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Wonders Reading2nd Grade
Parent CommunicationResource Pack
Units 1-6
WondersUnit 1, Week 1
Spelling Wordshas himwag ifbad cansix hitwill whysat forhad helpfix
Sight Wordsblue evenyellow helpput for ball thereboth why
This week’s vocabulary words: actions, afraid, depend, nervously, peered, perfectly, rescue, secret
Weekly Concept: “Friends Help Friends”This week’s Essential Question: How do friends depend on each
other?
*Comprehension Skill: using text and illustrations to find the key details in a story
*Comprehension strategy:Visualize— good readers use words and illustrations to VISUAlize, or make pictures in their minds…this helps them to understand the text
WondersUnit 1, Week 2
Spelling Wordswent tellpet jobfog nottug huttub bunfix hasone orsee
Sight Wordscould findfunny greenhow littleone orsee sounds
This week’s vocabulary words: aside, culture, fair, invited,
language, plead, scurries, share
Weekly Concept: “Families Aroound the World”This week’s Essential Question: How are families around the
world the same and different?
*Comprehension Skill: use the text to find the characters, settings and events in a story
*Comprehension strategy:Visualize— good readers use words and illustrations to VISUAlize, or make pictures in their minds…this helps them to understand the text
WondersUnit 1, Week 3
Spelling Wordsgrass tripscrack stillwest maskclap plansmilk beltfog tubby heshe
Sight Wordsboy bygirl hehere shesmall wantwere what
This week’s vocabulary words: decide, different, friendship, glance, proper, relationship, stares, trade
Weekly Concept: “Pets Are Our Friends”This week’s Essential Question: How can a pet be an important
friend?
*Comprehension Skill: use the text to find the characters, settings and events in a story
*Comprehension strategy:Ask and answer questions- good readers ask themselves questions about the story to help understand it
WondersUnit 1, Week 4
Spelling Wordsbag capham bakeate madback capemade rakestill beltinto doneyour
Sight Wordsanother donewater yourinto shownow toomove year
This week’s vocabulary words: allowed, care, excited, needs, roam, safe, wandered, wild
Weekly Concept: “Animals Need Our Care”This week’s Essential Question: How do we care for animals?
*Comprehension Skill: using text and illustrations to find the key details in a story
*Comprehension strategy:Ask and answer questions- good readers ask themselves questions about the story to help understand it
WondersUnit 1, Week 5
Spelling Wordsdid finpick linepipe tipmix fiveside hikecape madeall anysays
Sight Wordsall anygoes newnumber saysother workunderstands
right
This week’s vocabulary words: check, choose, chores, cost, customers, jobs, spend, tools
Weekly Concept: “Families Working Together”This week’s Essential Question: What happens when families work
together?
*Comprehension Skill: using text and illustrations to find the key details in a story
*Comprehension strategy:Ask and answer questions- good readers ask themselves questions about the story to help understand it
WondersUnit 2, Week 1
Spelling Wordsbag boxfox doglock pot
cone homenose pokerope sideline haveoff took
Sight Wordsbecause coldfamily friendshave knowoff pictureschool took
This week’s vocabulary words: adapt, climate, eager, freedom, fresh, sense, shadows, silence
Weekly Concept: “Animals and Nature”This week’s Essential Question: How do animals survive?
*Comprehension Skill: using text and illustrations to find the characters, setting and plot
*Comprehension strategy: make, confirm and revise predictions- good readers can make predictions about what will happen next, and confirm or change them if they don’t match what they read
WondersUnit 2, Week 2
Spelling Wordsmule fuseplum usedug cubhum hugemust funrope noselook yestheir
Sight Wordschange cheerfall fivelook open
should theirwon yes
This week’s vocabulary words: believe, delicious, feast, fond,
lessons, remarkable, snatch, stories
Weekly Concept: “Animals in Stories”This week’s Essential Question: What can animals in stories teach
us?
*Comprehension Skill: use information in the text to identify the problem and solution in a story
*Comprehension strategy: make, confirm and revise predictions- good readers can make predictions about what will happen next, and confirm or change them if they don’t match what they read
WondersUnit 2, Week 3
Spelling Wordsplace bargetrace icebulge badgespace rangemice cagemule hugeout washsaw
Sight Wordsalmost buyfood outpull sawsky straightunder wash
This week’s vocabulary words: buried, escape, habitat, journey, nature, peeks, restless, spies
Weekly Concept: “Animal Habitats”This week’s Essential Question: What are features of different
animal habitats?
