Journeys
Weekly Skills
Handout
Grade 2
Unit 2
(Lessons 6-10)
Unit 2 – Lesson 6
Animals Building Homes
by: Wendy Perkins
Spelling Words
1.  next
Comprehension Skill
2.  end
Text and Graphic
3.  camp
Features
4.  sank
Text features are parts of
the text such as headings
5.  sing
or boldface print that help
6.  drink
readers recognize
7.  hunt
important information.
8.  stand
Graphic features are
9.  long
things such as illustrations,
10.  stamp
photographs, graphs or
11.  pond
other pictorial devices
12.  bring
that support or add details
to the text
13.  jump
(review)
Grammar Skill
14. left
More Plural Nouns
(review)
By adding -es to a noun we
15. young
(challenge) make it a plural noun (ex.
fox becomes foxes)
16. friend
A collective noun names a
(challenge) group of things (ex. team)
Vocabulary
Strategy
Base Words and
Prefixes un- and
re-
Vocabulary
Words
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
shaped
branches
pond
beaks
deepest
break
hang
winding
High
Frequency
Words
1.  animals
2.  bear
3.  know
4.  most
5.  myself
6.  second
7.  she
8.  sleep
9.  three
10.  work
prefix: a word part attached at the
beginning of a base word that changes the
meaning of the word
un- = not or undo
re- = again
Unit 2 – Lesson 7
The Ugly Vegetables
by: Grace Lin
Spelling Words
1.  rock
2.  black
3.  trick
4.  kick
5.  full
6.  dress
7.  neck
8.  add
9.  spell
10.  stuck
11.  class
12.  doll
13.  off (review)
14.  will (review)
15.  across
(challenge)
16.  pocket
(challenge)
Vocabulary
Strategy
Homophones
Comprehension
Skill
Conclusions
Conclusions are
ideas or opinions
reached after
thinking about
several facts.
Grammar Skill
Proper Nouns
A proper noun can
name a special
place or thing. A
special place can
be a street, city,
state, country or
name.
Vocabulary
Words
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
blooming
shovels
scent
tough
wrinkled
plain
muscles
nodded
High
Frequency
Words
1.  air
2.  car
3.  cried
4.  funny
5.  he
6.  pictures
7.  pretty
8.  told
9.  try
10.  window
homophones: words that sound the same but
are spelled differently and have different
meanings
Example: bear and bare
Unit 2 – Lesson 8
Super Storms
by: Seymour Simon
Spelling Words
Comprehension
1.  dish
Skill
2.  than
Main Idea and
3.  chest
Details
4.  such
Main Idea is an
5.  thin
important idea
6.  push
about the topic
7.  shine
Details a fact that
8.  chase
tells more about
9.  white
the main idea
10.  while
11.  these
Grammar Skill
12.  flash
What is a Verb?
13.  which (review)
14.  then (review)
A verb names
15.  catch (challenge)
an action. It
16.  thumb
tells what
(challenge)
someone or
something does
or did
Vocabulary
Strategy
Compound Words
Vocabulary
Words
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
beware
damage
bend
flash
pounding
prevent
reach
equal
High
Frequency
Words
1.  before
2.  eye
3.  few
4.  happy
5.  high
6.  my
7.  open
8.  people
9.  starts
10.  yellow
a longer word made up of two
shorter words
Example: sidewalk
Unit 2 – Lesson 9
How Chipmunk Got His
Stripes
by: Joseph and James Bruchac
Spelling Words
1.  liked
2.  using
3.  riding
4.  chased
5.  spilled
6.  making
7.  closed
8.  hoping
9.  baked
10.  hiding
11.  standing
12.  asked
13.  mixed (review)
14.  sleeping
(review)
15.  teasing
(challenge)
16.  knocking
(challenge)
Vocabulary
Strategy
Synonyms
Comprehension
Skill
Understanding
Characters
To understand
characters better think
about what the
characters do and say
when they have a
problem.
Grammar Skill
Verbs in the Present
A verb in the present
names an action that is
happening now. Add –s
or –es to this kind of
verb when it tells about
singular nouns but do
not add when talking
about a plural noun.
Vocabulary
Words
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
tunnel
curled
height
direction
toward
healed
brag
tease
High
Frequency
Words
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 
10. 
afraid
dark
for
kept
many
might
own
show
why
would
words that have the same, or almost
the same meaning
Example: little and small
Unit 2 – Lesson 10
Jellies: The Life of Jellyfish
by: Twig C. George
Spelling Words
Comprehension
Skill
Fact and Opinion
1.  I’m
2.  don’t
3.  isn’t
4.  can’t
A fact is something
that is true and can be
5.  we’ll
proved. An opinion is a
6.  it’s
belief or feeling
7.  I’ve
8.  didn’t
9.  you’re
Grammar Skill
Verbs: Present,
10.  that’s
Past and Future
11.  wasn’t
12.  you’ve
Some verbs name
13.  us (review)
actions that are
14.  them (review)
happening now, or in
15.  they’re
the present (ex. float),
Some verbs name
(challenge)
actions that happened
16.  wouldn’t
in the past (ex.
(challenge)
Vocabulary
Strategy
Base Words and
Suffixes –er,
-est
floated), Some verbs
name actions that will
happen later or in the
future (ex. will float)
Vocabulary
Words
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
millions
choices
drift
simple
weaker
wrapped
disgusting
decide
High
Frequency
Words
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 
10. 
because
better
go
me
old
really
right
they
was
you
suffix: a word part attached to the end of a
base word that changes the meaning of the
word
-er = more
-est- = most
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