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2nd Grade Jump Start - Reading: Week 2

Book Covers -  Lion/Mouse and Tortoise/Hare
 

Reading 

Week 2 - Day 1

  • Do you know what a FABLE is? Watch this VIDEO to help you find out!
  • Listen to the Fable The Tortoise & The Hare
  • After listening to the fable, think about the following and discuss with your family.
    • What is the setting of the story?
    • Who are the characters?
    • What is the problem? How is the problem solved?
    • What is the moral or lesson of the story? Have you ever had a similar experience? 

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Week 2 - Day 2

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Week 2 - Day 3

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Week 2 - Day 4

  • Today, open the fable The Lion and the Mouse again.Turn off the sound. Practice reading the text on your own!
  •  What do you think the lesson or moral of this story is? What does the author really want to teach you?
  •  Readers can often compare and contrast by thinking about what is similar and what is different between two pieces of text. Think about the two fables you have listened to and read this week. How are they similar? How are they different?
  • Read any book of choice for 18 minutes.
  • Do you like fun games? Play Funny Fill-In (Mad Libs) , Reading & Word Games- ABCYA, or practice sight words with  Sight Word Smash! Or Sight Word Popcorn!

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Week 2 - Day 5

Quick Check!

  1. What genre of text are both of these stories? How do you know?
  2. Why did the Tortoise challenge the Hare to a race?
  3. How did the Tortoise win the race even though he was slower than the Hare?
  4. How does the Lion feel about the mouse at the beginning of the story? How does he feel about the mouse at the end?
  5. How did the mouse help the lion?

  • Read any book of choice for 18 minutes.
  • Challenge! Read this fable, Fox and the Crow and answer the questions!