240 Vocabulary Words Kids Need to Know 2nd Grade

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2 Table of Contents ■ Using the Book

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■ Lesson 1:

Synonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

■ Lesson 2:

Synonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

■ Lesson 3:

Antonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

■ Lesson 4:

Antonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

■ Lesson 5:

Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

■ Lesson 6:

Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

■ Lesson 7:

Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

■ Lesson 8:

Texture Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

■ Lesson 9:

Sound Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

■ Lesson 10:

Homophones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

■ Lesson 11:

Homonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

■ Lesson 12:

Compound Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Content Words ■ Lesson 13:

Compound Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

■ Lesson 14:

Prefixes: un-, re- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

■ Lesson 15:

Suffixes: -ful, -er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

■ Lesson 16:

Character Traits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

■ Lesson 17:

Mealtime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

■ Lesson 18:

On Vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

■ Lesson 19:

Land and Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

■ Lesson 20:

Super Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

■ Lesson 21:

Land Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

■ Lesson 22:

Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

■ Lesson 23:

Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

■ Lessons 24:

Linear Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

■ Word List

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■ Answers

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Using the Book Where would we be without words? It’s hard to imagine. Words are a basic building block of communication, and a strong vocabulary is an essential part of reading, writing, and speaking well. The purpose of this book is to help young learners expand the number of words they know and the ways in which they use them. Although 240 vocabulary words are introduced, many more words and meanings are woven into the book’s 24 lessons. Learning new words is not just about encountering them; it’s about using, exploring, and thinking about them. So the lessons in this book are organized around different aspects and attributes of words—how words are formed using prefixes and suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, verbs, adjectives, homophones, homonyms, compound words, key content area vocabulary, and more.

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