In this lesson – Term 3 Review: End of Year, Chapters 7 to 9 | How the world works, Who we are, Sharing the planet
Term 3 | Level 3 | About 90 minutes, over four sittings | All strands
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Units of inquiry: Chapter 7: Day, Night and the Sky (How the world works); Chapter 8: Keeping Healthy (Who we are); Chapter 9: Caring for Our Planet (Sharing the planet)
Key concepts: Causation, Change, Form, Function, Responsibility, Connection | Learner profile: Reflective | ATL skills: Self-management skills
PYP strand: All strands: receptive and expressive
I can show what I learned in Term 3, and across Grade 2, in reading, writing, speaking, listening, looking and phonics.
Curriculum links: This review checks the outcomes from Chapters 7 to 9 and the main skills of the year. 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.2.3, RI.2.6, W.2.1, W.2.2, L.2.5, SL.2.3, SL.2.4, RI.2.7, L.2.2c, L.2.4b and RF.2.3f.
Key words: explanation | water cycle | cause and effect | formal letter | bar chart | homophone | contraction
Wonder
For the adult: ask this question before you start. Accept every idea. You will come back to it in Reflect.
What are you proudest of learning in Grade 2?
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 3, Chapters 7, 8 and 9, and some skills from the whole year.
| Page | What it checks | Lessons |
|---|---|---|
| Page 1: Reading | explanations, steps in order, cause and effect, a glossary, the writer’s message | 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2 |
| Page 2: Writing | similes, persuasion, recipes, formal letters and reports | 7.3, 7.4, 8.3, 8.4, 9.3, 9.4 |
| Page 3: Speaking, listening and looking | performing, explaining, asking questions to clarify, speeches, group talk, charts and infographics | 7.5 to 7.8, 8.5 to 8.8, 9.5 to 9.8 |
| Page 4: Phonics and spelling | contractions, apostrophes for owning, -tion, homophones, prefixes, syllables and the year’s tricky words | 7.9 to 7.11, 8.9 to 8.11, 9.9 to 9.11 |
This is the last review of Grade 2. Take your time, and be proud of how much you have learned this year.
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: shouldn’t.”
“It is a contraction of should not. I write should, with the -ould pattern, then n, then an apostrophe where the o was, then t: s-h-o-u-l-d-n-‘-t.”
“For the sentence, I listen to the whole thing first. When I hear a homophone, such as there or their, I think about the meaning before I choose the spelling.”
Let’s Try Together
1. The adult says “station”. Clap it. How many syllables are there?
Hint: sta-tion.
2. Write it the short way: the hat that belongs to Mum.
Hint: owner, then ‘s, then the thing.
Your Turn
Name: ______________________
Page 1: Reading
1. Read the explanation.
Where Does Rain Come From?
The water you drink today may once have fallen as rain on a mountain, flowed down a river and floated in the sea. That is because the water on Earth goes round and round in a never-ending journey. This journey is called the water cycle.
Step 1: The Sun heats the water
First, the Sun shines on seas, lakes and rivers and warms the water. Some of the water turns into a gas called water vapour. This is called evaporation. You cannot see water vapour, but it is in the air all around you. You can see evaporation at home: when a puddle dries up on a sunny day, the water has not vanished. It has risen into the air.
Step 2: Clouds form
Next, the warm water vapour rises high into the sky. The higher it goes, the colder the air becomes. As the vapour cools, it turns back into tiny drops of water. This is called condensation. Millions of these tiny drops gather together to make a cloud. You can see condensation at home too, when a cold window steams up after a hot bath.
Step 3: Rain falls
After that, the tiny drops in the cloud bump into each other and join together. They grow bigger and heavier. When they are too heavy to float, they fall to the ground. If the air is cold enough, they fall as snow or hail instead of rain.
Step 4: The water flows back
Finally, the rain soaks into the ground or runs into streams and rivers. Plants drink some of it through their roots, and people collect some of it to use in their homes. Most of the water flows back to the sea. Then the Sun heats it again, and the whole cycle starts once more.
Why the water cycle matters
All living things need fresh water. The water cycle carries fresh water from the sea to the land, so that plants, animals and people can live. It also means that there is no new water on Earth. The same water has been going round and round for a very long time. That is why it is so important to keep our rivers and seas clean, and not to waste the water we use.
| Glossary | |
|---|---|
| condensation | when water vapour cools and turns back into drops of water |
| evaporation | when water is heated and turns into a gas |
| water vapour | water in the form of a gas, which we cannot see |
a) Number the steps of the water cycle from 1 to 4.
____ Tiny drops join together and fall as rain. ____ The Sun warms the water. ____ The water flows back to the sea. ____ Water vapour cools and makes clouds.
b) Write the four time words that start the steps. ______________________________
c) Use the glossary. What is evaporation? ______________________________
d) Find one cause and its effect in Step 3. Cause: ______________________ Effect: ______________________
e) Why does the writer say it is important not to waste water? Explain using facts from the text.
