English Language Arts Common Core State Standards: Grade 2
Common Core State Standards Scope and Sequence at Glance Units 1-6
Grade 2 - Unit 1
Modules 1-4
24 LESSONS –30 DAY
Unit Theme: Relationships
Unit Statement: Learning about each other and helping each other makes our relationships stronger
Author Study: Pat Mora
Titles:
Tomas and the Library Lady The Rainbow Tulip, A Birthday Basket for Tia
Main
Selections
Module 1:
David’s New
Friend
6 LESSONS
Module 2:
Fighting the
Fire
6 LESSONS
Module 3:
Meet Rosina
*CLOSE READ
8 LESSONS
Module 4: My
Name is Yoon*
Lexile
Genre
Phonics
Comprehension Skill
280
Realistic
Fiction
Short a, i
Consonant
blends
Characters & Setting
NA
Nonfiction
Short e, o, u
Main Idea & Details
Subjects
500
Nonfiction
Main Idea & Details
Predicates
320
Realistic
Fiction
Short a, long a
(a-e)
Blends: sl, dr,
sk, sp, st
Short i, long i
(i_e),
Soft c and g
Make Predictions
Sentence
Combining
Common Core State Standards: Grade 1
Metacognitive
Strategy
Visualize
Summarize
Prediction
Grammar
Writing Genre
Statements
and
Questions
Narrative
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English Language Arts Common Core State Standards: Grade 2
Common Core State Standards Scope and Sequence at Glance Units 1-6
Unit 2
Modules 1-5
Unit Theme: Growth and Change
Unit Statement: Every living thing grows and changes in its own way
Literature Study: Classic Tales Across Cultures
Jack and The Beanstalk – Nina Crews
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
Lon Po Po - Ed Young
Main
Lexile
Genre
Phonics
Selections
Module 1: Kate
Fable
Short o, short u
and The
Long o, long u
Beanstalk
Diagraphs: ch, tch, sh,
(read aloud)
th, wh ph
6LESSONS
Module 2: The
400
Informational
Long a (a, ai, ay, ea, ei)
Tiny Seed *close
Blends: scr, spr, str
read
6 LESSONS
Module 3: A
300
Nonfiction
Long e (E, e-e, ee, ea, y,
Harbor Seal Pup
ey, ie)
Grows Up
Prefiexes
-6 LESSSONS
Module 4:
380
Fiction
Long /ī/ i, igh, ie, y
Farfalina 6 and
Compound words
Marcel
Module 5:
590
Fiction
Long /ō/ o, oa, ow, oe
There’s Nothing
Inflectional ending s, es
Like Basebal
6 LESSONSl
Common Core State Standards: Grade 1
Comprehension
Skill
TBD
Draw Conclusions
Metacognitve
Strategy
Inference
Visualize
Summarize
Prediction
Question
Connect
Grammar
Writing
Genre
TBD
Nouns
Explanatory
Sequence of
Events
Plural
Nouns
Make Inferences
Possessive
Nouns
Make Inferences
Plural with
Possessive
s
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English Language Arts Common Core State Standards: Grade 2
Common Core State Standards Scope and Sequence at Glance Units 1-6
Mini Unit 2.5 NEW**Winter Poetry Unit
Winter Eyes – Douglas Florian
Phonics: Long u (u, u_e, ew, ue )
5 Lessons
Inflectional ending -in
Unit 3
Modules 1-3
24 lessons – 30 days
Unit Theme: Better Together
Unit Statement: Working Together Makes Better Things Happen
Main Selections
Lexile
Module 1: Head,
Body, and Legs: A
Story From
Liberia
220
Module 2: Click,
Clack, Moo
160
Module 3:
660
African American
Inventors (NEW!)
