Reading/Phonics/Language/Writing Grade 2

Instructional Calendar 2003-2004

Reading/Phonics/Language/Writing Grade 2 /

August 2003

State Department of Education
http://www.sde.state.id.us/Dept/
State Board of Education
http://www.idahoboardofed.org/saa/
Idaho State Curriculum Guides
http://www.d91.k12.id.us/curriculum%20web/Idaho%20State%20Curriculum%20Guides/
Idaho Falls Curriculum Guides
http://www.d91.k12.id.us/curriculum/curriculum.htm
Red – State Dept. Reading Academy, Basic Language Skills (BLS)
Blue – Idaho Reading Indicator
TE – Teacher’s Edition Lit – Literacy Activity Workbook / Mon / Tues / Wed / Thurs / Fri
1
4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15
ISAT
Goal / State Stan-dard / Objec-tive / Essential Objective / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22
25 / 26
New Teacher Work-day / 27
Teacher In-service / 28
Teacher Work-day / 29
No School

Reading/Phonics/Language/Writing Grade 2 September 2003

ISAT
Goal / Essential Objective / Mon / Tues / Wed / Thurs / Fri
Fall IRI
Rd-Vocab.
Rd-Interp. Comp.
Rd-Eval. Comp.
Rd-Interp. Comp.
Lang-Wt. Process
Rd. Word Analysis / Theme 1 Tacky
Vocabulary Pretest
Predict/Infer TE 14, 15
Monitor TE 14, 21
Evaluate TE 14, 23
Summarize TE 14, 29
Above Reading Strategies Lit. 5
Reading/Writing Workshop – A Class Book
Phonics – BLS – Days 1, 2 - vowels, consonants, syllables / 1
Labor Day
No School / 2
First Day of School / 3 / 4 / 5
Rd-Lit. Analysis
Rd-Interp. Comp.
Rd-Eval. Comp.
Rd. Vocabulary
Lang. Grammar
Rd. Word Analysis
Rd. Word Analysis /

Cats of Tiffany Street

Poetry – Rhyming Words TE 65
Summarizing TE 71,80-81 Transparency 1B, Lit. 9 (Theme Test)
Fantasy/Realism TE 73
Homonyms TE 87, Lit 13
Sentence Structure TE 88, Transparency 1-1, Lit. 14 (Theme Test)
Phonics – Consonant Blends TE 82, 83, Lit. 10 (Theme Test)
Phonics – BLS - Days 3, 4, 5, short vowels, closed syllables / 8 / 9 / 10 Back to School
Night -JH
12:20 Dis-missal / 11 / 12
Rd-Interp. Comp.
Rd-Interp. Comp.
Rd. Interp. Comp.
Rd. Literal Comp. /

Arthur’s Pet Business

Infer/Draw Conclusions TE 144-45, Transparency 1D, Lit. 10 (Theme Test)
Summarizing TE 113 (Theme Test)
Idioms TE 149, Transparency 1-3
Alphabetical Order TE 149, Lit. 23
Reading Strategies Lit. 5 / 15 / 16 / 17 Back to School
Night-ES
1:25 Dis-missal / 18 / 19
Lang-Comp/Struc.
Lang-Wtg.Process
Lang-Grammar
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd. Word Analysis /

Arthur’s Pet Business

Exact Words TE 133
Writing a Phone Message TE 150-51 Transparency 1-4, Lit. 24
Nouns – Naming Parts of Sentences TE 153, Lit. 27 (Theme Test)
Phonics– Consonant clusters/digraphs sh, ch, ck, th, wh – TE 146-47, Lit. 21, 25, 26
Phonics – BLS - Days 6, 7– consonant digraphs – sh, ck, th, ng (Theme Test) / 22
Fall ISAT window begins / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26
Lang-Wtg.Process
Lang-Comp/Struc.
Lg-Capitalization
Lang-Punctuation
Lang-Spelling /

Writer’s Workshop / Six Traits

Write a story with a beginning, middle, and end / 29 / 30

Reading/Phonics/Language/Writing Grade 2 October 2003

ISAT
Goal / Essential Objective / Mon / Tues / Wed / Thurs / Fri
No School / 1 / 2
In
service No School / 3
In-
service No School
Rd-Lit. Analysis / Writer’s Workshop - Continued
Poetry TE 169 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
Rd-Interp. Comp.
Rd-Interp. Comp.
Rd. Literal Comp.
Rd. Vocab.
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis /

