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Day 2 Standards
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.2.d
Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.5c
Demonstrate understanding of words by relating them to their opposites (antonyms) and to
words with similar but not identical meanings (synonyms).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.1.b
Form and use the progressive (e.g., I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking) verb tenses.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.4.2
Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.1
Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and
information.
CCSS.Math.Content.4.OA.B.4
Find all factor pairs for a whole number in the range 1-100. Recognize that a whole number is
a multiple of each of its factors. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1-100
is a multiple of a given one-digit number. Determine whether a given whole number in the
range 1-100 is prime or composite.
Label and describe the function of the parts of a plant.
Label the parts of a seed.
Read and create a timeline of events.
Lessons for Day 2
Subject
Activity
Time
Spelling
1. Score 50
2. Word Ladder
15 minutes
Vocabulary
3. Superhero Synonyms and
Antonyms
15 minutes
Reading
1. Finding Theme
2. What is the Life Lesson?
3. Independent Reading
60 minutes
Writing
1. Opinion Piece (Book
Recommendation)
45 minutes
Language
1. Positively Progressive
Verbs
15 minutes
Math
1. Prime or Composite
2. Arrays of Fun
60 minutes
Science
1. Plant Parts
2. Sensational Seeds
45 minutes
Social Studies
1. A Day in the Life (Lincoln)
45 minutes
Spelling Word Ladder
Name_____________________
Directions: Part 1. Start at the bottom and follow the clues until you reach the top by making new words as you go up.
10.
9. replace the vowel with the first
letter of the alphabet
9.
8.
7. change one letter to form a word which
would finish this phrase, “ I felt a
rain_____.”
4. change one vowel to a consonant to
form a word which is a synonym for movie
3.
2.
1. a tiny rodent which likes cheese.
(rhymes with louse)
6. change the last letter to another
consonant to form a word which means
something farmers grow
5.
4.
3. take out one letter and scramble the
other letters to form a word for
something you wear on your feet
8. change two letters to form a word
which means to stumble and fall
7.
6.
5. change the diagraph to a blend to
form a word which means a black bird
10. use the answers from number
1 and number 9 to form a
compound word
1.
2. change one letter to form a word
that means a type of shelter
Spelling Word Ladder
Name_______________
Directions: Make your own word ladder with clues.
10.
9.
8.
7.
6.
5.
4.
3.
2.
1.
Super Hero Synonyms and Antonyms
Name____________________
Directions: Cut out the word pair stars on the next page. Determine whether the word pairs are synonyms
or antonyms. Paste the stars in the correct box.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Word Pairs
wild
tame
hot
cold
found
lost
miserly
stingy
sparkle
shine
tangy
tart
narrow
thin
sweet
sour
easy
hard
stand
sit
glum
sad
cry
bawl
jewel
gem
grin
smile
Positively Progressive Verbs
Name__________________________
The clown was dancing earlier..
Directions: Read each
sentence then use the key
below to color the picture.
Part 2 Write ten new
sentences on the back using
all three forms of progressive
verbs.
I will be
going to
the circus.
We will be singing in the
talent show next week.
.
Key
We will be buying a new
soon.
They
were
running
track when
he fell.
They
were
hiking
In the
woods
when
he called.
orange
past progressive verb
blue
present progressive verb
yellow
future progressive verb
Finding the Theme!
Name_____________________
Theme is the message the author is trying to convey. It is the
life lesson, moral or message about life. There are many
different themes such as friendship, courage, honesty,
kindness, change, letting go etc.
Alice tried to hold back her tears as the moving van pulled out of the her neighbors' driveway. Latoya and
her family were moving two thousand miles away and Alice knew she probably wouldn’t ever see her best
friend again.
Alice wiped her eyes with the back of hand. Things would be different now. There would be no more
sleepovers or late night meetings on the porch. She wouldn’t have anyone to tell her deepest secrets to or
anyone who would lend a sympathetic ear when her little sister drove her crazy.
Alice felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned and saw her mom standing behind her.
“I know it is hard to watch your best friend leave, but you’ll soon find a new best friend.” Mom squeezed
her shoulder. “Maybe LaToya can come back for a visit from time to time.”
Alice shook her head. “I don’t think so, mom.” She waited until the moving van was out of sight then she
ran to her room, threw herself on her bed and cried.
1. What is the theme of this passage?
2. What evidence did you find to support your answer?
3. Could there be another theme?
4. How do you know?
Name________________________
What is the life lesson?
Directions: Read the theme at the top of each section of the trifold. Write a short passage to convey
the theme. Underline the evidence you used to support the theme with a blue colored pencil.
Courage
Honesty
Kindness
Writing (Opinion)
Name______________________
Think about the last book you read. Write a persuasive essay to convince your
classmates to read the book too. Be sure to make it convincing, but do not write a
summary of the book. You may refer to a couple of parts in your book if you need to
make your point, but don’t tell them everything that happened in the book. Focus on
WHY you liked it and WHY they would too. Use the space below to brainstorm. Write
your essay on loose leaf paper.
