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Slimy, Prickly, Fuzzy: Under the Mossy Log

Grade 2 word study: read a story about a mossy log in the woods and connect touch words like slimy, prickly and damp to real things.

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Aligned toL.2.5.a

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students connect describing words such as squishy, damp and rough to real things they can touch.
Students sort and match things in nature by the words that describe how they feel.

How to use

Read the story aloud and pause to let students feel something squishy, rough or smooth in the classroom. Then have them finish the questions on their own and share their sentence for the last question.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.2.5.a

Identify real-life connections between words and how they are used, such as foods that are spicy or juicy.

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Slimy, Prickly, Fuzzy: Under the Mossy Log

Connect touch words to things you can find in nature.

Read the story

Read the story. Then answer the questions about the words that tell how things feel.

Under the Mossy Log

1After a rainy night, Amara and her cousin Felipe went for a walk in the woods with Aunt June. Soon they found an old log lying beside the path. Soft green moss covered the top of it. Amara pressed the moss with one finger. "It feels squishy, like a sponge!" she said.

2Aunt June helped them roll the log over very slowly. The dirt underneath was damp and cool. A shiny slug was sliding across a leaf. It left a slimy trail behind it. "I will just look at that one," said Felipe.

3Next to the slug, a fuzzy caterpillar was curled up in a ball. Aunt June said that some caterpillars can make your skin itch, so they only looked at it. Close by lay a seed pod covered in sharp points. It looked prickly, so nobody picked it up.

4Dry leaves crunched under their boots as they walked around the log. Felipe rubbed his hand over the bark. "It is rough and bumpy," he said. When they were done, they gently rolled the log back. Now the slug and the caterpillar had their dark, damp home again.

In paragraph 1, Amara says the moss feels squishy. Which of these is also squishy?