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Newcomers Handbook Practice Book 2

Spotlight on Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Spotlight on Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Spotlight on Content: Language Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Spotlight on Content: Math . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Spotlight on Content: Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Spotlight on Content: Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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Santillana Spotlight on EnglishNewcomer Handbook Practice BookLevel 2

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Read the clue. Match the number. Fill in the puzzle.

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Date:

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What Jenna

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What did Jenna learn at school? Draw or write one thing Jenna learned in

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1. What did Jenna do first after recess? Draw or write it in the top box.

2. What did Jenna do next? Draw or write it in the middle box.

3. What school activity did Jenna do last? Draw or write it in the bottom

box.

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MR. RANGE POLICE OFFICERS

BOTH

1. What rules did Mr. Range teach? How did he teach about rules? When

did he teach about rules? Where does he teach? Draw or write your

answers in the left side of the Mr. Range circle.

2. What rules did the police officers teach? How did they teach about rules?

When did they teach about rules? Where did they teach? Draw or write

your answers in the right side of the Police Officers circle.

3. What did both Mr. Range and the police officers do? Draw or write your

answer in the Both space.


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Mr. Range plays math

games in class.

Jenna likes to jump rope

at recess.

Jenna’s school ____________ fun.

1. Find two more things Jenna does at school. Write or draw them in the

Text column.

2. Is Jenna’s school fun? Use the events in the Text column to help you

decide. Write your answer in the Conclusions column.

Name:


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1. Many students travel to school together in a ____________________.

2. Students might attend an ____________________ about safety.

3. Students eat in a ____________________.

4. ____________________ is a time at school for playing.

5. A person in the community who enforces rules is called a

____________________ ____________________.

6. A ____________________ is a large room where people do sports.

7. A living thing that has green leaves is a ____________________.

8. ____________________ tell people how to behave or act.

assembly

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Find the words in the puzzle.B

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Circle words that tell what happened in the past. Underline words that tell

what is happening now.

Jenna planted a seed. Jenna watered the soil.

At first, the seed was small. Then, the seed

grew. The seed changed. Now, the seed is a

plant. Jenna sees the big, green plant. Jenna

smiles. Jenna waters her plant. Jenna did a

good job.

A

Read each sentence. Choose the best word. Fill in the blank.

1. First, Jenna ____________________ a seed. (plants, planted)

2. Next, Jenna ____________________ the soil. (waters, watered)

3. The seed ____________________. (grows, grew)

4. A plant ____________________ a living thing. (is, was)

5. Jenna ____________________ her plant. (waters, watered)

B

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This book is

_________________.

Mr. Kim has a

_______________ car.

My favorite animal is

_________________.

Descriptive words tell information about something or someone. What do these descriptive words tell you?a fat hen a soft shirta happy puppy a tall man

big

curly

funny

little

short

soft

long

sad

straight

tall

Circle the descriptive word or words in each sentence.

1. The grey cat jumped.

2. I have brown eyes and straight hair.

3. Jess sat under a tall tree.

4. The big, green plant grew.

A

Choose a descriptive word to complete each sentence. Then, draw a picture.B

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1.

3 + 2 = ______ I the pencils.

2.

1 + 5 = ______ I find the .

3.

7 – 3 = ______ I three apples.

4.

2 + 8 = ______ I find the number of seeds.

5.

4 – 1 = ______ I find the .

add difference subtract sum total

Write the correct symbol beside each word. = + –

plus ________ equals ________ minus ________

A

Answer each problem. Then, read the sentence. Choose the correct word.

Write it in the boxes.

B

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behave directions respect rules

1. ____________________ tell us how to act.

2. We ____________________ when we act in a way that obeys rules.

3. Mr. Range gives students ____________________ for how to do their work.

4. One way to show ____________________ is to be kind to everyone.

Classroom Rules

Raise your hand.

Stay in your seat.

_____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

Read each sentence. Choose the correct word. Fill in the blank.A

Read these classroom rules. Write three more classroom rules of your own.B

Read each clue. Put the letters in order. Write the word.

