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Wonders Reading 2nd Grade Parent Communication Resource Pack Units 1-6

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Wonders Reading2nd Grade

Parent CommunicationResource Pack

Units 1-6

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WondersUnit 1, Week 1

Spelling Wordshas himwag ifbad cansix hitwill whysat forhad helpfix

Sight Wordsblue evenyellow helpput for ball thereboth why

This week’s vocabulary words: actions, afraid, depend, nervously, peered, perfectly, rescue, secret

Weekly Concept: “Friends Help Friends”This week’s Essential Question: How do friends depend on each

other?

*Comprehension Skill: using text and illustrations to find the key details in a story

*Comprehension strategy:Visualize— good readers use words and illustrations to VISUAlize, or make pictures in their minds…this helps them to understand the text

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WondersUnit 1, Week 2

Spelling Wordswent tellpet jobfog nottug huttub bunfix hasone orsee

Sight Wordscould findfunny greenhow littleone orsee sounds

This week’s vocabulary words: aside, culture, fair, invited,

language, plead, scurries, share

Weekly Concept: “Families Aroound the World”This week’s Essential Question: How are families around the

world the same and different?

*Comprehension Skill: use the text to find the characters, settings and events in a story

*Comprehension strategy:Visualize— good readers use words and illustrations to VISUAlize, or make pictures in their minds…this helps them to understand the text

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WondersUnit 1, Week 3

Spelling Wordsgrass tripscrack stillwest maskclap plansmilk beltfog tubby heshe

Sight Wordsboy bygirl hehere shesmall wantwere what

This week’s vocabulary words: decide, different, friendship, glance, proper, relationship, stares, trade

Weekly Concept: “Pets Are Our Friends”This week’s Essential Question: How can a pet be an important

friend?

*Comprehension Skill: use the text to find the characters, settings and events in a story

*Comprehension strategy:Ask and answer questions- good readers ask themselves questions about the story to help understand it

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WondersUnit 1, Week 4

Spelling Wordsbag capham bakeate madback capemade rakestill beltinto doneyour

Sight Wordsanother donewater yourinto shownow toomove year

This week’s vocabulary words: allowed, care, excited, needs, roam, safe, wandered, wild

Weekly Concept: “Animals Need Our Care”This week’s Essential Question: How do we care for animals?

*Comprehension Skill: using text and illustrations to find the key details in a story

*Comprehension strategy:Ask and answer questions- good readers ask themselves questions about the story to help understand it

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WondersUnit 1, Week 5

Spelling Wordsdid finpick linepipe tipmix fiveside hikecape madeall anysays

Sight Wordsall anygoes newnumber saysother workunderstands

right

This week’s vocabulary words: check, choose, chores, cost, customers, jobs, spend, tools

Weekly Concept: “Families Working Together”This week’s Essential Question: What happens when families work

together?

*Comprehension Skill: using text and illustrations to find the key details in a story

*Comprehension strategy:Ask and answer questions- good readers ask themselves questions about the story to help understand it

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WondersUnit 2, Week 1

Spelling Wordsbag boxfox doglock pot

cone homenose pokerope sideline haveoff took

Sight Wordsbecause coldfamily friendshave knowoff pictureschool took

This week’s vocabulary words: adapt, climate, eager, freedom, fresh, sense, shadows, silence

Weekly Concept: “Animals and Nature”This week’s Essential Question: How do animals survive?

*Comprehension Skill: using text and illustrations to find the characters, setting and plot

*Comprehension strategy: make, confirm and revise predictions- good readers can make predictions about what will happen next, and confirm or change them if they don’t match what they read

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WondersUnit 2, Week 2

Spelling Wordsmule fuseplum usedug cubhum hugemust funrope noselook yestheir

Sight Wordschange cheerfall fivelook open

should theirwon yes

This week’s vocabulary words: believe, delicious, feast, fond,

lessons, remarkable, snatch, stories

Weekly Concept: “Animals in Stories”This week’s Essential Question: What can animals in stories teach

us?

