Reading vocabulary words - Protsman Elementary School

Scott Foresman Reading Street

Second Grade Vocabulary Words

Unit/Week

Unit 1/1: Iris and Walter Unit 1/2: Exploring Space with
an Astronaut
• ladder
• amazing • astronaut
• roller-skate • shuttle
• meadow • experiment
• telescope
• gravity

Unit 1/3: Henry & Mudge & the Unit 1/4: Walk in the Desert
Starry Night • desert
• harsh
• shivered • climate
• drooled • cactus
• lanterns
• snuggled • coyote

Unit 1/5: Strongest One Unit 2/1: Tara & Tiree, Fearless
• narrator Friends
• relatives
• dangerous • collar
• gnaws • slipped
• brave

Unit 2/2: Ronald Morgan Goes to Unit 2/3: Turtle’s Race with
Bat Beaver

• clutched • buried
• terrific • dam
• spirit • lodge
• challenge
Unit 2/4: Bremen Town Musician • halfway
• mill • embarrassed
• musician Unit 2/5: Turkey for
• excitement Thanksgiving
• robbers • Thanksgiving
• monsters • hooves
• riverbank
• lumbered

Unit 3/1: Pearl & Wagner, Two Unit 3/2: Dear Juno
Good Friends • persimmons
• smudged
• robot • envelope
• wad • photograph
• trash
• electricity

Unit 3/3: Anansi Goes Fishing Unit 3/4: Rosa and Blanca
• lazy • tortillas
• weave • luckiest
• delicious • chiles
• justice

Unit 3/5: Weed Is a Flower Unit 4/1: Quilt Story
• college • blankets
• agriculture • pretended
• laboratory • quilt
• greenhouse • stuffing
• trunks
Unit 4/2: Life Cycle of a Pumpkin • unpacked
• fruit • wrapped
• soil • stitched
• root • hatchet
• harvest • patchwork
• vine
• bumpy Unit 4/3: Frogs
• smooth • pond
• cycle • wonderful
• wither • powerful
• tendrils • insects
• crawls
• skin
• shed

Unit 4/4: I Like Where I Am Unit 4/5: Helen Keller & the Big
• trouble Storm
• giant
• chuckle • special
• fair • pressing
• strong • branches
• block • picnic
• tears • angry
• glee • fingers
• usually • clung
• tantrum
Unit 5/1: Firefighter! • scent
• station • fierce
• building Unit 5/2: One Dark Night
• roar • pours
• masks • lightning
• quickly • thunder
• tightly • storm
• burning • flashes
• fireproof • pounds
• hydrant • rolling
• outriggers • stray
• nudging
Unit 5/3: Bad Dog, Dodger! • brooding
• practice Unit 5/4: Horace & Morris but
• grabbed Mostly Delores
• chewing • adventure
• chased • climbed
• treat • greatest
• wagged • truest
• dripping • clubhouse
• bleachers • exploring
• spectators • wondered
• dugout • downhearted
• sewer

Unit 5/5: Signmaker’s Assistant Unit 6/1: Just Like Josh Gibson
• idea • field
• important • cheers
• blame • threw
• signmaker • sailed
• townspeople • plate
• afternoon • bases
• soar
Unit 6/2: Red, White, and Blue: • forties
The Story of the American Flag • Louisville slugger

• Freedom Unit 6/3: Birthday Basket for Tia
• Flag • present
• Stripes • aunt
• Stars • basket
• Nicknames • collects
• Birthday • bank
• America • favorite
• Congress • piñata
• American revolution • ninetieth
• colonies • tia
Unit 6/4: Cowboys
• cattle Unit 6/5: Jingle Dancer
• trails • drum
• cowboy • clattering
• herd • voice
• campfire • jingles
• railroad • silver
• galloped • borrow
• roundup • moccasins
• chuckwagon • regalia
• bellowed • shuffled