Journeys
Weekly Skills
Handout
Grade 2
Unit 6
(Lessons 26-30)
Unit 6 – Lesson 26
The Mysterious Tadpole
Spelling Words
1.  root
2.  crew
3.  spoon
4.  few
5.  bloom
6.  grew
7.  room
8.  you
9.  stew
10.  boost
11.  scoop
12.  flew
13.  zoo
(review)
14. noon
(review)
15. shampoo
(challenge)
16. balloon
(challenge)
by: Steven Kellogg
Comprehension Skill
Story Structure and
Conclusions
Story structure - the way
characters, a setting, and
a plot are put in a story
Conclusions – ideas
arrived at after putting
together pieces of
information
Grammar Skill
Contractions
A contraction is a short way
of writing two words. An
apostrophe (’) shows which
letters were left out.
Example: do not= don’t
Vocabulary
Words
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
ordinary
control
cage
upset
sensible
confused
training
suspiciously
High
Frequency
Words
1.  again
2.  ago
3.  alone
4.  don’t
5.  every
6.  follow
7.  goes
8.  head
9.  now
10.  won’t
Vocabulary
A multiple meaning word is a word that has
Strategy
Multiple-Meaning more than one meaning – you can use
context clues to determine which meaning
Words
is being used in a story
Unit 6 – Lesson 27
The Dog That Dug for Dinosaurs
by: Shirley Raye Redmond
Spelling Words
1.  took
2.  books
3.  foot
4.  hoof
5.  cook
6.  nook
7.  hood
8.  wood
9.  stood
10.  shook
11.  crook
12.  cookbook
13.  look (review)
14.  good (review)
15.  crooked
(challenge)
16.  bookcase
(challenge)
Vocabulary
Strategy
Shades of
Meaning
Comprehension
Skill
Fact and Opinion
A fact is something
that can be proved
to be true or false.
An opinion is what
someone believes or
feels.
Grammar Skill
What is an Adverb?
An adverb
describes a verb.
Adverbs can tell
about how
something is done.
Vocabulary
Words
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
exact
discovered
remove
growled
amazed
explained
guard
souvenirs
High
Frequency
Words
1.  buy
2.  called
3.  even
4.  father
5.  maybe
6.  outside
7.  tomorrow
8.  town
9.  water
10.  where
Synonyms are words that have the same or
almost the same meaning. Many synonyms
have slightly different meanings.
Unit 6 – Lesson 28
Yeh-Shen
by: Gina Sabella
Spelling Words
1.  cow
2.  house
3.  town
4.  shout
5.  down
6.  mouse
7.  found
8.  loud
9.  brown
10.  ground
11.  pound
12.  flower
13.  out (review)
14.  now (review)
15.  towel (challenge)
16.  pounce
(challenge)
Vocabulary
Strategy
Classify/
Categorize
Comprehension
Skill
Sequence of
Events
The sequence of
events is the
order in which
things happen.
Vocabulary
Words
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
task
glimmering
served
content
worn
overjoyed
concealed
valuable
High
Frequency
Words
Grammar Skill
Possessive Nouns
A possessive
noun shows that
a person, or
thing owns or
has something.
Ex. king’s men
1.  above
2.  enough
3.  falling
4.  happened
5.  lived
6.  loved
7.  should
8.  sorry
9.  want
10.  while
Classify- to place like objects in a
group
Categorize- to name a group of like
objects
Unit 6 – Lesson 29
Two of Everything
by: Lily Toy Hong
Spelling Words
1.  aim
2.  snail
3.  bay
4.  braid
5.  ray
6.  always
7.  gain
8.  sly
9.  chain
10.  shy
11.  bright
12.  fright
13.  tray (review)
14.  try (review)
15.  contain
(challenge)
16. thigh
(challenge)
Vocabulary
Strategy
Antonyms
Comprehension
Skill
Understanding
Characters
To understand
characters better think
about what the
characters do and say
when they have a
problem.
Grammar Skill
Possessive Pronouns
A possessive pronoun
shows that a person or
animal owns or has
something.
My, your, his, and her
come before a noun to
show that someone has
or owns something
Vocabulary
Words
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
search
contained
startled
odd
leaned
tossed
grateful
village
High
Frequency
Words
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 
10. 
eight
near
once
paper
seven
upon
wash
who
woman
your
Words that have opposite or very
different meanings
Unit 6 – Lesson 30
Now & Ben
by: Gene Barretta
Spelling Words
Comprehension
Skill
Compare and
Contrast
1.  seated
2.  keeps
3.  speed
4.  seen
Compare – to find ways
that things are the
5.  means
same
6.  clean
7.  groan
Contrast – to find ways
8.  roast
that things are
9.  bowls
different
10.  crow
11.  owe
12.  grown
Grammar Skill
13.  green (review) Choose Between
14.  snow (review)
Adjectives and
15.  peace
Adverbs
(challenge)
Adjectives – tell more
16.  below
about nouns
(challenge)
Adverbs – tell more
about verbs
Vocabulary
Strategy
Root Words
Vocabulary
Words
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
inventions
remarkable
designed
amounts
accomplishments
achieve
composed
result
High
Frequency
Words
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 
10. 
almost
dear
door
from
money
pushed
remember
sometimes
together
years
A simple word that is part of another word.
A root word can be made into other words
by adding prefixes and suffixes.
Special Thanks
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