__________________________________________________________________
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Page 2: Writing
2. Similes. Finish each simile. a) The raindrops fell like ______________________ b) The cloud was as grey as ______________________
3. Persuade. Write two sentences that persuade people to save water. Use a strong word and a reason.
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4. A formal letter. Write a polite request to your council asking them to clean up a river, and the right sign-off for Dear Sir or Madam.
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Sign-off: ______________________________
5. A report. Write a heading as a question and two fact sentences in the present tense for a report about rain.
Heading: ______________________________________________
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6. A recipe step. Choose the most exact verb: (Do / Sprinkle) the seeds on top of the salad. ______________
Page 3: Speaking, listening and looking
7. Explain it. Use your hands, a glass of water or a drawing to explain the water cycle to someone at home. Use first, next, after that and finally.
8. Ask to clarify. Someone says: “Water the plants regularly.” Write a question to check what they mean.
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9. Call to action. Write the last sentence of a speech about saving water.
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10. Group talk. Write what you could say to build on this idea: “Let’s collect rainwater for the garden.”
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For the adult: tick each one you hear in task 7.
☐ steps in order ☐ four time words ☐ because or so ☐ used an object or drawing to help ☐ checked that the listener understood
11. Read the bar chart.
a) Which bird did they see the most? ______________ b) How many more pigeons than robins? ______
c) How many birds did they see altogether? ______
12. Moon shapes.
a) Which picture shows a full Moon? ______ b) Which shows a thin crescent? ______
Page 4: Phonics and spelling
13. Contractions. could not → ______________ we will → ______________ it is → ______________
14. Apostrophes for owning. the nest of the bird → ______________________ the bike that belongs to Sam → ______________________
15. Homophones. Circle the correct word.
a) (There / Their / They’re) going to the beach. b) I ate (to / too / two) apples. c) Can you (hear / here) the rain?
16. Prefixes and -tion. re + use = ______________ dis + agree = ______________ invent + ion = ______________
17. Syllables. Clap and write the number. condensation ____ important ____ water ____
18. Tricky words. Circle the tricky words: Many people were busy, so Mr and Mrs Lee could not move the whole table again.
19. Dictation.
For the adult: say each word twice. Then say the sentence twice. Words: evaporation, they’re, people. Sentence: It’s important that people don’t waste water, because there isn’t any new water on Earth.
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 are you proudest of learning in Grade 2?” What do you think now?
2. I was reflective today when I ______________________________.
3. Which chapter this term did you enjoy most? Why?
Take action: Make a water-saving promise with your family, such as shorter showers, and write it on a card for the bathroom.
Answer Key
Reveal Answers
Let’s Try Together
1. Two
2. Mum’s hat
Page 1: Reading (Lessons 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2)
1a) 3 Tiny drops fall as rain. 1 The Sun warms the water. 4 The water flows back. 2 Water vapour makes clouds.
1b) First, Next, After that, Finally
1c) When water is heated and turns into a gas.
1d) Cause: the drops grow bigger and heavier. Effect: they fall to the ground.
1e) Sample answer: Because there is no new water on Earth. The same water goes round and round, so we must not waste it or make it dirty.
Page 2: Writing (Lessons 7.4, 8.3, 8.4, 9.3, 9.4)
2) Sample answers: a) …tiny glass beads. b) …an old elephant.
3) Sample answer: Everyone should turn off the tap while brushing their teeth. It is the easiest way to save water!
4) Sample answer: Please could you clean up the litter in the river, so that fish and birds can live there safely? Sign-off: Yours faithfully,
5) Sample answer: Where does rain come from? Rain falls from clouds. Clouds are made of tiny drops of water.
6) Sprinkle
Page 3: Speaking, listening and looking (Lessons 7.6, 8.5, 9.5, 9.6, 8.7, 7.7)
7) Look for: three or more ticks.
8) Sample answer: How often is regularly? Is it every day?
9) Sample answer: So tonight, turn off the tap and save water for everyone!
10) Sample answer: Yes, and we could use the rainwater to fill the bird bath too.
11) a) sparrows b) 2 c) 25 (5 + 9 + 4 + 7)
12) a) B b) C
Page 4: Phonics and spelling (Lessons 7.9 to 7.11, 8.9 to 8.11, 9.9 to 9.11)
13) couldn’t, we’ll, it’s
14) the bird’s nest, Sam’s bike
15) a) They’re b) two c) hear
16) reuse, disagree, invention
17) condensation 4, important 3, water 2
18) Many, people, busy, Mr, Mrs, could, move, whole, again
19) evaporation, they’re, people. It’s important that people don’t waste water, because there isn’t any new water on Earth.
Look for: -tion in evaporation, the apostrophes in they’re, it’s, don’t and isn’t, there for a place or with is, and the tricky words people, water and any.
Well done for finishing Grade 2 English! Look back at your Tuning in ideas from the start of each chapter, and at the work you are proudest of.
Next Steps
If this was easy, try: Look back through your Grade 2 work and choose your three best pieces. Write a sentence about why you chose each one.
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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