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📖 ELA2nd Grade

2nd Grade ELA: the year at a glance

10 units · 53 lessons · based on Common Core State Standards for ELA, Grade 2 — typical US scope & sequence (literacy block). Every unit ends with a review & assessment day.

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Unit 1: Reading routines, fluency & vowel teams RF.2.3

Read grade-level text accurately and fluently · Decode long-vowel teams and common spelling patterns

  1. Building a reading lifeRF.2.4
  2. Long vowel teams reviewRF.2.3b
  3. Reading with expressionRF.2.4b
  4. Self-correctingRF.2.4c
  5. High-frequency wordsRF.2.3f
  6. Review & assessment

Unit 2: Story structure & characters RL.2.5

Describe the overall structure of a story · Describe how characters respond to major events

  1. Beginning introduces, ending concludesRL.2.5
  2. Problem and solutionRL.2.5
  3. Characters’ responsesRL.2.3
  4. Different points of viewRL.2.6
  5. Ask and answer with the textRL.2.1
  6. Review & assessment

Unit 3: Informational text: main topic & features RI.2.2

Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text and the focus of each paragraph · Use text features to locate facts

  1. Main topic of a textRI.2.2
  2. Focus of each paragraphRI.2.2
  3. Text featuresRI.2.5
  4. Author’s purposeRI.2.6
  5. DiagramsRI.2.7
  6. Compare two textsRI.2.9
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 4: Grammar: nouns, pronouns, verbs & modifiers L.2.1

Use collective nouns, irregular plurals, reflexive pronouns and irregular past-tense verbs · Use adjectives and adverbs correctly

  1. Collective nounsL.2.1a
  2. Irregular pluralsL.2.1b
  3. Reflexive pronounsL.2.1c
  4. Irregular past tenseL.2.1d
  5. Adjectives and adverbsL.2.1e
  6. Compound sentencesL.2.1f
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 5: Narrative writing W.2.3

Recount a well-elaborated event with details, temporal words and a sense of closure

  1. Generating story ideasW.2.3
  2. Planning a storyW.2.3
  3. Drafting with detailsW.2.3
  4. Temporal wordsW.2.3
  5. EndingsW.2.3
  6. Revising and editingW.2.5
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 6: Fables & folktales from many cultures RL.2.2

Recount fables and folktales and determine their central message · Compare versions of the same story

  1. What is a fable?RL.2.2
  2. Central messageRL.2.2
  3. Folktales around the worldRL.2.2
  4. Compare two versionsRL.2.9
  5. Write a fableW.2.3
  6. Review & assessment

Unit 7: Word study: syllables, prefixes & suffixes RF.2.3

Decode two-syllable words with long vowels · Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes · Use word parts to find meaning

  1. Syllable typesRF.2.3c
  2. Diphthongs ou, ow, oi, oyRF.2.3
  3. Prefixes un- and re-L.2.4b
  4. Suffixes -ful, -less, -lyL.2.4c
  5. Compound wordsL.2.4d
  6. Using a dictionaryL.2.4e
  7. Review & assessment

Unit 8: Opinion writing W.2.1

State an opinion, supply reasons, use linking words and a concluding statement

  1. Strong opinionsW.2.1
  2. Reasons and examplesW.2.1
  3. Linking wordsW.2.1
  4. Book reviewW.2.1
  5. Present your opinionSL.2.4
  6. Review & assessment

Unit 9: Research & informative writing W.2.2

Participate in shared research · Write informative texts with facts, definitions and a conclusion

  1. Choosing a research topicW.2.7
  2. Taking notesW.2.8
  3. Writing an introductionW.2.2
  4. Facts and definitionsW.2.2
  5. Conclusion and publishingW.2.2
  6. Review & assessment

Unit 10: Poetry & word choice RL.2.4

Describe how words and phrases supply rhythm and meaning · Read and write poems

  1. Rhythm and rhymeRL.2.4
  2. Sensory wordsRL.2.4
  3. Shades of meaningL.2.5b
  4. Write a poemW.2.3
  5. Review & assessment

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