1. go from one place to another

emvo ____ ____ ____ ____ 3

2. become bigger and develop

ogrw ____ ____ ____ ____ 5 2

3. being alive

vilnig ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 4 1

4. stop living

edi ____ ____ ____ 6

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Things that are not alive are

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ things. 1 2 1 4 6 3 6 1 5

A

Find the circled letters. Match the numbers to the spaces below. Fill in the

spaces to complete the sentence.

B

die grow living move nonliving

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SA

Name: Date:

Choose the best answer. Circle the letter.

1. A teacher usually works in a

a. lunchroom.

b. classroom.

c. playground.

d. library.

2. The cafeteria is a place to

a. play.

b. read.

c. write.

d. eat.

3. People play sports in

a. an assembly.

b. a location.

c. a cafeteria.

d. a gym.

4. Community workers might visit a school to talk to students

a. at recess.

b. in the cafeteria.

c. at an assembly.

d. in their classrooms.

5. Which is NOT a descriptive word?

a. favorite

b. curly

c. puppy

d. straight

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6. The symbol + is called a

a. minus sign.

b. sum.

c. plus sign.

d. equals sign.

7. When you subtract, you

a. find the difference.

b. have more.

c. count the total.

d. find the sum.

8. A student who behaves with respect is

a. giving directions.

b. following rules.

c. talking loudly.

d. adding numbers.

9. Which is NOT a living thing?

a. puppy

b. plant

c. teacher

d. chair

10. What are some reasons to have an assembly?

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Name: Date:

Dear Jenna,

I go to school like you. I sit at a desk in a ____________________.

We have a list of ____________________ that students must follow.

The rules tell us to behave with ____________________. Today, we

studied ____________________ ____________________ such as

plants and animals. We went to the ____________________ to play

sports. I like sports, but my ____________________ class is math.

I love to add numbers to find the ____________________. I love

to ____________________ to find the difference. What do you like

to do at school?

Your Pen Pal,

Lena

classroom

favorite

gym

living things

subtract

sum

respect

rules

Read the passage. Choose the correct words. Fill in the blanks.

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2. What did Jenna do next? D

raw or w

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3. What school activity did Jenna do last? D

raw or w

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box.

Draw

ing or words should reflect that Jenna played soccer in gym

class.

Draw

ing or words should reflect that Jenna learned about plants in science.

Draw

ing or words should reflect that Jenna saw

a presentation about

safety.


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the classroom rules. Jenna w

rote a letter. Jenna learned to

subtract. Jenna ate lunch in the cafeteria. Jenna jumped rope

at recess. Jenna played soccer in gym class. Jenna planted a

seed in science class. Jenna went to a special assem

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2. What rules did the police officers teach? H

ow did they teach about rules?

When did they teach about rules? W

here did they teach? Draw

or write

your answers in the right side of the Police O

fficers circle.

3. What did both M

r. Range and the police officers do? Draw

or write your

answer in the Both space.

Answ

ers should

reflect these

details: classroom

rules, wrote on a

poster, every day,

in classroom.

Answ

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reflect these details:

safety rules, gave a

presentation, only

one day, in the

auditorium.

Answ

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that both taught

students about rules.


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Mr. Range plays m

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Jenna likes to jump rope

at recess.

Jenna’s school ____________ fun.

1. Find two m

ore things Jenna does at school. Write or draw

them in the

Text column.

2. Is Jenna’s school fun? Use the events in the Text colum

n to help you

decide. Write your answ

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Answ

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activities Jenna does.

Answ

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opinion based on text examples

in left column.




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1. Many students travel to school together in a ____________________.

2. Students might attend an ____________________ about safety.

3. Students eat in a ____________________.

4. ____________________ is a time at school for playing.

5. A person in the com

munity w

ho enforces rules is called a

____________________ ____________________.

6. A ____________________ is a large room

where people do sports.

7. A living thing that has green leaves is a ____________________.

8. ____________________ tell people how to behave or act.

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Find the words in the puzzle.

B

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Rules

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what is happening now

.

Jenna planted a seed. Jenna watered the soil.

