The Key to Building Strong Readers and Writers

Grade 2 • Unit 1 • Scope and Sequence

Big Idea: Read Aloud Reading/ Literature Leveled Reader Access Vocabulary High-Frequency Oral Vocabulary Phonics Fluency Skill Writing Research
Friends and Family Writing Anthology Main Selection, Complex Text Words Words Words Unit 1: Narrative
Workshop Main Selection, Paired Selection (ACT) Friendly Letter;
How do families and Comprehension Paired Personal Narrative
A: Approaching Level
friends learn, grow, and Selection O: On Level
help one another? E: ELL
B: Beyond Level

Week 1 Short Text: “The Short Text: Little Strategy: Visualize Strategy: Visualize Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: ball, blue, both, awkward, Phonemic Expression Writing Trait: Ideas: Weekly:
New Kid” Flap Learns to Fly Workshop: Genre actions, afraid, even, for, help, put, outrageous, panic, Awareness: Focus on an Event How do friends
Skill: Key Details Skill: Key Details
Weekly Concept: depend, nervously, there, why, yellow relief, squawked Phoneme Blending; support and depend
Genre: Fiction/ Lexile: 390L Literature Grammar Skill:
Main Selection Title: Main Selections Genre: Fantasy peered, perfectly, Phoneme on one another?
Friends Help Friends Fantasy
Genre: Fiction/ Help! A Story of
Anthology:
rescue, secret Categorization;
Statements and
Titles: Connection of Ideas; Questions
Strategy: Visualize Fantasy Friendship Phoneme
Essential Question: A: Cat and Dog Genre; Specific Additional Domain
Grammar
Segmentation
How do friends depend on Strategy: Visualize Genre: Fiction/ O: The Quest Vocabulary Words: hedgehog
Mechanics:
Fantasy E: The Quest prickles Phonics/ Spelling
each other? Skill: Key Details
B: Class Pets
Sentence
Skill: short a , i
Lexile: 410L Additional Capitalization/
Paired Selections Academic Words: Structural Analysis: Punctuation
Paired Selection
Genre: Poem characters, events, Plural Nouns: -s, -es
Title: “Crayons” Write About
evidence
Titles: Reading: Analyze
Genre: Poetry
A: “Uncle Max and I” Vocabulary Key Details
Lexile: NP O: “Together” Strategy: Inflectional
E: “It Takes a Friend” Endings
B: “What Friends Do””

Week 2 Short Text: “Dinner Short Text: Maria Strategy: Visualize Strategy: Visualize Reading/ Vocabulary Words: could, find, funny, colorful, confusing, Phonemic Expression Writing Trait: Weekly:
at Alejandro’s” Celebrates Brazil Writing Workshop: aside, culture, fair, green, how, little, noticed, overflowing, Awareness: Organization: Strong How are
Skill: Character, Skill: Character, Setting, Events
Weekly Concept: Connections of Ideas invited, language, one, or, see, sounds tasty Identify and Openings celebrations, food,
Genre: Fiction Lexile: 460L Setting, Events
Main Selections Genre: plead, scurries, Generate Rhymes; clothing and sports
Families Around the World Strategy: Visualize Genre: Fiction/ Main Selection Informational Text
Literature
share Phoneme Isolation;
Grammar Skill:
the same and
Anthology: Lack of Commands and
Realistic Fiction Genre: Fiction Phoneme Blending; different around the
Essential Question: Titles: Prior Knowledge; Additional Domain Exclamations
Phoneme world?
How are families around Strategy: Visualize Title: Big Red A: Music in My Family Connections of Words: musical,
Segmentation Grammar
Lollipop O: Happy New Year! Ideas; Purpose; triangle
the world the same and Skill: Character,
E: Happy New Year!
Mechanics:
Specific Vocabulary Phonics/ Spelling
different? Setting, Events Lexile: 410L Additional Sentence
B: I’m Down Under Skill: short e, o, u
Academic Words: Capitalization/
Paired Selection
Paired Selections compare, Structural Analysis: Punctuation
Genre: Informational
Genre: Fiction exclamation, setting, Inflectional Endings:
Text Write About
-s, -es
Titles: Vocabulary Reading: Analyze
Title: “A Look at
A: “Making Music” Strategy: Root Story Structure Using
Families”
O: “New Year’s Eve” Words Text Evidence
Lexile: 480L E: “New Year’s Eve”
B: “Families Around the World”

Week 3 Title: “My Partner Short Text: Finding Strategy: Ask and Strategy: Ask and Answer Reading/ Vocabulary Words: boy, by, girl, he, here, apologized, gazed, Phonemic Intonation Writing Trait: Word Weekly:
and Friend” Cal Answer Questions Questions Writing Workshop: decide, different, she, small, want, partner, rummaged, Awareness: Choice: Precise What makes an
Weekly Concept: Genre friendship, glance, were, what scent Phoneme Languages animal a good pet?
Genre: Fiction Lexile: 410L Skill: Character, Skill: Key Details, Use Illustrations
proper, relationship, Categorization;
Pets are Our Friends Strategy: Ask and Genre: Fiction
Setting, Events: Use
Main Selections Genre: Fiction
Literature
stares, trade Phoneme
Grammar Skill:
Illustrations Anthology: Purpose; Subjects
Answer Questions Substitution;
Essential Question: Strategy: Ask and
Main Selection
Titles: Specific Vocabulary Additional Domain
Grammar Skill:
Phoneme Blending
How can a pet be an Answer Questions A: Too Many Pets? Words: goldfish
Genre: Fiction Subjects
O: A New Home For Henry Phonics/ Spelling
important friend? Skill: Character,
Title: Not Norman E: A New Home For Henry
Additional
Grammar
Skill: 2-letter blends
Setting, Events: Use Academic Words:
B: Hello, Koko! (r, s, t, l) Mechanics: Letter
Illustrations Lexile: 450L closing, greeting,
Punctuation
Paired Selections Genre: Poetry rhyming Structural Analysis:
Paired Selection
Closed Syllables Write About
Genre: Poetry Titles: Vocabulary
Reading: Analyze
A: “My Dog Loves Me” Strategy: Sentence
Title: “My Puppy” Story Structure
O: “My Best Friend Forever!” Clues
Lexile: NP E: “Hoppy”
B: “Who Is My Best Friend?”

