Grade 2 Unit 2

Second Grade Unit 2 Community Heroes
Week 1/ Week 2/ Week 3/ Week 4/Week 5
Enduring Understanding Heroes are all around us. They face difficult situations with courage and wisdom. Essential Question: What heroes live in your community?
Heroes - Theme Research Project My Hero See Teacher Notes
Unit 2 Weekly Spelling Lists (Teacher Resource)
		Treasures Board Posters
Week 1: Babu's Song	Teacher Resources		Student Resources
Word Study	Blending Chart Day 1 Blending Chart Day 3 Long Vowel Dominoes- Directions Dominoes Recording Sheet Long A Dominoes Game pg.1 Long A Dominoes Game pg. 2 Vocabulary (bookmarks and printable dominoes game) Commas In a Series Oral Vocabulary Cards - Week 1		Weekly Vocabulary Practice (Student Station) Vocabulary Splash (Student Station) Babu's Song: Character Response & Character/Setting/Plot (Student Station) Noun Dunk (Student Station) Find the Noun! (Student Station) Rats! Nouns! (Student Station)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers describe the traits, motivations, and feelings of characters and how setting affects the plot and characters. Essential Question: How did the setting and characters affect the events in the story?	Instructional Slides Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Education in Africa This video describes what education is like in Kenya on the elementary level. It includes real video footage of a Kenyan classroom and a few students. (2 mins.) *Note: If the link does not work login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com*		Education: Compare and Contrast (Students will compare American Education to Kenyan Education and respond to a writing prompt) (Note: Link to DE video and CultureGrams is also in the SmartBoard file) Cinderella: Character, Setting, and Plot (Student Station)
Week 2: Dona Flor	Teacher Resources		Student Resources
Word Study	Blending Chart Day 1 Blending Chart Day 3 Long E Dominoes Games pg. 1 Long E Dominoes Games pg. 2 Plural Nouns Oral Vocabulary Cards - Week 2		Weekly Vocabulary Practice (Student Station) Vocabulary Splash (Student Station) Nouns (Brainpop Jr.)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers know that cause-and-effect relationships make up the events in the story. Essential Question: What details can you remember about the characters? What plot events did the character traits, motivations, or feelings cause?	Instructional Slides Food Creatures Procedural Directions Writing Activity Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Engaging with Cause & Effect Through Creating Comic Strips		Cause and Effect (Student Station) Cause and Effect (Student Station) Cause and Effect (Student Station- Shorter Text) Cause and Effect (Student Station- Longer Text)
Week 3: A Tall Tale	Teacher Resources		Student Resources
Word Study	Blending Chart Day 1 Blending Chart Day 3 Long I Dominoes Game pg. 1 Long I Dominoes Game pg. 2 Proper Nouns Oral Vocabulary Cards - Week 3		Weekly Vocabulary Practice (Student Station) Vocabulary Splash (Student Station) Compound Words Apostrophe Practice (Student Station) Apostrophe Sentences (Student Station)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers locate facts in a selection and identify the main idea. Essential Question: What is the connection between all of the details in the selection?	Instructional Slides Day 1 Main Idea Introduction (Brain Pop Video - What is a "main idea?")		A Tall Tale Main Idea Main Idea and Details: Test Tutor (Student Station) Main Idea, Yipee! (Student Station)
Week 4: One Grain of Rice	Teacher Resources		Student Resources
Word Study	Blending Chart Day 1 Blending Chart Day 3 Long O Dominoes Game pg.1 Long O Dominoes Game pg. 2 Possessive Nouns Oral Vocabulary Cards - Week 4		Weekly Vocabulary Practice (Student Station) Vocabulary Splash (Student Station)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers use story clues to draw conclusions. Essential Question: What inferences can you make about the characters and their traits, motivations, and feelings?	Cinderella This 13 minute video is James Marshall's version of Cinderella. *Note: If the link does not work login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com* Turkey Girl This about five minute video is an example of a Native American Cinderella version. *Note: If the link does not work login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com* Cinderella Version Comparison Double Bubble Map (Kidspiration)		Generate Questions Foldable (Word Document) Letter Generator (Student interactive for friendly letters) Make Inferences (Student Station) Make Inferences Quiz (Student Station) What is a Fairytale? (Student Station) Cinderella Writing Activity Cinderella Writing Activity Rubric
Week 5: African-American Inventors	Teacher Resources		Student Resources
Word Study	Blending Chart Day 1 Blending Chart Day 3 Long U Dominoes Game pg.1 Long U Dominoes Game pg. 2 Vocabulary (bookmarks and printable dominoes game) Oral Vocabulary Cards - Week 5		Weekly Vocabulary Practice (Student Station) Vocabulary Splash (Student Station)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers compare and contrast facts and other information to help them identify the main idea. Essential Question: What is the main idea of the selection?	Compare and Contrast Main Idea		Bio-Cube (Student Interactive) Compare and Contrast (Student Station) Compare and Contrast Map (Student Station) Main Idea (Student Station) George Washington Carver Writing Prompt *Note to teacher, you must copy to your my content and assign this assignment.*