Prime or Composite
Name________________
Directions: Part 1. Determine whether the number is a prime number with only one and itself as a multiple or
whether it is a composite number and has several multiples. Write the multiples of each cut and paste number
on the answer sheet. THEN Cut and paste the numbers in the correct category..
Prime:
Composite:
Numbers which only have on array and can only be
multiplied by itself and one.
Numbers which have two or more arrays and
have several factors.
Prime or Composite answer sheet
Name________________
Find the Multiples of each of the cut and paste numbers. BE SURE to write the number on the line first.
1. _____________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________
5. _____________________________________________________
6. _____________________________________________________
7. _____________________________________________________
8. _____________________________________________________
9. _____________________________________________________
10. _____________________________________________________
11. _____________________________________________________
12. _____________________________________________________
13. _____________________________________________________
14. _____________________________________________________
15. _____________________________________________________
16. _____________________________________________________
17. ____________________________________________________
18. _____________________________________________________
19. _____________________________________________________
20. _____________________________________________________
21. _____________________________________________________
121 108
45
38
96
7
113
88
47
91
16
22
144
64
93
12
13
54
72
300
5
“Array” of Fun!
Name________________
Directions: Choose a number from the balloon. Write it in the box at the top then draw arrays for all of the multiples of
that number. Do this for all four numbers.
63
15 42
16
Name_______________________
Plant Parts!
Plants are an essential part of our
existence. We need plants in order to breathe,
but plants also need us. Why? Plants take in
Cut and paste the plant part to the correct part of the diagram.
carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. We need
Read the paragraph about plant parts and answer the questions
oxygen to breathe, yet we exhale carbon
on the next page.
dioxide which plants need in order to make
food during a process called photosynthesis.
During photosynthesis the leaves use light
energy from the sun, water and carbon dioxide
to make its own food. Plants don’t eat, but
_____________________
they do need nutrients in order to survive. This
is how they get their nutrients. Photosynthesis
takes place in the leaves of the plant.
Plants also absorb water from the
_____________________
ground through their roots. Water, nutrients
an minerals are transported through the plant
in a chute called its stem. The stem is also
helps support the plant. Another job of the
roots is to hold the plant in place.
_____________________
When a plant is mature it can bear fruit.
This is the part of most plants that we eat.
Sometimes the new fruit will contain the
plant’s seeds. The flowering part of the plant
______________________________makes the seeds.
So you see? Plants need us and we need
them. Take care of your plants, so they can
take of you.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------roots
leaves
petal
stem
Name_______________________
Plant Parts!
1. What is photosynthesis?
2. Where does photosynthesis take place?
3. How are we important to plants?
4. How are plants important to us?
5. Which part of the plant holds it in place.
6. Which part of the plant makes seeds?
7. What does a plant need in order for photosynthesis to take place?
8. Explain what would happen to the human race and why if all the plants on earth
were suddenly destroyed.
9. Describe the role of plant part.
Stem
Roots
Seed
Flower
Leaf
Name_______________________
Sensational Seeds!
Seeds come from the fruit and flowering part of plants. Each seed has a seed
coat. This is the outer layer of the seed and its job is to protect the seed. A seed also
contains endosperm. This is the food for the seed. It is located right underneath the
seed coat and surrounds the embryo. The embryo looks like a baby plant with leaves
and a stem. The embryo has three main parts; primary roots, cotyledons and
embryonic leaves. The primary roots form long anchors into the soil to hold the plant
in place as it grows. The cotyledons provide nourishment to the embryo during
germination. The embryonic leaves are the first leaves to appear above ground as the
plant grows.
________________________________
_____________________
_____________________
Directions: Cut and paste the labels in the correct place on the seed diagram. Color
the endosperm gray, the embryo green and the seed coat dark brown.
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embryo
seed coat
endosperm
Name___________________
A Day in the Life
Directions: Use the timeline to answer the questions on the next page about Abraham Lincoln’s life. Then on a
separate sheet of paper draw a time line of your life. List years for important events such as birth, kindergarten
graduation, sports events, etc. Be sure to draw pictures to represent each event. The events MUST be in
chronological order.
1817 Lincoln shot and killed
a turkey when he was 7
years old. He felt so bad he
never hunted again.
1809 Abraham
Lincoln is born in
Kentucky.
1846 Lincoln is elected House
of Representatives as part of
the Thirteenth Congress and a
representative of the Whig
party.
1842 Lincoln marries
Mary Todd.
January 1863 Lincoln
issues the Emancipation
Proclamation which freed
the slaves.
1860 Lincoln is elected
the 16th President of the
United States.
1865 John Wilkes Booth
assassinates Lincoln at
the Ford Theater.
November 1863 Lincoln
delivers Gettysburg
Address.
A Day in the Life
Name______________________
1.
What year did Lincoln marry Mary Todd?
2.
Why did Lincoln quit hunting?
3.
Why was the Emancipation Proclamation important?
4.
What state was Lincoln born in?
5.
What year did Lincoln become president?
6.
Which president was Lincoln.
7.
When did Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?
8.
How many years passed between Lincoln being elected to the House of
Representatives and becoming president?
9.
Who assassinated Lincoln?
10. Where was Lincoln assassinated and what year?