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City Sounds

This one-page read-and-understand story is about the city noises that Carlos hears. The unit includes five reading skills activity pages on story details, word meanings, sequencing, suffixes, and drawing & writing about what you see & hear from your front step. (Find other units by searching "Read Stories 2.")

"I Hear, I Hear"

This read/understand chant, written by Pat Mora, describes the way life of the Tarahumara tribe in Mexico. It is in a section titled "A World of Sights & Sounds" and includes directions, poem, comprehension questions (in test-prep format), and emphasis on special typesetting & onomatopoeia. (Find other units by searching "Understand Diversity 2-3.")

"Ladybug, Ladybug"

This read/understand poem, written by John Himmelman, is about ladybugs & is found in a section titled "Beasts, Birds, & Bugs." The unit includes directions, reproducible poem, comprehension questions (in test-prep format) & a page that asks students to identify how innovation & personification are used in the poem. (Find other units by searching "Understand Poetry 2-3.")

Noises in the Night

This one-page read-and-understand story is about how raccoons woke up the family one night. The unit includes five reading skills activity pages on story details, sequencing, word meanings, the "oo" and "-ight" word families, suffixes, and following directions. (Find other units by searching "Read Stories 2.")

Prefixes: dis-

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This vocabulary skills unit for grade 2 presents activities (add, circle, rewrite, choose) in which students add a word part (dis- means "not" or "the opposite of") to a base word that changes the word's meaning (dis- + connected = disconnected, meaning "not connected"). Presented in three levels of difficulty. Includes answer key.

Prefixes: mis-

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This vocabulary skills unit for grade 2 presents activities (add, write, circle, use, choose) in which students add a word part (mis- means "bad" or "wrong") to the beginning of a base word that changes the word's meaning (mis- + behavior = misbehavior or "bad behavior"). Presented in three levels of difficulty. Includes answer key.

Prefixes: over-

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This vocabulary skills unit for grade 2 presents activities (add, match, circle, write, complete, use, fill in) in which students add a word part (over- means "too much") to the beginning of a base word that changes the word's meaning (over- + pay = overpay or "to pay too much"). Presented on three levels of difficulty. Includes answer key.

Prefixes: pre-

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This vocabulary skills unit for grade 2 presents activities (underline, add, match, write, complete, use, fill in) in which students add a word part (pre- means "before") to a base word that changes the word's meaning (pre- + pay = prepay or "to pay before"). Presented in three levels of difficulty. Includes answer key.

Prefixes: re-

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This vocabulary skills unit for grade 2 presents activities (add, match, write, finish, fill in) in which students add a word part (re- means "again") to the beginning of a word that changes the word's meaning (re- + use = reuse or "to use again"). Presented in three levels of difficulty. Includes answer key.

Prefixes: un-

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This vocabulary skills unit for grade 2 presents activities (add, circle, write, choose) in which students add a word part (un- means "not" or "the opposite of") to the beginning of a base word that changes the meaning of the word (un- + welcome = unwelcome or "not welcome"). Presented in three levels of difficulty. Includes answer key.

Prefixes: under-

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This vocabulary skills unit for grade 2 presents activities (add, match, fill in, use, choose) in which students add a word part (under- means "beneath" or "not enough") to the beginning of a base word that changes the word's meaning (under- + line = underline, meaning drawing a line beneath a word). Presented in three levels of difficulty. Includes answer key.

Stone Soup

This two-page read-and-understand story is a retelling of the folk tale about how to make soup from a stone. The unit includes five reading skills activity pages on story details, sequencing, word meanings, the suffixes "er/est," counting syllables, and writing directions for making soup. (Find other units by searching "Read Stories 2.")

Suffixes: -er & -or

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This vocabulary skills unit for grade 2 presents activities (read, circle, match, complete, choose, write, fill in) in which students add a word part (-er or -or, meaning "a person who") to the end of a base word that makes a new word (teach + -er = teacher, meaning "a person who teaches"). Presented in three levels of difficulty. Includes answer key.

Suffixes: -ful

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This vocabulary skills unit for grade 2 presents activities (use, complete, add, write, choose) in which students add a word part (-ful, meaning "full of") to the end of a base word that creates a new word (thank + -ful = thankful, meaning "full of thanks"). Presented in three levels of difficulty. Includes answer key.

Suffixes: -less

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This vocabulary skills unit for grade 2 presents activities (add, circle, replace, rewrite, fill in) in which students add a word part (-less, meaning "without") to the end of a base word that creates a new word (fear + -less = fearless, meaning "without fear"). Presented in three levels of difficulty. Includes answer key.