Mrs. Shirley's 2nd Grade Class

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Daily class schedule:

8:00 - 8:30 Morning work

8:30 - 11:00 Reading Groups

11:00 - 11:30 Lunch

11:50 - 12:20 Pullouts

Monday - Music

Tuesday - PE

Wednesday - Library/Guidance

Thursday - Computer

Friday - Art

12:20 - 1:00 Math

1:00 - 1:30 English

1:30 - 2:00 Recess

2:00 - 2:30 Science/Social Studies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading Vocabulary

Book 1 Unit 1

 

Iris and Walter

somewhere                                          friend

country                                              beautiful

front                                                  amazing

roller-skate                                        ladder

meadow                                               people

together                                             nothing        

enough                                                become

stories                                                goodbye

 

 

Exploring Space with an Astronaut

everywhere                                         live

work                                                  woman

machines                                             move

world                                                 astronaut

shuttle                                                telescope

gravity                                               experiment

 

 

Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night

couldn’t                                              love

build                                                  mother        

bear                                                   father

straight                                              shivered

lanterns                                              snuggled

drooled

 

A  Walk in the Desert

water                                                 eyes

early                                                  animals

full                                                    warm

cactus                                                 climate

coyote                                                harsh          

desert

 

The Strongest One

 

together                                             very

learn                                                  often

though                                                gone

pieces                                                 narrator

relatives                                             dangerous

gnaws

 

 

 

Vocabulary List

Book 1 Unit 2

Tara and Tiree, Fearless Friends

family,                                      once

pull                                           listen

heard                                        break

slipped                                      collar

brave

 

 

Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat

laugh                                         great

you’re                                       either

certainly                                   second

worst                                        terrific

spirit                                         clutched

 

Turtle’s Race with Beaver

enough                                      toward

ago                                           above

word                                         whole

challenge                                   lodge

embarrassed                             buried

dam                                          halfway

 

The Bremen Town Musicians

people                                       sign

shall                                          bought

probably                                   pleasant

scare                                                mill

excitement                                musician

robbers                                     monsters  

 

 

Unit 2 continued

 

A Turkey for Thanksgiving

door                                         behind

brought                                     minute

promise                                     sorry

everybody                                 Thanksgiving

lumbered                                   riverbank

hooves                             

 

 

 

 

Book 1, Unit 3

Pearl and Wagner:  Two Good Friends

guess                                        pretty

science                                      shoe

village                                                watch

won                                           electricity

robot                                        trash

wad

 

Dear Juno

answer                                      company

faraway                                    parents

picture                                     school

wash                                         envelope

persimmons                                photograph

smudged

 

Anansi Goes Fishing

been                                         believe

caught                                       finally

today                                        tomorrow

whatever                                   delicious

justice                                      lazy

weave

 

Rose and Bianca

alone                                         buy

daughters                                  half

many                                         their

youngest                                   chiles

luckiest                                     tortillas

 

A Weed is a Flower

clothes                                      hours

money                              neighbor

only                                          question

taught                             agriculture

college                                      greenhouse                       laboratory

 

 

 

 

 

Book2, Unit 1

The Quilt Story

blankets                                             pretended

quilt                                                   stuffing

trunks                                                unpacked

wrapped                                             beautiful

country                                              friend

front                                                  someone

somewhere

 

Life Cycle of a Pumpkin

bumpy                                                          fruit

harvest                                               root

smooth                                                soil

vine                                                    everywhere 

live                                                    machines

move                                                   woman

work                                                  world

 

Frogs

crawls                                                          insects

pond                                                   powerful

Shed                                                  skin

wonderful                                           bear           

build                                                  couldn’t

father                                                love

mother                                                straight

 

I Like Where I Am

block                                                  chuckle

fair                                                    giant

strong                                       tears

trouble                                               animals

early                                                  eyes            

full                                                    water

 

 

 

Unit 1 continued

 

Helen Keller and the Big Storm

angry                                                 branches

clung                                                  fingers

picnic                                                 pressing

special                                                gone

learn                                                  often

pieces                                                 though

together                                             very

 

 

 

Book 2, Unit 2

 

Firefighter

building                                                        burning

masks                                                           quickly

roar                                                             station

tightly                                                         break

family                                                          heard

listen                                                           once

pull

 

One Dark Night

flashes                                                         lightning

pounds                                                         pours 

rolling                                                                   storm

thunder                                                        certainly

either                                                          great

laugh                                                            second

worst                                                           you’re

 

Bad Dog, Dodger!

chased                                                          chewing

dripping                                                       grabbed

practice                                                       treat

wagged                                                         above

ago                                                              enough

toward                                                         whole

word

 

Horace and Morris but mostly Delores

adventure                                                     climbed

clubhouse                                                     exploring

greatest                                                       truest

wondered                                                     bought

people                                                                   pleasant

probably                                                      scared

shall                                                             sign

 

Book 2  continued

 

The Signmaker’s Assistant

afternoon                                                     blame

idea                                                             important

signmaker                                                     townspeople

behind                                                          brought

door                                                             door

sorry                                                           everybody

 

 

 

Book 2 Unit 3

Just Like Josh Gibson

bases                                        cheers

field                                         plate

sailed                                        threw

guess                                        pretty

science                                      shoe

village                                                watch

won

 

Red, White, and Blue:  The Story of the American Flag

America                                    birthday

flag                                          freedom

nicknames                                  stars

stripes                                      answer

company                                    faraway      

wash                                         parents

picture                                     school

 

A Birthday Blanket for Tia

aunt                                          bank

basket                                      collects

favorite                                    present

been                                         believe

caught                                       finally

today                                        tomorrow

whatever

 

Cowboys

campfire                                   cattle

cowboy                                     galloped

herd                                         railroad

trails                                        alone

many                                         buy

their                                         daughters

youngest                                   half

 

 

Unit 3 continued

 

Jingle Dancer

borrow                                     clattering

drum                                         jingles         

silver                                         voice

clothes                                      only

hours                                        question

money                                      taught

neighbor