Reading Street Second Grade Units at a Glance

Reading Street Second Grade Units at a Glance

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2nd Grade Reading Street Unit 1: Exploration

The Twin Club Exploring Space w/ Henry & Nudge &

an Astronaut

the Starry Night

A Walk in the Desert

The Strongest One

BIG IDEA QUESTION: What can we learn from exploring new places and things?

Weekly Question

What can we learn by exploring different communities?

What can we learn by exploring space?

What can we discover by exploring nature?

What can we learn by exploring the desert?

How does exploration help us find answers?

Knowledge Goals

Text Based Comp.

Communities are:

* alike and different * have plants & wildlife * have children who feel the

same about school

Skill: Character & Setting

Strategy: Monitor Clarify

Review: Plot & Theme

Exploring Space:

* is done by astronauts * requires high-tech equipment * could be done by anyone who

is interested

Skill: Main Idea & Details

Strategy: Text Structure

Review: Author's Purpose

Exploring Nature includes:

* the skies and space * water * forests * our neighborhoods

Skill: Character & Setting

Strategy: Story Structure

Review: Main Idea & Detail

The Desert:

* gets very little rain * is home to many animals * has plants needing little water

We Explore Questions:

* by exploring new places * reading books * asking other for help *

Skill: Main Idea & Details

Skill: Facts & Details

Strategy: Important Ideas Review: Compare & Contrast

Strategy: Predict/Set Purpose Review: Character & Setting

P.A./ Phonics/ Spelling

P.A.: Medial Phonemes Phonics: Short Vowels &

Consonants Review: VC/CV & VCC/V

P.A.: Medial Phonemes Phonics: Long Vowels

VCe (silent e) Review: Short Vowels

P.A.: Segment/Blend Phonemes P.A.: Seg./Blend Phonemes P.A.: Seg./Blend Phonemes Phonics: Consonant Blends Phonics: Inflected Endings Phonics: Consonant Digraphs Review: Lone Vowel VCe Review: Consonant Blends Review: Inflected Endings

Selection Vocab.

cousins, meadow, parents, promise

astronaut, experiment, drooled, lanterns, shivered,

gravity, shuttle, telescope

snuggled

cactus. climate. coyote, desert, harsh

dangerous, gnaws, narrator, relatives

High Freq. Words

beautiful, country, friend, someone, somewhere

everywhere, live, machines, move, woman,

work, world

Amazing Words

investigate, rural, urban, downy, perch, founders, muttered, unanimous

ascend, descend, orbit, universe, enormous, journey,

launch, meteorite

bear, build, couldn't, father, love, mother, straight

galaxy, tranquil, wildlife, fledglings, secure, detective,

fascinating, slimy

animals, early, eyes, full, warm, water

arid, landform, precipitation, dunes, ledge, haven, extinct,

forbidding

gone, learn, often, pieces, though, together, very

delicate, inquire, sturdy, exhibit, resist, stun, genius, satisfaction

Vocab. Skill

Fluency

Alphabetize Words Appropriate Rate

Position Words Accuracy

Synonyms Accuracy & Appropriate Rate

Alphabetize Words Appropriate Phrasing

Synonyms Expression & Intonation

Conventions

(Grammar)

Writing

Sentences

Personal Narrative Trait: Sentences

Subjects

Expository Nonfiction Trait: Sentences

Predicates

Realistic Fiction Trait: Organization

Declarative &

Imperative & Exclamatory

Interrogative Sentences

Sentences

Brief Report Trait: Word Choice

Plat Scene Trait: Conventions

Listening/ Why we speak and listen Speaking

Research Media Center/Library

Be a Good Speaker/ Listener

Reference Sources

Media Literacy: Purposes of Media

Personal Sources

Narrate a Story in Sequence

Parts of a Book

Present a Dramatic Interpretation

Maps

Integrated Content

Social Studies: comparing communities, geography, exploration, & friendship

Science: Space Exploration, Astronauts, Space Travel, Technology, Research, Solar System

Science: Living/Nonliving Things, Habitats, Day and Night, Sky, Solar System/Stars, The Senses

* Information in RED will be tested on weekly story assessment

Science: Earth Science, Desert, Energy, Light, Heat, Climate, Adaptation, Habitats, Interdependence

Science: Organisms, Environments, Earth Materials

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2nd Grade Reading Street Unit 2: Working Together

Tara & Tiree, Fearless Friends

Abraham Lincoln

Scarcity

The Bremen Town Musicians

One Good Turn Deserves Another

Weekly Question

How can we help each other in dangerous

situations?

