Second Grade HB Internet Activities by Story
(The activities listed directly under the themes and not under the stories are to be used as desired during the time your students are working on that theme.)  Proofreading Makes Perfect has two different kinds of activities.  One is online; It has practice exercises for capitalization & Punctuation, Spelling, Usage, and Putting it Together.  *The other are downloadable sheets for some of the stories below. Homework Helper has a five day list of activities for each story.

Theme 1 - Being Me

Writing Detective-Friendly Letter
Go for the Grammar Gold-Sentences; Statements & Questions; Exclamations & Commands; Parts of a Sentence

The Mixed Up Chameleon
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket -
Main Idea
Test Tutor - Main Idea
Locate Information
Get Up and Go
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
Test Tutor - Locate Information
 Proofreading Makes Perfect
Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon
Authors & Illustrators
Test Tutor - Locate Information

 

Days with Frog and Toad
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket -
Compare/Contrast
Test Tutor - Compare/Contrast
Wilson Sat Alone
Authors & Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket-
Narrative Elements (plot, setting, character)
Test Tutor - Narrative Elements (plot, setting, character Proofreading Makes Perfect
 
Theme 2 - Helping Hands

Writing Detective-Story
Go for the Grammar Gold-Nouns; Plural Nouns; Proper Nouns

The Enormous Turnip
Authors & Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket -
Sequence
Test Tutor - Sequence
Helping Out
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket -
Main Idea
Test Tutor - Main Idea
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Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
Test Tutor - Abbreviations
Hedgehog Bakes a Cake
Authors & Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket -
Synonyms
Test Tutor - Synonyms
Follow Directions
Lemonade for Sale
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
Proofreading Makes Perfect
 
Theme 3 - Our World

Writing Detective-Report
Go for the Grammar Gold-Proper Nouns; Nouns

Johnny Appleseed
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
Test Tutor - Details
From Seed to Plant
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
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The Secret Life of Trees
Reading Skills Rocket -
Fact/Fiction
Test Tutor - Follow Directions
Watermelon Day
Authors & Illustrators
Reading Skills Rocket -
Make Inferences
Test Tutor - Make Inferences
Pumpkin Fiesta
Authors & Illustrators
Proofreading Makes Perfect
 
Theme 4 - Imagine That

Writing Detective-Personal Story
Go for the Grammar Gold-Pronouns; Using Nouns and Pronouns Correctly; Adjectives; More Adjectives; Adjectives for size and number; articles; Adjectives that Compare

The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket -
Cause/Effect
Test Tutor - Cause/Effect
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Authors & Illustrators
Test Tutor - Cause/Effect
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Dear Mr. Blueberry
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket -
Make Inferences
Cool Ali
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket -
Synonyms/Antonyms
Test Tutor - Antonyms
The Emperor's Egg
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
Proofreading Makes Perfect
 
Theme 5 - Neighborhood News

Writing Dectective-Word Pictures
Go for the Grammar Gold-Present tense verbs; Combining Sentences with verbs; Using Verbs Correctly; Contractions; Past-tense Verbs; Forms of Be; Forms of Have

The Pine Park Mystery
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket -
Narrative Elements (plot, setting, character)
Test Tutor - Narrative Elements (plot, setting, character)
Good-Bye, Curtis
Authors & Illustrators
test tutor - Contractions
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Max Found Two Sticks
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket -
Multiple meaning words
Test Tutor - multiple meaning words
Anthony Reynoso: Born to Rope
Authors & Illustrators
Test Tutor - Summarize/Restate
Chinatown
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket -
Details
Test Tutor - Details
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Theme 6 - Travel Time

Writing Detective-How to Paragraph
Go for the Grammar Gold-Come, Run, Give; Joining Sentences; Go, Do, See; Commas in Place Names and Dates; Helping Verbs; Using Verbs Correctly; Contractions; Troublesome Words; Fixing Sentences Problems

Abuela
Authors & Illustrators
Beginner's World Atlas
Building Background
Reading Skills Rocket -
Locate Information
Test Tutor - Locate Information
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Dinosaur's Travel
Authors & Illustrators
Building Background
Montague on the High Seas
Authors & Illustrators
Test Tutor - Homophones
Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
 Authors & Illustrators
 Building Background
 Reading Skills Rocket -
 Make Predictions
 
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