Second Grade Reading Street Unit 1- Week 1: The Twin Club

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Unit 1- Week 1: The Twin Club

Reading Genre: "The Twin Club" is realistic fiction. This is a story about made up events that could happen in real life.

Selection Words:

Amazing Words:

1. cousins ? sons or daughters of uncles and

1. investigate - try to find out all about it

aunts

2. rural - the country

2. meadow ? piece of grassy land

3. urban -the city

3. parents ? father and mother

4. downy ? covered with soft feathers

4. promise ? to give your word that you will do

5. perch ? sit or rest on the edge of something

something

high

High Frequency Words: Phonics:

6. founders ? people who start something new

1. country

Short vowels;

7. muttered ? someone who does not speak

2. beautiful

consonants

clearly

3. front

8. unanimous ? when a decision is unanimous,

4. someone

Comprehension:

everyone agrees with it

5. somewhere

Skill: Character &

6. friend

Setting

Strategy: Predict

Grammar: Complete Sentences

Writing Trait: Personal Narrative

Spelling Words:

8. sack

Thought for the Week:

1. drum

9. tag

2. rock

10. rib

"LISTEN and SILENT have the

3. list

11. mess

same letters!"

4. desk

12. dust

5. job

6. sad

7. chop

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Second Grade Reading Street

Unit 1 ? Week 2 Exploring Space

Reading Genre: "Exploring Space" is an Expository text. It tells facts about a topic.

Selection Words:

Amazing Words:

1. astronaut - person who goes into space

1. ascend - go up

2. shuttle - vehicle that carries astronauts into 2. descend - go down

space

3. orbit - the path around something in space

3. experiment - test to find out something

4. universe - Earth, sun, moon, planets, and stars

4. telescope - instrument that makes far away 5. enormous - very big or huge

things appear close

6. journey - a long trip

5. gravity - natural force that makes everything 7. launch - get something going

on Earth move toward it

8. meteorite - piece of stone from space that hits

High Frequency Words: Phonics:

something

1. live

Long vowels CVCE

2. work

3. woman

Comprehension:

Grammar: Subjects

4. machines

Skill: Main idea &

Writing Trait: Word Choice and Expository non-

5. move

details

fiction

6. everywhere

Strategy: Text

7. world

structure

Spelling Words:

8. late

Thought for the Week:

1. rice

9. huge

2. page

10. blaze

"Dreams are not something to

3. nose

11. race

wait for, they are something to

4. space

12. vote

WORK for!"

5. size

13. cube

6. fine

14. tune

7. mice

15. escape

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Second Grade Reading Street

Unit 1 ? Week 3: Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night

Reading Genre: "Henry and Mudge" is realistic fiction. This is a story about made up events that could happen in real life.

Selection Words:

Amazing Words:

1. shivered - shook with fear

1. galaxy - huge group of stars, Earth, and the sun

2. drooled - let saliva run from the mouth

2. tranquil - calm and peaceful

3. lanterns -lights inside containers that can be 3. wildlife - animals and plants that live wild

carried

outdoors

4. snuggled - cuddled together

4. detective - person who tries to solve a mystery

High Frequency Words: Phonics:

or a crime

1. love

Consonant Blends

5. fascinating - very interesting

2. mother

6. slimy - feels slippery and gooey when you

3. father

Comprehension:

touch it

4. straight

Skill: Character &

7. fledglings ? young birds that have just grown

5. bear

Setting

feathers

6. couldn't

8. secure ? when something is firmly fastened;

7. build

steady and strong

Spelling Words:

1. stop 2. strap 3. nest 4. hand 5. brave 6. ask 7. clip

8. stream 9. mask 10. twin 11. breeze 12. state 13. globe 14. scale 15. blend

Grammar: Predicate Writing Trait: Organization and Word Choice

Thought for the Week:

"Make an effort...not an excuse"

This is an AR book ? level 2.2

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Second Grade Reading Street

Unit 1- Week 4: A Walk in the Desert

Reading Genre: "A Walk in the Desert" is an Expository text. It tells facts about a topic.

Selection Words:

Amazing Words:

1. desert - land that is sandy and without much 1. arid - very, very dry

water

2. landform - shape formed on land, such as hills,

2. harsh - very rough

mountains, lakes, and deserts

3. climate - kind of weather a place has

3. precipitation - any kind of rain, snow, hail or

4. cactus - plant with spines that grows in hot, dry other form of water that falls from the clouds

places

4. dunes - hills of sand in a desert that are

5. coyote - small animal like a wolf

formed by the wind

High Frequency

Phonics:

5. ledge - a shelf

Words:

Inflected Endings: -s, - 6. haven - a safe place

1. water

ed, -ing

7. extinct - not alive anymore

2. full

8. forbidding - dangerous and scary

3. animals

Comprehension:

4. early

Skill: Main idea &

Grammar: Declarative and interrogative

5. warm

details

sentences

6. eyes

Strategy: Text structure Writing Trait: Word Choice

Spelling Words:

7. lifted

Thought for the Week:

1. talked

8. lifting

2. talking

9. hugged

"Life is about making

3. dropped

10. hugging

mistakes and learning from

4. dropping

11. smiled

them."