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 The Key to Building Strong Readers and Writers

Grade 2 • Unit 1 • Scope and Sequence

Big Idea: Read Aloud Reading/ Literature Leveled Reader Access Vocabulary High-Frequency Oral Vocabulary Phonics Fluency Skill Writing Research
Friends and Family Writing Anthology Main Selection, Complex Text Words Words Words Unit 1: Narrative
Workshop Main Selection, Paired Selection (ACT) Friendly Letter;
How do families and Comprehension Paired Selection Personal Narrative
A: Approaching Level
friends learn, grow, and
O: On Level
help one another? E: ELL
B: Beyond Level

Week 4 Title: “All Kinds of Short Text: Taking Strategy: Ask and Strategy: Ask and Answer Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: another, done, into, duty, equipment, Phonemic Intonation Writing Trait: Weekly:
Vets” Care of Pepper Answer Questions Questions Workshop: Genre; allowed, care, move, now, show, profession, Awareness: Organization: Sequence What are the basic
Weekly Concept: Purpose excited, needs, too, water, year, your satisfaction, Phoneme needs of animals?
Genre: Informational Lexile: 520L Skill: Key Details: Use Skill: Key Details: Use Photos Grammar Skill:
roam, safe, thorough Segmentation;
Animals Need Our Care Text
Genre: Informational
Photos
Main Selection Genre:
Literature
wandered, wild Phoneme
Predicates
Anthology: Lack of
Strategy: Ask and Text/Nonfiction Main Selection Informational Text Categorization; Grammar Mechanics:
Essential Question: Answer Questions Narrative Genre: Informational
Prior Knowledge; Additional Domain
Commas in a Sequence
Phoneme Blending
How do we care for Titles: Specific Vocabulary Words: conservancy,
Text
Strategy: Ask and A: People Helping Whales rhino Phonics/ Spelling Write About Reading:
animals? Answer Questions Title: Lola and O: People Helping Whales Analyze Key Details
Skill: short a, long
Additional
Tiva: An Unlikely E: People Helping Whales a: a_e
Skill: Key Details: Academic Words:
Friendship B: People Helping Whales
Use Photos categorize, Structural Analysis:
Lexile: 630L Paired Selections Genre: organization, Plural Nouns:
Text Features:
Informational Text sequence, subject -Inflectional Endings:
Photos, Captions Paired Selection
-ed, -ing
Genre: Informational Titles: Vocabulary
Text: Interview A: “Working With Animals” Strategy: Root
O: “Working With Animals” Words
Title: “Animal Needs”
E: “Working With Animals”
Lexile: 430L B: “Working With Animals”

Week 5 Short Text: “Families Short Text: Families Strategy: Ask and Strategy: Ask and Answer Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: all, any, goes, new, exchange, Phonemic Phrasing Writing Trait: Sentence Weekly:
Today” Work! Answer Questions Questions Workshop: Purpose checks, choose, number, other, right, homework, lucky, Awareness: Fluency: Vary Sentence What do different
Weekly Concept: chores, cost, says, understands, members, treasure Phoneme Isolation; Type people do at work?
Genre: Informational Lexile: 500L Skill: Key Details Skill: Key Details Literature
customers, jobs, work Phoneme
Families Working Together Text
Genre: Informational Main Selection Main Selection Genre:
Anthology: What
spend, tools Categorization;
Grammar Skill: Unit Level:
Makes This Text Expanding and Research Skill: Recall
Strategy: Ask and Text/Time For Kids Genre: Informational Informational Text Phoneme Blending
Essential Question: Answer Questions Text/Time For Kids
Complex?; Specific Additional Combining Sentences Information
What happens when Strategy: Ask and Titles: Vocabulary Academic Words: Phonics/ Spelling
Grammar Mechanics: Unit Project: Self-
Answer Questions Title: Families A: Families at Work combine, Skill: short i, long
families work together? Working Together O: Families at Work
Quotation Marks with select and develop
comparison, expand i: i_e
Skill: Key Details Dialogue from options for unit
E: Families at Work
Lexile: 560L Vocabulary Structural Analysis: research projects.
Text Features: B: Families at Work Write About Reading:
Strategy: Inflectional Possessives
Photos, Captions, Paired Selection Analyze Text Features
Paired Selections Genre: Endings
Chart Genre: Informational That Inform and Explain
Informational Text
Text a Topic
Titles:
Title: “Why We Work”
A: “A Family Sawmill”
Lexile: 510L O: “A Family Sawmill”
E: “A Family Sawmill”
B: “A Family Sawmill”

Week 6
Review and Assessment

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Grade 2 • Unit 2 • Scope and Sequence

Big Idea: Read Aloud Reading/ Literature Leveled Reader Access Vocabulary High-Frequency Oral Vocabulary Phonics Fluency Skill Writing Research
Animal Discoveries Writing Anthology Main Selection, Complex Text Words Words Words Unit 2: Informative/
Workshop Main Selection, Paired Selection (ACT) Explanatory Text
How do animals play Comprehension Paired Selection A: Approaching Level How-to Text;
a part in the world How-to Directions
O: On Level
around us? E: ELL
B: Beyond Level

Week 1 Title: “Swamp Life” Short Text: A Visit to Strategy: Make, Strategy: Make, Confirm, Revise Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: because, cold, capture, chorus, Phonemic Phrasing Writing Trait: Ideas: Weekly:
the Desert Confirm, Revise Predictions Workshop: Purpose; adapt, climate, family, friends, have, croak, reason, visitor Awareness: Descriptive Details How do animals
Genre: Fiction
Weekly Concept: Predictions Connections of Ideas eager, freedom, know, off, picture, Phoneme Addition; survive in
Lexile: 490L Skill: Character, Setting, Plot Writing Product:
Strategy: Make, fresh, sense, silence, school, took Phoneme their natural
Animals in Nature Confirm, Revise Genre: Fiction/
Skill: Character, Setting,
Main Selections Genre: Realistic
Literature
shadows Substitution;
Story
environments?
Plot Anthology: What
Predictions Realistic Fiction Fiction Phoneme Blending Grammar Skill:
Essential Question: Main Selection Genre:
Makes This Additional
Nouns
How do animals survive? Strategy: Make, Titles: Text Complex?; Academic Words: Phonics/ Spelling
Fiction/Realistic Fiction
Confirm, Revise A: Hippos at the Zoo Organization; opinion Skill: short o, long Mechanics: Commas
Predictions Title: Sled Dogs Run O: Where Are They Going? Specific Vocabulary o: o_e in a Series
Vocabulary
E: Where Are They Going?
Skill: Character, Lexile: 480L Strategy: Prefixes Structural Analysis: Write About
B: An Arctic Life For Us
Setting, Plot Doubling Final Reading: Analyze
Paired Selection Genre:
Paired Selections Genre: Consonants; Drop Illustrations
Informational Text/
Informational Text Final e: -ed, -ing
Expository
Titles:
Title: “Cold Dog, Hot
A: “Hippos”
Fox”
O: “A Whale’s Journey”
Lexile: 510L E: “A Whale’s Journey”
B: “What is a Ptarmigan?”

Week 2 Title: “The Fox and Short Text: The Boy Strategy: Make, Strategy: Make, Confirm, Revise Reading/ Vocabulary Words: change, cheer, fall, affection, crave, Phonemic Expression Writing Trait: Ideas: Weekly:
the Crane” Who Cried Wolf Confirm, Revise Predictions Writing Workshop: believe, delicious, five, look, open, frustrated, Awareness: Supporting Details How can animal
Weekly Concept: Predictions Purpose: Specific feast, fond, lessons, should, their, won, nourishment, seek Phoneme Deletion; fables teach us
Genre: Fiction/Fable Lexile: 460L Skill: Character, Setting, Plot: Grammar Skill:
Vocabulary; remarkable, snatch, yes Phoneme lessons?
Animals in Stories Strategy: Make, Genre: Fiction/Fable
Skill: Character, Setting, Problem and Solution
Organization stories Segmentation;
Singular and Plural
Plot: Problem and Nouns
Confirm, Revise Main Selections Genre: Fable Phoneme Blending
Essential Question: Predictions
Strategy: Make, Solution Literature Additional Domain
Grammar
What can animals in Confirm, Revise Titles: Anthology: What Words: morsel, Phonics/ Spelling
Main Selection Mechanics: Commas
Predictions A: The Cat and the Mice Makes This scrumptious Skill: short u, long
stories teach us? Genre: Fiction/Fable
O: The Dog and the Bone
in a Series
Text Complex?; u: u_e
Skill: Character, Additional
Title: Wolf! Wolf! E: The Dog and the Bone Connections of Write About
Setting, Plot: Academic Words: Structural Analysis:
B: The Spider and the Honey Ideas; Specific Reading: Analyze
Problem and Lexile: 580L fable, root words CVCe Syllables
Tree Vocabulary Themes
Solution
Paired Selection Genre: Vocabulary
Paired Selections Genre: Fable
Informational Text/ Strategy: Suffixes
Expository A: “Beware of Tiger!”
O: “The Dingo and His Shadow”
Title: “Cinderella and
E: “The Dingo and His Shadow”
Friends”
B: “The Girl and the Spider”
Lexile: 520L