*Comprehension Skill: use the text to identify the main topic and key details
*Comprehension strategy: make, confirm and revise predictions- good readers can make predictions about what will happen next, and confirm or change them if they don’t match what they read
WondersUnit 2, Week 4
Spelling Wordschop catchshape trashphone thatsting thinbring whileplace badgeseven isn’tearly
Sight Wordsbaby earlyeight isn’tlearn sevenstart thesetry walk
This week’s vocabulary words: adult, alive, covered, fur, giant,
offspring, groom, mammal
Weekly Concept: “Baby Animals”This week’s Essential Question: How are offspring like their
parents?
*Comprehension Skill: use the text to identify the main topic and key details
*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text
WondersUnit 2, Week 5
Spelling Wordsscratch scrapespring thronestripe strangeshred shrubsplash splitcatch stingfar flower
until
Sight Wordsbird farfield flowergrow leaveslight orangeready until
This week’s vocabulary words: express, behave, feathers,
flapping
Weekly Concept: “Animals in Poems”This week’s Essential Question: What do we love about animals?
*Comprehension Skill: use key details to help understand the text in a poem
*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text
WondersUnit 3, Week 1
Spelling Wordsnail trainmain haystay breaksteak weighsleigh prey
scrape strangegood oftentwo
Sight Wordsabout aroundgood greatidea oftenpart secondworld two
This week’s vocabulary words: amazing, force, measure, objects,
proved, speed, true, weight
Weekly Concept: “The Earth’s Forces”This week’s Essential Question: How do the Earth’s forces
affect us?
*Comprehension Skill: use clues in the text to identify the author’s purpose
*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text
WondersUnit 3, Week 2
Spelling Wordslight sightmind crytie highwild drytry liehay steakbegin thoseapart
Sight Wordsalso apartbegin eitherhundred overplaces thosewhich without
This week’s vocabulary words: adventure, delighted, dreamed, enjoyed, grumbled, moonlight,
neighbor, nighttime
Weekly Concept: “Look at the Sky”This week’s Essential Question: What can we see in the sky?
*Comprehension Skill: use the words first, next, then and last to tell the sequence of story events
*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text
WondersUnit 3, Week 3
Spelling Wordstold mostfloat coattoast growmow showJoe toelight mindonly ourwho
Sight Wordsbetter grouplong moreonly our
started threewho won’t
This week’s vocabulary words: across, borrow, insists, idea,
countryside, lonely, solution, villages
Weekly Concept: “Ways People Help”This week’s Essential Question: How can people help out their
community?
*Comprehension Skill: use clues in the text to identify the author’s purpose
*Comprehension strategy: Ask and answer questions- good readers ask themselves questions about the story to help understand it
WondersUnit 3, Week 4
Spelling Wordswe be
need queenmean leafthief chiefpony keysgrow toeafter everyspecial
Sight Wordsafter beforeevery fewfirst hearhurt oldspecial would
This week’s vocabulary words: damage, dangerous, destroy, event, harsh, prevent, warning, weather
Weekly Concept: “Weather Alert!”This week’s Essential Question: How does weather affect us?
*Comprehension Skill: use the key details in text to find the main idea
*Comprehension strategy: Ask and answer questions- good readers ask themselves questions about the story to help understand it
WondersUnit 3, Week 5
Spelling Wordscute cube
fumes musicunit menufew pewfuel cuespony queenbegan comegive
Sight WordsAmerica comebeautiful beganclimbed givecountry didn’tturned live
This week’s vocabulary words: cheered, concert, instrument,
movements, music, rhythm, sounds, understand
Weekly Concept: “Express Yourself”This week’s Essential Question: How do you express yourself?
*Comprehension Skill: use the key details in text to find the main idea
*Comprehension strategy: Ask and answer questions- good readers ask themselves questions about the story to help understand it
WondersUnit 4, Week 1
Spelling Wordscomb crumbscene scentgnat signknife knowwrist cube
writing musicvery eatdon’t
Sight Wordsmany morningthrough verysleep eatcolors downbelow don’t
This week’s vocabulary words: eerie, growth, layers, lively, location,
region, seasons, temperate
Weekly Concept: “Different Places”This week’s Essential Question: What makes different parts of
the world different?