*Comprehension Skill: use information in the text to identify the problem and solution in a story

*Comprehension strategy: make, confirm and revise predictions- good readers can make predictions about what will happen next, and confirm or change them if they don’t match what they read

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WondersUnit 2, Week 3

Spelling Wordsplace bargetrace icebulge badgespace rangemice cagemule hugeout washsaw

Sight Wordsalmost buyfood outpull sawsky straightunder wash

This week’s vocabulary words: buried, escape, habitat, journey, nature, peeks, restless, spies

Weekly Concept: “Animal Habitats”This week’s Essential Question: What are features of different

animal habitats?

*Comprehension Skill: use the text to identify the main topic and key details

*Comprehension strategy: make, confirm and revise predictions- good readers can make predictions about what will happen next, and confirm or change them if they don’t match what they read

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WondersUnit 2, Week 4

Spelling Wordschop catchshape trashphone thatsting thinbring whileplace badgeseven isn’tearly

Sight Wordsbaby earlyeight isn’tlearn sevenstart thesetry walk

This week’s vocabulary words: adult, alive, covered, fur, giant,

offspring, groom, mammal

Weekly Concept: “Baby Animals”This week’s Essential Question: How are offspring like their

parents?

*Comprehension Skill: use the text to identify the main topic and key details

*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text

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WondersUnit 2, Week 5

Spelling Wordsscratch scrapespring thronestripe strangeshred shrubsplash splitcatch stingfar flower

until

Sight Wordsbird farfield flowergrow leaveslight orangeready until

This week’s vocabulary words: express, behave, feathers,

flapping

Weekly Concept: “Animals in Poems”This week’s Essential Question: What do we love about animals?

*Comprehension Skill: use key details to help understand the text in a poem

*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text

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WondersUnit 3, Week 1

Spelling Wordsnail trainmain haystay breaksteak weighsleigh prey

scrape strangegood oftentwo

Sight Wordsabout aroundgood greatidea oftenpart secondworld two

This week’s vocabulary words: amazing, force, measure, objects,

proved, speed, true, weight

Weekly Concept: “The Earth’s Forces”This week’s Essential Question: How do the Earth’s forces

affect us?

*Comprehension Skill: use clues in the text to identify the author’s purpose

*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text

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WondersUnit 3, Week 2

Spelling Wordslight sightmind crytie highwild drytry liehay steakbegin thoseapart

Sight Wordsalso apartbegin eitherhundred overplaces thosewhich without

This week’s vocabulary words: adventure, delighted, dreamed, enjoyed, grumbled, moonlight,

neighbor, nighttime

Weekly Concept: “Look at the Sky”This week’s Essential Question: What can we see in the sky?

*Comprehension Skill: use the words first, next, then and last to tell the sequence of story events

*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text

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WondersUnit 3, Week 3

Spelling Wordstold mostfloat coattoast growmow showJoe toelight mindonly ourwho

Sight Wordsbetter grouplong moreonly our

started threewho won’t

This week’s vocabulary words: across, borrow, insists, idea,

countryside, lonely, solution, villages

Weekly Concept: “Ways People Help”This week’s Essential Question: How can people help out their

community?

*Comprehension Skill: use clues in the text to identify the author’s purpose

*Comprehension strategy: Ask and answer questions- good readers ask themselves questions about the story to help understand it

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WondersUnit 3, Week 4

Spelling Wordswe be

need queenmean leafthief chiefpony keysgrow toeafter everyspecial

Sight Wordsafter beforeevery fewfirst hearhurt oldspecial would

This week’s vocabulary words: damage, dangerous, destroy, event, harsh, prevent, warning, weather

Weekly Concept: “Weather Alert!”This week’s Essential Question: How does weather affect us?

*Comprehension Skill: use the key details in text to find the main idea

*Comprehension strategy: Ask and answer questions- good readers ask themselves questions about the story to help understand it

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WondersUnit 3, Week 5

Spelling Wordscute cube

fumes musicunit menufew pewfuel cuespony queenbegan comegive

Sight WordsAmerica comebeautiful beganclimbed givecountry didn’tturned live

This week’s vocabulary words: cheered, concert, instrument,

movements, music, rhythm, sounds, understand

Weekly Concept: “Express Yourself”This week’s Essential Question: How do you express yourself?

