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Grade 2 · English Language Arts · Unit 12 of 16

Connections and Opinions

Link stories to your life and share what you think.

What your child practises

Making connections to texts, giving an opinion with reasons, recognizing that others can see things differently, and noticing who is shown in texts.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.2.B2.4, ELA.2.B3.1, ELA.2.B3.3, ELA.2.B3.4 · connections, opinions with reasons, different viewpoints and who is represented

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which connection helps you understand a story about a new school?

    • what you had for lunch last week
    • your first day at school
    • the colour of your socks

  2. Question 2

    Text says: “Leo hugged his new puppy and laughed.” How does Leo feel?

    • angry
    • happy
    • lonely

  3. Question 3

    You read about a fox in one book and in a second book. This connects…

    • one book to another book
    • nothing at all
    • a book to a song only

  4. Question 4

    You read about the Prairies and know the Prairies are flat. You used…

    • what you already know
    • a guess with no reason
    • a random choice

  5. Question 5

    After reading you say, “I think the fox was clever.” What did you share?

    • your opinion
    • a title
    • a spelling rule

  6. Question 6

    Which sentence shows a different viewpoint from “Recess is the best part of school”?

    • Recess is the best part of school.
    • Recess is after lunch.
    • I like art class more than recess.

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