In this lesson – Term 2 Review: Chapters 4 to 6 | How the world works, Where we are in place and time
Term 2 | Level 2 | About 80 minutes, over four sittings | All strands
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Units of inquiry: Chapter 4: Plants and Growing (How the world works); Chapter 5: Homes Around the World (Where we are in place and time); Chapter 6: Toys and Games Then and Now (Where we are in place and time)
Key concepts: Function, Change, Causation, Form, Connection, Perspective | Learner profile: Reflective | ATL skills: Self-management skills
PYP strand: All strands: receptive and expressive
I can show what I learned in Term 2 in reading, writing, speaking, listening, looking and phonics.
Curriculum links: This review checks the outcomes from Chapters 4 to 6. IB PYP Language, Phases 2 and 3, across reading, writing, oral language and visual language. England Year 2: write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include words using the GPCs, common exception words and punctuation taught so far. Common Core RI.2.5, RI.2.9, RL.2.3, W.2.1, W.2.2, L.2.2a, SL.2.2, SL.2.4, RI.2.7, RF.2.3d and L.2.2d.
Key words: headings | glossary | compare | fact or opinion | life cycle | map | suffix
Wonder
For the adult: ask this question before you start. Accept every idea. You will come back to it in Reflect.
What is the most interesting thing you found out this term?
Let’s Learn
For the adult: read this part aloud. The review has four pages. Do one page a day, or two pages in one sitting.
This review checks everything you learned in Term 2: Chapters 4, 5 and 6.
| Page | What it checks | Lessons |
|---|---|---|
| Page 1: Reading | headings and a glossary, comparing two texts, feelings in a letter | 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2 |
| Page 2: Writing | fact files, explanations, letters, describing with the senses, comparisons and reviews | 4.3, 4.4, 5.3, 5.4, 6.3, 6.4 |
| Page 3: Speaking, listening and looking | talks, riddles, notes, debates, life cycles, maps and timelines | 4.5 to 4.8, 5.5 to 5.8, 6.5 to 6.8 |
| Page 4: Phonics and spelling | adding endings, sounds of a, o and w, s as in treasure, suffixes, tricky words | 4.9 to 4.11, 5.9 to 5.11, 6.9 to 6.11 |
Do your best on your own first. If something is hard, put a small dot next to it and keep going.
Watch Me
For the adult: show how the dictation at the end of Page 4 works.
“At the end of Page 4, you will hear three words and a sentence. I show you with a word that is not in the test: hopping.”
“The root word is hop. It has one syllable, a short vowel and one consonant at the end, so I double the p before -ing: h-o-p-p-i-n-g.”
“For the sentence, I listen to the whole thing first, then write one part at a time. At the end I check every ending I added.”
Let’s Try Together
1. Add -ing to smile.
Hint: Does the root word end in e?
2. Join with whereas: Rabbits live underground. Weaver birds live in trees.
Hint: Put a comma before whereas.
Your Turn
Name: ______________________
Page 1: Reading
1. Read the information text.
Animal Homes
People are not the only builders. Many animals make homes that keep them safe, warm and dry. Each home suits the place where the animal lives.
Beavers
Beavers live in rivers and lakes. They cut down small trees with their strong front teeth. Then they use the sticks and mud to build a home called a lodge. The door of a lodge is under the water, so animals that hunt beavers cannot get in easily.
Rabbits
Rabbits dig tunnels under the ground called burrows. A group of burrows joined together is called a warren. Underground, the rabbits are hidden from foxes and hawks, and they keep cool in summer and warm in winter.
Weaver birds
Weaver birds live in parts of Africa and Asia. The male bird uses his beak to weave strips of grass and leaves into a round nest. It hangs from the end of a thin branch, where snakes find it hard to reach.
Hermit crabs
A hermit crab does not build a home at all. Instead, it lives inside an empty shell that another sea animal has left behind. As the crab grows, its shell becomes too tight. Then it must find a bigger shell and move house.
| Glossary | |
|---|---|
| burrow | a tunnel or hole dug by an animal to live in |
| lodge | a beaver’s home, made of sticks and mud |
| warren | a group of rabbit burrows joined together |
a) Which heading would you read to find out about a home that hangs from a branch? ______________
b) Use the glossary. What is a warren? ______________________________
c) Why is the door of a beaver’s lodge under the water? ______________________________
d) How is the hermit crab different from the other three animals? ______________________________
2. Read the letter.
A Letter From Grandpa
Dear Leo,
When I was your age, I lived in a little house by the river. Every summer, I sat on the bank and watched the beavers. They worked hard all day, carrying sticks in their mouths. I was amazed that such small animals could build something so big! I made a den too, out of branches, but mine fell down in the first storm. The beavers’ lodge never did.
Love from,
Grandpa
a) How did Grandpa feel when he watched the beavers? Find a clue. ______________________________
b) The information text and the letter are both about beavers. Write one way they are different.
Hint: Which one gives facts? Which one tells about a memory?
