2Nd Grade Reading/Writing Curriculum Guide (2014)
2nd Grade Reading/Writing Curriculum Guide (2014)
Date2014-2015 / Week / Reading Unit / Concepts/Writing / Standards
AH 1.15 (Phonics: Clap Syllables & Cheer spelling words) – All year long
Aug 6-8
Aug 11-15 / Week 1 / 1.1 David’s New Friends / Story Structure, Character, Setting, Dictionary Use
Poem: Descriptive, All About Me / L2.2
RF2.4
RL2.5 / RI2.1 2.W.5
L2.4
RFS2.3
Aug 18-22
(20 MCEA) / Week 2 / 1.2 Mr. Putter & Tabby Pour the Tea / Plot, Story Structure, word parts, inflected endings
Narrative: All About Me / L2.2
RFS2.3
RL2.5 / RL2.4
RL2.7
2.W.3
Aug 25-29 / Week 3 / 1.3 Fighting the Fire / summarize, main idea & details, word parts, word families
Informative Explanatory: Write a report about fire safety workers
Walking trip to Fire Depratment / L2.2
L2.4
RFS2.3
RIT2.1
PL Career Readiness/
Exploration / RIT2.2
RIT2.6
SL2.3
2.W.2
2.W.5
2.36
2.37
5.4
Sept 1-5
(1 Labor Day) / Week 4 / 1.4 Meeting Rosina / summarize, main idea & details, new meaning for known words
Letter: Describe yourself (What you are worried about(poem)) / L2.4
RIT2.6
2.W.5 / RIT2.1
RFS2.3
2.W.3
Sept 8-12 / Week 5 / 1.5 My Name is Yoon / prediction, summarize, word parts, inflected verbs
Narrative: Journal about a fun trip or experience you have had. / RIT2.5
RIT2.7
L2.4
RFS2.3 / RIT2.10
W2.1
AH2.26
2.W.3
2.W.5
Sept 15-19 / Week 6 / Unit 1 Review / Unit Assessment
Writing to a Prompt: Think about someone who has taken care of you. / L2.2
L2.4
RFS2.3
RIT2.1
RIT2.2
RIT2.5 / RIT2.6
RIT2.7
RIT2.10
SL2.3
2.W.1
Sept 22-26 / Week 7 / 2.1 The Tiny Seed / summarize, draw conclusions, nouns
How to Piece: Poster / RFS2.3
L2.1
L2.2 / L2.4 2.W.2
L2.5 2.W.5
RL2.1
Sept 29-Oct 3
Oct 6-10 / Week 8
FALL BREAK / 2.2 A Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up / summarize, main idea, retell, sequence of events
How to Care for an animal: Recall Info. / RL2.5
RFS23
L2.1 / L2.2 2.W.2
L2.5 2.W.5
2.W.8
Oct 13-17 / Week 9 / 2.3 A Trip to the Emergency Room / summarize, main idea & details, sequence of events, proper nouns
Non-fiction Article: Hospitals and the workers that work there / L2.2
L2.4
L2.5
RIT2.6 / RIT2.1
RFS2.3
RL2.5 2.W.7
2.W.2 2.W.5
Oct 20-24
(20 PD No School) / Week 10 / 2.4 Farfallina & Marcel / inferences, generate questions, possessive nouns
Friendly Letter: Something new in your life / L2.2
L2.4
L2.5
RFS2.3
RIT2.1 / PL2.29
PL4.1
PL5.1
PL5.4
2.W.3
Oct 27-31 / Week 11 / 2.5 There’s Nothing Like Baseball / inferences, generate questions, plural nouns
Opinion Piece: Write about something you like to do
Brainstorm: Ways to be active / L2.1
L2.2
L2.4
2.W.5
PL Lifetime Physical Wellness
4.2 / RL2.3
RFS2.3
2.W.3
2.W.1
2.31
2.35
3.7
Nov 3-7
(4 Election Day – No School) / Week 12 / Unit 2 Review / Unit Assessment
How to Play your favorite sport or do something they enjoy doing (Home project) / L2.1
L2.2
L2.4
RFS2.3 / 2.W.3 2.W.2
RIT2.1
L2.5
