Grade 2 · Week 11Supporting details
Our Tuesday Fire Drill
Students read a short passage about Mr. Patel's class practicing a fire drill, then answer 5 supporting-detail questions, with teacher and homeschool guidance included.
On screen - your kid, alone
- 1Day 1 - Meet the story
- 2Day 2 - Word work
- 3Day 3 - What it means
- 4Day 4 - Fix & re-read
- 5Day 5 - Show what you know
Offline - with you
Print the pages for offline work together; the answer key is for you.
Read the passage about the fire drill aloud together, then ask your child the six question words: who was in the class, what they practiced, where they walked, when it happened, why schools do fire drills, and how the students were supposed to move. A strong answer points back to something specific in the text, like "they walked to the big field" or "to stay safe at school," rather than a general guess. Encourage your child to underline or point to the exact sentence that gave them the answer. If your child gets stuck, reread just the sentence or two that holds the detail and ask the question again. For sequence questions, have them find the words first, next, then, and finally, and use those clues to put events in order. End by asking your child to retell the drill in their own words using those four sequence words.
Our Tuesday Fire Drill
On Tuesday morning at 10:00, our class had a fire drill. Mr. Patel told us to listen carefully. We practice fire drills to stay safe at school. First, the alarm rang loudly in the hallway. We stopped our math work right away. Next, we lined up quietly by the classroom door. Mr. Patel reminded us to walk and not run. Then, we walked down the hallway in a straight line. We did not talk or push each other. We followed Mr. Patel out to the big field. Finally, the principal came to check every class. She counted each student to make sure we were safe. After that, we walked back inside and finished our math. I felt proud of my class for staying calm.
What this lesson checks
- Supporting detail: Why does the class practice fire drills?
- Main idea: What did the class do first when the alarm rang?
- Main idea: Where did the class go during the fire drill?
- Main idea: Who came to check every class on the field?
- Main idea: When did the class have the fire drill?