Grade 2 · English Language Arts · Unit 3 of 13
Sight Words and Reading with Expression
Read common words quickly and use punctuation to read well.
What your child practises
Recognizing common words quickly and noticing punctuation to read in phrases with the right pausing and expression.
Nunavut Curriculum approved guide: NWT English Language Arts (2011), Production · high-frequency words, and punctuation that guides phrasing
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Read the word: “were”. Which word is it?
- where
- wear
- were
were
Hint: Were is about the past, like “we were there”.
Question 2
What should you do when you reach a period?
- read faster
- go back to the start
- stop and take a breath
stop and take a breath
Hint: A period is a full stop.
Question 3
Which word is a common word you see in many stories?
- telescope
- said
- rhinoceros
said
Hint: You will meet said again and again.
Question 4
Which sentence should be read with a pause after “Yes”?
- Yes I can come
- Yes, I can come.
- Yes I Can Come
Yes, I can come.
Hint: The comma tells you to pause.
Question 5
Read the word: “where”. Which word is it?
- when
- were
- where
where
Hint: Where asks about a place.
Question 6
“Would” and “could” rhyme. Which word also rhymes with them?
- should
- shout
- shoot
should
Hint: Would, could and should end the same way.