Knowledge Goals

Understand that:

* there are many dangerous situations in the world

* there are many ways that each of us can help

Text Based Comp.

Skill: Cause & Effect Strategy: Summarize Review: Fact & Opinion

P.A./ Phonics/ Spelling

P.A.: Substitute Initial Phonemes

Phonics: r-controlled (ar, or, ore, oar)

Review: Short Vowels

BIG IDEA QUESTION: How can we work together?

How has working together How can we work together Why is it a good idea to

changed history?

to meet people's needs?

work together?

How can we work together to solve problems?

Working Together:

* has changed history * involves many people * has made many positive

changes

Skill: Author's Purpose

Strategy: Text Structure

Review: Facts & Details

Meeting Needs of People:

* requires many decisions * requires the work of many people

Working Together:

* solves problems * provides safety & protection * helps us to survive * helps get the job done

When Working Together:

* we resolve conflict * we share responsibility & work * spend time with others * help those in need

Skill: Facts & Details

Skill: Cause & Effect

Skill: Compare & Contrast

Strategy: Background Knowledge Review: Cause & Effect

Strategy: Story Structure Review: Compare & Contrast

Strategy: Inferring Review: Author's Purpose

P.A.: Segment & Count Phoneme

Phonics: Contractions Review: Consonant Blends

P.A.: Substitute Initial Phonemes

Phonics: r-controlled (er, ir, ur)

Review: Short vowels (e, i, u)

P.A.: Substitute Final Phonemes

Phonics: Plurals (s/es) Review: Inflected Endings

P.A.: Substitute Final Phonemes

Phonics: Vowels Patterns: (a, ai, ay)

Review: Plurals

Selection Vocab.

brave, collar, slipped

fault, honest, lawyer, notices

hurricane, resources, scarce, scarcity, trade-off

excitement, mill, monsters, musicians,

robbers

armadillo, creature, grateful, groaned, snorted

High Freq. Words

break, family, heard, listen, once, pull

certainly, either, great, above, ago, enough, toward, bought, people, pleasant,

laugh, second, worst, you're

whole. word

probably, scared, shall, sign

behind, brought, door, everybody, minute, promise, sorry

Amazing Words

courageous, hazard, rescue, avalanche, instinct, skittish,

blustery, fast-paced

identify, participate, significant, scour, ingenious,

aloft, architect, tinker

consumer(s), decisions(s), produce(s), fiber, strand, extraordinary, lack, typical

partnership, solution, survival, miserable, struggle, depend,

familiar, insist

conflict, pursue, resolve, deserve, mope, coax, ramp,

startle

Vocab. Skill

Unfamiliar Words

Dictionary/Glossary: Guide Words

Time & Order Words for Sequence

Homophones

Unfamiliar Words

Fluency

Accuracy & Appropriate Rate

Read w/ Expression

Appropriate Phrasing

Read w/ Expression

Read w/ Accuracy

Conventions

Nouns

(Grammar)

Proper Nouns

Singular & Plural Nouns

Plural Nouns that Change Spelling

Possessive Nouns

Writing

Personal Narrative Nonfiction Trait: Voice

Biography Trait: Focus/Ideas

Expository Nonfiction Trait: Word Choice

Fairy Tale: Trait: Organization

Folk Tale: Trait: Sentences

Listening/ Give & Follow Instruction Speaking

Research

Notes

Recognize & Explain Purposes of Media

Time Line

Ask & Answer Questions Chapter Heading

Recognize & Explain Purposes of Media

Encyclopedia

Give & Follow Instruction Read a Web Page

Integrated

Social Studies: Heroes, Community Service

Content

Social Studies:

Social Studies:

Citizenship. Historical Figures, Resources, Factors of

Civil War, Maps

Production, Economic Choices

* Information in RED will be tested on weekly story assessment

Social Studies/Science: Interdependence, Survival, Living Things, Environment

Social Studies: Mexican Culture, Citizenship, Fairness

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2nd Grade Reading Street Unit 3: Creative Ideas

Pearl & Wagner: Two Good Friends

Dear Juno

Anansi Goes Fishing Rosa & Blanca

A Weed is a Flower

BIG IDEA QUESTION: What does it mean to be creative?

