Knowledge Map 1.

city town
I help!
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country home
I care!
state school Super Citizen
I join!
I share!
Community
Citizenship
follow rules

be kind
Make a
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Difference
vote
get involved
do your best
Grade 2 | Build Knowledge and Language Module 1
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Blend and Read

1 pat hip hat pit nip catnip
2 cab can quit attic fib zigzag
3 am six man pin fit hatpin
4 nap visit sat bag big picnic
5 magic panic timid valid rapid
6 Kim dips and digs in the jam.
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7 Kim, you can not have jam.

8 Dan can fit the jam in his big bag.

Grade 2 | Foundational Skills Module 1 • Week 1

 Generative Vocabulary 1.3

Words That Describe Actions

Verbs are words that describe Examples

actions. They tell what 1 Manuel likes to munch on apples.

someone or something is doing. 2 Kayla grinned at her friend.
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If you see a verb that you do not 3 It’s fun to jump in the pool.
know, you can look it up in the 4 Ducks float on the pond.
dictionary. 5 The horses gallop on the track.

You can bounce the ball.

Grade 2 | Vocabulary Module 1 • Week 1

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Antonyms
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Antonyms are words that have Examples

opposite meanings. 1 Why do you look serious?

Why do you look joyful?
• Dad bellowed to us.
• Dad whispered to us. 2 The door is open.
The door is closed.
Bellowed and whispered are
antonyms because the words 3 This rock is very bumpy.
This rock is very smooth.
have opposite meanings.

Grade 2 | Vocabulary Module 1 • Week 1

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Blend and Read

1 ten pen sunset puppet run lot
2 dug leg velvet magnet dog sun
3 cat fan napkin catnap hit limit
4 bat man rabbit picnic habit bin
5 jut lag absent dentist ticket trim
6 Did Dad get the van to run?
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7 Dad left Ken and Max a fun job.

8 Ken and Max wash and wax the van.

Grade 2 | Foundational Skills Module 1 • Week 2

 Generative Vocabulary 1.6

Words That Describe People, Places, Things

Adjectives are words that describe Examples

people, places, or things. 1 sight = shiny, thin

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• looks red 2 hearing = noisy, squeaky

• smells sweet 3 smell = fresh, rotten
• feels damp 4 touch = fuzzy, sharp
Adjectives can show what someone 5 taste = sour, juicy
or something is like or how they act. 6 acts/like = sleepy, excited
Lin is always polite.
Use a dictionary to find the meaning of adjectives.

Grade 2 | Vocabulary Module 1 • Week 2

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Blend and Read

1 cape kite tape bite bake bike
2 cage rice race page mice face
3 tub vet mitten set sob attic
4 but button kitten kit rib ribbon
5 grate vane spine brave prime crane
6 Zane can walk a mile to Lime Lake.
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7 Pip rides a bike in the lane.

8 Kevin has a den in a nice, wide pen.

Grade 2 | Foundational Skills Module 1 • Week 3

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Inflections -ed, -ing

Add -ed to the end of a verb to Examples

tell about an action that already

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1 past = we planned
happened. Add -ing to tell what present = we are planning
is happening or will happen.
future = we will be planning

2 past = riders turned

present = riders are turning
future = riders will be turning

jump + ed = jumped
jump + ing = jumping
Grade 2 | Vocabulary Module 1 • Week 3