Second Grade Reading Street

Unit 1: A Walk in the Desert

Week 4
Selection Words:
1. desert - land that is sandy and without much
water
2. harsh - very rough
3. climate - kind of weather a place has
4. cactus - plant with spines that grows in hot, dry
places
5. coyote - small animal like a wolf
Amazing Words:
1. arid - very, very dry
2. landform - shape formed on land, such as hills,
mountains, lakes, and deserts
3. precipitation - any kind of rain, snow, hail or
other form of water that falls from the clouds
4. dunes - hills of sand in a desert that are
formed by the wind
5. ledge - a shelf
6. haven - a safe place
7. extinct - not alive anymore
8. forbidding - dangerous and scary

Grammar: Declarative and interrogative
sentences
Writing Trait: Word Choice
High Frequency
Words:
1. water
2. full
3. animals
4. early
5. warm
6. eyes
Phonics:
Inflected Endings: -s, -
ed, -ing

Comprehension:
Skill: Main idea &
details
Strategy: Text structure
Spelling Words:
1. talked
2. talking
3. dropped
4. dropping
5. excited
6. exciting
7. lifted
8. lifting
9. hugged
10. hugging
11. smiled
12. smiling

Reading Genre

A Walk in the Desert is an
Expository text. It tells facts
about a topic.