Iris and Walter Vocabulary and Amazing Words Second

Iris and Walter Vocabulary and Amazing Words Second Grade Reading

Vocabulary Words • • ladder amazing roller-skate meadow

ladder • a ladder is a set of steps between two long pieces of wood, metal, or rope

amazing • something that is amazing is very surprising

roller-skate • to roller-skate is to move by using rollerskates, which are shoes that have wheels

meadow • a meadow is a piece of land where grass grows

AMAZING Words • • investigate rural urban creature underground brittle decision dart

investigate • When you investigate something, you find out all about it. • Let’s investigate our new neighborhood.

rural • People who live in the country live in a rural place. • My aunt lives on a farm in a rural part of the state.

urban • People who live in a city live in an urban place. • There is lots of traffic with cars, trucks, and buses in an urban place.

creature • A creature is an animal or person that is living. • Many creatures live in the forest.

underground • Under the ground you walk on. • If you ride the subway, you will go underground.

brittle • Something that is brittle breaks easily. • If you drop an egg, you’ll find out that its shell is brittle.

decision • When you make up your mind to do something, you make a decision. • I made a decision which way to go.

dart • When something darts, it moves very quickly from one place to another. • Did you see the boy dart across the playground to catch up with his class? .