Week 3 Title: “Explore a Short Text: A Prairie Strategy: Make, Strategy: Make, Confirm, Revise Reading/ Vocabulary Words: almost, buy, food, defend, encounter, Phonemic Phrasing Writing Trait: Weekly:
Coral Reef” Guard Dog Confirm, Revise Predictions Writing Workshop: buried, escape, out, pull, saw, sky, located, positive, Awareness: Organization: What are the
Weekly Concept: Prediction Purpose: habitat, journey, straight, under, wash react Phoneme Sequence features of animal
Genre: Informational Lexile: 480L Skill: Main Topic and Key Details
Connections of nature, peeks, Segmentation; habitats?
Animal Habitats Text
Genre: Informational
Skill: Main Topic and
Main Selections Genre: Ideas; Genre restless, spies Phoneme
Writing Product:
Key Details Kinds of Nouns
Strategy: Make, Text/Nonfiction Informational Text Substitution;
Essential Question: Confirm, Revise Narrative Main Selection
Literature Additional Domain
Grammar
Phoneme Blending
What are features of Titles: Anthology: What Words: hatch,
Predictions Genre: Informational Mechanics: Capital
Strategy: Make, A: A Tree Full of Life Makes This raccoons Phonics/ Spelling
different animal habitats? Confirm, Revise
Text
O: A Tree Full of Life
Letters Possessive
Text Complex?; Skill: Soft c and g
Vocabulary Nouns
Predictions Title: Turtle, Turtle, E: A Tree Full of Life Connections of
Strategy: Suffixes Structural Analysis:
Watch Out! B: A Tree Full of Life Ideas; Specific Write About
Skill: Main Topic and Prefixes: re-, un-, dis-
Vocabulary Reading: Analyze
Key Details Lexile: 520L Paired Selections Genre:
Key Details
Nonfiction
Text Features: Bold Paired Selection Genre:
Print, Subheading, Informational Text/ A: “Life in a Termite Mound”
Chart, Labels Expository O: “Life in a Termite Mound”
E: “Life in a Termite Mound”
Title: “At Home in the
B: “Life in a Termite Mound”
River”
Lexile: 500L

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Grade 2 • Unit 2 • Scope and Sequence

Big Idea: Read Aloud Reading/ Literature Leveled Reader Access Complex Vocabulary High-Frequency Oral Vocabulary Phonics Fluency Skill Writing Research
Animal Discoveries Writing Anthology Main Selection, Text (ACT) Words Words Words Unit 2: Informative/
Workshop Main Selection, Paired Selection Explanatory Text
How do animals play Comprehension Paired Selection A: Approaching Level How-to Text;
a part in the world around How-to Directions
O: On Level
us? E: ELL
B: Beyond Level

Week 4 Title: “Wild Animal Short Text: Eagles Strategy: Reread Strategy: Reread Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: baby, early, eight, guide, leader, Phonemic Pronunciation Writing Trait: Word Weekly:
Families” and Eaglets Workshop: Genre; adult, alive, covered, isn’t, learn, seven, protect, provide, Awareness: Identify Choice: Linking Words How are baby
Skill: Main Topic and Skill: Main Topic and Key
Weekly Concept: Genre; Connections fur, giant, groom, start, these, try, walk separate and Generate animals like their
Genre: Nonfiction Lexile: 520L Key Details Details Grammar Skill: More
of Ideas mammal, offspring Rhymes; Phoneme parents? How are
Baby Animals Strategy: Reread Genre: Informational Main Selection Main Selection Genre: Segmentation;
Plural Nouns
they different?
Literature Anthology: Additional
Text/Expository Genre: Nonfiction Nonfiction Phoneme Blending Grammar Mechanics:
Essential Question: What Makes This Text Academic Words:
Abbreviations
How are offspring like Strategy: Reread Title: Baby Bears Titles: Complex? diagram, Phonics/Spelling
A: Animal Families Skill: Consonant Write About Reading:
their parents? Skill: Main Topic and Lexile: 590L
O: Animal Families
Vocabulary
Analyze Key Details
Digraphs: ch, -tch,
Key Details Strategy:
Paired Selection E: Animal Families sh, ph, th, ng, wh
Multiple-Meaning
Text Features: Genre: Informational B: Animal Families
Words Structural Analysis:
Captions, Diagram, Text
Paired Selections Genre: Suffixes: -ful, -les
Labels
Title: “From Informational Text
Caterpillar to
Titles:
Butterfly”
A: “Tadpoles into Frogs”
Lexile: 560L O: “Tadpoles into Frogs”
E: “Tadpoles into Frogs”
B: “Tadpoles into Frogs”

Week 5 Title: “The Furry Short Text: “Cats Strategy: Reread Strategy: Reread Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: bird, far, field, flower, alarm, howling, Phonemic Phrasing Writing Trait: Word Weekly:
Alarm Clock” and Kittens,” “Desert Workshop: behave, express, grow, leaves, light, knobby, munch, Awareness: Identify Choice: Precise Research poems
Skill: Key Details Skill: Key Details
Weekly Concept: Camels,” “A Bat is Organization; feathers, flapping orange, ready, until problem and Generate Language about animals. How
Genre: Poetry
Not a Bird” Main Selection Main Selection Genre: Fiction Sentence Structures; Rhymes; Phoneme do the poets use
Animals in Poems Strategy: Reread Genre: Poetry Genre
Vocabulary
Substitution;
Grammar Skill:
rhyme, rhythm, and/
Lexile: NP Titles: Strategy: Multiple- Possessive Nouns
Phoneme Blending or word choice to
Essential Question: Genre: Poetry
Title: “Beetles,” “The A: Amira’s Petting Zoo Literature Anthology: Meaning Words
Grammar Mechanics: create imagery?
What do we love about Little Turtle” O: Alice’s New Pet What Makes This Text Phonics/Spelling
Apostrophes
Strategy: Reread E: Alice’s New Pet Complex?; Purpose Skill: 3-letter Blends: Unit Level:
animals? Lexile: NP
B: Ava’s Animal Write About Reading:
of the Text; Specific scr, spr, str, thr, spl, Research Skill:
Skill: Key Details
Paired Selection Vocabulary shr Analyze Word Choice Gather Information
Paired Selections Genre:
Literary Element: Genre: Poetry
Poem Structural Analysis: Unit Project: Self-
Rhythm
Title: “Gray Goose” Compound Words select and develop
Titles:
Lexile: NP from options for unit
A: “Sheep Season”
research projects.
O: “Baby Joey”
E: “Four Little Ducklings”
B: “Nanook”

