Curriculum Planning Documents: PS 160
Year Overview
Grade Level: Grade 2
Month
Literacy
Assessments
SEPTEMBER
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Genre
Fountas & Pinnell – Formal Assessments
Ready Gen Baseline Assessment
Performance Task – Children will draw a
rural scene from On the Farm, including
details and writing several sentences that
explain their scene. (Ready Gen Unit 1B)
OCTOBER
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Informative/Explanatory
Running Records
Performance Task – Children will write a
narrative in which they add a scene to
Charlotte’s Web. They will focus on one or
two characters. (Ready Gen Unit 1A)
Narrative
Reading
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Readers understand the main topic in a
text, and find supporting facts to prove it.
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Readers understand relationships between
characters through the events and challenges
in a story.
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Writers understand that facts and
definitions develop points and help readers
understand what the author wants to
explain, answer or describe.
Adjectives
Adverbs
Orton Gillingham
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Writers understand that details and signal
words help readers sequence events in a story.
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Nouns – proper, plural, collective, irregular
Past and present tense verbs
Irregular verbs
Simple sentences
Orton Gillingham
Writing
Word Study
Language Arts
Social Studies
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Unit 1: Our Community’s Geography
Unit 2: New York City Over Time
How does geography influence where people choose to live
& why?
How & why did New York City change over time?
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Geographic Terms & Features
Geography of New York City
Content Vocabulary: map, directions, north, south, east, west,
mountain, valley, plain, hill, river, ocean, lake, island,
peninsula
Science
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What does an urban community look like?
(NYC)
Case Study of New York City as an urban
community
Content Vocabulary: urban, buildings, stores, offices, houses,
neighborhoods, adjectives to describe NYC
Unit 1: Earth materials
Unit 1: Earth materials
What materials make up the Earth?
What materials make up the Earth?
SS Connection: neighborhood walks to locate NYC resources
(rocks, buildings, etc.)
SS Connection: indigenous rocks of NYC
Read-Aloud - The Pebble in My Pocket
Big Books – Remarkable Rocks; Inside the Earth: Magic School
Bus
Math
Number Concepts
Numbers to 1000
Special Events/
Family
Involvement
Parent Orientation
Math Activity
Curriculum Planning Documents: PS 160
Year Overview
Grade Level:
Grade 2
Month
Literacy
Assessments
NOVEMBER
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Running Records
Unit 1 – End of Unit Assessment
Performance Task – Children will create a
character and a narrative that tells the story
of what the character wants to buy, whether
or not he/she is able to and the decision the
character has to make. (Ready Gen
Unit 2A)
DECEMBER
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Running Records
Performance Task – Children will write an
opinion piece about something they want.
(Ready Gen Unit 2B)
Genre
Narrative
Opinion
Reading
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Readers understand that knowing the
structure of a story helps them comprehend
the text.
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Readers understand that questions help clarify
and extend ideas.
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Writers understand that use of details,
descriptive language and dialogue enhances
writing.
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Writers understand that authors use details
and facts to support an opinion.
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Prepositions
Conjunctions
Orton Gillingham
Writing
Word Study
Language Arts
Social Studies
Science
Math
Special Events/
Family
Involvement
- Singular & plural possessives
- Possessive pronouns
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Simple & compound sentences
- Orton Gillingham
Unit 2: New York City Over Time
Unit 2: New York City Over Time
How & why did New York City change over time?
How & why did New York City change over time?
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New York City Long Ago
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Looking at Change
Content Vocabulary: alley, fire escape, ferry, stadium,
parades, museums, bridges, tunnels, time line
Content Vocabulary: change, transportation, dirt roads, horse
wagons, trolleys, time line, Native Americans
Unit 1: Earth Materials
Unit 2: Forces & Motion
What materials make up the Earth?
What causes objects to move?
SS Connection: sand, silt, dirt – dirt roads / concrete / paved
streets, using rocks for buildings
Poems: “Rocks,” “Sand” – Read Aloud: Everybody Needs a
Rock / Anansi & the Moss Covered Rock
SS Connection: transportation (wheel)
Basic Facts and Relationships
Two Digit Addition
Publishing Party
Trip to Green Meadows Farm
Literacy Activity – Needs and Wants
Curriculum Planning Documents: PS 160
Year Overview
Grade Level:
Grade 2
Month
Assessments
JANUARY
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Running Records
Unit 2 – End of Unit Assessment
Performance Task – Children will
research a person from history who was a
big idea thinker and find out how the
contributions of this person impacted the
American way of life, both past and
present. (Ready Gen Unit 3A)
FEBRUARY
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Running Records
Performance Task – Children will write to
explain how they could improve their
communities by creating a park for the
people. Their writing will introduce their
design and explain how its characteristics will
benefit the people. (Ready Gen Unit 3B)
Genre
Reading
Informative/Explanatory
Informative/Explanatory
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Readers understand the value of
biographical narrative as a lens into
learning about historical events and time
periods.
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Readers understand the value of biographical
narrative as a lens into learning about
historical events and time periods.