*Comprehension Skill: use the key details in text to find the main idea

*Comprehension strategy: Ask and answer questions- good readers ask themselves questions about the story to help understand it

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WondersUnit 4, Week 1

Spelling Wordscomb crumbscene scentgnat signknife knowwrist cube

writing musicvery eatdon’t

Sight Wordsmany morningthrough verysleep eatcolors downbelow don’t

This week’s vocabulary words: eerie, growth, layers, lively, location,

region, seasons, temperate

Weekly Concept: “Different Places”This week’s Essential Question: What makes different parts of

the world different?

*Comprehension Skill: compare and contrastthings in a selection while reading

*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text

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WondersUnit 4, Week 2

Spelling Wordsclerk herdfirst skirtstir churnhurt burstwork worseknow wristfound fromtoday

Sight Wordsbuilding todaythought awaytoward fromanimal found

Saturday watch

This week’s vocabulary words: active, Earth, explode, island, local,

properties, solid, steep

Weekly Concept: “Earth Changes”This week’s Essential Question: How does the Earth change?

*Comprehension Skill: use information in the text to find the cause and effect while reading

*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text

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WondersUnit 4, Week 3

Spelling Wordsport northmore storeoar roarboard partstart parkfirst hurtago carrypeople

Sight Wordsheavy peopletogether agocarry outsidewarm problemcertain everyone

This week’s vocabulary words: common, costume, customs, favorite, parades, surrounded, travels, wonder

Weekly Concept: “Our Culture Makes Us Special”This week’s Essential Question: How are kids around the world

different?

*Comprehension Skill: compare and contrast the events in a story

*Comprehension strategy: Visualize— good readers use words and illustrations to VISUAlize, or make pictures in their minds…this helps them to understand the text

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WondersUnit 4, Week 4

Spelling Wordsdeer cheerssteer herejeer nearear speardear clearstore northagain houseinside

Sight Wordsinside behind

happened houseyoung againneither eyesgone stood

This week’s vocabulary words: ashamed, boast, dash, holler, plenty,

similarities, victory, wisdom

Weekly Concept: “Folktales About Nature”This week’s Essential Question: How can we understand nature?

*Comprehension Skill: use clues from the text and what the characters say and do to figure out the theme of a story

*Comprehension strategy: Visualize— good readers use words and illustrations to VISUAlize, or make pictures in their minds…this helps them to understand the text

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WondersUnit 4, Week 5

Spelling Wordsdare starefare hairpair chairbear pear

where theredear cheersknew nevertalk

Sight Wordstalk onceupon amongtouch boughtnever knewsoon sorry

This week’s vocabulary words: drops, excite, outdoors, pale

Weekly Concept: “Poems About Nature”This week’s Essential Question: What excites us about nature?

*Comprehension Skill: explain the characteristics of free verse poetry

*Comprehension strategy: Visualize— good readers use words and illustrations to VISUAlize, or make pictures in their minds…this helps them to understand the text

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WondersUnit 5, Week 1

Spelling Wordssound moundcloud shoutpound clownbrown crownhowl growlchair wherebeen myselfpushed

Sight Wordsbeen head

pretty answerbody minutesmyself heardpushed build

This week’s vocabulary words: champion, determined, issues, promises, responsibility, rights, volunteered, votes

Weekly Concept: “Being a Good Citizen”This week’s Essential Question: What do good citizens do?

*Comprehension Skill: use what a character thinks, says and does to determine his or her point of view

*Comprehension strategy: summarize- good readers use their own words, or summarize, to tell the most important details of a story

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WondersUnit 5, Week 2

Spelling Wordssoil broil

moist pointtoil oiltoy joycoin noise

crown moundI’ll laugh

maybe

Sight Wordslaugh severalplease busybrought loveelse happyI’ll maybe

This week’s vocabulary words: amused, cooperate, describe, entertained,

imagination, interact, patient, peaceful

Weekly Concept: “Cooperation Works!”This week’s Essential Question: How do people get along?

*Comprehension Skill: use what a character thinks, says and does to determine his or her point of view

*Comprehension strategy: summarize- good readers use their own words, or summarize, to tell the most important details of a story

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WondersUnit 5, Week 3

Spelling Wordsroom fluJune newglue fruitcrook couldfull pushpoint coinalong everstrong

Sight Wordsair duringalong meantnothing storystrong everalways draw

This week’s vocabulary words: agree, challenging, discover, heroes, interest, perform, succeed, study

Weekly Concept: “Our Heroes”This week’s Essential Question: What do heroes do?