Week 6
Review and Assessment

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Grade 2 • Unit 3 • Scope and Sequence

Big Idea: Read Aloud Reading/ Literature Leveled Reader Access Vocabulary High-Frequency Oral Vocabulary Phonics Fluency Skill Writing Research
Live and Learn Writing Anthology Main Selection, Complex Text Words Words Words Unit 3: Opinion
Workshop Main Selection, Paired Selection (ACT) Opinion Letter;
What have you learned Comprehension Paired Selection A: Approaching Level Book Review
about the world that
O: On Level
surprises you? E: ELL
B: Beyond Level

Week 1 Title: “Apples and Short Text: Magnets Strategy: Reread Strategy: Reread Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: about, around, good, college, famous, Phonemic Intonation Writing Trait: Weekly:
Gravity” Work! Workshop: Genre; amazing, force, great, idea, often, path, planets, Awareness: Identify Organization: Order How do Earth’s
Skill: Author’s Purpose Skill: Author’s Purpose
Weekly Concept: Sentence Structures measure, objects, part, second, two, straight and Generate Ideas forces affect us?
Genre: Nonfiction Lexile: 560L
Main Selection Genre: Main Selections proved, speed, true, world Rhyme; Phoneme Research the pushes
The Earth’s Forces Strategy: Reread Genre: Informational Nonfiction Genre: Informational Text
Literature
weight Categorization;
Grammar Skill:
and pulls in your
Anthology: What Action Verbs
Text/Expository Phoneme Blending everyday life.
Essential Question: Title: I Fall Down Titles: Makes This Text Additional Domain
Grammar
How do the Earth’s forces Strategy: Reread A: Forces at Work Complex?; Specific Words: Phonics/ Spelling
Lexile: 560L Mechanics:
O: Forces at Work Vocabulary gravity Skill: Long a: a, ai,
affect us? Skill: Author’s
Paired Selection Genre: E: Forces at Work
Abbreviations
ay, ea, ei, eigh, ey
Purpose Additional
Informational Text/ B: Forces at Work Write About
Academic Words: Structural Analysis:
Text Features: Expository Reading: Analyze
Paired Selections Genre: author’s purpose, Contractions with ‘s,
Diagram With Author’s Purpose
Title: “Move It!” Informational Text comparison, ‘re, ‘ll, ‘ve
Labels, Bold Print,
Lexile: 530L contractions,
Subheadings Titles:
A: “Machines to Push and Pull” Vocabulary
O: “Machines to Push and Pull” Strategy: Similes
E: “Machines to Push and Puli”
B: “Machines to Push and Pull”

Week 2 Title:“The Hidden Short Text: Starry Strategy: Reread Strategy: Reread Reading/ Vocabulary Words: also, apart, begin, exactly, present, Phonemic Intonation Writing Trait: Word Weekly:
Sun” Night Writing Workshop: adventure, either, hundred, over, reports, telescopes, Awareness: Choice: Linking Explore the phases
Skill: Character, Setting, Skill: Character, Setting, Plot:
Weekly Concept: Purpose: Purpose delighted, dreamed, places, those, which, total Phoneme Isolation; Words of the Moon.
Genre: Fiction Lexile: 540L Plot: Sequence Sequence
enjoyed, grumbled, without Phoneme
Look At the Sky Strategy: Reread Genre: Fiction Main Selection Main Selections
Literature
moonlight, neighbor, Substitution;
Grammar Skill:
Anthology: What Present-Tense Verbs
Genre: Fiction Genre: Fiction nighttime Phoneme Blending;
Essential Question: Strategy: Reread Makes This
Grammar
Phoneme
What can we see in the Title: Mr. Putter & Tabby Titles: Text Complex?; Additional Domain
Skill: Character, Categorization Mechanics: Commas
See the Stars A: A Special Sunset Organization; Words: jellyroll, Big
sky? Setting, Plot:
O: A Different Set of Stars
in a Series
Connections of Dipper, Milky Way Phonics/ Spelling
Sequence Lexile: 580L
E: A Different Set of Stars Ideas; Specific Skill: Long i: i, y, Write About
Vocabulary
Paired Selection Genre: B: Shadows in the Sky Vocabulary igh, ie Reading: Analyze
Strategy: Compound
Informational Text/ Story Structure
Paired Selections Words Structural Analysis:
Expository
Genre: Informational Text Open Syllables
Title: “Day to Night”
A: “Shadows and Sun Dials”
Lexile: 550L O: “Stars”
E: “Stars”
B: “Eclipses”

Week 3 Title: “Color Your Short Text: Ways Strategy: Ask and Strategy: Ask and Answer Reading/ Vocabulary Words: better, group, long, artist, celebration, Phonemic Expression Writing Trait: Voice: Weekly:
Community” People Help Answer Questions Questions Writing Workshop: across, borrow, more, only, our, commented, Awareness: Opinions How do people solve
Weekly Concept: Purpose: countryside, ideas, started, three, who, community, mural Phoneme Deletion; problems or help in
Genre: Nonfiction Lexile: 650L Skill: Author’s Purpose Skill: Author’s Purposes Grammar Skill: Past-
Connections of Ideas insists, lonely, won’t Phoneme your community?
Ways People Help Narrative
Genre: Informational Main Selection Main Selections solution, villages Substitution;
and Future-Tense
Literature Verbs
Strategy: Ask and Text/Nonfiction Genre: Narrative Genre: Narrative Nonfiction Phoneme Addition;
Essential Question: Answer Questions Narrative Nonfiction
Anthology: What Additional Domain
Grammar
Phoneme Blending
How can people help out Titles: Makes This Text Words: burro,
Mechanics: Letter
Strategy: Ask and Title: Biblioburro: A True A: City Communities Complex?; Specific Colombia Phonics/ Spelling
their community Answer Questions Story from Colombia O: City Communities
Punctuation
Vocabulary; Skill: Long o: o, oa,
Additional
E: City Communities Sentence Structure ow, oe Write About
Skill: Author’s Lexile: 700L Academic Words:
B: City Communities Reading: Analyze
Purpose narrator Structural Analysis:
Paired Selection Genre: Author’s Purpose
Paired Selections Contractions with not
Text Features: Fiction/ Folktale Vocabulary
Genre: Folktale
Photos With Strategy: Synonyms
Title: “The Enormous
Captions A: “Magic Anansi”
Turnip”
O: “Magic Anansi”
Lexile: 610L E: “Magic Anansi”
B: “Magic Anansi”

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Grade 2 • Unit 3 • Scope and Sequence

Big Idea: Read Aloud Reading/ Literature Leveled Reader Access Complex Vocabulary High-Frequency Oral Vocabulary Phonics Fluency Skill Writing Research
Live and Learn Writing Anthology Main Selection, Text (ACT) Words Words Words Unit 3: Opinion
Workshop Main Selection, Paired Selection Opinion Letter; Book
What have you learned Comprehension Paired A: Approaching Level Review
about the world that Selection O: On Level
surprises you? E: ELL
B: Beyond Level

