find and circle the articles with a green colored
pencil.
- Now have them circle the verb with a yellow colored pencil.
Colored
pencils
Day 3: Activity
Have the students complete the skill practice sheet. Have them paste it into their
journal. Check as a class and discuss answers.
Day 4: Activity
Reading Skill: Past Test Verb Game
This is a really great game - Slap It! It was created by a wonderful mom.
http://deceptivelyeducational.blogspot.com/2013/05/slap-it-irregular-past-tenseverbs-game.html
Have the students play with partners.
Day 5: Skill Check
Reading Skill
Past Tense Irregular Verb Skill Check
Review Game Links:
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2literacy.html
Practice
paper
Learning
game
Skill Check