Unit 2 Lesson 1
Grade 2
2008 Imagine It Reading Series
DAY ONE
Daily News
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Phil likes to look for bugs and insects in
his backyard.
Yesterday he saw a caterpillar.
The caterpillar was climbing up a tree
limb.
Phil got his camera and took a photograph
of it.
Have you ever seen a caterpillar?
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Long e
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/e/
queen
/e/
feelers
/e/
green
/e/
trees
/e/
seed
/e/
bee
/e/
seen
/e/
week
/e/
weaver
/e/
leaf
/e/
eat
/e/
sea
/e/
pea
/e/
neat
/e/
each
/e/
peach
Phonics and Fluency
1. queen
feelers
green
trees
2. seed
bee
seen
week
3. leaf
eat
sea
weaver
4. pea
neat
each
peach
Phonics and Fluency
1. queen
feelers
green
trees
2. seed
bee
seen
week
3. leaf
eat
sea
weaver
4. pea
neat
each
peach
1. My desk is neat and clean.
2. The sheep are sleeping under the tree.
Vocabulary
sprout
Vocabulary
devours
Vocabulary
hollow
Vocabulary
burrow
Vocabulary
devours…
Vocabulary
…to eat,
consume, or
destroy
Vocabulary
sprout…
Vocabulary
…begin to
grow
Vocabulary
burrow…
Vocabulary
…to dig
Vocabulary
hollow…
Vocabulary
…empty on
the inside
DAY TWO
Daily News
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I love to read!
Yesterday I got three books about ants
at the library.
Each book was very interesting.
I learned that ants are not weak.
They can lift things that are at least
fifty times their weight.
I want to keep learning about ants.
Phonics and Fluency
1. queen
feelers
green
trees
2. seed
bee
seen
week
3. leaf
eat
sea
weaver
4. pea
neat
each
peach
Phonics and Fluency
1. queen
feelers
green
trees
2. seed
bee
seen
week
3. leaf
eat
sea
weaver
4. pea
neat
each
peach
1. My desk is neat and
clean.
2. The sheep are sleeping
under the tree.
1.
seem
Dictation
2. seaweed
sleep
please
free
weak
3. season
4. Did the bug eat the green
leaf?
Vocabulary
insect
Vocabulary
insects
Vocabulary
cocoon
Vocabulary
tunnel
Vocabulary
tunnels
Vocabulary
enemy
Vocabulary
enemies
Vocabulary
invade
Vocabulary
to enter
without an
invitation…
Vocabulary
invade
Vocabulary
an
underground
passageway…
Vocabulary
tunnel
Vocabulary
a six-legged
bug…
Vocabulary
insect
Vocabulary
a case that
protects an
insect…
Vocabulary
cocoon
Vocabulary
a person or thing
that wants to
hurt another…
Vocabulary
enemy
Selection Vocabulary
1. All _______________ have
six legs and three body parts.
Vocabulary
insects
Selection Vocabulary
2. Ants must protect themselves from
_________________ .
Vocabulary
enemies
Selection Vocabulary
3. The underground passages are
called __________________ .
Vocabulary
tunnels
Selection Vocabulary
4. A pupa ant grows inside a
________________ .
Vocabulary
cocoon
Selection Vocabulary
5. Look out! Ants are going to
______________ the picnic!
Vocabulary
invade
DAY THREE
Daily News
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Ants can be seen every where.
They have six legs and three body parts.
Most ants live underground.
They dig tunnels and rooms in their
nests.
Ants work hard looking for food.
They eat seeds, fruit, and other insects.
Ants are fascinating insects.
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e
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ea
e_e
Long e
_ie_
/e/
be
/e/
being
/e/
theme
/e/
emu
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Gene
/e/
repeat
/e/
evening
/e/
she
/e/
even
/e/
equal
/e/
secret
/e/
eve
/e/
meter
/e/
complete
/e/
these
Phonics and Fluency
1. be
being
begin
theme
2. emu
Gene
repeat
evening
3. she
even
equal
secret
4. eve
meter
complete these
Phonics and Fluency
1. be
being
begin
theme
2. emu
Gene
repeat
evening
3. she
even
equal
secret
4. eve
meter
complete these
1. Can you keep a secret?
2. Steve competed in the 100meter race.
Syllabication
1. be.ing
be.gin
e.mu
2. re.peat
eve.ning
e.ven
3. e.qual
se.cret
me.ter
4. com.plete
Syllabication
1. being
begin
emu
2. repeat
evening
even
3. equal
secret
meter
4. complete
Phonics and Fluency
1. bee
2. eat
3. anteaters
4. bee
5. eat
6. anteaters
DAY FOUR
Daily News
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Steve was sitting in his backyard
yesterday evening.
He saw some ants.
“Look at these ants,” he said to Gene.
“Did you know that all worker ants are
female?”
“That cannot be!” exclaimed Gene.
“What else do you know about ants?”
Phonics and Fluency
1. be
being
begin
theme
2. emu
Gene
repeat
evening
3. she
even
equal
secret
4. eve
meter
complete these
Phonics and Fluency
1. be
being
begin
theme
2. emu
Gene
repeat
evening
3. she
even
equal
secret
4. eve
meter
complete these
1. Can you keep a secret?
2. Steve competed in the 100meter race.
Dictation
1. we
react
2. athlete
eleven
began
compete
3. recently
4. Pete began his report on zebras.
DAY FIVE
Phonics and Fluency
1. queen
feelers
green
trees
2. seed
bee
seen
week
3. leaf
eat
sea
weaver
4. pea
neat
each
peach
Phonics and Fluency
1. queen
feelers
green
trees
2. seed
bee
seen
week
3. leaf
eat
sea
weaver
4. pea
neat
each
peach
1. My desk is neat and clean.
2. The sheep are sleeping under
the tree.
Phonics and Fluency
1. be
being
begin
theme
2. emu
Gene
repeat
evening
3. she
even
equal
secret
4. eve
meter
complete these
Phonics and Fluency
1. be
being
begin
theme
2. emu
Gene
repeat
evening
3. she
even
equal
secret
4. eve
meter
complete these
1. Can you keep a secret?
2. Steve competed in the 100meter race.
1. real
Spelling Words
2. sleep
3. we
4. feel
5. east
Spelling Words
1. green
2. team
3. belong
4. knee
5. clear
Challenge Words
1. peach
2. cheese
3. please
4. between
5. eagle
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