Sometimes you have to make Second Grade boring homework a little more fun. Am I right?? Homework is definitely NOT play-based and after a loooong day at school, kids are ready to p.l.a.y! When they have to sit down to do homework and study for those upcoming tests, homework can become more of a battle than is should. Do we ever know this in our house! Some days, a visit to the dentist to pull teeth would be easier than getting the 5 minute homework task done. English Language Arts in second grade covers nouns and predicates in sentences and my kiddo has been busy figuring identifying nouns and predicates in her decodable readers that are sent home from school. We practiced a bit with these DIY mini pumpkin stickers…and voila! Pumpkin Predicates were born!
Practicing Nouns and Predicates with a Pumpkin Theme:
First, What is a noun and a predicate?
This is the stuff that has a sticky back and you make address labels with. Very cool and useful stuff in crafting, I might add. Scribble a rectangle of orange with an orange marker. Then, use your hole punch
to make a bunch of orange holes. Use a green marker to make a tiny little stem, and you are done! Instant teeny tiny cute little pumpkin stickers.
Pumpkin Seed Place Value – Subtraction Math Fact by Rainy Day Mum
Shapes on a Pumpkin by Preschool Powol Packets
What a great idea – I love the book that they have been sent home as well – fantastic to use for all these letter exercises.
What a great idea – I love the book that they have been sent home as well – fantastic to use for all these letter exercises.