Second Grade
Unit 5
Growing and Changing

Week 1/ Week 2/ Week 3/ Week 4/Week 5

Week 1: The Tiny Seeds

Week 2: The Ugly Vegetables

Week 3: Meet the Super Croc

Week 4: Farfallina and Marcel

Week 5: Nutik, The Wolf Pup

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.

Common Core Standard:

SL 2  Recound or describe key ideas or details from text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.

Technology Standard:Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.

Common Core Standard:

RL 2.7 Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a print or digital text to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot.

RL 2.10 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.

 Week 1 - Drawing Conclusions

Common Core Standard:
RI 2.10 By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, 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.

Smithsonian Dinosaur Dig

Common Core Standard:

RI 2.7 Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.

Technology Standard:Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.

Smithsonian Dinosaur Tour

Common Core Standard:

L 2.4.a Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

• L 2.2.d Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (e.g., cage -> badge; boy -> boil).

Technology Standard:Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.

Weeks 1 & 2 - Homophones

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Syllables

(Student Station)

Students will divide the syllables in words that contain more than two syllables in an interactive format.

Common Core Standard:

RF 2.3.c Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels.

Technology Standard:Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.

Weeks 1 & 2 - Syllables

Common Core Standard:

L 2.4.a Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.

Technology Standard:Standard 3: Technology for Learning and Collaboration.  Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration.

Week 2 - Word Riddles

Common Core Standard: RL 2.3 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.

Inference Riddle Game

Making Inferences Videos

Watermelon Inferences

Inference  Riddles

Making Inferences (Challenge)

Making Inferences

Making Inferences Based on Characters

Common Core Standard: RL 2.5 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.