REALISTIC FICTION

COLLABORATE Additional Questions Word Bank

China
1 What holiday did the girl celebrate? New Year
United States
The girl celebrated the

New Year .

2 Where did the girl celebrate first?

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First, the girl celebrated in the

United States .

3 Then where did the girl celebrate?

Then she celebrated the holiday in

China .

Main Question 1 Revisited

Where did the girl celebrate the New Year?

Possible answer: The girl celebrated the New Year in the United States and in China.

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 REALISTIC FICTION

2 Main Question Glossary

The girl celebrated the New Year in her welcomed (recibió)
city. What did she do? celebrated the
coming of
carve (tallar) create
Our city welcomed the New Year on
December 31. The celebration began with
a parade. A band played music. I got my
face painted like a lion. Then I watched a
man carve animals in ice.

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COLLABORATE Additional Questions Word Bank
band
1 What happened on December 31? lion
music
The city had a parade on parade
carve
December 31.

2 What did the girl see?

She saw a band play

music . She watched a man

carve animals in ice.

3 The girl got her face painted. What

animal did her face look like?

The girl’s face looked like a lion .

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Academic Year 2022– 2023 District

Vocabulary Worksheet (1)

Subject Grade Date Trimester Period (s)

English 2 2nd
Question No. Score Total Marked by Notes
1- 20 Mr. Mahmoud Atef

Full Name: ___________________________________________________________________

Use the word chart to study this week’s vocabulary words.

1
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Read each clue below. Circle the vocabulary word

that matches the clue.

1. take and then return something

a) borrow

b) villages

2. feeling alone

a) solution

b) lonely

3. a thought or plan

a) idea

b) countryside

4. on the other side

a) idea

b) across

2
 Spelling • Long a: ai, ay, ea, eigh, ey

Name

nail train main hay stay

break steak weigh sleigh prey

A. Look at the spelling words in the box. Fill in the blanks

with spelling words that match each vowel digraph.
Write the words with the long a sound spelled ai.
1. nail 2. train 3. main

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Write the words with the long a sound spelled ay.
4. hay 5. stay

Write the words with the long a sound spelled ea.

6. break 7. steak

Write the words with the long a sound spelled eigh.

8. weigh 9. sleigh

Write the word with the long a sound spelled ey.

10. prey
Model pronunciation of words in the box. Children should
master pronunciation before starting to sort.

B. Write the missing letter in the box. Then write the

spelling word correctly on the line.
11. ma i n main 12. ha y hay

13. pre y prey 14. st e ak steak

15. we i gh weigh

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 Spelling • Long i: i, y, igh, ie

Name

light sight mind cry tie

high wild dry try lie

A. Follow the directions to sort the spelling words.

Write the spelling words that have the long i sound spelled i.
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1. mind 2. wild

Write the spelling words that have the long i sound spelled y.
3. cry 4. dry 5. try

Write the spelling words that have the long i sound spelled igh.
6. light 7. sight 8. high

Write the spelling words that have the long i sound spelled ie.
9. tie 10. lie

B. In each spelling word, draw a line through the letter that does
not belong. Write the correct spelling word on the line.

11. highe high 12. miend mind

13. crye cry 14. tyie tie

Model pronunciation
of words in the box.
15. sieght sight Children should master
pronunciation before starting
to sort.

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 Phonics • long o: o, oa, ow, oe

Name

Some words have a long o sound. Listen to the vowel sound in

the words cold, snow, goat, and toe. The letters o, ow, oa, or
oe can stand for this sound.
cold snow goat toe
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Choose a word to complete each sentence. Write the word

on the line.

1. I have five toes .

toes toast top

2. Our class will grow pumpkin plants.

go grow got

3. I don’t know if this boat will float .

fat float foam

4. I like to go on trips to see snow.

go gold no

5. My pet is big and slow .

so slow doe
Pair children of different language abilities to complete the page. Have them read their answers to
each other.

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 Grammar • Action Verbs

Name

Circle the action verb in each sentence. Then write the word on
the line.
1. My sister goes to school now. goes

2. I gave her a pen. gave

3. My brother grows flowers. grows

4. He also mows the lawn. mows

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5. Ken opens the door. opens

6. My friends play at the table. play

7. I ate an apple. ate

8. My dad went to the store. went

9. The cats scratch at the door. scratch

10. My brother splashes in the pool. splashes

Have children name additional action verbs. Pair children of different language abilities. Have them
share their answers with the group.

Writing/Spelling Look back through your writer’s notebook for

Connection
action verbs you have used. Check that you used
them correctly. Fix any mistakes you find.

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 Grammar • Present-Tense Verbs

Name

Write the correct form of the present-tense verb so that it

agrees with the subject.

1. Rose and Jill watch the night sky. (watch)

2. They hunt for shooting stars. (hunt)

3. Rose’s mother brings a telescope. (bring)

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4. A telescope helps them look at the stars. (help)

5. The girls see the Moon. (see)

6. It looks big and white. (look)

7. A star shoots across the sky. (shoot)

8. It flashes in the darkness. (flash)

Remind children that when the subject of a sentence has two or more nouns connected with the word
and, the subject is plural. For example, point out that in item 1, the subject is Rose and Jill.

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 Grammar • Past- and Future-Tense Verbs

Name

A. Rewrite each sentence to tell about the past. Change the verb
in ( ) to the past tense.

1. Our class as a team last Saturday. (work)

Our class worked as a team last Saturday.

2. We with Mrs. Johnson. (talk)

We talked with Mrs. Johnson.

3. She us to plant flowers. (want)
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She wanted us to plant flowers.

B. Rewrite each sentence to tell about the future. Change the

underlined verb to the future tense.
Read the directions and model the first item. Have children
4. We get some seeds. work with partners of different language abilities to
complete the items.

We will get some seeds.

5. We plant the seeds.

We will plant the seeds.

6. The flowers make the park a beautiful place.

The flowers will make the park a beautiful place.

Writing/Spelling
Connection
Look back through your writer’s notebook for a past-
tense verb you used. Check that you used it correctly.
Now look for a future-tense verb. Check that you used
a future-tense verb correctly.

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