Unit 1 Amazing Words and Story Words



|2014 Edition – Second Grade - Unit 4.1: A Froggy Fable (Fable) |

|Selection Words: |Spelling Words: |

|1. clearing – piece of land that has no trees |ankle |

|2. crashed – fell with a loud smashing noise |title |

|3. perfect – as good as is possible |apple |

|4. pond – water with land all around it; a small lake |cable |

|5. spilling – scattering everywhere |purple |

|6. splashing – making water scatter and fall in drops |able |

|7. traveled – went from one place to another |bugle |

| |bundle |

|Amazing Words: |bubble |

|1. preserve – keep safe from harm so it won’t be ruined |10. giggle |

|2. represent- stand for or symbolize |11. sparkle |

|3. valuable - worth something or is important |12. tickle |

|4. tough - difficult to do | |

|5. concentration - thinking about one thing very carefully |Words to Read: |

|6. frown - wrinkle your forehead and draw your eyebrows together when you are worried, angry, or thinking |you’re |

|7. homeland - the country in which you were born or where you feel you belong |only |

|8. patient - wait for something or put up with trouble without complaining or getting upset | |

| |High Frequency Words: |

|Comprehension: Draw Conclusions, Background Knowledge |beautiful |

|Fluency: Accuracy |country |

|Writing: Organization, Friendly Letter |friend |

|Grammar: Adjectives and Our Senses |front |

|Vocabulary: Multiple-Meaning Words, Context Clues |someone |

|Spelling and Phonics: Final Syllable -le |somewhere |

|Media Literacy: Describe Media Techniques | |

|2014 Edition – Second Grade - Unit 4.2: Life Cycle of a Pumpkin (Expository Text) |

|Selection Words: |Spelling Words: |

|1. fruit - part of a plant that contains seeds |put |

|2. soil - top layer of Earth’s surface |cook |

|3. root - part of a plant that takes in water and holds the plant in place |stood |

|4. harvest - to gather crops |full |

|5. vine - plant with a long, thin stem |wood |

|6. bumpy - covered with high spots or lumps |July |

|7. smooth - flat or even |shook |

| |push |

|Amazing Words: |pull |

|1. adapt - change to fit new situations or surroundings |10. hood |

|2. annual - happens one time a year |11. book |

|3. nutrients - proteins, vitamins, and minerals that living things need to grow and be healthy |12. brook |

|4. blazing – very hot | |

|5. drought – a hot, dry period when it does not rain for a very long time |Words to Read: |

|6. ancient - very old things |does |

|7. massive - extremely large |give |

|8. sprout - very young plant | |

| |High Frequency Words: |

|Comprehension: Sequence, Important Ideas |everywhere |

|Fluency: Accuracy |live |

|Writing: Word Choice, Expository Nonfiction |machines |

|Grammar: Adjectives for Number, Size, and Shape |move |

|Vocabulary: Antonyms, Context Clues |woman |

|Spelling and Phonics: Vowel Patterns oo, u |work |

|Listening and Speaking: Make an Announcement |world |

|2014 Edition – Second Grade - Unit 4.3: Soil (Expository Text) |

|Selection Words: |Spelling Words: |

|1. grains – tiny bits of sand, sugar, or salt |around |

|2. materials – what things are made from or used for |out |

|3. particles – very little pieces of something |gown |

|4. seeps – flows very slowly through something |sound |

|5. substances – materials that something is made of |flower |

|6. texture – the feel that things have because of the way they are made |howl |

| |toy |

|Amazing Words: |noise |

|1. discovery – when you see or learn about something for the first time |royal |

|2. underneath - below |10. moist |

|3. fine – very tiny or small |11. coil |

|4. landscape – everything you can see when you look across an area of land, including hills, buildings, rivers, and trees |12. cow |

|5. transform - change | |

|6. blizzard – a storm with strong winds blowing snow |Words to Read: |

|7. incredible – too unusual or fantastic to be true |world |

|8. molten – turned into a liquid by heat or melted |push |

| | |

|Comprehension: Fact and Opinion, Questioning |High Frequency Words: |

|Fluency: Appropriate Phrasing |bear |

|Writing: Sentences, Short Expository Report |build |

|Grammar: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives |couldn’t |

|Vocabulary: Suffixes, Word Structure |father |

|Spelling and Phonics: Diphthongs ou, ow, oi, oy |love |

|Listening and Speaking: Speak Well |mother |

| |straight |

|2014 Edition – Second Grade - Unit 4.4: The Night the Moon Fell (Myth) |

|Selection Words: |Spelling Words: 1. downstairs |

|1. balance – footing; even placement of weight that lets someone stand upright |2. football |

|2. canyons – deep valleys with steep sides |3. cowboy |

|3. coral – an underwater stony substance made by marine life |4. houseboat |

|4. rattle – made sharp knocking sounds as a result of being shaken |5. railroad |

|5. slivers – small, thin pieces of something that has been split off |6. rainbow |

|6. sway – move back and forth or side to side |7. boyhood |

|7. whisper – make a soft sound |8. oatmeal |

| |9. soybean |

|Amazing Words: |10. roadway |

|1. adjust - get used to a new situation or change something to make it better |11. outplay |

|2. landmark - natural or human-made feature that identifies a location |12. daydream |

|3. unexpected - a surprise or something you do not think will happen | |

|4. tease - make fun of in a playful or a hurtful way |Words to Read: |

|5. quiver - shakes quickly with movements or sounds |none |

|6. foreign - someone from a different country |hour |

|7. accent - pronounce words in a way that is heard in a different part of the country | |

|8. forlorn - lonely or sad |High Frequency Words: |

| |animals |

|Comprehension: Plot and Theme, Visualize |early |

|Fluency: Expression |eyes |

|Writing: Voice, Narrative Poem |full |

|Grammar: Adverbs That Tell When and Where |water |

|Vocabulary: Multiple-Meaning Words, Context Clues | |

|Spelling and Phonics: Syllable Patterns, Compound Words | |

|Media Library: Describe Media Techniques | |

|2014 Edition – Second Grade - Unit 4.5: The First Tortilla (Legend) |

|Selection Words: |Spelling Words: |

|1. awaken – cause to stop sleeping |too |

|2. cliffs – steep rock faces, like those at the edge of the sea |new |

|3. mountain – a high, steep hill that is often rocky |fruit |

|4. prize – something given to someone as a reward |blue |

|5. rainbow – a display of many colors |true |

|6. suffer – to experience something bad or unpleasant |fool |

|7. volcano – a cone-shaped mountain with a hole in the top that sends out melted rock and gases |suit |

| |spoon |

|Amazing Words: |clue |

|1. condition - the way a thing or person is |juice |

|2. predict- say what you think will happen in the future |drew |

|3. terrifying - makes someone feel very frightened |flew |

|4. breeze - a wind that is not too strong | |

|5. whip - flap or move back and forth |Words to Read: |

|6. sparkle - shines or glitters |know |

|7. funnel - cone-shape of a tornado |won’t |

|8. swirl - twist around and around | |

| |High Frequency Words: |

|Comprehension: Plot and Theme, Monitor and Clarify |gone |

|Fluency: Expression and Intonation |learn |

|Writing: Focus/Ideas, Thank-You Note |often |

|Grammar: Adverbs That Tell How |pieces |

|Vocabulary: Prefixes, Word Structure |though |

|Spelling and Phonics: Vowel Digraphs oo, ue, ew, ui |together |

|Listening and Speaking: Give an Oral Summary |very |

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