Julius

Fantasy/Realism TE 208, Lit. 32
Infer/Draw Conclusions TE 195 (Theme Test)
Alphabetical Order (first letter) TE 213, Lit. 37
Slang TE 213
Phonics–Consonant digraphs th, wh, sh, ch, ck TE 197, 210-11, Lit. 33 (Theme Test)
Phonics – Three-letter Blends str, spr, scr, spl
Phonics – BLS – Days 34, 36 - ch, tch, Day 164 – wh / D13
ES: Cut off mid-term / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17
Lang. Grammar
Lang. Grammar
Rd-Vocab. /

Julius

Writing Complete Sentences TE 214-15, Transparency 1-6, Lit. 38 (Theme Test)
Verbs – Action Parts of Sentences TE 217, Lit. 41 (Theme Test)
Vocabulary Posttest
THEME TEST / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24
Rd-Vocab.
Rd-Interp. Comp.
Rd-Eval. Comp.
Rd-Vocab.
Lang.Grammar
Lang Lit. Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd.Word Analysis / Theme 2 Animal tracks
Vocabulary Pretest
Main idea, topic, details, summarizing TE 29, TE 36-7 (Theme Test)
Compare and contrast TE 23, TE 78-9 (Theme Test)
Reading strategies Lit. 5
Multiple Meanings TE 43, Lit. 48
Sentence structure TE 44-5 (Theme Test)
Poetry TE 55
Phonics – short vowels, a, i, u, TE 33, Lit 45consonant blends, digraphs nd, ng, nk
Phonics – BLS – Days 10, 11 short a (Theme Test) / 27
Grade Level /
ES: 1:25 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31

Reading/Phonics/Language/Writing Grade 2 November 2003

ISAT
Goal /
Essential Objective / Mon / Tues / Wed / Thurs / Fri
Rd-Eval. Comp.
Rd-Literal Comp.
Lang-Grammar
Lang-Conventions
Lang- Wtg. Process
Rd- Word Analysis / Nature Spy
Reading Strategies Lit. 5
Compare and Contrast- Lit 55, Venn Diagrams (Theme Test)
Noting Details- TE 75, Lit 54 (Theme Test)
Reading strategies Lit. 5
Kinds of Sentences TE 84 (Theme Test)
Introduce letter format TE 97
Phonics – Short Vowels TE 69, 71, 80, Transparency 2-3, Lit. 56 (Theme Test) / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
Rd-Eval Comp.
Rd-Interp. Comp.
Rd-Interp. Comp.
Rd- Vocab.
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Lang- Wtg. Process
Lang- Comp-Struc. / What Lives in a Shell
Reading Strategies Lit. 5
Categorize and classify-TE 136, Lit 67 (Theme Test)
Summarize-Lit. 73 (Theme Test)
Making generalizations- TE 120
Compound words TE 121 (Theme Test)
Phonics – Long Vowel cvce TE 115, 138, Lit. 69 (Theme Test)
Phonics – BLS – Day 12 Vowel consonant-e syllable
Phonics – BLS – Day 15, final e, Day 30, e-final e
Developing main idea and details (Theme Test)
Writing a paragraph TE 142, Lit 73 (Theme Test) / 10 / 11
Work day / 12 / 13 / 14
Lang- Wtg. Process
Rd-Literal Comp.
Rd-Vocab.
Lang-Wtg.Process
Rd- Vocab. /

Writer’s workshop / Six Traits

Writing Instructions - TE 152 Teacher created writing form.
Sequencing steps TE 154
Time order words- TE 155 appropriate vocabulary, writes vocab
Variety of formats
Antonyms Lit 71 (Theme Test) / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21
Lang-Wtg. Process
Lg-Capitalization
Lang-Punctuation
Lang-Spelling / Writer’s Workshop - Continued / 24 / 25
End of 1st Tri / 26 / 27 / 28

