Firefighters!

Vocabulary and Amazing Words

Second Grade Reading
 Vocabulary Words
• station • tightly
• building • burning
• roar • fireproof
• masks • hydrant
• quickly • outriggers
 station
• A building or place used for a
special reason
 building
• Something that has been built.
 roar
• A loud, deep sound.
 masks
• Coverings that hide or protect
your face.
 quickly
• In a short time.
 tightly
• When something is tied firmly.
 burning
• To be on fire.
 fireproof
• Almost impossible to burn.
 hydrant
• A large water pipe that sticks
up out the ground.
 outriggers
• A framework that sticks out
from the side of a light boat,
canoe, or other vehicle to keep
it from turning over.
 Amazing Words
• community • instrument
• responsible • caretaker
• teamwork • lug
• operation • supplies
 community
• The people who live around
you and your community.
 responsible
• Taking charge of something
that others are counting on.
 teamwork
• When a group of people put a
lot of effort into doing
something together.
 operation
• When a doctor or vet opens
the body to fix something.
 instrument
• Any tool used by a doctor and
vets to help them examine a
patient, to help them fix and
injury, or to repair a part of the
body.
 caretaker
• A person, like a custodian or janitor,
who makes sure that everything on
the inside and out side of a building is
clean and in working order.
 lug
• To carry or pull something that
is very heavy or clumsy.
 supplies
• The things you need to do a
particular job or activity, such
as cleaning supplies.