Journeys Weekly Skills Handout Grade 2 Unit 4 (Lessons 16-20)

Journeys Weekly Skills

Handout

Grade 2

Unit 4 (Lessons 16-20)

Unit 4 ? Lesson 16

Mr. Tanen's Tie Trouble

by: Maryann Cocca-Leffler

Spelling Words Comprehension Skill

1. running

Story Structure

2. clapped

3. stopped 4. hopping

A story's structure is made up of a setting,

5. batted 6. selling

characters and a plot. The plot usually has a

7. pinned problem and a solution..

8. cutting

Vocabulary Words

1. received 2. account 3. budget 4. disappointed 5. chuckled 6. staring 7. repeated 8. fund

9. sitting

Grammar Skill

High Frequency

10. rubbed

Pronouns

Words

11. missed

A pronoun can take the

12. grabbed place of a noun. To replace a

13. mixed

noun that is the subject of a

(review) sentence, use the pronoun

14. going

I, he, she, it, us or them.

(review) Reflexive pronouns, such as

15. wrapped myself, himself, herself,

(challenge)

themselves and ourselves are used after verbs.

16. swelling

1. also 2. fly 3. gone 4. have 5. horse 6. look 7. river 8. said 9. saw 10. something

(challenge) homographs: words that have the same

Vocabulary Strategy Homographs

spelling but different meanings (some homographs have different pronunciations) Ex. What kind of fruit is that?

Sally is kind to animals.

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Unit 4 ? Lesson 17

Luke Goes To Bat

by: Rachel Isadora Vocabulary

Spelling Words Comprehension

1. night 2. kind 3. spy

Skill

Sequence of Events

The events in a story

4. child

happen in order. Knowing

5. light

the sequence of events

6. find

can help you understand

7. right

a story.

8. high

Words

1. practice 2. hurried 3. position 4. roared 5. extra 6. curb 7. cheered 8. final

9. wild

Grammar Skill

10. July

Subject-Verb Agreement High Frequency

11. fry

When the pronoun he,

Words

12. sigh

she or it comes before a 1. any

13. by (review)

verb that tells about

2. blue

14. why (review) now, add ?s or ?es to the

15. behind

verb. When the pronoun

(challenge) 16. lightning

I, we, you or they comes before a verb that tells about now, do not add s-

(challenge)

or -es

3. carry 4. doing 5. else 6. room 7. studied 8. sure

9. teacher

10. turned

Vocabulary words that have opposite, or very Strategy different meanings Antonyms Example: long - short

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Unit 4 ? Lesson 18

My Name is Gabriela

Spelling Words

1. happy 2. pretty 3. baby 4. very 5. puppy 6. funny 7. carry

by: Monica Brown

Comprehension Skill

Understanding Characters

In a biography, the author gives details to

help the reader understand what the

Vocabulary Words

1. accepted 2. express 3. taught 4. grand 5. pretend 6. prize

8. lucky

person is like. You can 7. wonder

9. only

examine the traits of the 8. fluttering

10. sunny

character (the ways of

11. penny

speaking and acting that

12. city

show what someone is

13. tiny (review)

like).

14. many (review) Grammar Skill

15. sorry

The Verb Be

High Frequency Words

1. always 2. anything 3. been 4. draw

(challenge) 16. noisy

(challenge)

The verbs am, is and are tell about something that

is happening now. The verbs was and were tell

5. friends 6. mother 7. soon 8. under

about something that

9. watch

happened in the past.

10. words

Vocabulary Strategy

Suffixes ?y and -ful

suffix: an ending attached to a base word that changes the meaning of the word -y=full of -ful=full of

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Unit 4 ? Lesson 19

The Signmaker's Assistant

by: Tedd Arnold

Spelling Words Comprehension

1. car 2. dark 3. arm 4. star

Skill Text and Graphic

Features

The pictures or graphic

features in a story help

5. park

you understand what is

6. yard

happening. You have to

Vocabulary Words

1. assistant 2. agreed 3. polite 4. failed 5. tearing 6. wisdom

7. party 8. hard 9. farm

read the signs in the pictures to understand the

problem.

7. cleared 8. trouble

10. start

Grammar Skill

High Frequency

11. part

Commas in Dates and Places Words

12. spark

1. are

13. art (review) When writing the date use 2. baby

14. jar (review) a comma (,) between the

3. didn't

15. carpet (challenge)

16. apartment (challenge)

number of the day and the year. Also use a comma between the name of a city or town and the name of a state.

4. good 5. I'll 6. is 7. please 8. sound

Example: June 4, 1984

9. talk

Sandusky, Ohio

10. too

Vocabulary

Strategy Shades of

Little differences in the meaning of words can make a big difference in the meaning. Good writers and speakers choose their

Meaning words very carefully.

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