I'm tutoring a second grader as part of my education class and I still feel a little clueless as to what is the right amount of difficulty for a second grader. I decided to do an activity on homophones with him, here is an example.... Teachers, do you think this is too hard?
*Homophones*
Homophones are words that sound the same, have a different spelling, and have a different meaning.
*Fill in the blank with the correct homophone
1. Do you think the old women down the street is a______? I don’t know, ______ old woman are you talking about? (which, witch)
2. Last night _____ was a party over at our neighbor’s house. _____ known for _____ parties. Too bad they didn’t invite us! (they’re, their, there)
3. There was so much snow on the ground last night, that it took us over an _____ just to get back to _____ house! (hour, our)
4. My mom warned me to ___ careful around that ___ hive. If I had listened to her, I wouldn’t have gotten stung. (be, bee)
5. My best friend wanted me to ____ him at his house for dinner. But, when I found out they were having ____ loaf, I told him no thanks. (meet, meat)
6. I felt so sick and ____ this morning. I didn’t know how I would make it through a ____ of school. (week, weak)
7. On a ____ day like this, I could sure go for a hot bowl of ____. (chili, chilly)
2007-09-22
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