Iris and WalterVocabulary and Amazing Words

Second Grade Reading

Vocabulary Words

• ladder

• amazing

• roller-skate

• meadow

ladder

• a ladder is a set of steps between two long pieces of wood, metal, or rope

amazing

• something that is amazing is very surprising

roller-skate

• to roller-skate is to move by using roller-skates, which are shoes that have wheels

meadow

• a meadow is a piece of land where grass grows

AMAZING Words

• investigate• rural• urban• creature• underground• brittle• decision• dart

investigate

• When you investigate something, you find out all about it.

• Let’s investigate our new neighborhood.

rural

• People who live in the country live in a rural place.

• My aunt lives on a farm in a rural part of the state.

urban

• People who live in a city live in an urban place.

• There is lots of traffic with cars, trucks, and buses in an urban place.

creature

• A creature is an animal or person that is living.

• Many creatures live in the forest.

underground

• Under the ground you walk on.

• If you ride the subway, you will go underground.

brittle

• Something that is brittle breaks easily.

• If you drop an egg, you’ll find out that its shell is brittle.

decision

• When you make up your mind to do something, you make a decision.

• I made a decision which way to go.

dart

• When something darts, it moves very quickly from one place to another.

• Did you see the boyDid you see the boy dart across the playground to catch up with his class?.