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Vocabulary/High-Frequency Words: Grade 2
High-frequency words are introduced in each theme with a literature selection.
These words are research-based and are often found on the Doch, Fry, or HarrisJacobson Word Lists. These words are tested in Trophies. High-Frequency Word
Cards are recommended to be used as a teaching tool during the lessons. Highfrequency word lessons appear on the 5-day planners and are easy to identify in the
“Word Work” part of the lesson plan.
Vocaulary words begin to appear in the 1-4 book at Grade 1 and continue
through Grade 6. Vocabulary lessons appear in the Pupil Edition and present the
vocabulary for the selection in the Pupil Edition beginning in Grade 2. Every selection,
beginning with the 1-4 book, begins with a list of vocabulary words. The list of words is
taught in the Word Work part of the lesson plan.
Each word is defined at a point-of-use in the Teacher’s Edition, and a teaching
transparency is provided for the teacher to introduce students to these words in
context. A vocabulary-writing connection also includes an opportunity for student to
develop more knowledge of vocabulary in Trophies.
Book 2-1
Theme 1 Selections
The Mixed-up Chameleon
Get Up and Go!
High-Frequency
Words
Vocabulary Words
big, brown, eat, no, people
dull, exciting, handsome, hardly,
sideways, sparkling, spotted (saw)
get, line, more, stop,
together
always, homework, minutes,
snuggle, treat
Henry and Mudge Under the about, boy, fall, few, same
Yellow Moon
chipmunks, picked, sniffing, south,
woods
Days With Frog and Toad
alone, home, right, river,
think
alone, cheer, fine, meadow,
reason, spoiled
Wilson Sat Alone
ball, children, each, girl,
name
amazing, clustered, gathered,
raced, wandered
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Book 2-1
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Theme 2 Selections
The Enormous Turnip
High-Frequency Words
Vocabulary Words
black, grow, last, man, mouse
enormous, granddaughter,
grew, planted, strong, turnip
Helping Out
after, early, hot pretty,
someone
alongside, chores, engine,
simple, sprout, tool
Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly
the Plane
before, blue, ever, jump, room
cranes, directions, promise,
twitch, worry
batter, buttery, perfect, recipe,
smeared, yellow cake
Hedgehog Bakes a Cake
bit, cake, open, smell, thank
Lemonade for Sale
between, enough, fill, idea,
number
announced, arrived, glum,
members, rebuild
Theme 3 Selections
Johnny Appleseed
High-Frequency Words
Vocabulary Words
bag, call, country, rain, sleep
frontier, nearby, orchards,
survive, tame (v.), wild
From Seed to Plant
air, different, food, light, water
beautiful, nutrition, protects,
ripens, streams
The Secret Life of Trees
answer, bark (tree), page,
paper, tall
discover, energy, forecast,
shed, source
Watermelon Day
coming, dark, front, lake, past
beneath, relay, race,
shimmered, snug, wrinkled,
knelt
Pumpkin Fiesta
drink, hat, hid, hill, road
boasted, crept, crown, village,
vines
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Book 2-2
Theme 1 Selections
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate
the Wash
High-Frequency Words
Vocabulary Words
cow, hen, mean, started, wife
boring, ducked, sense, suppose,
tractor
How I Spent My Summer
Vacation
fire, rock, tell, train, wait
captured, imagination,
manners, matador, plains,
relax, vacation
Dear Mr. Blueberry
feed, letter, lost, sea, won’t
details, disappoint, forcibly,
information, oceans, stroke
Cool Ali
bone, box, draw, pictures,
whose
admired, fussed, haze,
mimicked, notice, pale
The Emperor’s Egg
dinner, important, nothing,
seem, stay
flippers, hatch, horizon,
miserable, slippery, waddled
Theme 2 Selections
The Pine Park Mystery
High-Frequency Words
Vocabulary Words
isn’t, maybe, near, park, sign
caused, clasp (n.), confused,
cornered, objects (n.),
removes, typical
Good-bye, Curtis
kittens, miss, shop, steps,
surprise
addresses, clerk, grown,
honor (n.), pour, route
Max Found Two Sticks
church, dad, pat, sisters,
windows
appeared, conductor, created,
imitated, rhythm, startled
Anthony Reynoso: Born to
Rope
birthday, buy, dance, hold,
ride
dappled, exhibition, landscape,
business, ranch, thousands
Chinatown
cooks, duck, lion, men, oil
celebrations, develop, furious,
graceful, grocery store,
students
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Book 2-2
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Theme 3 Selections
Abuela
High-Frequency Words
Vocabulary Words
beautiful, boat, city, high,
morning
flock, glide, soared, swooping
Beginner’s World Atlas
America, let, mountain, state,
tires
connects, distance, features,
mapmaker, peel
Dinosaurs Travel
able, bike, board, follow, seat
cassette, companions, luggage,
relatives, sturdy
Montigue on the High Seas
hole, lived, night, story, young
cozy, drifted, fleet, launched,
looming, realized
Ruth Law Thrills a Nation
above, carry, group, hungry,
mile
feat, heroine, hospitality,
refused, spectators, stood
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