Week 4 Title: “Clouds All Short Text: Tornado! Strategy: Ask and Strategy: Ask and Answer Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: after, before, every, gloomy, pleasant, Phonemic Phrasing Writing Trait: Weekly:
Around” Answer Questions Questions Workshop: Purpose cheered, concert, few, first, hear, hurt, predict, reflect, rises Awareness: Identify Organization: Strong How can people
Lexile: 660L
Weekly Concept: instrument, old, special, would Syllables; Phoneme Conclusions stay safe in extreme
Genre: Expository Skill: Main Idea and Skill: Main Idea and Details Literature Anthology:
Genre: Informational movements, music, Categorization; weather?
Weather Alert! Strategy: Ask and Text/Expository
Key Details
Main Selection Genre:
Connections of Ideas;
rhythm, sounds, Phoneme Blending
Grammar Skill: The
Specific Vocabulary Verb Have
Answer Questions Main Selection Expository Text understand
Essential Question: Strategy: Ask and
Genre: Expository
Phonics/Spelling
Grammar Mechanics:
How does weather Answer Questions Titles: Additional Skill: Long e: e, ee,
Book Titles
Title: Wild Weather A: Weather All Around Academic Words: ea, ie, y, ey, e_e
affect us? Skill: Main Idea and
O: Weather All Around Write About Reading:
blend, combine
Key Details Lexile: 670L Structural Analysis:
E: Weather All Around Analyze Text Features
Vocabulary Suffixes: s, -ess
Text Features: Paired Selection B: Weather All Around
Strategy:
Photos With Genre: Informational
Paired Selections Genre: Prefixes
Captions, Bold Text/Expository
Expository Text
Print, Subheadings,
Title: “Can You
Sidebar With Titles:
Predict the
Directions A: “Colors in the Sky”
Weather?”
O: “Colors in the Sky”
Lexile: 610L E: ”Colors in the Sky”
B: “Colors in the Sky”

Week 5 Title: “Why People Short Text: “They’ve Strategy: Ask and Strategy: Ask and Answer Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: America, beautiful, communicate, Phonemic Pronunciation Writing Trait: Sentence Weekly:
Drum” Got the Beat” Answer Questions Questions Workshop: behave, express, began, climbed, festivals, respect, Awareness: Identify Fluency: Vary Sentence How do different
Weekly Concept: Organization; feathers, flapping come, country, didn’t, squeezing, tradition and Generate Length musical instruments
Genre: Time For Kids Lexile: 620L Skill: Main Idea and Skill: Main Idea and Key
Sentence Structures give, live, turned Rhymes; Phoneme work??
Express Yourself Strategy: Ask and Genre: Time For Kids
Key Detailss Details Vocabulary
Substitution;
Grammar Skill:
Literature Anthology: Strategy: Multiple- Combining and Unit Level:
Answer Questions Main Selection Main Selection Genre: Phoneme Blending
Essential Question: Strategy: Ask and
Genre: Time For Kids Informational Text
What Makes This Text Meaning Words Rearranging Sentences Research Skill: Parts
How do you express Answer Questions Complex?; Purpose Phonics/Spelling of the Library
Grammar Mechanics:
Title: Many Ways to Titles: of Text; Specific Skill: Long u: u_e,
yourself Skill: Main Idea and
Enjoy Music A: The Sounds of Trash
Sentence Punctuation Unit Project: Self-
Vocabulary ew, ue, u
Key Details select and develop
O: The Sounds of Trash Write About Reading:
Lexile: 680L Structural Analysis: from options for unit
Text Features: E: The Sounds of Trash Analyze Key Details
Comparative research projects.
Photos With Paired Selection B: The Sounds of Trash
Endings: -er, -est
Captions, Bar Graph Genre: Time For Kids
Paired Selections Genre:
Title: “A Musical Informational Text
Museum”
Titles:
Lexile: 640L A: “Talking Underwater”
O: “Talking Underwater”
E: “Talking Underwater”
B: “Talking Underwater”

Week 6
Review and Assessment

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Grade 2 • Unit 4 • Scope and Sequence

Big Idea: Read Aloud Reading/ Literature Leveled Reader Access Vocabulary High-Frequency Oral Vocabulary Phonics Fluency Skill Writing Research
Our Life/Our World Writing Anthology Main Selection, Complex Text Words Words Words Unit 4: Narrative
Workshop Main Selection, Paired Selection (ACT) Text
How do different Comprehension Paired Selection A: Approaching Level Fictional Narrative;
environments make the Poem
O: On Level
world an interesting place? E: ELL
B: Beyond Level

Week 1 Title: “Where Do You Short Text: Alaska: A Strategy: Reread Strategy: Reread Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: below, colors, don’t, factories, harbors, Phonemic Pronunciation Writing Trait: Ideas: Weekly:
Live?” Special Place Workshop: Visual eerie, growth, layers, down, eat, many, produce, timber, Awareness: Focus on a Topic Explore the land
Skill: Connections Skill: Connections Within a Text:
Weekly Concept: Display About a lively, location, morning, sleep, valley Phoneme Identity; features, plants,
Genre: Expository Lexile: 560L Within a Text: Compare Compare and Contrast Grammar Skill:
Region region, seasons, through, very Phoneme animals, and climate
Different Places Strategy: Reread Genre: Expository
and Contrast
Main Selections temperate Categorization;
Linking Verbs
of a region.
Literature
Main Selection Genre: Genre: Expository Text Phoneme Blending Grammar
Essential Question: Strategy: Reread
Informational Text/
Anthology: Analyze Additional Domain
Mechanics:
What makes different Titles: Ideas Across Texts Words: Phonics/ Spelling
Skill: Connections Expository Capitalization of
A: Rocky Mountain National Park Amazon, equator, Skill: Silent Letters
parts of the world Within a Text:
Title: Rain Forests O: Rocky Mountain National Park
Proper Nouns
tropical wr, kn, gn, mb, sc
different? Compare and
E: Rocky Mountain National Park Write About
Contrast Lexile: 580L Vocabulary Structural Analysis:
B: Rocky Mountain National Park Reading: Analyze
Strategy: Compound Prefixes/Suffixes
Text Features: Paired Selection Author’s Purpose
Paired Selections Genre: Words
Map, Key, Labels, Genre: Informational
Expository Text
Subheadings Text/Expository
Titles:
Title: “African
A: “Yellowstone”
Savannas”
O: “Yellowstone”
Lexile: 680L E: “Yellowstone”
B: “Yellowstone”