5. excited

12. smiling

6. exciting

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Second Grade Reading Street Unit 1 ? Week 5: The Strongest One

Reading Genre: "The Strongest One" is a Drama. It is a story written to be acted out for others.

Selection Words: 1. narrator - person who tells a story 2. relatives - people in the same family 3. dangerous - not safe 4. gnaws - bites at and wears away

High Frequency Words: 1. gone 2. though 3. learn 4. together 5. often 6. very 7. pieces

Phonics: Consonant Digraphs

Comprehension: Skill: Facts and Details Strategy: Predict and Set Purpose

Spelling Words: 1. bunch 2. that 3. wish 4. patch 5. when 6. what 7. math

8. them 9. shape 10. whale 11. itch 12. chase

Amazing Words: 1. delicate - thin and easily broken 2. inquire - ask questions 3. sturdy - strong and solid 4. exhibit - something set up for you to look at in a place like a museum or zoo 5. resist - work against something because you don't want it 6. stun - shocked and very surprised 7. genius - someone who is very, very smart 8. satisfaction - pleased and contented with something

Grammar: Commands & exclamations Writing Trait: Sentences/Conventions

Thought for the Week:

"Be a buddy, not a bully!"

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Unit 2 ? Week 1: Tara and Tiree

Reading Genre: "Tara and Tiree" is Literary Nonfiction. It tells about a true event or a series of events like a story.

Selection Words:

Amazing Words:

1. collar - a band that a dog wears around its

1. courageous - brave

neck

2. hazard - something dangerous

2. slipped - slid without meaning to

3. rescue - save from danger

3. brave - showing no fear of dangerous things 4. avalanche - when a lot of snow suddenly

slides down a mountain

High Frequency Words: Phonics:

5. instinct - an ability an animal is born with that

1. family

r-Controlled ar, or, ore makes it act in a certain way

2. pull

6. skittish - nervous and easily upset

3. listen

Comprehension:

7. blustery - when the wind blows hard and

4. once

Skill: Cause and

makes a lot of noise

5. heard

Effect

8. fast-paced - happening very quickly

6. break

Strategy: Summarize

Grammar: Common Nouns

Writing Trait: Voice

Spelling Words:

8. farm

Thought for the Week:

1. part

9. porch

2. hard

10. corn

"Be somebody you would be

3. born

11. chore

proud to be."

4. horse

12. score

5. before

6. more

7. smart

This is an AR book ? level 2.0

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Second Grade Reading Street

Unit 2 ? Week 2: Abraham Lincoln

Reading Genre: "Abraham Lincoln" is Informational text. It often gives facts about real people, places and events that reflect history or the traditions of

communities.

Selection Words:

Amazing Words:

1. noticed ? looked at; saw

1. identify ? to name or recognize certain

2. honest ? telling the truth; not lying

persons or things

3. lawyer ? someone who has studied law and

2. significant - important

helps people with laws and in court

3. ingenious ? very clever or imaginative

4. fault ? a cause for blame

4. architect ? someone who designs and

makes plans for buildings

High Frequency Words: Phonics:

5. participate ? take part in something

1. you're

Contractions n't, `s, `ll, 6. scour ? go through; in search of something

2. second

`m

7. aloft ? high up in the air

3. great

Comprehension:

8. tinker ? work at something

4. either

Skill: Author's

5. laugh

Purpose

6. certainly

Strategy: Text

7. worst

Structure

Grammar: Proper Nouns

Writing Trait: Ideas

Spelling Words:

1. I'll 2. can't 3. it's 4. he's 5. I'm 6. didn't

7. who's

8. she's 9. aren't 10. isn't 11. haven't 12. hadn't 13. wasn't 14. we'll

15. hasn't

Thought for the Week:

"BE YOURSELF! An original is always worth more than a copy."

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Second Grade Reading Street Unit 2 ? Week 3: Scarcity

Reading Genre: "Scarcity" is Expository text. It tells facts about a topic.

Selection Words: 1. scarcity ? when there isn't enough of something for everyone 2. hurricanes ? dangerous storms with very strong winds and rain 3. resources ? things that meet needs 4. scarce ? hard to get; rare 5. trade-off ? giving up one thing in return for another

High Frequency Words: 1. toward 2. ago 3. word 4. whole 5. above 6. enough

Spelling Words: 1. her 2. person 3. nurse 4. dirt 5. turn 6. birth

Phonics: r-Controlled er, ir, ur

Comprehension: Skill: Facts and Details Strategy: Background Knowledge

7. serve 8. curb 9. curl 10. skirt 11. purse 12. turtle

Amazing Words: 1. consumers - a person who uses things or buys things 2. producers ? people or things that make or create something 3. strand ? a length of fibers or threads twisted together 4. lack ? have too little or none 5. fiber ? thread 6. extraordinary ? something that is very unusual or remarkable 7. typical ? something that is usual or common 8. decision ? you make up your mind about something

Grammar: Singular-Plural Nouns Writing Trait: Organization/Paragraphs

Thought for the Week:

"Today is a great day to learn something new!"

This is an AR book ? level 2.9

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