Reading Timeline
2nd Nine Weeks
Task
Focus
Standard
1
*Elements of Fables
*Retelling
ELACC2RL2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
ELACC2RL5: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
ELACC2RL7: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital
text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
ELACC2SL2: Recount or describe key ideas or details from written texts read aloud or
information presented orally or through other media.
ELACC2RL5: Discuss the overall structure of a story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
ELACC2RL7: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital
text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.
ELACC2RL2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
ELACC2RL5: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
ELACC2RL3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
ELACC2RL2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
ELACC2RL5: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
ELACC2RL3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
ELACC2RL2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
2
*Story structure (beginning)
*Retelling
*Characters, setting, plot
3
*Characters
*Retelling
4
*Story Structure
(problem/solution)
*Retelling
5
*Story Structure
(cause/effect and
problem/solution)
*Retelling
ELACC2RL5: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
ELACC2RL3: Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.
ELACC2RL2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
6
*Word Meaning (synonyms and
adjectives)
*Characters, setting, plot
*Retelling
ELACC2RL7: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital
text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot
ELACC2RL2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
ELACC2L5: Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word
meanings.
b. Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and
closely related adjectives (e.g.’ thin, slender, skinny, scrawny).
ELACC2L1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and
usage when writing or speaking.
Essential Questions
What are the basic elements of fables?
How can I identify themes, lessons, and morals in
fables and folktales?
How can I retell stories, fables, and folktales?
What is story structure and how does it help me as a
reader?
How do illustrations and words help me to understand
a story’s characters, setting, and plot?
How can I retell stories, fables, and folktales?
What is story structure and how does it help me as a
reader?
How do readers identify and develop their
understanding of a character?
How can I retell stories, fables, and folktales?
What is story structure and how does it help me to
find the problem and solution in a story?
How do characters in a story respond to major events
and challenges?
How can I retell stories, fables, and folktales?
How can I identify themes, lessons, and morals in
fables and folktales?
What is story structure and how does it help me find
cause and effect relationships in a story?
What is story structure and how does it help me to
find the problem and solution in a story?
How do characters in a story respond to major events
and challenges?
How can I retell stories, fables, and folktales?
How do I determine shades of meaning among closely
related adjectives?
How do illustrations and words help to understand a
story’s characters, setting, and plot?
How can I retell stories, fables, and folktales?
How can I identify themes, lessons, and morals in
fables and folktales?
7
*Retelling
*Story Structure
8
*Story Structure
(problem/solution)
*Retelling
9
*Story structure (ending)
*5Ws and 1H
*Retelling
10
*Retelling Stories
*Culminating Activity
11
*Author’s Purpose
*Supporting Reasons/Details
12
*Images (diagrams)
*Word Meaning
*Context Clues
e. Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be
modified.
ELACC2RL2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
ELACC2RL5: Discuss the overall structure of a story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
ELACC2RI7: Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works)
contribute to and clarify a text.
ELACC2SL1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade
2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
ELACC2RL2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
ELACC2RL5: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
ELACC2RL7: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital
text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot
ELACC2RL5: Discuss the overall structure of a story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
ELACC2RL2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
ELACC2RL1: Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to
demonstrate understanding key details in a text.
ELACC2SL3: Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to clarify
comprehension, gather additional information, or deepen understanding of a topic or issue.
ELACC2RL2: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
ELACC2RL5: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
ELACC2RL7: Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital
text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, and plot.
ELACC2SL4: Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant,
descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.
ELACC2RI4: Determine the meanings of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade
2 topic or subject area.
ELACC2RI6: Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to
answer, explain, or describe.
ELACC2RI8: Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.
ELACC2RI5: Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings,
glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text
efficiently.
ELACC2RI7: Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works)
contribute to and clarify a text.
ELACC2RI4: Determine the meanings of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade
2 topic or subject area.
ELACC2L4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and
phrases based on grade 2 reading and content, choosing flexibility from an array of
strategies.
a. Use sentence-level context as a clue to the manning of a word or phrase.
How can I retell stories, fables, and folktales?
What is story structure and how does it help me as a
reader?
How do pictures, images, and diagrams help me to
understand a text?
What is story structure and how does it help me to
find the problem and solution in a story?
How can I identify themes, lessons, and morals in
fables and folktales?
What is story structure and how does it help me as a
reader?
How can I retell stories, fables, and folktales?
How does asking and answering questions such as who,
what, where, when, why, and how help readers
understand key details in a story?
How can I retell stories, fables, and folktales?
How do illustrations and words help me to understand
a story’s characters, setting, and plot?
How do I find the meanings of words or phrases in a
text?
How do I identify the main purpose of a text?
How do reasons support specific points the author
makes in a text?
How do I use text features to find information or
facts in a text?
How do pictures, images, and diagrams help me to
understand a text?
How do I find the meanings of words or phrases in a
text?
What are context clues and how can they help me?
13
*Retelling
*Compare/contrast
*Author’s Purpose (purpose
and reasons)
14
*Author’s Purpose
*Supporting reasons/details
*Poetry
15
*Diagrams
*Text Features
*Point of View
16
*Diagrams
*Text Features
*Story Structure
17
*Informational Writing
*Informational Comprehension
ELACCRI5: Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings,
glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text
efficiently.
ELACC2RL4: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
ELACC2RI9: Compares and contrast the most important points presented by two texts
on the same topic.
ELACC2RI6: Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to
answer, explain, or describe.
ELACC2RL4: Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes,
repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
ELACC2RI6: Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to
answer, explain, or describe.
ELACC2RI8: Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.
ELACC2W8: Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided
sources to answer a question.
ELACC2RL4: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
ELACC2RL6: Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including by
speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud.
ELACC2RI7: Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works)
contribute to and clarify a text.
ELACCRI5: Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings,
glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text
efficiently.
ELACC2RL4: Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and
determine their central message, lesson, or moral.
ELACC2RI7: Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works)
contribute to and clarify a text.
ELACCRI5: Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings,
glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text
efficiently.
ELACC2RL5: Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
ELACC2W2: Write information/expository texts in which they introduce a topic, use
facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section.
ELACC2W7: Participate in shared research and writing projects.
ELACC2W8: Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided
sources to answer a question.
How can I compare and contrast the most important
points of two texts on the same topic?
How can I retell stories, fables, and folktales?
How do I identify the main purpose of a text?
How do words or phrases supply rhythm and meaning in
a story, poem, or song?
How do I identify the main purpose of a text?
How do reasons support specific points the author
makes in a text?
How can I use information I’ve learned to answer
questions?
How can I recognize differences in the points of view
of characters?
How do pictures, images, and diagrams help me to
understand a text?
How do I use text features to find information or
facts in a text?
How do pictures, images, and diagrams help me to
understand a text?
How do I use text features to find information or
facts in a text?
What is story structure and how does it help me as a
reader?
What steps do I take to research and write about a
topic?
How can I use information I’ve learned to answer
questions?
How do I write an informational text?