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Ask your 2nd Grader: From what point of view is Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech written? What was Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream for children? What…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What was the name of the law that was passed to end segregation in 1964? What is integration? What are civil rights? What are some examples…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What is the topic of the new ELA module? What is segregation? What was the purpose of the March on Washington? What famous speech was delivered…

Ask your 2nd Grader: How are John Henry and Johnny Appleseed similar to real-life pioneers? How are they different? What makes a complete sentence? What is a subject? What is…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What are three topic-specific words (vocabulary words) you learned in Module 2 (The American West) of Wit and Wisdom? Can you use the words in a…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What are some of the similarities and differences between the two versions of John Henry? What is the lesson of the stories of John Henry? What…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What makes the story John Henry: An American Legend a legend? What is a contraction? Where does the apostrophe go in a contraction? What two words…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What did you learn about the Lunar New Year? What are some traditions associated with the Lunar New Year? To alphabetize the following words (prairie, west,…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What life lesson did you learn from the story of Johnny Appleseed? What were some similarities between the Aliki version of Johnny Appleseed and the Kellogg…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What are some characteristics of a legend? What is a regular past-tense verb? What is an irregular past-tense verb? What are some examples of both? What…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What does the word sacrifice mean? How did the main character in The Legend of the Bluebonnet sacrifice for her people? What is an adverb? Can…

Ask your 2nd Grader: What sound does the y make in myth? What are some other words that have a y that makes the /i/ sound? How do you make…