National Vocabulary List Grade 2

Unit 1 Lesson 1 "Because of You“

Unit 1 Lesson 3 "The Elves and the Shoemaker“

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feelings

grow

thoughtful

elves

peacefully

helpful

share

learn

shoemaker

amazement

precious

teach

flash

care

ideas

kind

help

Unit 1 Lesson 5 "Corduroy“

usual

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leather

customers

palace

sighed

finest

curtain

escalator

amazing

different

midnight

dashing

gasped

peace

stitched

yanked

wandered

skipped

fastened

admiring

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exclaimed

Unit 1 Lesson 2 "For the Love of Our Earth"

Unit 1 Lesson 4 "The Lion and the Mouse"

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dawn

comb

respect

snoozing

flashed

sympathy

engines

byway

furious

tiddly

glows

nurture

repay

puny

witness

spark

raged

insist

litter

needless

gnaw

overalls

enormous

grateful

ancestors harvest May 15, 2008

National Vocabulary List Grade 2

Unit 2 Lesson 1 "Ants! They are hard workers!"

Unit 2 Lesson 3 "Hungry Hoppers"

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insects

colonies

research

fussy

still

nature

cocoon

larva

dull

palpi

tunnels

silky

sensing

outer

enemies

pupa

antennae

inner

invade

anthill

cycle

attract

paste

nymphs

squirt

molting

poison

underneath

Unit 2 Lesson 2 "If You Find a Rock" Selection Vocabulary Words

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chain

crook

discovery

trace

surface

fossil

pavement

print

steep

outstretched

stripe pebbles creep towers

Unit 2 Lesson 5 "Tell Me, Tree" Selection Vocabulary Words

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trunks

extremely

growth

limbs

absorbs

stems

anchor

minerals

photosynthesis

sprouts

oxygen release

Unit 2 Lesson 4 "Birdhouse for Rent" Selection Vocabulary Words

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rent

perch

habitat

vacant

vacated

tenants

peeked

deserted

snug

examined

eager

evergreen broadleaf

cheeps plump completely May 15, 2008

National Vocabulary List Grade 2

Unit 3 Lesson 1 "Red Light, Green Light, Mama and Me"

Unit 3 Lesson 3 "Jalapeño Bagels"

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practice

dusty

community

culture

bakery

business

public

mad

international

knead

recognize

clicking

ingredients

batch

automatically

pigeons

dough

recipe

perched

butterflies

jalapeño

boils

stamp

lox

pile

pumpernickel

skyscraper

crinkle

Unit 3 Lesson 2 "In the Money"

Unit 3 Lesson 4 "Out and About at City Hall"

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vault

loan

earn

council

manager

election

withdrawals

sorting

mayor

basic

borrow

lobby

elect

service

employees

interest

cashier

transportation

deposits

transaction

taxes

budget

receipt

routes

minutes

destroyed

Unit 3 Lesson 5 "Grandpa's Corner Store" Selection Vocabulary Words

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arrangement

hardware

owner

tingle

supermarket

huddled

tiles

sharp

charge

construction

register

aisles

flutters flyer spruce up

events

store May 15, 2008

National Vocabulary List Grade 2

Unit 4 Lesson 1 "Animal Camouflage" Selection Vocabulary Words

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camouflage

costume

protection

mimicry

reptiles

patterns

enemies

surroundings

match

pretenders

patches

blend

fawn

Unit 4 Lesson 3 "How to Hide an Octopus“ Selection Vocabulary Words

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delay

hue

survive

glides

relative

designed

fail

proceeds

dines

fade

drift

creatures

drab barnacles

marshes

anemone

sways

Unit 4 Lesson 2 "Hungry Little Hare"

Unit 4 Lesson 4 "How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots"

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meadow

tips

environment

delicate

speckles

adapt

pond

sneaky

reeds

cautiously

scent

slender

bank

twitching

disguise

katydid

admired

stubby

hare

fluttering

temper

startled

stump

drowsy

glossy

whirlwind

avoid

gratefully

barely

sleek

spied

spattering

tender

craned

Unit 4 Lesson 5 "I See Animals Hiding" Selection Vocabulary Words

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unaware

blade

invisible

protective

shed

coloration

herd

imitator

limb

available

trout

natural

stream brook wading cattails

May 15, 2008

National Vocabulary List Grade 2

Unit 5 Lesson 1 "Dragons and Giants"

Unit 5 Lesson 3 "The Empty Pot"

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trembling

dragons

daring

transferred

successor

fear

avalanche

giants

sprout

leaping

mirror

puffing

Unit 5 Lesson 5 "Brave as a Mountain Lion“ Selection Vocabulary Words

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proclamation

reservation

drifted

advice

courage

issued

dreaded

shoved

shouted

tended

succeed

qualified

platter

afraid

shadow

blossom

swarmed

mysterious

gymnasium

brave

hawk

kingdom

ashamed

mountain lion

mural

screamed

emperor

replied

stomping

swirling

exclaimed

inform

spine

Unit 5 Lesson 2 "The Hole in the Dike"

Unit 5 Lesson 4 "Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod"

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trickling

cottage

responsible

rumble

lead

danger

flooded

washed away

rugged

limping

rumbling

leak

snowdrift

volunteer

numb

echo

burrowed

grip

dikes

gushing

squinted

blizzard

windmills

village

shifted

rooting

hero

snapped

dash

depends livestock strand

recognized blocking

May 15, 2008

National Vocabulary List Grade 2

Unit 6 Lesson 1 "April and Her Family“

Unit 6 Lesson 3 "A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.“

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explorer

admire

tradition

demanding

powerful

value

orchid

rows

fair

chores

calligraphy

discovered

Unit 6 Lesson 5 "Cesar E. Chavez"

protests

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laws

slaves

treated

grape pickers

equality

stalks

graduated

doctorate

border

continued

sesame

chopsticks

arrested

honors

weakened

support

popular

introduced

prejudice

riots

strike

decade

wiser

wits

content

violence

union

throughout

boycott

memory

section

crops Unit 6 Lesson 2 "New Hope"

Unit 6 Lesson 4 "Jingle Dancer"

awarded

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brisk

dump

ancestors

calves

fetched

legacy

doe

plains

ached

east

leather

axles

pounding

duplex

shed

ferry

pale

burrowing

recycling

blacksmith

glimpse

north

fabric

bustling

shuffled

shucked

citizens

invitations

slipped

practiced

adopted

strolled May 15, 2008