Second Grade Curriculum Connection
September
Reading Level
Students are formatively assessed throughout the quarter using running records aligned with the Fountas and Pinnell Reading Levels. The running records will be used to guide instruction and determine students reading levels. The summative assessment (end of quarter) for reading is the determination of a student’s F&P reading level.
Reading Standards
Reading Growth Spurt This unit progresses through three parts. The first bend launches the year and gets readers working toward the big work of reading with fluency, stamina, and comprehension. The second bend recruits students to work on figuring out hard words. The final bend invites readers to use what they are learning in writing to help them think more deeply in reading.
Essential Questions: Students will keep considering…
● How do strategic readers create meaning from informational and literary text?
● How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response?
● What strategies do good readers use to become an independent reader?
● How does the audience affect the format of our writing?
● What strategies can we use to make our writing come alive?
● How does each step in the process impact your writing?
● How do you listen and speak effectively to respond and give feedback?
● How do I adapt my communication to different purposes and audiences?
● How do writers apply grammar and mechanics to convey their message effectively?
What are the benefits of using resources to improve your spelling?
Writing
This unit progresses through three parts. The first bend launches Tiny Topic Notebooks to be able to stretch out and magnify small moments. The second bend spotlights on writing with a purpose and learn from author's craft. The final bend sets children up making reading and writing connections to apply in their own writing.
Language/Word Study
Phonics:
The teacher will utilize the first quarter FHSD Phonics lessons. Students will participate in the following word work activities:
● Decoding & Encoding
● Accuracy
● Fluency
● Dictation.
The phonics skills for first quarter in second grade are:
● Vowel Team: ai, ay, oa, ee
● Mixed Review: Open Syllable with Inflectional Endings
● Ending Consonants: -ve, -ng
● Mixed Review: Hard/Soft c: ce, ci, cy and hard /c/ can, cobra
● Mixed Review: Hard/Soft g: gi, ge, gy and hard /g/ goat, glass
● Schwa in 2 syllables (schwa in unaccented syllable only)
● Ending Consonants -ge, -dge
Digraphs: ph (/f/), gh (/g/)Grammar Add Groups to the Noun Collection: Write a line from the story Let’s Meet a Librarian by Gina Bellisario on whiteboard. “Our class is on a mission.”-Gina Bellisario (Note teacher could choose another book they are reading in class that includes a sentence with a collective noun.) Ask students to notice what they see in this sentence. Explain class is a collective noun, that collective nouns together together groups. Share with them some ideas in a chart of collective nouns. Cursive Handwriting Teacher will pace students throughout the year through the FHSD Second Grade Cursive Handwriting Book. As needed teachers will provide practice time for students who need support in print handwriting. Interactive Vocabulary The teacher will employ a variety of strategies while teaching unit vocabulary. Strategies are based on student need and understanding and application of each term listed in the vocabulary section. Instructional strategies include: ● Organizers like concept mapping or Frayer model ● Cooperative learning to discuss meaning of the terms: think-pair-share, shoulder partner, think write ● Similarities and differences looking at similar and different words to the term Nonlinguistic representation Vocabulary: Author’s purpose-what author wants to answer, explain, or describe. Central message, lesson, or moral are what the author thinks is the right or proper way to behave. Dialogue-a conversation between two or more characters Edit-fixing spelling, punctuation,and grammar errors Fable-a legendary story of supernatural happenings or narratives that attempt to impart truths (often through morals) especially in stories where animals speak and have human characteristics. Folktale-short stories that were first passed down from generation to generation. The tales typically have to do with everyday life. Point of View-the perspective through which a story is told or an event is related. Revise-reseeing the piece from a writer’s eye to make it clearer. This could be adding details or deleting information, connecting sentences to make it flow better. Publish-the process of making the final draft of written composition for public viewing. Sequence of events-the beginning, middle, and end of a story. The ability to retell events in a story in the order they occurred
Social Studies
In this unit we will build an understanding of what it means to be a respectful, responsible citizen of the United States. Students will explore the concept of majority rule, their rights at citizens, and how to resolve conflicts peacefully.
Transfer Goal - Students will be able to independently use their learning to…… ● Understand the importance of community and friendships and apply this knowledge to develop relationships with others.
Understandings – Students will understand that… (Big Ideas) 1. Majority rule is used in the United States 2. Citizens of the United States have rights 3. The common goods are things shared and beneficial for all members of a community 4. Peaceful resolution is the most effective way to solve a dispute Essential Questions: Students will keep considering… ● Why is the rule of majority a good way to run a nation? ● What rights should all people have? What are some ways to peacefully resolve disputes? Vocabulary: Majority rule-the number with the greatest number of votes exercises the greatest power Common good is a benefit or action that is a benefit to society as a whole. Peaceful resolution is a peaceful ending to a conflict. Authoritative decision is the act or result of making a choice by a person or a body of authority after careful thought and consideration. Needs are things a person must have in order to live.