Week 2 Title: “Earth Short Text: Into the Strategy: Reread Strategy: Reread Reading/ Vocabulary Words: animal, away, carved, glide, Phonemic Phrasing Writing Trait: Word Weekly:
Changes” Sea Writing Workshop: active, Earth, building, found, from, sphere, suddenly, Awareness: Choice: Time-Order How do natural
Skill: Connections Skill: Connections Within a Text:
Weekly Concept: Purpose: Prior explode, island, Saturday, thought, surface Phoneme Words events change the
Genre: Expository Lexile: 650L Within a Text: Cause Cause and Effect
Knowledge; local, properties, today, toward, watch Segmentation; earth?.
Earth Changes Strategy: Reread Genre: Expository
and Effect
Main Selections Organization solid, steep Phoneme Blending;
Grammar Skill:
Helping Verbs
Main Selection Genre: Expository Text Phoneme
Essential Question: Strategy: Reread
Genre: Informational
Literature Additional Domain
Grammar
Substitution
How does the Earth Titles: Anthology: What Words: jellyroll, Big
Skill: Connections Text/Expository Mechanics:
A: Earthquakes Makes This Text Dipper, Milky Way Phonics/ Spelling
change? Within a Text: Cause
Title: Volcanoes O: Earthquakes
Quotation Marks
Complex?; Specific Skill: r-controlled
and Effect Vocabulary
E: Earthquakes Vocabulary vowels /ûr/ er, ir, Write About
Lexile: 680L Strategy: Compound
B: Earthquakes ur, or Reading: Analyze
Words
Paired Selection Author’s Word
Paired Selections Structural Analysis:
Genre: Informational Choice
Genre: Expository Text Inflectional Endings
Text/Expository
A: “Glaciers”
Title: “To The Rescue”
O: “Glaciers”
Lexile: 750L E: “Glaciers”
B: “Glaciers”

Week 3 Title: “My New Short Text: Happy Strategy: Visualize Strategy: Visualize Reading/ Vocabulary Words: ago, carry, certain, accompanies, Phonemic Expression Writing Trait: Voice: Weekly:
School” New Year! Writing Workshop: common, costume, everyone, heavy, assigns, crowded, Awareness: Show Feelings Research games
Skill: Character, Skill: Character, Setting Plot:
Weekly Concept: Purpose: Prior customs, favorite, outside, people, locker, usual Generate Rhyme; from around the
Genre: Realistic Lexile: 590L Setting, Plot: Compare Compare and Contrast Grammar Skill:
Knowledge parade, surrounded, problem, together, Initial Sound and world. How are they
Our Culture Makes Us Fiction
Genre: Realistic
and Contrast
Main Selections travels, wonder warm Substitution;
Irregular Verbs
played?
Special Literature
Strategy: Visualize Fiction Main Selection Genre: Realistic Fiction Phoneme Blending Grammar
Anthology: What Additional Domain
Genre: Realistic Fiction Mechanics: Book
Essential Question: Strategy: Visualize Titles: Makes This Words: cousin, primo Phonics/ Spelling
Titles
Title: Dear Primo: A A: Sharing Cultures Text Complex?; Skill: r-controlled
How are kids around the Skill: Character,
Letter to My Cousin O: A New Life in India
Additional
Write About
Organization; vowels /ôr/ or, ore,
world different? Setting, Plot: Academic Words:
E: A New Life in India Sentence Structure; oar; /är/ ar Reading: Analyze
Compare and Lexile: 610L voice
B: Akita and Carlo Specific Vocabulary How an Author
Contrast Structural Analysis:
Paired Selection Vocabulary Compares
Paired Selections Irregular Plurals
Genre: Informational Strategy: Similes Characters and
Genre: Informational Text
Text/Expositor Events
A: “Music Around the World”
Title: “Games Around
O: “Dress Around the World”
the World”
E: “Dress Around the World”
Lexile: 600L B: “Food Around the World”

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Big Idea: Read Aloud Reading/ Literature Leveled Reader Access Complex Vocabulary High-Frequency Oral Vocabulary Phonics Fluency Skill Writing Research
Our Life/Our World Writing Anthology Main Selection, Text (ACT) Words Words Words Unit 4: Narrative Text
Workshop Main Selection, Paired Selection Fictional Narrative;
How do different Comprehension Paired Selection A: Approaching Level Poem
environments make the
O: On Level
world an interesting place? E: ELL
B: Beyond Level

Week 4 Title: “How Thunder Short Text: “Why the Strategy: Visualize Strategy: Visualize Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: again, behind, eyes, blustery, chilly, Phonemic Expression Writing Trait: Ideas: Weekly:
and Lightning Came Sun and the Moon Workshop: Genre; ashamed, boast, gone, happened, drenched, drizzle, Awareness: Develop Character How do folktales
Skill: Theme Skill: Theme
Weekly Concept: to Be” Live in the Sky” Purpose dash, holler, plenty, house, inside, task Phoneme from different
Grammar Skill: Irregular
Main Selection Genre: Main Selection Genre: similarities, victory, neither, stood, young Segmentation; cultures explain
Folktales About Nature Genre: Folktale/ Lexile: NP
Folktale/Drama Folktale
Literature Anthology:
wisdom Phoneme Blending;
Verbs
nature?
Drama What Makes This Text
Genre: Play Identify Syllables Grammar Mechanics:
Essential Question: Strategy: Visualize
Title: How the Beetle Titles: Complex?; Specific Vocabulary
Letter Punctuation
How can we understand Strategy: Visualize Got Her Colors A: Why Turtles Live in Water Vocabulary Strategy: Phonics/Spelling
O: How Butterflies Came to Be Root Words Skill: r-controlled Write About Reading:
nature? Skill: Theme Lexile: NP
E: How Butterflies Came to Be Analyze Theme
vowels /îr/ eer, ere,
Paired Selection B: Why Spider Has 8 Thin Legs ear
Genre: Fiction/ Folktale
Paired Selections Genre: Structural Analysis:
Title: “How the Finch Folktale Abbreviations
Got Its Color”
Titles:
Lexile: 600L A: “Why Corn Has Silk”
O: “How the Rainbow Was
Made”
E: ”How the Rainbow Was
Made”
B: “Why There Are Stars”

Week 5 Title: Redwood Short Text: “Snow Strategy: Visualize Strategy: Visualize Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: among, bought, broad, dunes, plump, Phonemic Phrasing Writing Trait: Word Weekly:
National Forest,” Shape,” “Nature Workshop: Purpose; drops, excite, knew, never, once, swaying, twirling Awareness: Identify Choice: Sensory Words Research nature
Skill: Theme Skill: Theme
Weekly Concept: “The Amazing Walk,” “In the Sky” Connections of Ideas outdoors, pale soon, sorry, talk, Syllables; Phoneme poems. How are
Grammar Skill:
Meadow,” “The Main Selection Genre: Main Selection Genre: Fiction touch, upon Categorization; similes used in
Poems About Nature Sahara Desert”
Lexile: NP
Poetry
Literature Anthology: Additional
Phoneme Blending
Contractions
poems about nature?
Titles: What Makes This Text Academic Words:
Genre: Poetry Grammar Mechanics:
Essential Question: Genre: Poetry Title: “April Rain Song,” A: A Hike in the Woods Complex?; Specific sensory words Phonics/Spelling
Contractions/
Unit Level:
What excites us about Strategy: Visualize “Rain Poem” O: A Little World Vocabulary Skill: r-controlled Research Skill:
Strategy: Visualize Vocabulary Apostrophes
E: A Little World vowels /âr/ are, air, Taking Notes
nature? Skill: Theme Lexile: NP
B: Star Party
Strategy: Similes
Write About Reading:
ear, ere
Unit Project: Self-
Literary Element: Paired Selection Analyze Word Choice
Paired Selections Genre: Structural Analysis: select and develop
Repetition Genre: Poetry and Provide Opinion
Poem r-controlled Vowel from options for unit
Title: “Helicopters,” Syllables research projects.
Titles:
“Windy Tree”
A: “The Woods”
Lexile: NP O: “See a Star”
E: “By the Sea”
B: “Moon”

