2nd Grade Reading Curriculum
Reading Vocabulary Powerpoints for Each Story
Vocabulary Notebook for Reading Stories
Reading Stories and Words for themes 1-3: (Harcourt Reading Series Book 1)
Theme 1-Being Me  
The Mixed-Up Chameleon    
high frequency words: big, brown, eat, no, people
vocabulary words: dull, exciting, handsome, hardly, sideways, sparkling, spotted
spelling words: hide, slide, ride, wide, pride, bid, kid, eyelid, inside, hid, no, big, brown, eat, 
people

Get Up and Go!                      
high frequency words: get, line, more, stop, together
vocabulary words:  always, homework, minutes, snuggle, treat
spelling words: games, take, make, name, flame, same, became, brake, snake, mistake, eyelid, slide, line, more, together

Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon                  
high frequency words: about, boy, fall, few, same
vocabulary words: chipmunks, picked, sniffing, south, woods
spelling words: barked, licked, backed, thanked, painted, opened, mailed, remarked, checked, finished, mistake, became, about, few, same

Days With Frog and Toad  
high frequency words: alone, home, right, river, think
vocabulary words:  alone, cheer, fine, meadow, reason, spoiled
spelling words: cried, hurried, replied, fried, tried, worried, carried, copied, married, studied, remarked, finished, alone, river, think

Wilson Sat Alone                 
high frequency words: ball, children, each, girl, name
vocabulary words:  amazing, clustered, gathered, raced, wandered
spelling words: sat, ate, acrobat, flat, that, fat, gate, appreciate, create, state, worried, studied, children, each, girl

Theme 2: Helping Hands
The Enormous Turnip
high frequency words: black, grow, last, man, mouse
vocabulary words: enormous, granddaughter, grew, planted, strong, turnip
spelling words: black, pack, crack, snack, horseback, lock, rocket, flock, shock, clock,
appreciate, acrobat, grow, last, mouse

Helping Out
high frequency words: after, early, hot, pretty, someone
vocabulary words: alongside, chores, engine, simple, sprout, tool
spelling words: learn, earnest, earth, heard, pearl, search, rehearse, earn, hearth, research, horseback, rocket, early, pretty, someone

Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane
high frequency words: before, blue, ever, jump, room
vocabulary words: cranes, directions, promise, twitch, worry
spelling words: Mr., Mrs., Dr., Jan., Aug., Dec., Tues,. Wed., Sun., St., rehearse, search, before, blue, room

Hedgehog Bakes a Cake
high frequency words: bit, cake, open, smell, thank
vocabulary words: batter, buttery, perfect, recipe, smeared, yellow cake
spelling words: four, poured, your, course, court, fourteen, mourn, source, fourth, resource, Dr., St., smell, thank, open

Lemondade for Sal
e
high frequency words: between, enough, fill, idea, number
vocabulary words: announce, arrived, glum, members, rebuild
spelling words: bar, jar, star, farm, harm, charm, dark, remark, sparkle, alarm, fourteen, source, between, enough, idea

Theme 3: Our World
Johnny Appleseed
high frequency words: bag, call, country, rain, sleep
vocabulary words: frontier, nearby, orchards, survive, tame (verb), wild
spelling words: pioneers, cheers, clearing, hear, nearby, year, beard, reindeer, steer, peer, remark, alarm, sleep, country, rain

From Seed to Plant
high frequency words: air, different, food, light, water
vocabulary words: beautiful, nutrition, protects, ripens, streams
spelling words: sprout, streams, through, strong, strap, springtime, spry, throat, three, ostrich, pioneers, clearning, air, different, light

The Secret Life of Trees
high frequency words: answer, bark (i.e. tree), page, paper, tall
vocabulary words: discover, energy, forecast, shed, source
spelling words: smooth, roots, food, scooter, boot, broom, moon, cartoon, roof, spoon, springtime,ostrich, anwer, paper, page

Watermelon Day
high frequency words: coming, dark, front, lake, past
vocabulary words: beneath, relay race, shimmered, snug, wrinkled, knelt
spelling words: knock, knew, pocketknife, wrong, write, sign, gnat, wrist, unknown, writer, scooter, cartoon, dark, front, past

Pumpkin Fiesta
high frequency words: drink, hat, hid, hill, road
vocabulary words: boasted, crept, crown, village, vines
spelling words: beauties, babies, cities, duties, bodies, skies, copies, cries, pennies, hobbies, sign, unknown, drink, hill, road
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