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1 OPTIONAL Holiday Work Packets To Maintain Skills over Winter Break Research shows that parents who work on learning skills with their children at home improve their children s academics and test scores. Maintaining skills during time off from school is important and helps all students retain information learned. We have posted Holiday Work Packets To Maintain Skills over Winter Break on our website for those parents who WANT to do these with their child. These Packets are OPTIONAL. The purpose of these packets is to help students maintain skills learned so far this year and to continue to build and maintain skills and strategies. If you would like to, please have your child work on these packets no more than 5 to 30 minutes per day over vacation depending on their grade level.

2 Some skills may be above your child s level. That s ok. Just try them, but do not frustrate yourself or your child. Students who turn in completed packets after winter break will get a HOMEWORK PASS . Scanned copies of the packets are available on our website in the Newsletter section at When we return from Winter Vacation it will be time for us to focus intensely on reading, mathematics, and writing skills, in order to help us prepare students for upcoming standardized testing and build core skills for the grade level. Children depend on the adults around them to guide and support them as they explore and learn about the world in which they live. There are a number of things you, as a significant adult in a child s life, can do to help that child succeed. Adults play a vital role in children s lives and can make a great difference in their academic achievement.

3 Active participation in your child s education is the best way to help your child prepare for school. Meeting with teachers, monitoring in class and homework assignments, and reading with your child are all excellent ways to get involved. Please work with your children at home as well. Spend time each day working on a subject. Review homework and papers brought home with your child. Practice writing and work on basic math skills. read with your children and ask them questions about the story to increase reading comprehension skills. For a list of ideas for activities you can do with your child at home to help them with academic subjects, go to on the Internet and click on the link for Parent & Family Guide. This web site is loaded with supplemental reading and math activities parents can do with their children.

4 Don t forget to visit the Kids Zone of for on-line educational activities. By working together as a team, home & school, we can ensure your child s academic success! 2nd GradeElementary Reading and Language Arts 11/10 WINTER PACKET FOR ELEMENTARY READING AND LANGUAGE ARTS One of the most important things you can do to grow as a reader is to read ! While you are at home for Winter Break, plan at least 30 minutes a day for independent reading or reading with a friend or family member. Many of the activities in this packet require you to first read a book. If you don t have books readily available at home, visit your local library or check out the following websites for online books: Tumblebooks: (Click on Student Portal, Doorway #2, and then scroll down to Tumblebooks. Contact your school s media specialist for the password.)

5 Grolier Encyclopedia and World Book Encyclopedia: (Click on Student Portal, Doorway #2, and then scroll down to the encyclopedia links. Contact your school s media specialist for the passwords.) Starfall (Games, Activities, and Online Books) Storyline Online (Books to read Online) National Geographic for Kids (Click on Stories for Online Articles) Additional Sites for Online Education Fun read Write Think- Student Activities NASA for Kids Online Games: Brain Pop Educational Games World Almanac for Kids PBS Kids Elementary Reading and Language Arts 11/10 ACTIVITY # 1 Page 1 read a narrative storybook of your choice independently or with support. Follow the directions below as you retell the story to a friend or family member. FIGURING OUT THE STORY STRUCTURE The setting is where the story takes place.

6 Most characters are introduced in the beginning. Without a problem there is no story! The problem is what makes the story interesting and exciting. Near the end the problem is solved. This is called the resolution, solution, or conclusion. Can you retell the story? Include all the story elements. problem events characters resolution setting Elementary Reading and Language Arts 11/10 Activity #1 Page 2 After reading your book and reviewing the information above, complete the chart below independently or with support. Title of Book: _____ Author: _____ Characters Setting/Settings _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Problem _____ _____ _____ Solution _____ _____ _____ _____ Elementary Reading and Language Arts 11/10 ACTIVITY #2 PAGE 1 Elementary Reading and Language Arts 11/10 ACTIVITY #2 PAGE 2 Use the observations from the five senses chart to sketch a picture and write a detailed story (independently or with support) of your experiences while you were sick.