Week 6
Review and Assessment

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Big Idea: Read Aloud Reading/ Literature Leveled Reader Access Vocabulary High-Frequency Oral Vocabulary Phonics Fluency Skill Writing Research
Let’s Make a Difference Writing Anthology Main Selection, Complex Text Words Words Words Unit 5: Informative/
Workshop Main Selection, Paired Selection (ACT) Explanatory Text
How can people make a Comprehension Paired Selection A: Approaching Level Explanatory Writing;
difference? Compare/Contrast
O: On Level
E: ELL Writing
B: Beyond Level

Week 1 Title: “A Boy Named Short Text: Alaska: A Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Summarize Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: answer, been, body, calm, concern, Phonemic Intonation Writing Trait: Ideas: Weekly:
Martin” Difficult Decision Workshop: champion, build, head, heard, exhausted, offered, Awareness: Descriptive Details How can kids be
Skill: Point of View Skill: Point of View
Weekly Concept: Organization; determined, minutes, myself, treat Phoneme Reversal; good citizens at
Genre: Realistic Lexile: 510L Grammar Skill:
Main Selection Genre: Main Selections Genre: Realistic Sentence Structure issues, promises, pretty, pushed Initial and Final school and in the
Being a Good Citizen Fiction
Genre: Realistic Realistic Fiction Fiction responsibility, rights, Sound Substitution;
Pronoun
community?
Literature
Strategy: Summarize Fiction volunteered, votes Phoneme Blending Grammar
Essential Question: Title: Grace for Titles: Anthology: What
Mechanics:
What do good citizens do? Strategy: Summarize President A: Fixing the Playground Makes This Text Additional Domain Phonics/ Spelling
Quotation Marks
O: The Food Crew Complex?; Specific Words: electoral, Skill: Diphthongs
Skill: Point of View Lexile: 580L
E: The Food Crew Vocabulary; Prior constituents, ou, ow Write About
Paired Selection B: How Many Greats? Knowledge; candidate Reading: Analyze
Structural Analysis:
Genre: Informational Connections of Ideas Point of View
Paired Selections Genre: Additional Irregular Plurals
Text/Nonfiction
Narrative Nonfiction Academic Words:
Narrative
quotation marks,
Titles:
Title: “Helping to Make
A: “Hero” Vocabulary
Smiles”
O: “A School Feeds Others” Strategy: Suffixes
Lexile: 520L E: “A School Feeds Others”
B: “Freedom Walk”

Week 2 Title: ““My First Day” Short Text: Soccer Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Summarize Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: brought, busy, else, audience, decorate, Phonemic Expression Writing Trait: Weekly:
Friends Workshop: Genre amused, cooperate, happy, I’ll, laugh, instructions, Awareness: Sentence Fluency: How do people get
Genre: Summarize Skill: Point of View Skill: Point of View
Weekly Concept: describe, love, maybe, please, pretended, shiver Phoneme Blending; Vary Sentence along in different
Lexile: 510L Literature
Strategy: Reread Main Selection Main Selections Genre: Fiction entertained, several Phoneme Length settings and
Cooperation Works! Genre: Fiction Genre: Fiction
Anthology: What
imagination, interact, Substitution; situations?
Titles: Makes This Grammar Skill:
patient, peaceful Phoneme
Essential Question: Strategy: Summarize Title: Once Upon a A: Rainy Day Text Complex?; Pronouns I and Me,
Segmentation;
How do people get along? Baby Brother O: Thirteen Is a Crowd Connections of Additional Domain We and Us
Skill: Point of View Phoneme Deletion
E: Thirteen Is a Crowd Ideas; Organization; Words: brainstormed
Lexile: 560L Grammar
B: Partners Specific Vocabulary Phonics/ Spelling
Vocabulary Mechanics:
Paired Selection Skill: Diphthongs
Paired Selections Genre: Strategy: Idioms Capitalizing the
Genre: Informational oy, oi
Informational Text Pronoun I
Text/Expository
Structural Analysis:
A: “Boys and Girls Club” Write About
Title: “Bully-Free Zone” Consonant + le (el,
O: “Big Brothers Big Sisters” Reading: Analyze
Lexile: 640L al) Syllables
E: “Big Brothers Big Sisters” Point of View
B: “4-H”

Week 3 Title: “A Hero On Short Text: César Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Summarize Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: air, along, always, competing, inspired, Phonemic Phrasing Writing Trait: Voice: Weekly:
and Off Skis” Chávez Workshop: agree, challenging, draw, during, ever, limited, overcome, Awareness: Identify Organization: Explore the life of an
Skill: Connections Skill: Connections Within a Text:
Weekly Concept: Purpose: Genre discover, heroes, meant, nothing, refused Syllables; Phoneme Sequence American hero.
Genre: Informational Lexile: 600L Within a Text: Sequence
interest, perform, story, won’t Categorization;
Our Heroes Text/Biography
Genre: Informational
Sequence
Main Selections
Literature
study, succeed Phoneme Blending
Grammar Skill:
Anthology: Specific Possessive Pronouns
Strategy: Summarize Text/Biography Main Selection Genre: Biography
Essential Question: Genre: Informational
Vocabulary Phonics/ Spelling
Grammar
What do heroes do? Strategy: Summarize Titles: Skill: Variant Vowels:
Text/Biography Mechanics:
A: Rudy Garcia-Tolson /ü/ oo, u, u_e, ew, ue,
Skill: Connections Capitalization of
Title: Brave Bessie O: Rudy Garcia-Tolson ui; /ů/ oo, ou, u
Within a Text: Proper Nouns
E: Rudy Garcia-Tolson
Sequence Lexile: 650L Structural Analysis:
B: Rudy Garcia-Tolson Write About
Contractions with not
Text Features: Bold Paired Selection Reading: Analyze
Paired Selections Genre:
Print, Subheadings, Genre:Fiction/ Legend Sequence
Biography
Timeline
Title: “The Legend of
A: “The Unsinkable Molly Brown”
Kate Shelley”
O: “The Unsinkable Molly Brown”
Lexile: 640L E: “The Unsinkable Molly Brown””
B: “The Unsinkable Molly Brown”

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Big Idea: Read Aloud Reading/ Literature Leveled Reader Access Complex Vocabulary High-Frequency Oral Vocabulary Phonics Fluency Skill Writing Research
Let’s Make a Difference Writing Anthology Main Selection, Text (ACT) Words Words Words Unit 5: Informative/
Workshop Main Selection, Paired Selection Explanatory Text
How can people make a Comprehension Paired Selection A: Approaching Level Explanatory Writing;
difference? Compare/Contrast
O: On Level
E: ELL Writing
B: Beyond Level