Weekly Question

When does support from others help with a creative idea?

In what ways do we communicate?

How can creative thinking solve a problem?

When does a creative idea lead to a surprise?

Where do creative ideas come from?

Knowledge Goals

Support From Others:

* helps creative ideas turn into inventions

* helps projects get completed

Creative Communication:

* through speaking * through writing * through signs & symbols * through actions & behaviors

Creative Thinking: * solves problems when we use

something in a different way * solves problems when we have a

good plan

Text Based Comp.

Skill: Author's Purpose Strategy: Questioning Review: Plot & Theme

Skill: Draw Conclusions Strategy: Visualize Review: Sequence

Skill: Compare & Contrast Strategy: Summarize Review: Draw Conclusions

Creative Idea = Surprise:

* when we share with others * when we help others * when we use clever thinking

Creative Ideas Originate:

* from research * from working together * from new ways of thinking * from improving something

Skill: Sequence Strategy: Predict/Set Purpose

Review: Cause & Effect

Skill: Fact & Opinion Strategy: Inferring Review: Sequence

P.A./ Phonics/ Spelling

P.A: Sub. Final Phonemes Phonics: Vowel Patterns

(e, ee, ea, y) Review: Patterns a, ai, ay

P.A: Sub. Medial Phonemes Phonics: Long Vowels (o, oa, ow) Review: r-controlled (ar, or, ore, oar)

Selection Vocab.

electricity, robot, trash, wad

envelope, persimmons, photographed, smudged

P.A: Segment/Count Phonemes

Phonics: Compound Words Review: Consonant Blends

delicious, justice, lazy, weave

P.A: Sub.Final Phonemes Phonics: Vowel Patterns

(i, ie, igh, y) Review: Long i (VCe)

chilies, luckiest, tortillas

P.A: Blend & Segment Phonemes

Phonics: Comparatives (er, est)

Review: Inflections (ed, ing)

agriculture, college, greenhouse, labratory

High Freq. Words

guess, pretty, science, village, watch, won

Amazing Words

construct, sidekick, unique, contraption, foolproof,

daydream, project, scrape

Vocab. Skill

Antonyms

Fluency

Appropriate Rate

Conventions

(Grammar)

Writing

Verbs

Animal Fantasy Trait: Voice

Listening/ Speaking

Make Introductions

answer, company, faraway, parents, picture, school, wash

correspond, postage, transport, cove, footprint,

deaf, imitate, sign language

Prefixes

Accuracy & Appropriate Rate

Verbs w/ Singular & Plural Nouns

Friendly Letter Trait: Focus/Ideas

Solve Problems

been, believe, caught, finally, alone, buy, daughters, half,

today, tomorrow, whatever

many, their, youngest

consume, prey, shrewd, boast, gloat, snicker, contentment,

cure, incident

abundant, assist, generous, dismay, efficient, beam, forever, situation

Antonyms Expression

Words from Other Languages

Appropriate Phrasing

Verbs for Past, Present, & Future

Narrative Poem Trait: Conventions

Summarize Information

More About Verbs

Writing for Tests: Realistic Fiction

Trait: Word Choice Give a Description

clothes, hours, money, neighbor, only, questions,

taught

excel, process, research, opportunity, accomplish, original, scientist, usual

Synonyms

Expression & Intonation

Verbs: Am, Is, Are, Was, & Were

Review Trait: Organization

Media Literacy: Describe Media Techniques

Research

Picture Graph

Newspapers & Periodicals

Interview

Index

Internet

Integrated Content

Science: Inventions, Experiments, Tools & Machines, Forces & Motion

Social Studies: Communication, Goods & Services, Technology, Signs & Symbols, Comparing Cultures

* Information in RED will be tested on weekly story assessment

Science: Living Things, Animals, Arachnids, Spiders, Spider Webs, Food Chain

Social Studies: Family/Cooperation, Culture, Food, Geography, Town, Country, World, Producers/ Consumers

Science: Living Things, Plants, Farming, REsearch/ Development, Scientists/ Botanists

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2nd Grade Reading Street Unit 4: Our Changing World

Froggy Fable

Life Cycle

Soil

The Night the The First Tortilla

of a Pumpkin

Moon Fell

Weekly Question

BIG IDEA QUESTION: How do things change? How do they stay the same?