7 Attach additional notebook paper to complete your story, if needed. Title _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Elementary Reading and Language Arts 11/10 ACTIVITY# 3- VOCABULARY read a book of your choice independently or with support. Select a word from the book that was challenging for you and complete the concept of definition map below independently or with support. Elementary Reading and Language Arts 11/10 ACTIVITY #4: VOCABULARY List as many words as you can into the categories below. Remember to use a CAPITAL LETTER at the beginning of all proper nouns (EX: Ford Mustang in the car column). When you ve listed all the words you can think of independently, ask your friends and family members to help. Try to fill up all spaces. Vegetables Toys 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5.

8 5. 6. 6. 7. 7. 8. 8. 9. 9. 10. 10. Sports Cars 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5. 6. 6. 7. 7. 8. 8. 9. 9. 10. 10. Restaurants Candy 1. 1. 2. 2. 3. 3. 4. 4. 5. 5. 6. 6. 7. 7. 8. 8. 9. 9. Elementary Reading and Language Arts 11/10 10. 10. ACTIVITY #5- NON-FICTION READING read a non-fiction book or article independently or with support. Tile of Book/Article: _____ Author: _____ List 3 facts from the book/article: 1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ Write one sentence that summarizes the main idea of the book/article: _____ List three new words you learned from this book/article: _____ _____ _____ Draw a picture to illustrate the main idea of the book/article: Elementary Reading and Language Arts 11/10 ACTIVITY # 6 Elementary Reading and Language Arts 11/10 ACTIVITY #7 Elementary Reading and Language Arts 11/10 ACTIVITY #8 Create your own realistic fiction story scenario for the characters below.

9 After you create your plan, write a story on a separate piece of paper. Elementary Reading and Language Arts 11/10 ACTIVITY # 9- Page 1 read the chart below independently or with support. Elementary Reading and Language Arts 11/10 ACTIVITY # 9- Page 2 read a book of your choice independently or with support. After reading the book, complete the chart below by copying sentences from your book into each convention field. Elementary Reading and Language Arts 11/10 ACTIVITY #10 Elementary Reading and Language Arts 11/10 ACTIVITY #11 Winter is a fun time for cooking with family and friends. 1. Find recipe books at your house or recipes online. As you read the recipes, think about ones you might like to make one day. Write down two of your favorite recipes from the book. Recipe #1: _____ Recipe #2 _____ 2.

10 What is alike about these recipes? What is different? Complete the venn diagram below by writing key points about recipe #1 in the left hand circle and key points about recipe #2 in the right hand circle. Write similarities about both recipes in the middle, where the two circles intersect. 3. Ask an adult to help you make a recipe from the book. Maybe it will become a new winter family favorite! Elementary Mathematics WINTER PACKETS The pages listed below from: Florida Enrich Book SE are for K-5 students who are on/above grade level. Intensive Intervention Skill Packs K-1 are for K students who are below grade level. Florida Strategic Intervention TE are for grades 1-5 students who are below grade level. Page 1 of 2 11/1/10 GRADE LEVEL GO MATH RESOURCE GO MATH CHAPTER CORRELATION PAGES K Florida Enrich Book SE 1 E5, E6, E7 K Florida Enrich Book SE 2 E10, E11 K Florida Enrich Book SE 3 E22, E25, E27 K Florida Enrich Book SE 4 E29, E31, E37 K Florida Enrich Book SE 5 E47, E50 K Florida Enrich Book SE 6 E52, E56 K Intensive Intervention Skill Packs K-1 1 IIN15, IIN16, IIN17, IIN18 K Intensive Intervention Skill Packs K-1 2 IIN1, IIN2 K Intensive Intervention Skill Packs K-1 3 IIN19, IIN20, IIN21, IIN22 K Intensive Intervention Skill Packs K-1 4 IIN11, IIN 12, IIN13, IIN14 K Intensive Intervention Skill Packs K-1 5 IIN23, IIN 24, IIN25, IIN26 K Intensive Intervention Skill Packs K-1 6 IIN27, IIN28, IIN29, IIN30 1 Florida Enrich Book SE 1 E4, E7 1 Florida Enrich Book SE 2 E10, E12 1 Florida Enrich Book SE 3 E18.