*CLOSE READ
Genre
Folk Tale
Cause & Effect
Compare &
Contrast
Common Core State Standards: Grade 1
Phonics
R controlled vowels
er, ir, ur
inflectional ending er, -est
Comprehension
Skill
Cause & Effect
R controlled vowels
Cause & Effect
(ir, ear, eer, ere)
Sllent letters
/n/, gn, kn, r wr, m
mb
R controlled (ar)
Compare &
R controlled (or, oar, Contrast
ore)
Suffixes – er, - est
Unit of Study: Famous African American
Titles: (5 of each)
Young Fredrick Douglas
Mary McLeod Bethune - Rookie Biographies
Young Thurgood Marshall
Madame CJ Walker
The story of Ruby Bridges – Robert Coles
Metacognitive
Strategy
Inference
Visualize
Summarize
Prediction
Question
Connect
Grammar
Writing
Genre
Action Verbs
Sentence
Combining
Research
Project
TBD
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English Language Arts Common Core State Standards: Grade 2
Common Core State Standards Scope and Sequence at Glance Units 1-6
Unit 4
Modules 1-3
18 Lessons – 23 Day Range
Unit Theme: Land, Sea, and Sky
Unit Statement: Learning about land, sea, and sky helps us to adapt to our world.
Non Fiction Topic: Weather
Titles: Storms, Weather, Lightening by Seymour Simon
Main Selections
Module 1:
Goose’s Story
6 lessons
Module 2: Super
Storms
*ClOSE READ
6 lessons
Module 3: Nutik
the Wolf, Pup
6 lessons
Lexile
Genre
510
Fiction
670
Nonfiction
290
Fiction
Common Core State Standards: Grade 1
Phonics
r-controlled vowels
air, are, ear, ere
prefixes re, un, dis
Dipthong ou, ow
Inflectional ending
–s, es
Dipthong oi, oy
Prefix re, un, dis
Comprehension
Skill
Cause & Effect
Predictions
Make Inferences
Metacognitive
Strategy
Inference
Visualize
Summarize
Prediction
Question
Connect
Grammar
Writing
Genre
Helping
Verbs
Irregular
Verbs
Explanatory
Contraction
s
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English Language Arts Common Core State Standards: Grade 2
Common Core State Standards Scope and Sequence at Glance Units 1-6
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Unit 5
Modules 1-3
24 Lessons –30 Day Range
Unit Theme: Discovering Earth
Unit Statement:
Surprises and discoveries can happen every day.
Non Fiction Topic of Study: The Earth
Titles: The Solar System, The Earth, The Moon
Main
Lexile
Genre
Phonics
Selections
Module 1: TFK: 720
Nonfiction
Variant vowels
Helping Planet
Earth (old Unit
4)
Module 2: Dig, 360
Informational
Variant vowels
Wait, Listen: A
Desert Tale
Module 3: The 390
Fiction
Variant vowels
Ugly Vegetables
Module 4:
The Moon
720
Non Fiction
Common Core State Standards: Grade 1
Closed syllables
Comprehension
Skill
Text Structure
Summarize
Author’s Purpose
Summarize
Sequence of
Events
SummarizeClassify and
Categorize
Metacognitive
Strategy
Grammar
Writing
Genre
Irregular Verbs
Visualize
Summarize
Prediction
Connect
Questioning
Inference
Pronoun Verb
Agreement
Opinion
Pronouns
Pronouns
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English Language Arts Common Core State Standards: Grade 2
Common Core State Standards Scope and Sequence at Glance Units 1-6
Unit 6
Modules 1-3
Unit Theme: Author Study/Novel Unit
Unit Statement:
Cynthia Rylant: Author Study:
Mr Putter and Tabby (in the anthology)
The Relatives Came
The Storm
Main Selections
Module 1: Mr.
Putty and Tabby
Pour the Tea
3 lessons
Module 2: The
Storm
12 lessons
Module 3 The
Relatives Came
3 lessons
Lexile
560
700
Genre
Fiction
Phonics
Open
Syllables
Comprehension
Skill
Analyze Plot
Fiction
Open
Syllables
TBD
Fiction
Open
Syllables
TBD
Common Core State Standards: Grade 1
Metacognitive
Strategy
Visualize
Summarize
Prediction
Connect
Questioning
Inference /
Figuring Out
Grammar
Commands
and
Exclamations
Writing
Genre
Narrative
TBD
TBD
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