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Page 2: Writing
3. Fact or opinion? Write F or O.
a) Rabbits dig burrows. ____ b) Rabbits are the cutest animals. ____ c) Beavers have strong teeth. ____
4. Cause and effect. Join with because or so.
a) The shell was too tight. The crab found a bigger one. ______________________________________
b) Grandpa’s den fell down. It was only made of branches. ______________________________________
5. Describe with your senses. Write two sentences about a rabbit’s burrow. Use one thing you might see and one thing you might feel or hear.
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6. Commas in a list. Add the commas: Beavers use sticks mud stones and leaves.
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7. Write a review. Write three sentences reviewing a game or toy you like. Give your opinion, a reason with because, and a rating out of five.
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Page 3: Speaking, listening and looking
8. Make a riddle. Describe one of the animals in the text with three clues. Do not say its name. Ask someone at home to guess.
9. Notes. The adult reads the section Rabbits aloud once. Write four key words.
______________ ______________ ______________ ______________
10. Friendly debate. Is it better to live in a burrow or a nest? Say your side and one reason. Then repeat the other side’s point before you reply.
For the adult: tick each one you hear in tasks 8 to 10.
☐ three exact clues ☐ key words, not full sentences ☐ a side and a reason ☐ repeated the other point politely
11. Read the life cycle. Two labels are missing.
a) Label 2: ______________ b) Label 4: ______________ c) What comes after seed pods? ______________
12. Read the map.
a) What is south of the library? ______________ b) What is west of the pond? ______________
c) Start at the café. Go east, then north. Where are you? ______________
Page 4: Phonics and spelling
13. Add the ending.
a) hike + ing = ______________ b) stop + ed = ______________ c) happy + er = ______________ d) cry + ing = ______________
14. Sounds of a, o and w. Circle the words where o says u, as in mother. brother hot Monday nothing frog
15. or or ar after w? w____k (a job) w____m (not cold) w____d (a group of letters)
16. Suffixes. Add -ment, -ness, -ful, -less or -ly.
a) kind → ______________ (a feeling) b) care → ______________ (full of care) c) slow → ______________ (how) d) enjoy → ______________ (a noun)
17. Tricky words. Circle the tricky words: After class, Father ran past the beautiful grass, and he was sure he would be there in an hour.
18. Dictation.
For the adult: say each word twice. Then say the sentence twice. Words: treasure, carefully, brother. Sentence: My brother hopped across the grass and found a beautiful shell.
1. ______________ 2. ______________ 3. ______________
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Reflect
For the adult: talk about these with the learner.
1. Go back to the Wonder question: “What is the most interesting thing you found out this term?” What do you think now?
2. I was reflective today when I ______________________________.
3. Which chapter this term did you enjoy most? Why?
Take action: Find out about an animal home near you, such as a bird’s nest or a spider’s web, and describe it to someone at home.
Answer Key
Reveal Answers
Let’s Try Together
1. smiling
2. Rabbits live underground, whereas weaver birds live in trees.
Page 1: Reading (Lessons 4.1, 5.1, 5.2)
1a) Weaver birds
1b) A group of rabbit burrows joined together.
1c) So that animals that hunt beavers cannot get in easily.
1d) It does not build a home. It lives in an empty shell and moves to a bigger one as it grows.
2a) Amazed. Clue: “I was amazed that such small animals could build something so big!”
2b) Sample answer: The information text gives facts about how beavers build. The letter tells about Grandpa’s memory and his feelings.
Page 2: Writing (Lessons 4.3, 4.4, 5.4, 6.3, 6.4)
3) a) F b) O c) F
4) a) The shell was too tight, so the crab found a bigger one. b) Grandpa’s den fell down because it was only made of branches.
5) Sample answer: I can see a dark, narrow tunnel. I can feel the cool, damp soil under my paws.
6) Beavers use sticks, mud, stones and leaves.
7) Sample answer: I think Snakes and Ladders is a great game. It is fun because anyone can win. I give it four stars out of five.
Page 3: Speaking, listening and looking (Lessons 4.6, 5.6, 6.6, 4.7, 5.8)
8 to 10) Look for: three or more ticks.
9) Sample key words: tunnels, warren, hidden, cool
11) a) seedling b) flowering plant c) seed (the cycle starts again)
12) a) the café b) the library c) the pond
Page 4: Phonics and spelling (Lessons 4.9 to 4.11, 5.9 to 5.11, 6.9 to 6.11)
13) a) hiking b) stopped c) happier d) crying
14) brother, Monday, nothing
15) work, warm, word
16) a) kindness b) careful c) slowly d) enjoyment
17) After, class, Father, past, beautiful, grass, sure, hour
18) treasure, carefully, brother. My brother hopped across the grass and found a beautiful shell.
Look for: -sure in treasure, -ful plus -ly in carefully, o saying u in brother, the doubled p in hopped, and the tricky words grass and beautiful.
Next Steps
If this was easy, try: Start Chapter 7: Day, Night and the Sky. It begins with Lesson 7.1.
If this was hard, go back to: The lessons named next to each page in the answer key. Redo the Your Turn tasks you found hard, then try that page of the review again.
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