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Writers understand that incorporating
multiple resources makes research-based
writing stronger.
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Writers understand that facts, definitions and
text features help develop points in writing.
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Prepositions
Conjunctions
Orton Gillingham
Writing
Word Study /
Language Arts
Social Studies
- Capitalizing proper nouns
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Orton Gillingham
Unit 3: Urban, Suburban & Rural Communities
Unit 3: Urban, Suburban & Rural Communities
Why & how do communities develop differently?
Why & how do communities develop differently?
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Communities are Diverse
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Content Vocabulary: rural, urban, suburban, city, farm, barn,
apartments, homes, houses, town
Geographic & weather characteristics
Community events, people (jobs, traditions,
practices)
Content Vocabulary: weather, climate, snow hurricane, blizzard,
tornado, flood, erosion, pollution, heat wave; police officer/sheriff,
volunteer firefighter, fair,
(review: mountain, valley, plain, hill, river, ocean, island)
Project: A Day on a Farm vs. A Day in Suburbia (venn diagrams)
Science
Unit 2: Forces & Motion
Unit 2: Forces & Motion
What causes objects to move?
What causes objects to move?
SS Connection: different modes of transportation
Math
Special Events/
Family
Involvement
Two Digit Subtraction
Three Digit Addition and Subtraction
Money and Time
Arts Connection – Chinese Dance for Families
Alexander Show
Math Family Fun – 100th Day Activity
Curriculum Planning Documents: PS 160
Year Overview
Grade Level:
Grade 2
Month
Assessments
MARCH
-
Running Records
Unit 3 – End of Unit Assessment
Performance Task – Children will use the
information they have learned from anchor
and supporting texts to write an informative
newspaper article reporting on a natural
event that causes planet change. (Ready
Gen Unit 4B)
APRIL
-
-
-
Informative/Explanatory
Genre
Running Records
Performance Task – Children will compare
and contrast two characters in The Earth
Dragon Awakes with consideration for their
perspectives and cultural backgrounds
(Ready Gen Unit 4A)
NYS NYSESLAT
Narrative
Reading
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Readers understand ideas and information
are connected in informational texts.
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Readers understand that characters face
challenges in stories.
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Writers understand that informational
writing is supported by facts and
definitions.
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Writers understand that character’s actions,
thoughts and feelings are revealed through the
details.
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Adjectives
Orton Gillingham
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Nouns – common, proper, singular, plural,
collective
Orton Gillingham
Writing
Word Study/
Language Arts
Social Studies
Unit 3: Urban, Suburban & Rural Communities
Unit 4: Rights, Rules & Responsibilities
Why & how do communities develop differently?
What is the relationship between local government & the
community?
- Communities & Government
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Comparative Case Study of a Suburban &
Rural Community
Content Vocabulary: tractor, crops, planting, harvesting,
plowing, marketplace, lawn, yard, driveway, shopping mall
(revisit: rural, urban, suburban, city, farm, barn, apartments,
homes, houses, town, train)
Content Vocabulary: rule, law, election, ballot, vote, candidate,
citizen, mayor, governor, president
Project: Mural – Urban Community
Science
Unit 3: Plant Diversity
Unit 3: Plant Diversity
How are plants alike and different?
How are plants alike and different?
SS Connection: ecology
SS Connection: Identify state flowers
Length in Customary Units
Length in Metric Units
Math
Special Events/
Family
Involvement
Curriculum Planning Documents: PS 160
Year Overview
Grade Level:
Grade 2
MAY
Assessments
-
JUNE
Fountas & Pinnell - Formal Assessments
Unit 4 – End of Unit Assessment
Performance Task – Children will choose
one of the five lessons Johnny Appleseed
taught us and write their opinion of why
they think this lesson is still important to
follow in today’s world.
NYSESLAT
Opinion
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Readers understand that texts on the same
topic have similarities and differences.
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Readers understand that narrative tales have a
central message and lesson. (Ready Gen
Unit 5B)
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Writers understand that biographies tell the
story of a person’s journey and include
actions, thoughts, and feelings.
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Writers understand that informational texts
contain research from various sources.
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Singular and plural possessives
Apostrophes
Possessive pronouns
Simple sentences
Orton Gillingham
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Rearranging simple sentences
Prepositional phrases
Orton Gillingham
Genre
Reading
Fountas & Pinnell - Formal Assessments
Narrative
Writing
Word Study/
Language Arts
Social Studies
Unit 4: Rights, Rules & Responsibilities
Unit 4: Rights, Rules & Responsibilities
What is the relationship between local government & the
community?
What is the relationship between local government & the
community?
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Science
Case Study of Local New York City
Government
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Case Study of Local New York City
Government
Content Vocabulary: mayor, city hall, courts, Gracie
Mansion
Content Vocabulary: symbol, assembly, Department of
Education, chancellor
Unit 3: Plant Diversity
Review & revisit
How are plants alike and different?
Math
Data
Special Events/
Family
Involvement
Geometry and Fraction Concepts