Second Grade Calendar

Unit 2 Reading: Becoming Experts: Reading Nonfiction (Book 2)

Read Aloud: Knights in Shining Armor by Gail Gibbons
¡No te gustaría ser un... caballero medieval!, Fiona Macdonald (Panamericana Editorial)
Shared Reading: “I Just Can’t Wait to be King” from The Lion King (warm-up)
Tigers by Laura Marsh
Animales en sus habitats, Debra Castor (Benchmark Education))
Amazing Animals: Tigers by Valerie Bodden (Bend 3)
Vuelo del quetzal, Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy (Santillana))
Unit 2 Writing: The How-To Guide for Nonfiction Writing (If/Then Unit Book)
Mentor Texts: Bend 1- any books by Gail Gibbons or Seymour Simon
Bend 2- Extreme Sports by Sean Finnegan
Bend 3- How to Be a Baby by Me, the Big Sister by Sally Lloyd-Jones, Why Do Dogs Bark? By Joan Holub,
and Growing Frogs by Vivien French

Unit 3 Reading: Reading Nonfiction Cover to Cover (If/ Then Document)

Unit 3 Writing: Writing Reviews (Book 3, 1st Grade) with District Grammar Lessons

October 2017
 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
16 17 18 19
20 Grades Due
Testing Day End of 1st 9 Weeks
Writing: On Demand *See Testing Day Running Records Testing Day
prompt on pages viii and Running Records Running Records
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Running Records
Team Meeting- 8:10-9:10
23 24 25 26 27
START OF 2nd NINE WEEKS
Launch of Unit 2 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5
Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4 Session 5
Session 1
Team Meeting- 8:10-9:10
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Session 6 Session 7
Session 6 Session 7

Unit 3 Reading: Reading Nonfiction Cover to Cover (If/ Then Document)

Unit 3 Writing: Writing Reviews (Book 3, 1st Grade) with District Grammar Lessons

November 2017
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 2 3

Session 8 Session 9 Session 10

Session 8 Session 9 Session 10

Team Meeting- 8:10-9:10

6 7 8 9
10 Grades Due
Session 11 Session 12 Session 13 Session 14
Session 11 Session 12 Session 14 Session 15
Session 13
Session 15
Team Meeting- 8:10-9:10
13 14 15 16 17

Session 16 Field Trip Session 17 Campus PBA Session 18 Celebration

Session 16 Session 17 Session 18

Team Meeting- 8:10-9:10

20 21 22 23 24

No School No School No School No School No School

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Session 1 Session 2 Session 3

Session 19 Celebration District Grammar: Proper District Grammar: District Grammar:
Nouns Apostrophe: Possessive Apostrophe: Contractions

Team Meeting- 8:10-9:10

December 2017
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1 Grades Due
Session 4
District Grammar: Precise
Nouns

4 5 6 7 8
Send home Opinion Writing
Letter TODAY Session 6 Session 7 DCA: Social Session 8
Session 5 District Grammar: District Grammar: Plural District Grammar or
District Grammar: Verbs Singular Subject- Verb Subject-Verb Agreement Studies Reteach Day
that Match the Meaning Agreement
11 12 13 14 15
DCA: Writing
Session 9 Session 10 Session 11 Session 12
Composition Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4

IRLs due to
 assigned coach
18 19 20 21 22
END OF 2nd NINE WEEKS
Session 13 Session 14 No School No School
Session 6 Session 7 Celebrate Bend
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No School No School No School No School No School