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Fluency — reading like talking — Take-Home — 2nd Grade Reads Grade 2 text at roughly 90 words a minute, in phrases, with expression and attention to punctuation. This one-page 2nd Grade take-home carries the two-minute check that tells you whether the skill is wobbly, then "Phrase Scooping" — 10 minutes with a short passage, a pencil — plus what to say…
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Fluency — reading like talking LITERACY · 2ND GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Reading · 2nd Grade 10 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Reads Grade 2 text at roughly 90 words a minute, in phrases, with expression and attention to punctuation. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK Time one minute on a book at their level, count words read correctly. A SOLID ANSWER 80–100 by the end of the year, with the voice rising and falling. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 PHRASE SCOOPING You need: A short passage, A pencil Read a paragraph and draw a scoop under each meaningful phrase — not each word. Read it scoop by scoop, one breath per scoop. You read a sentence, they echo it with the same rhythm. Reread the same passage three times and note the time each go. Record them reading on a phone and play it back — hearing themselves changes more than being told. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Read it in chunks, not word by word. Take a breath at the comma." Read it together in one voice first, matching your pace. A page of dialogue, with a different voice per character. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-2 www.littleactivity.com 2nd Grade · Literacy
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Fluency — reading like talking LITERACY · 2ND GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Reading · 2nd Grade 10 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Reads Grade 2 text at roughly 90 words a minute, in phrases, with expression and attention to punctuation. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK Time one minute on a book at their level, count words read correctly. A SOLID ANSWER 80–100 by the end of the year, with the voice rising and falling. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 PHRASE SCOOPING You need: A short passage, A pencil Read a paragraph and draw a scoop under each meaningful phrase — not each word. Read it scoop by scoop, one breath per scoop. You read a sentence, they echo it with the same rhythm. Reread the same passage three times and note the time each go. Record them reading on a phone and play it back — hearing themselves changes more than being told. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Read it in chunks, not word by word. Take a breath at the comma." Read it together in one voice first, matching your pace. A page of dialogue, with a different voice per character. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-2 www.littleactivity.com 2nd Grade · Literacy
Vocabulary Builder — Nature LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Draw a quick picture, then write how you will remember the word. Nature Word Quick sketch How I remember it climate meadow habitat migrate shelter www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
Vocabulary Builder — Food LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Break each word into parts, then write what the whole word means. Food Word Word parts What it means seasoning nutrition simmer recipe ingredient www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy
3-Letter Words LITERACY · KINDERGARTEN Name Date Look at the picture. Spell the 3-letter word. Cat c Dog d Sun s Hat h Bug b Cup c www.littleactivity.com Kindergarten · Literacy Hearing the first sound in a word LITERACY · PRE-K Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Reading · Pre-K 5 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Can tell you what sound a spoken word starts with — /m/ in milk — without seeing it written. For the grown-up: say every prompt out loud. Nothing on this sheet asks the child to read or write. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK Say: "Mmmilk. What sound does milk start with?" Then try sock and ball. A SOLID ANSWER They make the sound — /m/, /s/, /b/ — not the letter name, and get at least two of the three. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 SOUND HUNT You need: Anything in the room Pick one sound for the day, e.g. /s/. Say it, don't name the letter. Say: "I spy something that starts with sssss." Look at a sock while you say it. Let them find it. Celebrate loudly. Swap: they pick the thing, you guess. Getting it wrong on purpose is the best part. Stop after four or five rounds, while they still want more. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Listen to the very start of the word. Mmmmm-ilk. Can you make that sound with me?" Stretch the sound out and hold your object up: "Ssssssock. Sssss." Give the answer, then ask them to say the sound after you. Ask for the last sound instead of the first — "what does cat end with?" That is a five-year-old skill and a nice stretch. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/pre-k www.littleactivity.com Pre-K · Literacy
Rhyming LITERACY · PRE-K Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Reading · Pre-K 5 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Notices when two words end the same, and can offer a third — even a nonsense one. For the grown-up: say every prompt out loud. Nothing on this sheet asks the child to read or write. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK "Cat, hat — do those sound the same at the end? What about cat and cup?" A SOLID ANSWER Yes to the first, no to the second. Producing a rhyme themselves is a bonus, not the bar. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 SILLY RHYME CHAIN You need: Nothing Say a short word: cat. You go first with the rhyme: bat. Then it's their turn. Accept nonsense words with full enthusiasm — zat and vat count and are proof they hear the pattern. When the chain dies, start a new word. Three chains is plenty. Sing it if they stall. A tune carries a child past a stuck moment better than a hint. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Cat, hat, mat — they all end with the same sound. Can you make a silly one?" Give two rhyming words and one odd one, and let them point at the odd one. Choosing is easier than producing. Ask for a rhyme with two syllables — funny, bunny, money. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/pre-k www.littleactivity.com Pre-K · Literacy
Recognising letters — starting with their own name LITERACY · PRE-K Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Reading · Pre-K 5 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Spots the letters in their own name and names a handful of others by shape. For the grown-up: say every prompt out loud. Nothing on this sheet asks the child to read or write. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK Write their name big. Point at the first letter: "What's this one called?" A SOLID ANSWER They name the first letter of their name. Anything beyond that at this age is ahead of schedule. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 NAME DETECTIVE You need: Their name written large on paper, A crayon or a highlighter Write their name in big letters and say each one as you write. Give them the crayon. "Find your special letter" — the first one. Go hunting: on cereal boxes, signs, doors, the TV. Circle or point at every match. Count the finds out loud at the end. Do the same letter for a whole week before adding a second. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "That's your letter! That's the one your name starts with." Hunt for the shape rather than the name — "find another one that looks like this" — and supply the name yourself each time. Add the letters of a sibling's or a pet's name, then ask whose letter each one is. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/pre-k www.littleactivity.com Pre-K · Literacy