RL2.5
Nov 10-14 / Week 13 / 3.1 Head, Body, & Legs / cause & effect, action words
Persuasive Writing: Opinion – Write a poster about something that is important to you. How can you persuade others to care. / L2.4
L2.5
2.W.1 / RL2.3
RFS2.3
2.W.5
Nov 17-21 / Week 14 / 3.2 Officer Buckle and Gloria / illustrations, present tense
Illustrate a picture about safety: Explain to their group why it is important. / L2.4
L2.5
L2.2
RL2.7
RIT2.7 / RFS2.3 2.W.1
SL.1
PL Safety
2.30
2.33
5.4
Nov 24-25
(Thanksgiving) / Week 15 / Thanksgiving Week / Fist List about things they are thankful for – make a turkey / L2.1
RL2.1
L2.2
RL2.5
RL2.3 / RIT2.5
RIT2.10
2.W.1
2.W.2
2.W.8
Dec 1-5 / Week 16 / 3.3 Meet the Super Crock / summarize, past tense
Write a Report about Fossils: Informative reading more than one book over the same topic - Research / L2.2
L2.1
L2.4
2.W.2 / L2.5 2.W.5
RFS2.3
RFS2.4
2.W.7
Dec 8-12 / Week 17 / 3.4 Dancing as a Team / visualize, details, verb: have
Persuasive Advertising: Write an Ad that will make people want to buy or do something / L2.4
L2.1
L2.2
RL2.2
PL Lifetime Physical Wellness
4.2 / RL2.3 2.W.2
RL2.4 2.W.5
RFS2.3
2.W.1
2.31
2.35
3.7
Dec 15-19 / Week 18 / 3.5 Click, Clack, Moo / alliteration, synonyms, cause/effect, words in context
Persuasive letter to the editor of your town about how you think or feel about something / L2.2
L2.4
2.W.1 / RFS2.3
RL2.4
2.W.5
Date
2014-2015 / Week / Reading Unit / Concepts / Standards
Jan 5-9 / Week 19 / Unit 3 Review / Unit Assessment
Writing to a prompt: Write a letter to a parent about a Piñata Party / L2.1
L2.2
L2.4
RFS2.3
RL2.2 / RL2.3 2.W.1
RL2.4
RFS2.4
RL2.7
RIT2.7
Jan 12-16 / Week 20 / 4.1 Splish, Splash, Animal Baths / nonfiction, generate questions, compare/contrast, verbs, summary
Write a summary about an animal include how it behaves and needs. / L2.2
RL2.7
RFS2.3
2.W.5 / L2.1
L2.6
2.W.2
2.W.8
Jan 19-23
(19 MLK) / Week 21 / 4.2 Goose’s Story / generate questions, cause/effect, helping verbs
News Story: Write about a town happening use (Class) who/what/when/where/why/how / L2.2
RL2.7
RFS2.3
2.W.5 / L2.1
L2.6
RL2.9
2.W.2
Jan 26-30 / Week 22 / 4.3 A Way to Help Planet Earth
Home Recycling Project / nonfiction, generate questions, test structure, steps in process, irregular verbs
Write a piece about How to Take Care of planet Earth / L2.2
L2.1
L2.6
2.W.2
2.W.5 / RFS2.3
RIT2.6
RIT2.5
2.W.8
Feb 2-6 / Week 23 / 4.4 Super Storms / nonfiction, predictions, irregular verbs, compare/contrast
Compare and Contrast: 2 Kinds of weather / L2.1
L2.2
L2.6
2.W.8 / RFS2.3
RIT2.5
RIT2.6
2.W.5
Feb 9-13 / Week 24 / 4.5 Nutik, the Wolf Pup / inferences, contractions, book reports, *Babu’s song (dialect), African American inventors (timeline)
Book Report: Title, Author, what it’s about, how do you feel about it, who else would enjoy it (Graphic Organizer) / RFS2.3
L2.1
L2.2
2.W.5 / RL2.10
RIT2.5
2.W.8
Feb 16-20