At first, the seed w

as small. Then, the seed

grew. The seed changed. N

ow, the seed is a

plant. Jenna sees the big, green plant. Jenna

smiles. Jenna w

aters her plant. Jenna did a

good job.

A

Read each sentence. Choose the best w

ord. Fill in the blank.

1. First, Jenna ____________________ a seed. (plants, planted)

2. Next, Jenna ____________________ the soil. (w

aters, watered)

3. The seed ____________________. (grows, grew

)

4. A plant ____________________ a living thing. (is, w

as)

5. Jenna ____________________ her plant. (waters, w

atered)

B

planted

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This book is

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Mr. Kim

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My favorite anim

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Descriptive w

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ething or someone.

What do these descriptive w

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a tall m

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big

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little

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Circle the descriptive w

ord or words in each sentence.

1. The grey cat jumped.

2. I have brown eyes and straight hair.

3. Jess sat under a tall tree.

4. The big, green plant grew.

A

Choose a descriptive w

ord to complete each sentence. Then, draw

a picture.B

Answ

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1.

3 + 2 = ______ I the pencils.

2.

1 + 5 = ______ I find the .

3.

7 – 3 = ______ I three apples.

4.

2 + 8 = ______ I find the number of seeds.

5.

4 – 1 = ______ I find the .

add difference subtract sum total

Write the correct sym

bol beside each word. =

+ –

plus ________ equals ________ m

inus ________

A

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Write it in the boxes.

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behave directions respect rules

1. ____________________ tell us how to act.

2. We ____________________ w

hen we act in a w

ay that obeys rules.

3. Mr. Range gives students ____________________ for how

to do their work.

4. One w

ay to show ____________________ is to be kind to everyone.

Cla

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ules

Raise your hand.

Stay in your seat.

_____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________

Read each sentence. Choose the correct w

ord. Fill in the blank.A

Read these classroom rules. W

rite three more classroom

rules of your own.

B

Rules

behave

directions

respect


Read each clue. Put the letters in order. Write the w

ord.

1. go from one place to another

emvo ____ ____ ____ ____

3

2. become bigger and develop

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5

2

3. being alive

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4. stop living

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____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ things.

1 2

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bers to the spaces below. Fill in the

spaces to complete the sentence.

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Choose the best answ

er. Circle the letter.

1. A teacher usually w

orks in a

a. lunchroom

.

b. classroom

.

c. playground.

d. library.

2. The cafeteria is a place to

a. play.

b. read.

c. w

rite.

d. eat.

3. People play sports in

a. an assem

bly.

b. a location.

c. a cafeteria.

d. a gym

.

4. C

omm

unity workers m

ight visit a school to talk to students

a. at recess.

b. in the cafeteria.

c. at an assem

bly.

d. in their classroom

s.

5. W

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a. favorite

b. curly

c. puppy

d. straight


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6. The sym

bol + is called a

a. m

inus sign.

b. sum

.

c. plus sign.

d. equals sign.

7. W

hen you subtract, you

a. find the difference.

b. have m

ore.

c. count the total.

d. find the sum

.

8. A

student who behaves w

ith respect is

a. giving directions.

b. follow

ing rules.

c. talking loudly.

d. adding num

bers.

9. W

hich is NO

T a living thing?

a. puppy

b. plant

c. teacher

d. chair

10. What are som

e reasons to have an assembly?

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Dear Jenna,

I go to school like you. I sit at a desk in a ____________________.

We have a list of ____________________ that students m

ust follow.

The rules tell us to behave with ____________________. Today, w

e

studied ____________________ ____________________ such as

plants and animals. W

e went to the ____________________ to play

sports. I like sports, but my ____________________ class is m

ath.

I love to add numbers to find the ____________________. I love

to ____________________ to find the difference. What do you like

to do at school?

Your Pen Pal,

Lena

classroom

favorite

gym

living things

subtract

sum

respect

rules

Read the passage. Choose the correct w

ords. Fill in the blanks.

classroom

rules

respect

living things

gym

favorite

sum

subtract


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