Unit 2
Reading Street Unit 2 Stories
Week 1: What Jo Did
What Jo Did is a fiction story about a kid who with some amazing basketball skills.
We will learn about cause and effect and background knowledge.
Week 2: Coyote School News
Coyote School News is a historical fiction story about a Spanish boy growing up.
We will learn about drawing conclusions and story structure.
Week 3: Scene Two
Scene Two is a drama about a group of kids writing a play about their town's history.
We will learn about drawing conclusions and questioning.
Week 5: So You Want to Be President?
So You Want to Be President is an expository text about the presidents of the United States. We will learn about main idea and details and inferring.
Week 4: The Horned Toad Prince
Horse heroes is an expository text about real horses that were extraordinary.
We will learn about fact and opinion.
Reading Street Unit 2 Spelling
Spelling Words for
Unit 2 Week 1
Add -s to words ending in a vowel and y and to most words: monkeys, friends. Change y to i and add -es to words ending in a consonant and y:
supplies. Add -es to words ending in sh, ch, s, ss, x: taxes.
1. monkeys
2. friends
3. plays
4. supplies
5. taxes
6. holidays
7. months
8. companies
9. costumes
10. sandwiches
11. hobbies
12. daisies
13. delays
14. scratches
15. counties
16. teammates
17. memories
18. bunches
19. batteries
20. donkeys
Spelling Words for
Unit 2 Week 2
Some plurals are formed by adding -s or -es: hoofs, potatoes. Sometimes the spelling of the singular form changes: loaves, feet. Some words do not change at all.
1. videos
2. feet
3. potatoes
4. themselves
5. lives
6. leaves
7. cliffs
8. men
9. halves
10. moose
11. radios
12. sheep
13. cuffs
14. beliefs
15. patios
16. children
17. tornadoes
18. tomatoes
19. hoofs
20. loaves
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Spelling Words for
Unit 2 Week 3
The vowel sound in arm is often spelled ar: start. The vowel sound in for is often spelled or: morning.
1. morning
2. forest
3. garbage
4. form
5. alarm
6. corner
7. story
8. argue
9. backyard
10. start
11. partner
12. storm
13. Florida
14. apartment
15. sport
16. force
17. forward
18. sharp
19. garden
20. Arkansas
Spelling Words for
Unit 2 Week 4
Some words have two consonants that blend together: among, think.
Some words have two consonants that are said as one sound: graph, wheel.
1. Thanksgiving
2. among
3. think
4. blank
5. graph
6. young
7. wheel
8. nephew
9. belong
10. whiskers
11. whisper
12. elephant
13. white
14. shrink
15. wharf
16. trunk
17. strong
18. blink
19. chunk
20. skunk
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Spelling Words for
Unit 2 Week 5
The vowel sound in girl can be spelled ear, ir, our, and ur: early, first, courage, return.
1. return
2. courage
3. surface
4. purpose
5. first
6. turkey
7. heard
8. early
9. turtle
10. birthday
11. journal
12. courtesy
13. nourish
14. purse
15. furniture
16. search
17. curtain
18. burrow
19. hamburger
20. survey
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