Study guide · Weekly Quiz 19 — Grade 2
Grade 1 grammar · quiz is on Lesson 85 ·
this went home after Lesson 84
For the parent. Your child has been learning about rhyme, alliteration. There is a short quiz tomorrow. It is low stakes and not graded — it is so the teacher can see who needs a little more help.
For you. Tomorrow's quiz is about rhyme, alliteration. Here is what is on it.
Rhyme
What your child has been taught to say:
A rhyme is rhyme is words ending in the same sound.
The question they ask themselves:
“Do the sounds match, and where?”
The cat sat on a hat. → rhyme
Ask “Do the sounds match, and where?” — it works, so it is rhyme.
mountain / fountain → rhyme
Ask “Do the sounds match, and where?” — it works, so it is rhyme.
Watch for this: Judges by spelling instead of sound — “Say them both out loud. Do they END the same?”
Alliteration
What your child has been taught to say:
A alliteration is alliteration repeats the sound at the start of nearby words..
The question they ask themselves:
“Do the sounds match, and where?”
The cat sat on a hat. → alliteration
Ask “Do the sounds match, and where?” — it works, so it is alliteration.
mountain / fountain → alliteration
Ask “Do the sounds match, and where?” — it works, so it is alliteration.
Watch for this: Judges by first LETTER instead of first sound — “Say them. Do they START the same? 'City' and 'cat' do not.”
Try these together
These are new sentences — your child has not seen them. Five minutes is plenty.
stone / bone
The stream ran clean and green.
Wild waves washed the wall.
Ten tired travelers turned.
Answers — for the grown-up helping
| 1 | the rhyme |
| 2 | the rhyme |
| 3 | the alliteration |
| 4 | the alliteration |
If it is hard: Pick up any book and read one sentence together. Ask the question in the blue box about one word in it. Five minutes is plenty — and if it is still hard tomorrow, please tell the teacher; there is a practice sheet for exactly this.