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Language Arts Activities Using Colorful Cut-Outs™

b y j o y C e k o h f e l D ta N D j o h N N y W a r r I C k

G r a D e 2

Dedications

I dedicate this book to my mom, Doris Kohfeldt, who has always been there to support my professional activities, and to Jake Converse, a super lifetime learner.—Joyce Kohfeldt

I dedicate this book to all of the students whom I have taught. They always inspire me to make learning an exciting and hands-on experience

that helps them become better problem solvers.—Johnny Warrick

CreditsEditors: Ashley Anderson and Cari JacksonLayout Design: Lori JacksonCover Design: Peggy JacksonCover Illustration: Erik Huffine

© 2007, Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company, Inc., Greensboro, North Carolina 27425. The purchase of this material entitles the buyer to reproduce worksheets and activities for classroom use only—not for commercial resale. Reproduction of these materials for an entire school or district is prohibited. No part of this book may be reproduced (except as noted above), stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (mechanically, electronically, recording, etc.) without the prior written consent of Carson-Dellosa Publishing Co., Inc.

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Activity Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Cube Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Skills Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Family Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Bag It Activities

Punctuate It! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Capitalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

How Did Humpty Dumpty Fall? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Which Word Does Not Make Sense? . . . . . . . . . . 28

Hot Potato Activities

What Makes Sense? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Making Words Plural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Spell It and Build a Sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Sentence Checkup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Subject-Verb Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Living Lineup Activities

Be an Expert: Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Be an Expert: Diagram Your Weekend . . . . . . . . . 58

Be an Expert: Favorite Stories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Be an Expert: Alphabetical Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Attribute Bag It Activities

Follow the Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

What Do We Have in Common? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Toss It Activities

Prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Parts of Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Search Activities

Synonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Antonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Contractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Reproducibles

Bonus Cut-Out Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Answer Key

Pretest and Posttest Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Bonus Activity

Sort, Sort, Sort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Preprinted Cut-Outs for Bonus Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . inside back cover

Table of Contents

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Punctuate It!

Programming Instructions Three levels of activity cards have been provided. The Novice Level (page 13) requires students to listen to and look at sentences and then insert ending punctuation. The Apprentice Level (page 14) requires students to listen to and look at sentences and then insert ending punctuation and commas. The Expert Level (page 15) requires students to listen to and look at sentences and then insert ending punctuation, commas, and quotation marks. Select an activity level. For a challenge, mix the levels together. Copy and cut apart the activity cards and attach each one to the front of a Colorful Cut-Out™. Decorate the front of a colorful gift bag with an extra cut-out from the set and attach the Bag It! Label (page 13, 14, or 15). Copy and cut out the activity directions (below) and attach them to the back of the bag. Place the cut-outs inside the bag. Assess students’ skill mastery using the Pretest and Posttest (page 16).

Objective

Students will listen to and look at sentences and then insert ending punctuation, commas, and quotation marks.

Activity Directions 1. Divide the class into small groups of 3–4 students.2. Shuffle the programmed cut-outs and place them in the bag. 3. Have a student take a cut-out from the bag and give it to you.4. Read the sentence aloud and write it on the board or a piece of chart paper. (For a challenge, do not include

the blanks that indicate missing punctuation so that students will have to decide not only what is missing, but also where it is missing.)

5. Groups should work together to decide what punctuation is missing.6. Choose a student to share her group’s answer or answers aloud. Other students should each show a

thumbs-up if they agree. Confirm the correct answer or answers. (In some cases, more than one answer may be correct. Accept all appropriate answers.)

7. Set aside the cut-out and let another student take a turn. The activity continues until all of the cut-outs have been used or all students have taken turns.

8. When the activity is complete, store the cut-outs in the bag.

1. Work in groups of 3–4 students.2. one student should take a cut-out from the bag and give it to a teacher.

the teacher will write the sentence on the board or a piece of chart paper. 3. Groups should work together to decide what punctuation is missing.4. one student should share her group’s answer or answers aloud. other students should

each show a thumbs-up if they agree. 5. the student should set aside the cut-out and pass the bag to another student to take a

turn. the activity continues until all of the cut-outs have been used or all students have taken turns.

6. When the activity is complete, store the cut-outs in the bag.

Punctuate It!

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Punctuate It! N o v I C e

Punctuate It!

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?Watch out for that car _

Will you please read us a story _

Wow, that is great _

Hurry _

Today is April 5 _

What time does school start _

I hope we have pizza for lunch _

I am so excited to go skateboarding _

The last snow came in March _

Put the crayons in your backpack _

Are you cold _

Have you seen my shoes _

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Punctuate It! a P P r e N t I C e

Punctuate It!

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,/.My parents are taking

us on vacation to Paris _ France _

Hooray _ We won the race _

Jamie _ Claire _ and Jennifer are friends _

It is chilly outside _ so bring your jacket _

Oh no _ Mark _ We are very late _

Tomorrow is Fred’s birthday _ and he wants a new bike _

Are you hoping to go to Florida _ Georgia _ or Texas _

On the way to school _ we saw a train _

Today is May 16 _ 2008 _

The dog is outside _ but his leash is by the door _

Do you like to run _ swim _ or bike _

My favorite foods are pizza _ hot dogs, and ice cream _

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Name: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________________

Name: ___________________________________________ Date: _______________________

Punctuate It! Pretest

Punctuate It! Posttest

read each sentence. fill in the blanks with the correct punctuation.

1. Our class went to the zoo today ___

2. How can I help you ___

3. When it gets dark outside ___ we will go home ___

4. ___ Do you like to play sports ___ ___ asked my uncle ___

read each sentence. fill in the blanks with the correct punctuation.

1. I cannot believe it ___

2. May we ride our bicycles to school today ___

3. Today ___ we will study plants ___ but we will study rocks tomorrow ___

4. Matt said ___ ___ Green is my favorite color. ___