Ms. Jennings/Second Grade

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Language Lessons Theme 3
 
Head, Body, Legs 
 
An action verb is a word that shows action.
 
• An action verb shows what someone or something is
doing.
 
           Isabel tells a story. Martin listens to Isabel.
 
• Some action verbs show actions you can see.
 
           Habib reads a book.
 
• Some action verbs tell about actions that are hard to see.
 
           Habib enjoys books about animals.
 
• An abbreviation is a short form of a word.
• Most titles of people are abbreviations.
• An abbreviation begins with a capital letter and ends
  with a period.
 
 
 
Officer Buckle and Gloria
 
• The tense of a verb tells when the action takes place.
• Present-tense verbs tell about actions that happen now.
 
                      Josh plays ice hockey.
                      His mom watches to every game.
 
 
• A present-tense verb must agree with its subject.
• Add -s to most verbs if the subject is singular. Add -es
to verbs that end with s, ch, sh, x, or z.
 
                The car stops for the red light.
 
• Do not add -s or -es if the subject is plural.
 
                 The children cross the street.
 
• Use commas to separate three or more words in a
   series.
• Use and or or before the last word in a series.
 
            We play sports in summer, winter, spring, and fall.
 
 
 
Super Croc
 
• Verbs can tell about actions that already happened.
• These verbs are in the past tense.
• Add -ed to most verbs to tell about an action in the past.
 
Our class learned about fossils last week.
Our class looked at dinosaurs yesterday.
 
• If a verb ends with one consonant, double the
   consonant and add -ed.
 
The car stopped at the red light.
• If a verb ends with -e, drop the e and add -ed.
 
The car moved at the green light.
 
• Begin the greeting and closing in a letter with a capital
  letter.
• Use a comma after the greeting of a letter.
• Use a comma after the closing of a letter.
 
 
Dancing as a Team
 
• The verb have has a special form in the present
  tense.
• Use has when the subject is singular.
 
Pete has tap shoes.
 
• Use have when the subject is plural or I or you.
 
Marta and Joe have top hats.
I have a cane.
 
 
• The past-tense form of have is had.
• Use had in the past tense with any subject.
 
I had a dance recital.
My friends had fun watching me dance.
 
• Begin the first word and each important word in a book
  title with a capital letter.
• Underline the title of a book.
 
A Very Young Dancer
Olivia Saves the Circus
 
 
 
 
 
Click Clack Moo
 
If two sentences have words that are the same,
you can combine them.
• You can combine sentences by joining words with and.
 
The horses eat hay. The horses play in the field.
The horses eat hay and play in the field.
 
• If sentences have subjects that are the same,
you can combine them.
• Sometimes you can combine sentences by joining two
predicates with and.
 
The cow slept. The cow ate.
The cow slept and ate.
 
• End statements and commands with a period.
• End a question with a question mark.
• End an exclamation with an exclamation mark.
 
Who will feed the pigs? Sarah will feed the pigs.
Feed the pigs now. Oh no, I spilled the food!

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