Theme Connections
Curriculum Links	Resources

Teacher Notes
Standards	Resources
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: W 1 Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or or book they are writing about, state an opinion and supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words to connect opinion and reasons, provide a concluding statement or section W6 With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including collaboration with peers. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	My Hero This free project-based website is designed so that teachers/students can post stories/artwork/short films about their heroes. Teachers can set it up so that students can view their classmates stories, etc also.
Common Core Standard: RL 7 Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quatitatively, as well as in words. W2 Write informative/ explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section. Technology Standard: Standard 4: Teachnology for Communication and Expression. Use technology to share ideas and communicate information using a variety of formats.	Cinderella Comparison
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.	Engaging with Cause and Effect through Comic Strips
Common Core Standard: W 6 With guidance, use technology to present findings/conclusions in a variety of formats. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Letter Generator
Common Core Standard: RF 3 Identify and apply vowel pronunciation rules to read words. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Long Vowel Dominoes Game Created by Beth Newingham
Common Core Standard: RL 9 Compare and Contrast two or more versions by different authors or from different cultures. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Cinderella Turkey Girl
Common Core Standard: RL 9 Compare and Contrast two or more versions by different authors or from different cultures. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Cinderella Version Comparison (Kidspiration) Compare and Contrast Map Compare and Contrast
Common Core Standard: W 3 Write narratives in which they recount a well elaborated event or short sequence of events, including details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure. Technology Standard: Standard 4: Teachnology for Communication and Expression. Use technology to share ideas and communicate information using a variety of formats.	CInderella Writing Activity
Common Core Standard: W 6 With guidance, use technology to present findings/conclusions in a variety of formats. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Bio-Cube
Common Core Standard: RL 1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when and how to demonstrate understanding in a text. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Generate Questions Foldable Cause and Effect
Common Core Standard: L 1.a. Use collective nouns. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Noun Dunk Find the Nouns! Rats! Nouns! Nouns
Common Core Standard: RL 7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in 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.	Babu's Song: Character Response & Character/Setting/Plot Cinderella: Character, Setting, and Plot Make Inferences Make Inferences Quiz
Common Core Standard: RI 2 Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Main Idea Introduction A Tall Tale Main Idea Main Idea Main Idea: Test Tutor Main Idea Practice Main Idea, Yipee!
Common Core Standard: L 2.2c Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Apostrophe Practice Apostrophe Sentences Possessive Nouns
Common Core Standard: RL 2 Recount stories, including fables and folktales from different cultures, and determine cultures, and determine their central message, lesson or moral. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	What is a Fairytale?
Common Core Standard: L.2.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Commas In A Series
Common Core Standard RI 8: Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text. W8: Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	George Washington Carver Writing Prompt

August 2015