Grade 2 - Read-Aloud Insets

118 Insects: Supplemental Guide 6 | Insects That Glow and Sing

Vocabulary Chart for Insects That Glow and Sing

Core Vocabulary words are in bold.

Multiple Meaning Word Activity word is underlined.

Vocabulary Instructional Activity words have an asterisk (*).

Suggested words to pre-teach are in italics.

Type of Words Tier 3

Domain-Specifi c Words

Tier 2

General Academic Words

Tier 1

Everyday-Speech Words

Understanding

cicada

abdomen

thorax

antennae

larva/larvae

katydid

glowworm

species

vibrate

tympanum

forelegs

tymbals

bioluminescence

transparent*

lanterns

communicate

wings

male/female

produces/

produced

crickets

egg/eggs

grasshopper/

grasshoppers

firefly/fireflies

ocean

same/different

sing/singing/song

worms

Multiple Meaning

glow

blink/blinking

mates

rub

code/codes

pair/pairs

signal/signals

call/calls

flies

light

part

sounds

Phrases lightning bugs chemical reactions

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