*Comprehension Skill: compare and contrastthings in a selection while reading
*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text
WondersUnit 4, Week 2
Spelling Wordsclerk herdfirst skirtstir churnhurt burstwork worseknow wristfound fromtoday
Sight Wordsbuilding todaythought awaytoward fromanimal found
Saturday watch
This week’s vocabulary words: active, Earth, explode, island, local,
properties, solid, steep
Weekly Concept: “Earth Changes”This week’s Essential Question: How does the Earth change?
*Comprehension Skill: use information in the text to find the cause and effect while reading
*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text
WondersUnit 4, Week 3
Spelling Wordsport northmore storeoar roarboard partstart parkfirst hurtago carrypeople
Sight Wordsheavy peopletogether agocarry outsidewarm problemcertain everyone
This week’s vocabulary words: common, costume, customs, favorite, parades, surrounded, travels, wonder
Weekly Concept: “Our Culture Makes Us Special”This week’s Essential Question: How are kids around the world
different?
*Comprehension Skill: compare and contrast the events in a story
*Comprehension strategy: Visualize— good readers use words and illustrations to VISUAlize, or make pictures in their minds…this helps them to understand the text
WondersUnit 4, Week 4
Spelling Wordsdeer cheerssteer herejeer nearear speardear clearstore northagain houseinside
Sight Wordsinside behind
happened houseyoung againneither eyesgone stood
This week’s vocabulary words: ashamed, boast, dash, holler, plenty,
similarities, victory, wisdom
Weekly Concept: “Folktales About Nature”This week’s Essential Question: How can we understand nature?
*Comprehension Skill: use clues from the text and what the characters say and do to figure out the theme of a story
*Comprehension strategy: Visualize— good readers use words and illustrations to VISUAlize, or make pictures in their minds…this helps them to understand the text
WondersUnit 4, Week 5
Spelling Wordsdare starefare hairpair chairbear pear
where theredear cheersknew nevertalk
Sight Wordstalk onceupon amongtouch boughtnever knewsoon sorry
This week’s vocabulary words: drops, excite, outdoors, pale
Weekly Concept: “Poems About Nature”This week’s Essential Question: What excites us about nature?
*Comprehension Skill: explain the characteristics of free verse poetry
*Comprehension strategy: Visualize— good readers use words and illustrations to VISUAlize, or make pictures in their minds…this helps them to understand the text
WondersUnit 5, Week 1
Spelling Wordssound moundcloud shoutpound clownbrown crownhowl growlchair wherebeen myselfpushed
Sight Wordsbeen head
pretty answerbody minutesmyself heardpushed build
This week’s vocabulary words: champion, determined, issues, promises, responsibility, rights, volunteered, votes
Weekly Concept: “Being a Good Citizen”This week’s Essential Question: What do good citizens do?
*Comprehension Skill: use what a character thinks, says and does to determine his or her point of view
*Comprehension strategy: summarize- good readers use their own words, or summarize, to tell the most important details of a story
WondersUnit 5, Week 2
Spelling Wordssoil broil
moist pointtoil oiltoy joycoin noise
crown moundI’ll laugh
maybe
Sight Wordslaugh severalplease busybrought loveelse happyI’ll maybe
This week’s vocabulary words: amused, cooperate, describe, entertained,
imagination, interact, patient, peaceful
Weekly Concept: “Cooperation Works!”This week’s Essential Question: How do people get along?
*Comprehension Skill: use what a character thinks, says and does to determine his or her point of view
*Comprehension strategy: summarize- good readers use their own words, or summarize, to tell the most important details of a story
WondersUnit 5, Week 3
Spelling Wordsroom fluJune newglue fruitcrook couldfull pushpoint coinalong everstrong
Sight Wordsair duringalong meantnothing storystrong everalways draw
This week’s vocabulary words: agree, challenging, discover, heroes, interest, perform, succeed, study
Weekly Concept: “Our Heroes”This week’s Essential Question: What do heroes do?
