Grade 2 - Read-Aloud Insets

136 Insects: Supplemental Guide 7 | Armored Tanks of the Insect World

Vocabulary Chart for Armored Tanks of the Insect World

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

abdomen/

abdomens

armor

dung

elytra

jaws

larvae

mimicry*

predators

adapt/adapted

chemicals

oxygen

animal/animals

beetles

egg

food

insects

ladybugs

largest

underwater

Multiple Meaning

horns back/front

feed

fly

hard

plant/plants

wings

Phrases

boll weevils

bombardier beetle

desert beetles

dung beetles

stag beetle

wasp beetle

water beetles

Cognates

abdomen/

abdomenes

adapta/adaptado

oxígeno

químicos

insectos

planta/plantar/

plantas

animal/animales