Reading/Phonics/Language/Writing Grade 2 December 2003

ISAT
Goal / Essential Objective / Mon / Tues / Wed / Thurs / Fri
Writer’s Workshop - Continued
Winter IRI – Difficult words: Jane, safety, bush, Phonograms: ai, oo, kn, ch, qu, ue,
and /c/ as /s/, Suffixes: ed, er, ing, Blends: sw, pl, Syllables: closed, vowel pair, vowel r (ar, er, ir) / 1ES report cutoff
No
School / 2 / 3 / 4
Early Dis-missal ES 1:25 / 5
PT Conf. ES
No
School
Rd Literal Comp.
Rd- Vocab.
Lang- Comp/Struc.
Lang-Grammar / Where Does the Trail Lead
Reading for Details- TE 183 Lit 79 (Theme Test)
Antonyms (Theme Test)
Descriptive lang- TE 195 Lit 84 (Theme Test)
Nouns TE 210, Naming Words TE 213 (Theme Test) / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
Rd-Eval. Comp.
Rd- Vocab.
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Vocab. / Where Does the Trail Lead
Categorize and Classify (Theme Test)
Compound WordsTE 121 (ThemeTest)
Phonics – Consonants nd, ng, nk TE 187, 206 Transparency 2-9, Lit. 81 (Theme Test)
Phonics – Long vowels TE 193 (Theme Test)
Phonics – BLS Day 72-long a, Day 81-long i, Day 83-long o, Day 89-long u
Phonics – BLS Day 66 Vowels in Open Syllables
Vocabulary Posttest
THEME TEST / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19
22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26
29 / 30 / 31

Reading/Phonics/Language/Writing Grade 2 January 2004

ISAT
Goal / Essential Objective / Mon / Tues / Wed / Thur / Fri
1 / 2
Rd-Vocab.
Rd-Lit. Analysis
Rd- Inter. Comp.
Lang-Wtg.Process
Lang-Grammar
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis /

Theme 3 My First American Friend

Vocabulary Pretest
Author’s viewpoint TE 29,32,33, Lit 89 (Theme Test, Fishbone Diagram)
Making judgments/ conclusions TE 21 (Theme Test)
Writing addresses- Lit 93 (Teacher prepared form)
Proper nouns- TE 43, Lit 96, worksheets (Theme Test)
Reading Stategies- Lit 5
Phonics – Vowel pairs: ai, ay, ee, ea TE 23, 27 34-37 Lit. 90, 94, 95 (Theme Test)
Phonics – BLS - Day 13, oo, ee, Day 56-57 ay, Day 58-61 ai (Theme Test) / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
Rd- Interp Comp.
Rd-Interp. Comp.
Rd-Lit. Analysis
Rd- Literal Comp.
Rd- Vocab.
Lang-Grammar
Rd- Vocab.
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis /

Watch Out Ronald Morgan

Making generalizations TE 75,84 and 85 (Theme Test)
Cause and Effect- TE 69, Social studies graphic, Fishbone diagram (Theme Test)
Author’s viewpoint TE 79, Fishbone diagram
Dictionary/Glossary - TE 89, trans 3-4 Lit 103 (Theme Test)
Multiple meaning TE 89, Practice/learn worksheets
Pronouns- Lit .108 (Theme Test)
Contractions TE 65 (Theme Test)
Reading Stategies- Lit 5
Phonics – Vowel pairs ee, ea, ai, ay TE 71, 77, 86, 87 Trans. 3-3 Lit. 101, 106, 107
Phonics – BLS - Day 140, 144, 165 ea (Theme Test) / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16
Rd- interp. Comp.
Rd. Literal Comp.
Lang-Comp/Struc.
Lg.-Comp/Struct,
Rd-Lit. Analysis
Lang- Spelling
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis /

What Kind of Babysitter IsThis

Making judgments/conclusions worksheets TE 117,132, 133 Lit.113 (Theme Test)
ABC order third letter TE 137
Strong verbs TE 123
Writing an invitation to- recognize this format TE 138-9 Lit. 118
Plurals add s and es- TE 141 teacher worksheets (Theme Test)
Reading Stategies- Lit 5
Phonics - Vowel pairs oa, ow, ou TE 121, 125, 134, 135 Lit. 114, 119, 120
Phonics – BLS – Day 132, 136-38 Vowel pairs ow, ou (Theme Test) / 19
Staff Dev / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23
Rd-Interp Comp.
Rd-Interp. Comp.
Rd -Literal Comp.
Rd-Vocab.
Rd Interp. Comp.
Lang-Grammar
Lang-Spelling
Rd- Lit. Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis /

Ruby the Copycat

Cause and Effect TE 165, 186,187 Social studies graphic and Fish diagram Lit 124 (Theme Test)
Making Judgment/ conclusions TE 167
Following directions TE 193, Lit 128
Contractions TE 175, 190, 191, 196 Lit 130,131 (Theme Test)
Character development/making inferences
Nouns TE 173, Lit 129 (Theme Test)
Nouns that change spelling TE 197, Lit 132 (Theme Test)
Poetry TE 211
Reading Stategies- Lit 5
Phonics Vowel pairs ou, oa, ow TE 169, 171, 188, 189 Lit. 125, (Theme Test)
Phonics – BLS – Day 157-158 Vowel pair oa / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30