*Comprehension Skill: use the sequence of events to make connections within the text and understand how events are connected

*Comprehension strategy: summarize- good readers use their own words, or summarize, to tell the most important details of a story

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WondersUnit 5, Week 4

Spelling Wordsball smallsaw jaw

pause saucetaught chalkwalk soughtnew fruitcity ownread

Sight Wordscity fathermother sure questions ownread though

searching o’clock

This week’s vocabulary words: curious, distance, Earth resources,

enormous, gently, proudly, rarely, supply

Weekly Concept: “Preserving Our Earth”This week’s Essential Question: How can we protect the Earth?

*Comprehension Skill: use information in the text to identify the problem and solution in a story

*Comprehension strategy: make, confirm and revise predictions- good readers can make predictions about what will happen next, and confirm or change them if they don’t match what they read

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WondersUnit 5, Week 5

Spelling Wordsdead aheadlead thread

bread breathtouch troublegym mythsmall chalk

instead wholewords

Sight Wordswords woman

instead anythingpaper personwhole voice

children everybody

This week’s vocabulary words: exclaimed, finally, form, history,

public, rules, united, writers

Weekly Concept: “Rights and Rules”This week’s Essential Question: Why are rules important?

*Comprehension Skill: use information in the text to find the cause and effect while reading

*Comprehension strategy: make, confirm and revise predictions- good readers can make predictions about what will happen next, and confirm or change them if they don’t match what they read

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WondersUnit 6, Week 1

Spelling Wordspencil magnet publish supperletter ladygravy soloopen odorlead touchdoor frontsomeone

Sight Wordsdoor order

remember frontwhat’s tomorrowworry someone

yesterday probably

This week’s vocabulary words: appeared, crops, develop, edge, golden, rustled, shining, stages

Weekly Concept: “Plant Myths and Facts”This week’s Essential Question: What do myths help us

understand?

*Comprehension Skill: use clues from the text and what the characters say and do to figure out the theme of a story

*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text

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WondersUnit 6, Week 2

Spelling Wordsstate replacenine ninetyside sidewalkface outsidethese tadpoleletter magnetalone bedsideround

Sight Wordsalone besidefour helloround notice

surprised largesuppose became

This week’s vocabulary words: electricity, energy, flows, haul,

power, silent, solar, underground

Weekly Concept: “We Need Energy”This week’s Essential Question: How do we use energy?

*Comprehension Skill: use clues in the text to identify the author’s purpose

*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text

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WondersUnit 6, Week 3

Spelling Wordslit littleset settlerip ripplepad paddlemiddle bubbleoutside replacefollow listen

something

Sight Wordslisten windsoft followmonth above

something songbrother who’s

This week’s vocabulary words: exploration, important, machines, prepare,

repair, result, scientific, teamwork

Weekly Concept: “Team Up to Explore”This week’s Essential Question: Why is teamwork important?

*Comprehension Skill: use the key details in text to find the main idea

*Comprehension strategy: summarize- good readers use their own words, or summarize, to tell the most important details of a story

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WondersUnit 6, Week 4

Spelling Wordsway awayroot balloonplay displayreach enjoyexplain meadowlittle middle

complete enoughriver

Sight Wordscomplete enoughanymore riveragainst terriblesometimes roughwindow stranger

This week’s vocabulary words: invented, money, prices, purchase,

record, system, value, worth

Weekly Concept: “Money Matters”This week’s Essential Question: How do we use money?

*Comprehension Skill: use information in the text to identify the problem and solution in a story

*Comprehension strategy: summarize- good readers use their own words, or summarize, to tell the most important details of a story

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WondersUnit 6, Week 5

Spelling Wordsjumper higherstar starrygarden betterdinner doctormarket hairyenjoy anyone

display everythingafternoon

Sight Wordsscientist everything wherever aheadsomehow pretendedafternoon anyonetrouble throughout

This week’s vocabulary words: create, dazzling, imagination,

seconds

Weekly Concept: “The World of Ideas”This week’s Essential Question: Where can your imagination take

you?

*Comprehension Skill: use clues in the text to find the speaker’s point of view

*Comprehension strategy: summarize- good readers use their own words, or summarize, to tell the most important details of a story

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