Dear Parents,
The ELA Final Exam for second grade will include questions on work covered for the entire year which is divided into FOUR different domains. Each section will include questions on vocabulary, grammar skills, phonics, and some short responses based on readings. Each class will also be required to write ONE complete essay of one paragraph with an introduction and conclusion and some transition words OR one letter including all five letter parts. All students should review thorougly ALL past ELA quizzes/tests that will be returned to them on Thursday! All students can also refer to their ELA notebooks, Progress Book, and Phonics books. Below is a detailed study guide for second grade:
SECOND GRADE
Domain 1: Fairy Tales and Tall Tales
Vocabulary: fairy tale, tall tale, moral, legend, hesitate, swindler, feat, inseparable, displeased
Grammar: statement, question, command, exclamatory sentence Voyages p. 28
synonym / antonym smart: intelligent / ignorant
multiple meaning word: tracks
Phonics: using -es as a plural (churches)
Text question on Paul Bunyan (tall tale) and The Emperor's New Clothes (fairy tale)
Domain 2: Early Asian Civilizations
Vocabulary:: prosperity, venture, conquer, archer, fertile, callegraphy
Grammar: use of apostrophes in contractions (isn't) Progress p. 96
use of apostrophes in possessives (boy's, boys') Voyages pp. 55, 57
use of commas in a letter (date. greeting, closing) Progress p. 194
Phonics: distinguishing short vowels: pat, pet, pit , pot
Text question based on the Chinese New Year
Domain 4: Cycles in Nature
Vocabulary: resist, accurate. amuse, tending, foresight, spectators, securely, aimlessly
Grammar: irregular plural nouns (women, mice) Progress p. 48
multiple meaning word (pine) see quizzes
collective nouns (batch, pack, team) Progress p. 50
Phonics: recognize prefixes and suffixes in a word
Text question on a myth (eg. Icarus and Daedalus)
Domain 11: Immigration
Vocabulary: immigrate, ancestor, descendent, opportunity, wage, afford, support, traditional
Grammar: recognize adjectives and adverbs Progress pp. 140, 142
past tense of irregular verbs (went, built) Progress p. 94
idiom: "to turn over a leaf"
Phonics: recognize silent letters: kn, wr
use of digraphs: ch , sh, th
Text question on how to become a naaturalized citizen. BE SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO WRITE A LETTER CORRECTLY INCLUDING ALL FIVE PARTS !
