Grade 2 Unit 4

Second Grade Unit 4 Better Together
Week 1/ Week 2/ Week 3/ Week 4/Week 5
Enduring Understanding Jobs can be easier and done faster when we work with other people. Essential Question: How is working together better than working alone?
Teamwork - Theme Research Project Working Together This is the animated story about friends that had a disagreement and in the end, worked together to get some things done. (5 mins.) *Note: If the link does not work login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com*
Treasures Board Posters
Week 1: Head, Body, Legs	Teacher Resources	Student Resources
Word Study	Vocabulary (bookmarks and printable dominoes game) Blending Chart Day 1 Blending Chart Day 3 ou and ow Ow(how) or Ow(snow) Oral Vocabulary Cards - Week 1	Weekly Vocabulary Practice (Student Station) Vocabulary Splash (Student Station)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers know that cause-and-effect relationships make up the events in a story. Essential Question: Retell the events in a story's beginning, middle, and end. What was the problem and how was it solved?	Cause and Effect (Day1) Cause and Effect (Day 2)
Week 2: Officer Buckle and Gloria	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) Vocabulary Splash (Student Station) Word Builder - oi/oy(Student Station) Students will build a word with the oi/oy sound to complete a sentence in an interactive format. Officer Buckle - Text Feature (Student Station) Students will be able to use an illustration in order to better comprehend the plot in a story and identify how text features can help a reader understand a piece of text. Tikki Tikki Comprehension (Student Station) Students will be able to read Tikki Tikki Tembo and answer comprehension questions about the plot and characters. Character Traits
Enduring Understanding: Good readers use the illustrations to help them describe the characters' traits, motivations, and feelings. Essential Question: What do the illustrations tell you about the characters and how they think, feel, and act?	Officer Buckle Video This is the animated story of Officer Buckle and Gloria. (12 mins.) *Note: If the link does not work login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com* Partner Retelling Officer Buckle Cause and Effect Lesson Tikki Tikki Tembo Video This video is based on the children's book by Arlene Mosel, illustrated by Blair Lent. This video contains real images from the story with narration of what is happening. (9 mins.) *Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com*	Officer Buckle Illustration & Interpretation Lesson Officer Buckle and Gloria Reading Comprehension Quiz *Note to teacher, you must copy to your my contents and assign this assignment.*
Week 3: A Trip to the Emergency Room	Teacher Resources	Student Resources
Word Study	Vocabulary (bookmarks and printable dominoes game) Blending Chart Day 1 Blending Chart Day 3 Oral Vocabulary Cards - Week 3	Weekly Vocabulary Practice (Student Station) Vocabulary Splash (Student Station)
Enduring Understanding: Good readers describe the order of ideas or events in a selection. Essential Question: How do signal words such as first, then, and next help you, retell the events or ideas presented?	Emergency Room Video 1 This is the first video explaining about the E.R. In this video, D.V. enters an emergency room and meets a nurse. The nurse describes the waiting room and what happens when you first enter the E.R. in order to be seen by a doctor. (3 mins.) Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com Emergency Room Video 2 This is a short video that follows Emergency Room Video 1. In this video, D.V. will enter a triage room and learn about the monitoring system in the E.R. A nurse explains what objects are inside a triage room and why they are there. (3 mins.) Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com Little Red Riding Hood Video This is an animated story about the fairytale classic, Red Riding Hood. (6 mins.) Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com	A Trip to the Emergency Room: Beginning, Middle and End (Student Station)
Week 4: A Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up	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) Word Frog - Antonyms (Student Station) Students will choose the correct antonym for a given word in an interactive format.
Enduring Understanding: Good readers describe the order of ideas or events in a selection. Essential Question: How do signal words such as first, then, and next help you, retell the events or ideas presented?	Differentiated Sequencing Lesson (see teacher notes) Seals Video This is a short video providing students with some background information about seals. (48 secs.) Note: If the link does not work, login to aacps.discoveryeducation.com Sequence Activities Scroll down to Comprehension. Click Part One. Go to pages 8-12 of pdf for Story Line Up and Story Book.	Seal Research Students will view the video and read the article to find out information about seals. Use the circle map to record information.
Week 5: Mice and Beans	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) Contractions (Student Station) Students will choose the correct contraction that represents two words in an interactive format. Letter Rip (Student Station - Approaching)Students will generate words in an interactive format under a specifed time limit. Fish 'Em Up! (Student Station) Students will add the ed or ing ending appropriately to a root word.
Enduring Understanding: Good readers determine whether a story is true or a fantasy, and can explain why. Essential Question: Is this story true, realistic, or a fantasy? How do you know?		Fantasy/Reality Classifying (Student Station)

Theme Connections
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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: RF 3.b Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Word Builder - oi/oy
Common Core Standard: RL 7 Use information gained from 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.	Officer Buckle - Text Feature
Common Core Standard: RL 1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Officer Buckle and Gloria Reading Comprehension Quiz
Common Core Standard: RL 10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Tikki Tikki Comprehension
Common Core Standard: RL 5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	A Trip to the Emergency Room
Common Core Standard: RF 3.e Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences. RF 3.b Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Homophones 1 & 2 Ou and Ow /ow/ how and /ow/ snow
Common Core Standard: L 5.b Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (e.g., toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (e.g., thin, slender, skinny, scrawny). Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Word Frog - Antonyms
Common Core Standard: RF 3.e Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Contractions
Common Core Standard: RF 3.b Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Letter Rip
Common Core Standard: RF 3.e Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Fish 'Em Up!
Common Core Standard: SL 2 Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally through other media. RL 7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. RL 10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Videos - Working Together Officer Buckle Tikki Tikki Tembo Emergency Room Video 1 Emergency Room Video 2 Little Red Riding Hood A Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up Thinking Map-Seals
Common Core Standard: RL 4 Describe how words and phrases (e.g. regular beats, alliterations, rhymes, repeted lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song. Technology Standard: Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration. Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.	Fantasy/Reality Classifying

August 2015