iris and walter vocabulary and amazing words second grade reading
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Iris and WalterVocabulary and Amazing Words
Second Grade Reading
Vocabulary Words
• ladder
• amazing
• roller-skate
• meadow
ladder
• a ladder is a set of steps between two long pieces of wood, metal, or rope
amazing
• something that is amazing is very surprising
roller-skate
• to roller-skate is to move by using roller-skates, which are shoes that have wheels
meadow
• a meadow is a piece of land where grass grows
AMAZING Words
• investigate• rural• urban• creature• underground• brittle• decision• dart
investigate
• When you investigate something, you find out all about it.
• Let’s investigate our new neighborhood.
rural
• People who live in the country live in a rural place.
• My aunt lives on a farm in a rural part of the state.
urban
• People who live in a city live in an urban place.
• There is lots of traffic with cars, trucks, and buses in an urban place.
creature
• A creature is an animal or person that is living.
• Many creatures live in the forest.
underground
• Under the ground you walk on.
• If you ride the subway, you will go underground.
brittle
• Something that is brittle breaks easily.
• If you drop an egg, you’ll find out that its shell is brittle.
decision
• When you make up your mind to do something, you make a decision.
• I made a decision which way to go.
dart
• When something darts, it moves very quickly from one place to another.
• Did you see the boyDid you see the boy dart across the playground to catch up with his class?.