(16 PD No School) / Week 25 / Unit 4 Review / Unit Assessment
Write a summary about the story of the Umbrella – 5 sentences / RFS2.3
L2.1
L2.2
2.W.3 / L2.5
RIT2.5
RIT2.6
Feb 23-27 / Week 26 / 5.1 Dig, Wait, Listen / informational story, context clues, author’s purpose, summarize, pronouns
Fictional Dialogue: Comic strip (books from library as examples) / RFS2.3
L2.1
L2.2
2.W.3 / L2.5
RIT2.5
RIT2.6
2.W.5
March 2-6 / Week 27 / 5.2 Pushing Up the Sky / play/drama, moral/lesson, suffixes, problem/solution, pronouns, visualize
Poetry Week: Do different poems a day / RFS2.3
L2.1
L2.4
RL2.2
PL Computer/
Tech
2.37
1.16 / RL2.3
AH Among the Arts
2.25
2.26
1.12
1.15
1.14
March 9-13 / Week 28 / 5.3 Columbus Explores New Lands / nonfiction, context clues, summarize, main idea/details, possessive pronouns
Research Report: About continents or oceans / RFS2.3
L2.1
L2.4
L2.2
2.W.7 / RIT2.1
RIT2.5
RIT2.6
RIT2.8
2.W.5
March 16-20
(20 PD No School) / Week 29 / 5.4 Ugly Vegetables / realistic fiction, context clues, summarize, sequence of events, pronoun/verb agreement
Explain how to grow a garden: plant seeds and record observations / RFS2.3
L2.1
L2.2
RIT2.8
RIT2.6 / RIT2.1
L2.4
RIT2.5
RL2.5
2.W.7
March 23-27 / Week 30 / 5.5 The Moon / nonfiction, suffixes, compound words, summarize, classify/organize, contractions, *comparison writing
Poem: If I Were on the Moon I Would / RFS2.3
L2.2
L2.4
L2.1
RIT2.6
2.W.6 / RIT2.8
RIT2.1
RIT2.5
RL2.5
2.W.3
2.W.8
Mar 30-Apr 3
(April 6-10) / Week 31
Spring Break / Unit 5 Review / Unit Assessment
Narrative: Write a story about giving a friend a surprise party (Beg., middle, end) / RFS2.3
L2.4
L2.2
L2.1
RIT2.1 / RIT2.5
RIT2.6
RIT2.8
RL2.5
2.W.3
April 13-17 / Week 32 / 6.1 Mice and Beans / adjectives, story structure, fantasy vs. reality
Party Invitation: Use technology to help create (Answer when, where, what time) and decorate / RFS2.3
L2.1
L2.2
L2.4
2.W.6
PL Computer/Tech
2.37 / RL2.5
RIT2.5
RIT2.6
RIT2.8
2.W.8
1.16
April 20-24 / Week 33 / 6.2 Stirring Up Memories / autobiography, text structure, drawing conclusions, narratives
Diamond Poem: Write about you and a special person / RFS2.3
L2.2
L2.1
2.W.6 / L2.4
RL2.1
2.W8
April 27-May 1 / Week 34 / 6.3 Music of the Stone Age / Context clues, multiple meaning words, text structure, making judgments
Think about a piece of art for your school: What tools would you use, display it, what type of art is it / RFS2.3
L2.2
L2.1
L2.4
2.W.8
AH Purpose for Creating Arts / RL2.1
RL2.5
RL2.6
2.24
2.26
1.12
1.15
May 4-8 / Week 35 / 6.4 African American Inventors / Word parts, suffixes, compare and contrast, biography
Write a biography: Research someone in the library / RFS2.3
L2.2
L2.1
L2.4
2.W.7 / RL2.1
RL2.5
RL2.6
2.W.2
2.W.5
May 11-15 / Week 36 / 6.5 Babu’s Song / Context clues, character and setting
Journal Entry: About a place you have visited or a place you are going to visit / RFS2.3
L2.2
L2.1
L2.4
2.W.8 / RL2.1
RL2.5
RL2.6
2.W.3