2nd+Grade+Language+Arts

and Assessments ||~ Differentiation and Reflection ||~ Supporting / Supplementary Materials/Projects ||~  ||~ New activity Ideas from Teaching Gifted Children ||~   ||~   ||~   ||~   ||~   || 6 weeks ||< What does the word relationship mean? How do relationships help us? ||< * Can people have relationships with animals and plants? short a,i,o,e,u Long a,i,o ABC order Capitalization,Punctuation,Statements and Questions, Commands,Predicates,Sentence Combining The writing Process ( brainstorming and sorting ideas)Personal Narrative,Describing a friend,Fantasy( I fought a fire),Letter Writing ( Thank You Firefighters),Journal Writing Related to each story in the unit Verbs Story Structure, Main Idea and Details,Make and confirm Predictions,Summarize Fluency,Word Aromaticity spelling city ||< * Treasures-Grade 2- Unit 1
 * ~ Unit ||~ Start Date (duration) ||~ Essential Questions ||~ Big Ideas ||~ Skills ||~ Texts
 * < Unit 1- Relationships ||< August-Mid October
 * How can having positive happy healthy relationships help us to grow in life?
 * How are relationships with peers different than relationships with adults or children younger than you? ||< **Phonics and Spelling**
 * Grammar**
 * I use a combo of Treasures work book pages and online resources**
 * Writing**
 * Vocabulary**
 * Comprehension**
 * Reading**
 * Spelling**
 * You Tube-Fire Fighting Videos
 * Ed Helper
 * Enchanted Learning
 * Spelling City

__**Assessment**__

Treasures given assessment at the end of every unit and at the end of each week.

Informal assessments while reading and writing. ||< They are broken up into the same groups as the homework is broken up into

leveled readers

assessments

spelling words

homework

writing assignments ||< **Stories**
 * David's New Friends
 * Mr. Putter and Tabby Pour The Tea
 * Fighting The Fire
 * Meet Rosina
 * My Name Is Yoon
 * Deaf Donald and Talkie Sue
 * The Giving Tree
 * Shel Siverstein Poetry and Books having to do with relationships Be Nice To Spiders
 * Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
 * Leveled readers for reading groups
 * New Friends ||<  || Quilting squares /logos done at the end of every week to reinforce learning from this week

vocabulary webs

reading inventory folders

Lisa J.- will take Rafi and Benji to brainstorm on all of the above ideas earlier in the week. Lisa will push in on Friday to to the project

Enrichment for Ethan and Elisha- novel studies for each unit ||<  ||<   ||< * ||<

||<  || 6 weeks ||< How do living things grow and change? ||< * How do humans grow and change? short and long u-u-e,ue,ew,u,oo Blends sl,dr,sk,sp,st Long a, a ,ay,ai Long i ,i,igh,ie,y Long o,o,oa,ow,oe Nouns,Plural Nouns, Proper Nouns,Possessive Nouns How to paragraph,Friendly letter,Explanation paragraph(Why we need plants),Fantasy ( My pet whale),Things I have in Common With a Friend Antonyms,Homophones,Synonyms, Context Clues,Using a dictionary,Using a Thesaurus, Vocabulary related to stories Summarize,Draw Conclusions,Summarize,Identify Sequence of Events, Make Inferences Word Automaticity,Echo-Read,Choral Reading,Repeated Reading spelling city ||< * Treasures-Grade 2
 * < Unit 2- Growth and Change ||< Mid October-End of November
 * How do plants grow and change?
 * How do animals grow and change?
 * What do living things need to grow and change?
 * Can non-living things grow and change?
 * How do whales grow and change?
 * How do whales use their environment to grow and change? ||< **Phonics and Spelling**
 * Grammar**
 * Writing**
 * Vocabulary**
 * Comprehension**
 * Reading**
 * Spelling**
 * You Tube-How whales Eat,How Butterflies Change Over Time,Whale Rescue
 * Ed Helper
 * Enchanted Learning
 * Spelling City
 * Whales

__**Assessment**__

Treasures given assessment at the end of every unit and at the end of each week.

Informal assessments while reading and writing. ||< They are broken up into the same groups as the homework is broken up into

leveled readers

assessments

spelling words

homework

writing assignments ||< **Stories**
 * The Tiny Seed
 * A Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up
 * A Trip To The Emergency Room
 * Farfallina and Marcel
 * There's Nothing Like Baseball
 * Gregory The Terrible eater
 * Plant info made into packets collected from various on line sources about plant growth and usage
 * Making Terrariums ||~  || Lisa J.- will take Rafi and Benji to brainstorm on all of the above ideas earlier in the week. Lisa will push in on Friday to to the project

Enrichment for Ethan, Davis and Elisha- novel studies for each unit ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   || 6 weeks ||< 1.What are the benefits of doing things together? 2. What is a performer? ||< * Things that are better done in groups and things that are better done alone? long e -e,ee,ea,ey,y long u - u,u_e digraphs ch, sh,th,wh,tch,ph blends scr,spr,str action verbs,abbreviations,present tense verbs,past tense words,commas,sentence combining,punctuation Things we like to do together ( written in partners) Persuasive Essay- convincing parents to buy you .....) Safety Rules Reasons behind the laws we have Things I can do in an ice hotel Context Clues Word Parts,synonyms,root words prefixes, suffixes,antonyms Cause and Effect, Monitor Comprehension, Visualize,Summarize,Oral presentation Word Automaticity,Echo-Read,Choral Reading,Repeated Reading,Partner reading spelling city ||< * Treasures-Grade 2
 * < Unit 3-Better Together ||< December-Mid January
 * What skills and do we need when working together as a group?
 * Working together in a group can help get things done faster and can be fun as well.
 * Telling stories in a group
 * Performers in different countries
 * different types of entertainment
 * shadow shows ||< **Phonics and Spelling**
 * Grammar**
 * Writing**
 * Vocabulary**
 * Comprehension**
 * Reading**
 * Spelling**
 * You tube- Anansi the Spider, Dinosaur time line and fossil creation,Sand art performance
 * Ed helper
 * Enchanted learning
 * Spelling City

__**Assessment**__

Treasures given assessment at the end of every unit and at the end of each week.