How can familiar things help us with changes?

How do plant change over time?

What changes occur under the ground?

Why are some changes difficult?

How do changes in weather effect us?

Knowledge Goals

Change:

* can be difficult * can be a bit scary * can be comforting

Text Based Comp.

Phonics/ Spelling

Skill: Draw Conclusions

Strategy: Background Knowledge

Review: Character & Setting

Phonics: Final Syllable (-le)

Review: Comparatives (er, est)

Plants:

* have a growth cycle * need sun, rain, & nutrients * provide food & beauty

Understand:

* the different kinds of soil * how kinds of soil are formed * in interrelationships of plants,

animals, people, & soil

Skill: Sequence Strategy: Important Ideas

Review: Fact & Opinion

Skill: Fact & Opinion Strategy: Questioning Review: Facts & Details

Phonics: Vowel Pattern (oo, u)

Review: Short Vowel u

Phonics: Diphthongs (ou, ow, oi, oy)

Review: Vowel Pattern (oo, u)

Change Can:

* take us to places we have never been

* make us see ourselves in a new way

* open new opportunities

Skill: Plot & Theme

Strategy: Visualize

Review: Draw Conclusions

Phonics: Syllable Patterns

Review: Final Syllable (-le)

Understand That:

* changes in weather can effect our liives

* weather changes can be unexpected

* we need rain for plants to grow

Skill: Plot & Theme

Strategy: Monitor & Clarify

Review: Main Ideas & Details

Phonics: Vowel Digraphs (oo, ue, ew, ui)

Review: Vowel Pattern (oo, u)

Selection Vocabulary

clearing, crashed, perfect, pond, spilling, splashing,

traveled

bumpy, fruit, harvest, root, smooth, soil, vine

grains, materials, particles, substances, texture

balance, crayons, coral, rattle, slivers, sway, whisper

awaken, cliffs, mountain, prize, rainbow, suffer, volcano

Amazing Words

preserve, represent, valuable, tough, concentration, frown,

homeland, patient

adapt, annual, nutrients, blazing, drought, ancient,

massive, sprout

discovery, transformation, underneath, blizzard, fine, incredible, landscape, molten

adjust, landmark, unexpected, quiver, tease, foreign, accent,

forlorn

condition, predict, terrifying, breeze, whip, sparkle, funnel,

swirl

Vocab. Skill Multiple-Meaning Words

Antonyms

Fluency

Accuracy & Appropriate Rate

Read w/ Accuracy

Conventions Adjectives & Our Senses

(Grammar)

Adjectives for Number, Size, & Shape

Writing

Friendly Letter Trait: Organization

Expository Nonfiction Trait: Word Choice

Suffixes

Read w/ Appropriate Phrasing

Comparative & Superlative Adjectives

Short Expository Report Trait: Sentences

Multiple-Meaning Words Expression

Prefixes Expression w/ Intonation

Adverbs That Tell When & Where

Narrative Poem Trait: Voice

Adverbs the Tell How

Thank-You Note Trait: Focus/Ideas

Listening/ Speaking

Media Literacy: Describe Make an Announcement Media Techniques

Speak Well

Media Literacy: Describe Media Techniques

Give an Oral Summary

Research

Thesaurus

Personal Sources

Diagram

E-mail

Natural & Personal Sources

Integrated

Social Studies: Environments,

Content Home/Shelter

Science: Life Cycle, Living Things, Plants, Growth & change

Science: Earth's Materials, Natural Resources, Rocks & Minerals, Decomposers, Soil Formation

Social Studies: Mayan Culture, Spanish Language

Science: Rock Formations, Plants, Weather

* Information in RED will be tested on weekly story assessment

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