Journeys Weekly Skills Handout Grade 2 Unit 2 (Lessons 6-10)

Journeys Weekly Skills

Handout

Grade 2

Unit 2 (Lessons 6-10)

Unit 2 ? Lesson 6

Animals Building Homes

by: Wendy Perkins

Spelling Words

Vocabulary

1. next 2. end 3. camp 4. sank

Comprehension Skill Text and Graphic Features

Text features are parts of

Words

1. shaped 2. branches 3. pond

5. sing

the text such as headings 4. beaks

6. drink 7. hunt 8. stand 9. long 10. stamp 11. pond 12. bring

or boldface print that help readers recognize

important information. Graphic features are things such as illustrations, photographs, graphs or other pictorial devices that support or add details

5. deepest 6. break 7. hang 8. winding

High Frequency

Words

13. jump (review)

14. left (review)

15. young (challenge)

16. friend (challenge)

to the text

Grammar Skill More Plural Nouns

By adding -es to a noun we make it a plural noun (ex. fox becomes foxes) A collective noun names a group of things (ex. team)

1. animals 2. bear 3. know 4. most 5. myself 6. second 7. she 8. sleep 9. three

Vocabulary

10. work

Strategy

Base Words and Prefixes un- and

re-

prefix: a word part attached at the beginning of a base word that changes the meaning of the word un- = not or undo re- = again

Unit 2 ? Lesson 7

The Ugly Vegetables

by: Grace Lin

Spelling Words

1. rock 2. black 3. trick 4. kick 5. full 6. dress 7. neck 8. add 9. spell 10. stuck 11. class 12. doll 13. off (review) 14. will (review) 15. across

(challenge) 16. pocket

(challenge)

Comprehension Skill

Conclusions

Conclusions are ideas or opinions

reached after thinking about several facts.

Grammar Skill Proper Nouns

A proper noun can name a special place or thing. A special place can be a street, city, state, country or name.

Vocabulary Words

1. blooming 2. shovels 3. scent 4. tough 5. wrinkled 6. plain 7. muscles 8. nodded

High Frequency

Words

1. air 2. car 3. cried 4. funny 5. he 6. pictures 7. pretty 8. told

9. try

Vocabulary Strategy Homophones

10. window

homophones: words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings

Example: bear and bare

Unit 2 ? Lesson 8

Super Storms

by: Seymour Simon

Spelling Words

1. dish 2. than 3. chest 4. such 5. thin 6. push 7. shine 8. chase 9. white 10. while

Comprehension Skill

Main Idea and Details

Main Idea is an important idea about the topic Details a fact that tells more about the main idea

11. these 12. flash 13. which (review)

Grammar Skill What is a Verb?

14. then (review) 15. catch (challenge) 16. thumb

(challenge)

A verb names an action. It tells what someone or

something does

or did

Vocabulary Words

1. beware 2. damage 3. bend 4. flash 5. pounding 6. prevent 7. reach 8. equal

High Frequency

Words

1. before 2. eye 3. few 4. happy 5. high 6. my 7. open 8. people 9. starts 10. yellow

Vocabulary Strategy Compound Words

a longer word made up of two shorter words

Example: sidewalk

Unit 2 ? Lesson 9

How Chipmunk Got His

Stripes

by: Joseph and James Bruchac

Spelling Words

Comprehension Skill

1. liked

Understanding

2. using

Characters

3. riding

To understand

4. chased

characters better think

5. spilled 6. making 7. closed 8. hoping

about what the characters do and say

when they have a problem.

9. baked 10. hiding 11. standing

Grammar Skill Verbs in the Present

12. asked

A verb in the present

13. mixed (review) names an action that is

14. sleeping (review)

15. teasing (challenge)

16. knocking (challenge)

happening now. Add ?s or ?es to this kind of verb when it tells about singular nouns but do not add when talking about a plural noun.

Vocabulary Words

1. tunnel 2. curled 3. height 4. direction 5. toward 6. healed 7. brag 8. tease

High Frequency

Words

1. afraid 2. dark 3. for 4. kept 5. many 6. might 7. own 8. show 9. why 10. would

Vocabulary words that have the same, or almost Strategy the same meaning Synonyms Example: little and small

Unit 2 ? Lesson 10

Jellies: The Life of Jellyfish

by: Twig C. George

Spelling Words

1. I'm 2. don't 3. isn't 4. can't 5. we'll 6. it's 7. I've 8. didn't

Comprehension Skill

Fact and Opinion

A fact is something that is true and can be proved. An opinion is a

belief or feeling

Vocabulary Words

1. millions 2. choices 3. drift 4. simple 5. weaker

6. wrapped 7. disgusting 8. decide

9. you're 10. that's

Grammar Skill Verbs: Present,

High Frequency

11. wasn't

Past and Future

Words

12. you've 13. us (review) 14. them (review) 15. they're

(challenge) 16. wouldn't

(challenge)

Some verbs name actions that are happening now, or in the present (ex. float), Some verbs name actions that happened in the past (ex. floated), Some verbs name actions that will happen later or in the

1. because 2. better 3. go 4. me 5. old 6. really 7. right 8. they 9. was 10. you

Vocabulary

future (ex. will float)

Strategy

suffix: a word part attached to the end of a

Base Words and Suffixes ?er, -est

base word that changes the meaning of the

word

-er = more

-est- = most

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