Reading/Phonics/Language/Writing Grade 2 February 2004

ISAT
Goal / Essential Objective / Mon / Tues / Wed / Thurs / Fri
Lang-Wtg. Process
Lang-Comp/Struc.
Lg-Capitalization
Lang-Punctuation
Lang-Spelling
Rd-Vocab. /

Writer’s Workshop / Six Traits

Friendly Letter TE 98
Parts of a letter TE 100 Lit 110
Using details TE 101
(Theme test and performance test- write a letter)
Vocabulary Posttest
THEME TEST / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Rd-Vocab.
Rd-Eval. Comp.
Rd-Interp. Comp.
Rd-Literal Comp.
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis / Theme 4 Clean Your Room Harvey Moon
Vocabulary Pretest
Categorize and Classify(2) TE 29 Transparency 4.1, ( Theme Test) sample ISAT Classify 181-190)
Story structure and summarizing TE 33, (Theme Test)
ISAT sample test Interp 181-190
Noting Details- TE 25, TE 27 (Theme Test - Sample ISAT)
Reading Strategies- Lit. 5
Rhyming words TE 43 Lit. 8 ( Theme Test, Sample ISAT 181-190)
Suffixes, base words TE. 21 (Intro.)
Prefixes TE. 23 (Intro.)
Phonics BLS Days 169-174 Prefixes
Phonics Vowel Pairs oo, ew, ue TE 31, 38-39 Lit. 5, 10, 11 (Theme Test)
Phonics BLS Day 62, 64 Vowel pair oo / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
Rd-Interp. Comp.
Rd-Eval. Comp.
Rd-Vocab.
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis / A Chair for My Mother
Inferences TE 69, 86-7 Lit. 15 Transparency 44 (Theme Test, Sample ISAT Lit. response inference 180-191
Categorize and classify(3) TE 75 ( Theme Test, Sample ISAT Classify 181-190)
Antonyms TE 91, Lit. 19 (Assessment sample ISAT Classify 181-190)
Reading Strategies Lit. 5
Phonics r and l controlled vowels TE 77, 88-89 Lit. 17, 22, 23 (Theme Test)
Phonics BLS – Day 14 Vowel-r Syllable / 16
No
School / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
Lang-Wtg. Process
Lang-Comp/Struc.
Lg-Capitalization
Lang-Punctuation
Lang-Spelling /

Writer’s Workshop / Six Traits

Personal narrative Lit. 25 ( Assessment–Rubric TE 105, Sample ISAT
Composition and structure 171-180) / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27

Reading/Phonics/Language/Writing Grade 2 March 2004

ISAT
Goal / Essential Objective / Mon / Tues / Wed / Thurs / Fri
Spring IRI – Difficult words: moaned, hamster, Fuzzy, checked, chips, grabbed, hey, bathroom, upset, nowhere, Phonograms: th, ee, aw, oa, igh, and /g/ as /j/,
Prefix: un, Blends: st, str, cr. Syllables: closed, vowel r (ar, or), final stable.
Lang-Wtg.Process / Writer’s workshop- Continued
Personal Narrative.
Benchmark and theme testing
Prep for student-led conferences / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
End 2nd Tri.
Rd-Literal Comp.
Rd-Interp. Comp.
Rd-Vocab
Rd-Word Analysis /

Now One Foot Now the Other

Sequence TE 125, 138-39, Transparency 4-7, Lit. 29 (Theme Test)
Inferences, Predictions TE 123 (Theme Test)
Reading Strategies Lit. 5
Compound Words TE 143
Syllabication TE 143, Lit. 33 / 8 Cut off No
School / 9 / 10 / 11
ES
P/T
Conf. / 12
P/T Conf
No
School
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Lang-Comp/Struc.
Lang-Grammar / Now One Foot Now The Other
Phonics r and l -controlled vowels or, ore TE 117, 135, 140-41, 146, Lit. 31, 35, 36
Phonics Day 113-115 Vowel r, or = (er), Day 45 Vowel-rr (Theme Test)
Phonics Vowel pair ue, ew TE 129
Writing Clearly with Verbs TE 144-45, Transparency 4-8, Lit. 34 (Theme Test)
Past Tense Verbs with ed TE 147, Lit. 37 (Theme Test) / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19
Rd-Lit. Analysis
Rd-Literal Comp.
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Rd-Word Analysis
Lang-Grammar
Rd-Vocab. /

Too Many Tamales