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Drip, Trickle, Gush: How a River Grows

Grade 2 shades of meaning: read how melting snow becomes a river and compare words like drip, trickle and gush or damp, wet and soaked.

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Aligned toL.2.5.b

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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

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What students practice

Students tell apart closely related verbs such as drip, trickle, rush and gush.
Students put closely related adjectives such as damp, wet and soaked in order from weakest to strongest.

How to use

Read the text aloud and show a dripping and a gushing faucet, or act them out with your hands. Students then answer the questions on their own and explain their thinking on the last question.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.2.5.b

Tell apart shades of meaning among closely related verbs (toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).

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Drip, Trickle, Gush: How a River Grows

Tell apart water words that mean almost the same thing.

Read the text

Read about how a river grows. Look at the words the author uses for water.

From a Drip to a River

1High on a mountain, the snow begins to melt in the spring. The melted water is icy. Tiny drops drip from the edges of rocks. Drip, drip, drip!

2The drops join together. They trickle down the mountain in thin, slow lines. Soon, many trickles meet and make a small stream. The stream flows over pebbles with a soft, bubbling sound.

3More streams join in, and the water grows into a river. In some places, the river rushes over rocks and makes white foam. At a waterfall, the water gushes over a cliff. It roars as it crashes down.

4Near a waterfall, the air is full of spray. People who stand close get damp. People who stand even closer get soaked!

5Lower down, where the land is flatter, the river often gets wide and moves slowly. Fish swim in the cool water, and deer stop at the edge to drink. Many rivers travel all the way to the huge sea.

In paragraph 2, the drops trickle down the mountain. What does trickle mean?