1. Unit 2 Lesson 3 Created by Mrs. Perez-Vasquez Let’s Explore 2nd Grade
2nd Grade
Created by Mrs. Perez-Vasquez

2. Vocabulary and Definitions
Content Standard: Reading: Vocabulary and Concept Development 1.0 Learning Objective: Today, you will read the selection vocabulary and definitions.

3. Vocabulary Definitions
Carefully read the word and the definition.
The definition provides an explanation of the word.

4. Definitions The definition helps you understand the meaning of a word.
To find the definition of a word, a person may use a dictionary or a glossary.

6. Selection Vocabulary
Dull sensing attract Flash danger markings Fussy cycle Grasshoppers antennae

7. Grasshoppers
Definition: Plural of grasshopper: an insect with long, powerful legs for jumping.
A grasshopper can jump twenty times the length of his body.

8. Grasshoppers

9. Antennae Grasshoppers use their antennae to touch and smell.
Definition: Plural of antenna: an insect feeler.
Grasshoppers use their antennae to touch and smell.

10. Fussy
Definition: Hard to please.
Most grasshoppers aren’t fussy about what plants they eat. Any green plants will do.

11. Dull
Definition: Not bright
The pair of colorful wings are usually hidden by another pair of dull, outer wings.

12. Sensing
Definition : Feeling.
The grasshopper’s big eyes help see things coming up behind it.

13. Attract
Definition: To draw attention
Male grasshoppers make a buzzing sound when they are trying to attract a mate .

14. Flash When a grasshopper flies, its enemies see a bright flash.
Definition: A quick, short burst of light.
When a grasshopper flies, its enemies see a bright flash.

15. Danger Earthquakes are a real danger in California.
Definition: Something that may cause harm or injury.
Earthquakes are a real danger in California.

16. Markings
Definition: Plural of marking: a patch of color.
After a few hours after hatching, the color and markings appear on the nymph.

17. Cycle The life cycle of grasshopper starts with the egg stage.
Definition: A repeated sequence of events.
The life cycle of grasshopper starts with the egg stage.

18. Cycle The grasshopper like the ant and other insects has a life cycle.
Definition: A repeated sequence of events.
The grasshopper like the ant and other insects has a life cycle.

19. Cycle
Definition: A repeated sequence of events.
The eggs live thru winter and hatch in the spring. A young nymph comes out.

20. Cycle
Definition: A repeated sequence of events.
The eggs live thru winter and hatch in the spring. A young nymph comes out.

21. Molting
Definition: Periodic shedding of the outer skin.
Molting is when the grasshopper’s shell cracks off because it is too small.

22. Molting
As the grasshopper grows the shell gets too small and cracks off. A new bigger covering is underneath the old covering.

24. Selection Vocabulary
Dull sensing attract Flash danger markings Fussy cycle Grasshoppers antennae

25. Concept Vocabulary
The concept word for this lesson is
Nature

26. Nature
Definition:
Nature is “everything in the world not made by people.” Nature includes plants, animals, and insects.

27. Nature Concept Vocabulary
What kind of things from nature can you find outside?
Nature