Informal assessments while reading and writing. ||<  ||< Stories


 * The Brothers Grimm
 * Dinosaur stories
 * Not This Bear
 * Plays the 6 foolish fisherman
 * Shadow performances
 * Dinosaur books and making dinosaur sculptures
 * Ananasi felt and story boards
 * Anansi stories ||~  || Lisa J.- will take Rafi and Benji to brainstorm on all of the above ideas earlier in the week. Lisa will push in on Friday to to the project

Enrichment for Ethan, Davis and Elisha- novel studies for each unit ||<  ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   || 6 weeks ||< 1.What changes do you see in the natural world from day to day? ||< 1. From one season to the next? 2. How do animals respond to these changes? 3.Which animals are endangered and why? 4.Where are raniforests located? 5. How have they beeneffected by pollution and human abuse? ||< **Phonics and Spelling** r-controlled vowels /ar/,/or/,er,ir,ur variant vowels oo,ou,oo,ui,ew,ue,oe,au,aw,augh,ough,alk ge,gi,ce,ci schwa Verbs:linking,Helping,Irregular Contractions Capitalization Question Marks Letter Punctuation Titles Endangered animal reports Brainstorming Rainforest biomes- describing each layer and how they come together to make a rainforest Rainforest animals-select one to research and write about Comic Strip writing-illustrates simply the elements of plot,setting and characters Fantasy writing- A Crazy Storm Figurative Language- Nutik, The Wolf Pup Word Parts Context Clues Compare and contrast, Cause and Effect, Description,Make and Confirm Predictions, Make inferences Word Automaticity,Echo-Read,Choral Reading,Repeated Reading,Partner reading spelling city ||< * Treasures-Grade 2 endangered animals rainforest biomes African animals Australian animals 9 weeks ||< 1.What are some discoveries that you think are very important? ||< 1.How have inventions and discoveries made your life different? 2. What would the world be like if no surprises or new discoveries were made? ||< **Phonics and Spelling** ow,ou,oi,oy,schwa,gn**,**wr,mb,soft c,soft g,contractions Pronouns,Possessive Nouns,Pronoun-Verb Agreement,Contractions,Quotation Marks,Capitalization,Book Titles Story writing Summarizing Dragons-A dragon of my own Creating your own mythical monster Context Clues,Words Parts Summarize,Visualize,Author's Purpose,Problem and Solution,Main Idea and Details,Sequence of Events,Classify and Categorize Word Automaticity,Echo-Read,Choral Reading,Repeated Reading,Partner reading spelling city ||< * Treasures-Grade 2 2.How do cultural differences effect artistic expression? ||< **Phonics and Spelling** dge,ge,lge,nge,rge,ar,are,air eer,ere.ear,or,ore,oar,ire,ier,ure Adjectives,Adverbs,,Articles a and an, Synonyms,Antonyms,Commas,Proper Nouns, Apostrophes,Capitalization,Sentence Punctuation Compare and Contrast Article Word Parts Context Clues Analyze Story/Text Structure, Monitor Comprehension Reality and Fantasy Draw Conclusions Make Judgements, Compare and Contrast Character and Setting Word Automaticity,Echo-Read,Choral Reading,Repeated Reading,Partner reading spelling city ||< * Treasures-Grade 2
 * < Unit 4-Land ,Sea ,Sky ||< February-Mid March
 * Grammar**
 * Writing**
 * Vocabulary**
 * Comprehension**
 * Reading**
 * Spelling**
 * You tube-
 * Ed helper
 * Enchanted learning
 * Spelling City ||<  ||< **Stories**
 * Rainforest stories
 * Diary of a Worm
 * Meanwhile
 * Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs
 * Rainforest mural
 * Wind chime project-air flow
 * History of Umbrellas
 * Umbrella
 * Sililes and metaphors - me doll ||~  ||   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * < Unit 5-Discoveries ||< Mid March-end of May
 * Grammar**
 * Writing**
 * Vocabulary**
 * Comprehension**
 * Reading**
 * Spelling**
 * YouTube
 * Ed helper
 * Enchanted learning
 * Spelling City ||<  ||< **Stories**
 * Gila Monsters Meet You At the Airport
 * Komodo Dragons
 * Where Do Dragons Come From
 * Mythical Monsters
 * My Father's Dragon
 * Dragon Projects
 * The big Jump
 * Discovery project
 * Helen Keller Biography
 * Explorers- finding our own islands ||~  ||   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||
 * < Unit 6-Expressions ||< End of May-June 7 weeks ||< What are some ways that you express yourself? ||< 1. How does that make you different from everyone else?
 * Grammar**
 * Writing**
 * Vocabulary**
 * Comprehension**
 * Reading**
 * Spelling**
 * YouTube
 * Ed helper
 * Enchanted learning
 * Spelling City ||<  ||< **Stories**
 * Artists- a look at what it means to do a self portrait
 * Keith Haring- his art and how he used that to express and share ideas ||~  ||   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||<   ||