*Comprehension Skill: use the sequence of events to make connections within the text and understand how events are connected
*Comprehension strategy: summarize- good readers use their own words, or summarize, to tell the most important details of a story
WondersUnit 5, Week 4
Spelling Wordsball smallsaw jaw
pause saucetaught chalkwalk soughtnew fruitcity ownread
Sight Wordscity fathermother sure questions ownread though
searching o’clock
This week’s vocabulary words: curious, distance, Earth resources,
enormous, gently, proudly, rarely, supply
Weekly Concept: “Preserving Our Earth”This week’s Essential Question: How can we protect the Earth?
*Comprehension Skill: use information in the text to identify the problem and solution in a story
*Comprehension strategy: make, confirm and revise predictions- good readers can make predictions about what will happen next, and confirm or change them if they don’t match what they read
WondersUnit 5, Week 5
Spelling Wordsdead aheadlead thread
bread breathtouch troublegym mythsmall chalk
instead wholewords
Sight Wordswords woman
instead anythingpaper personwhole voice
children everybody
This week’s vocabulary words: exclaimed, finally, form, history,
public, rules, united, writers
Weekly Concept: “Rights and Rules”This week’s Essential Question: Why are rules important?
*Comprehension Skill: use information in the text to find the cause and effect while reading
*Comprehension strategy: make, confirm and revise predictions- good readers can make predictions about what will happen next, and confirm or change them if they don’t match what they read
WondersUnit 6, Week 1
Spelling Wordspencil magnet publish supperletter ladygravy soloopen odorlead touchdoor frontsomeone
Sight Wordsdoor order
remember frontwhat’s tomorrowworry someone
yesterday probably
This week’s vocabulary words: appeared, crops, develop, edge, golden, rustled, shining, stages
Weekly Concept: “Plant Myths and Facts”This week’s Essential Question: What do myths help us
understand?
*Comprehension Skill: use clues from the text and what the characters say and do to figure out the theme of a story
*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text
WondersUnit 6, Week 2
Spelling Wordsstate replacenine ninetyside sidewalkface outsidethese tadpoleletter magnetalone bedsideround
Sight Wordsalone besidefour helloround notice
surprised largesuppose became
This week’s vocabulary words: electricity, energy, flows, haul,
power, silent, solar, underground
Weekly Concept: “We Need Energy”This week’s Essential Question: How do we use energy?
*Comprehension Skill: use clues in the text to identify the author’s purpose
*Comprehension strategy: reread- good readers stop and reread something they are unsure about to better understand the text
WondersUnit 6, Week 3
Spelling Wordslit littleset settlerip ripplepad paddlemiddle bubbleoutside replacefollow listen
something
Sight Wordslisten windsoft followmonth above
something songbrother who’s
This week’s vocabulary words: exploration, important, machines, prepare,
repair, result, scientific, teamwork
Weekly Concept: “Team Up to Explore”This week’s Essential Question: Why is teamwork important?
*Comprehension Skill: use the key details in text to find the main idea
*Comprehension strategy: summarize- good readers use their own words, or summarize, to tell the most important details of a story
WondersUnit 6, Week 4
Spelling Wordsway awayroot balloonplay displayreach enjoyexplain meadowlittle middle
complete enoughriver
Sight Wordscomplete enoughanymore riveragainst terriblesometimes roughwindow stranger
This week’s vocabulary words: invented, money, prices, purchase,
record, system, value, worth
Weekly Concept: “Money Matters”This week’s Essential Question: How do we use money?
*Comprehension Skill: use information in the text to identify the problem and solution in a story
*Comprehension strategy: summarize- good readers use their own words, or summarize, to tell the most important details of a story
WondersUnit 6, Week 5
Spelling Wordsjumper higherstar starrygarden betterdinner doctormarket hairyenjoy anyone
display everythingafternoon
Sight Wordsscientist everything wherever aheadsomehow pretendedafternoon anyonetrouble throughout
This week’s vocabulary words: create, dazzling, imagination,
seconds
Weekly Concept: “The World of Ideas”This week’s Essential Question: Where can your imagination take
you?
*Comprehension Skill: use clues in the text to find the speaker’s point of view
*Comprehension strategy: summarize- good readers use their own words, or summarize, to tell the most important details of a story
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