Second Grade Unit 1 Friends and Family
Week 1/ Week 2/ Week 3/ Week 4/Week 5
Enduring Understanding A friend can be someone you met in your neighborhood, a classmate, or even a family member. Essential Question: What makes a good friend?
Big Question Thinking Map Activity (Kidspiration) Friendship Alphabet Book Project Small Group Collaboration during part of three group rotation time WebQuest: You Are Part Of A Family This WebQuest allows students to gather and organize information about their families' background and create their own family books. Note: This quest may be completed in multiple sessions in the lab or as a rotation in the Classroom.		Unit 1 Weekly Spelling Lists (Teacher Resource)
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Week 1: David's New Friends	Teacher Resources		Student Resources
Word Study	Vocabulary (bookmarks and printable dominoes game)      Blending Words Short A Blending Chart Day 1 Blending Chart Day 3 Oral Vocabulary Cards - Week 1		Weekly Vocabulary Practice (student station) Short A and I Sort Vocabulary Splash (student station) Sorry! Spelling Game Phonics/Word Study (can be used with any spelling list throughout the year)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers describe the traits, motivations, and feelings of characters and how setting affects the plot and characters. Essential Question: What details help you describe the characters' traits, motivations, and feelings?	Instructional Slides Week 1		Story Map Character Trading Card (student station) Setting (When?) (student station) Setting (Where?) (student station)
Week 2: Mr. Putter & Tabby Pour the Tea	Teacher Resources		Student Resources
Word Study	Vocabulary (bookmarks and printable dominoes game) Blending Chart Day 1 Blending Chart Day 3 Oral Vocabulary Cards - Week 2		Weekly Vocabulary Practice (student station) Short Vowel Review Partner Game (Student Station) Rhyme Time Vocabulary Splash (student station) Sentence Clubhouse (4 Kinds of Sentences)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers identify the problem and solution and retell the story's beginning, middle, and end. Essential Question: What happens in the story's beginning, middle, and end?	Instructional Slides Week 2		Mr. Putter - Story Map and Character Trading Card (student station) Plot Development (student station) Mr. Putter Text Comparisons (PowerPoint presentation project)
Week 3: Family Farm: Then and Now	Teacher Resources		Student Resources
Word Study	Blending Chart Day 1 Blending Chart Day 3 Oral Vocabulary Cards - Week 3		Weekly Vocabulary Practice (student station) Vocabulary Splash (student station) Blends and Digraphs
Enduring Understanding: Good readers locate facts and identify the main idea. Essential Question: What is the connection between all of the details in the selection?	Instructional Slides Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 The Nightingale This video is based on the children's fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen. The video contains real images from the story with narration of what is happening. 25 minutes. Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com		Family Farm Then and Now  (Board) (Login to Discovery Education before selecting the link.) Family Farm Main Idea Main Idea: What's the Big Idea?
Week 4: Meet Rosina	Teacher Resources		Student Resources
Word Study	Vocabulary (bookmarks and printable dominoes game) Blending Chart Day 1 Blending Chart Day 3 Oral Vocabulary Cards - Week 4		Weekly Vocabulary Practice (student station) Vocabulary Splash (Student Station)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers locate facts and identify the main idea. Essential Question: What is the connection between all of the details in the selection?	Instructional Slides Week 4 Day 1 (More in depth) Sign Language This is a short video segment from the Reading Rainbow that will help teach students about sign language and what it means to be deaf. 6 min. Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com		Meet Rosina Main Idea Main Idea (student station)
Week 5: My Name is Yoon	Teacher Resources		Student Resources
Word Study	Vocabulary (bookmarks and printable dominoes game) Blending Chart Day 1 Blending Chart Day 3 Oral Vocabulary Cards - Week 5		Weekly Vocabulary Practice (student station) Vocabulary Splash (Student Station)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers use text clues to predict what will happen next. Essential Question: What do you think will happen next in the selection? Identify text clues.	Instructional Slides Week 5		My Name is Yoon - Problem/Solution (student station) Making Predictions: Can You Dig It? (student station) Making Predictions (student station) My Name is Yoon - Writing Prompt (Note to teacher: You must copy to your "My Content" and assign this assignment)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Common Core Standard:  RI 4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area. Technology Standard:  Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Weekly Vocabulary Practice
Common Core Standard:  SL 4 Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences. Technology Standard:  Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Sentence Clubhouse
Common Core Standard: RL 1 Use prior knowledge and experiences to make and explain connections to the text. Technology Standard:  Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Big Question Thinking Map Activity (Kidspiration)
Common Core Standard: RL 7 Use information gained in the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. Technology Standard:   Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Setting (When?) Setting (Where?) Plot Development
Common Core Standard: RI 2 Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within text. Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Family Farm Main Idea Family Farm Then and Now Board Meet Rosina Main Idea
Common Core Standard: RI 2 Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within text. Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Main Idea: What's the Big Idea? Main Idea
Common Core Standard: RL 7 Use information gained in the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. Technology Standard: Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Making Predictions: Can You Dig It? Making Predictions
Common Core Standard: RL 1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, when, why and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. RL 3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. RL 7 Use information gained in the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. Technology Standard:Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Mr. Putter: Story Map and Character Trading Card
Common Core Standard: RL 3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. Technology Standard:Standard 3:  Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	My Name is Yoon - Problem/Solution
Common Core Standard: RL 1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, when, why and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. Technology Standard:Standard 4: Identifies how students use technology to share ideas and communicate information using a variety of formats.	Mr. Putter Text Comparisons
Common Core Standard: W 6 With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers. Technology Standard:Standard 4: Identifies how students use technology to share ideas and communicate information using a variety of formats.	My Name is Yoon - Writing Prompt

 

 

 

 

 

 

August  2015