Week 4 Title: “Clean Water” Short Text: The Art Strategy: Make, Strategy: Make, Confirm, Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: city, father, mother, hesitated, Phonemic Intonation Writing Trait: Word Weekly:
Project Confirm, Revise Revise Predictions Workshop: Specific curious, distance, o’clock, own, memorable, Awareness: Identify Choice: Linking Words How can recycling
Genre: Folktale/
Weekly Concept: Predictions Vocabulary; Sentence Earth resources, questions, read, pollution, reasons, Syllables; Phoneme different items
Fiction Lexile: 660L Skill: Character, Setting, Plot: Grammar Skill:
Clues enormous, gently, searching, sure, suggest Deletion; Phoneme and materials help
Preserving Our Earth Strategy: Make, Genre: Fiction
Skill: Character, Problem and Solution
proudly, rarely, though Blending; Phoneme
Contraction
protect the earth?
Setting, Plot: Problem Literature Anthology:
Confirm, Revise Main Selection Genre: Fiction supply Addition Grammar Mechanics:
Essential Question: Predictions
Strategy: Make, and Solution What Makes This
Contractions/
How can we protect the Confirm, Revise Titles: Text Complex?; Additional Phonics/Spelling
Main Selection Genre: Possessive Pronouns
Predictions A: Let’s Carpool Connections of Ideas; Academic Words: Skill: Variant Vowels:
Earth? Fiction
O: Our Beautiful Tree Write About Reading:
Specific Vocabulary cause and effect, /ô/ a, aw, au, augh,
Skill: Character,
Title: The E: Our Beautiful Tree al, ough Analyze Character,
Setting, Plot: Vocabulary
Woodcutter’s Gift B: Family Night Unplugged Setting, and Plot
Problem and Strategy: Structural Analysis:
Solution Lexile: 690L Paired Selections Genre: Homophones Vowel Team
Informational Text Syllables
Paired Selection
Genre: Informational Titles:
Text/Expository A: “The Clean Air Campaign”
O: “Dirt!”
Title: “Earth’s
E: ”Dirt!”
Resources”
B: “Tips For Saving Power”
Lexile: 600L

Week 5 Title: Town Rules” Short Text: Visiting Strategy: Make, Strategy: Make, Confirm, Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: anything, children, elected, permission, Phonemic Pronunciation Writing Trait: Voice: Weekly:
the Past Confirm, Revise Revise Predictions Workshop: Specific exclaimed, finally, everybody, instead, recycle, services, Awareness: Formal vs. Informal Explore the history
Genre: Time For Kids
Weekly Concept: Predictions Vocabulary; Purpose form, history, public, paper, person, voice, transportation Phoneme Deletion; and significance of
Lexile: 610L Skill: Connections With a Text: Grammar Skill:
Strategy: Make, rules, united, writers whole, woman, Phoneme an American symbol.
Rights and Rules Confirm, Revise Genre: Time For Kids
Skill: Connections Cause and Effect Literature Anthology:
words Segmentation;
Pronoun-Verb
Within a Text: Cause Purpose of a Text; Additional Agreement Unit Level:
Predictions Main Selection Genre: Phoneme Reversal;
Essential Question: Strategy: Make, and Effect
Expository Text
Specific Vocabulary Academic Words:
Grammar Mechanics:
Research Skill:
Phoneme Blending
Why are rules important? Confirm, Revise sensory words Review Parts of the
Main Selection Genre: Book Titles
Predictions Titles: Phonics/Spelling Library
Time For Kids Vocabulary
A: Government Rules Skill: Short Vowel Write About Reading:
Skill: Connections Strategy: Similes Unit Project: Self-
Title: Setting the Rules O: Government Rules Digraphs: /e/ ea; /u/ Analyze Cause and
Within a Text: Cause select and develop
E: Government Rules ou; /i/ y Effect
and Effect Lexile: 610L from options for unit
B: Government Rules
Structural Analysis: research projects.
Text Features: Paired Selection
Paired Selections Genre: Alphabetical Order
Subheadings, Chart Genre: Time For Kids
Expository Text (two letters)
Title: “American
Titles:
Symbols”
A: “Pool Rules”
Lexile: 650L O: “Pool Rules”
E: “Pool Rules”
B: “Pool Rules”

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Review and Assessment

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Big Idea: Read Aloud Reading/ Literature Leveled Reader Access Vocabulary High-Frequency Oral Vocabulary Phonics Fluency Skill Writing Research
How on Earth? Writing Anthology Main Selection, Complex Text Words Words Words Unit 6: Informative/
Workshop Main Selection, Paired Selection (ACT) Explanatory Writing
What keeps our world Comprehension Summary; Research
Paired Selection A: Approaching Level
working? Report
O: On Level
E: ELL
B: Beyond Level

Week 1 Title: “The Bluebell” Short Text: Alaska: Strategy: Reread Strategy: Reread Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: door, front, disturb, entire, Phonemic Expression Writing Trait: Ideas: Weekly:
Why Fir Tree Keeps Workshop: Genre appeared, crops, order, probably, magnificent, Awareness: Identify Organization: Research a plant
Genre: Fiction/Myth Skill: Theme Skill: Theme
Weekly Concept: His Leaves develop, edge, remember,someone, stumbled, trembled and Make Oral Strong Openings and what it needs to
Literature
Strategy: Reread Main Selection Genre: Main Selections golden, rustled, tomorrow, what’s, Rhymes; Phoneme grow.
Plant Myths and Facts Lexile: 560L
Fiction/Myth Myth
Anthology: What
shining, stages worry, yesterday Addition; Phoneme
Grammar Skill:
Makes This Text Adjectives
Genre: Myth Blending; Phoneme
Essential Question: Title: The Golden Titles: Complex?; Specific Additional Domain
Grammar
Deletion
What do myths help us Strategy: Reread Flower: A Taino Myth A: The Apples of Idun Vocabulary Words: Puerto Rico
Mechanics: Commas
from Puerto Rico O: Hercules and the Golden Phonics/ Spelling
understand? Skill: Theme
Apples
Additional in a Series
Skill: Closed
Lexile: 590L Academic Words:
E: Hercules and the Golden Syllables and Open Write About
adjective,myth,point
Paired Selection Apples Syllables Reading: Analyze
of view
Genre: Informational B: Demeter and Persephone Theme
Structural Analysis:
Text/Expository Vocabulary
Paired Selections Genre: Compound Words
Strategy: Sentence
Title: “A Pumpkin Informational Text
Clues
Plant”
Titles:
Lexile: 600L A: “Hero”
O: “A School Feeds Others”
E: “A School Feeds Others”
B: “Freedom Walk”

Week 2 Title: “How Does Short Text: Pedal Strategy: Reread Strategy: Reread Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: alone, became, charge, effects, Phonemic Intonation Writing Trait: Word Weekly:
Energy Make Your Powers Workshop: Sentence electricity, energy, beside, our, hello, rushes, slight, streak Awareness: Choice: Content How do we use
Skill: Author’s Purpose Skill: Author’s Purpose
Weekly Concept: Hair Stand Up?” Structure; Specific flows, haul, power, large, notice, round, Initial Phoneme Words different forms
Lexile: 660L
Main Selection Genre: Main Selections Genre: Vocabulary silent, solar, suppose,surprised Addition; Phoneme of energy in our
Team Up to Explore Genre: Informational
Genre: Informational Informational Text/ Informational Text underground Segmentation;
Grammar Skill:
everyday lives?
Text/Expository Literature Articles and This,
Text/Expository Expository Initial Phoneme
Essential Question: Strategy: Reread
Titles: Anthology: What Additional Domain That, These, and
Substitution
Why is teamwork Strategy: Reread Title: My Light A: Wind Power Makes This Text Words: dam, Those
O: Wind Power Complex?; Genre; generators Phonics/ Spelling
important? Skill: Author’s Lexile: 560L
E: Wind Power
Grammar
Connections of Skill: CVCe Syllables
Purpose Vocabulary Mechanics: Names
Paired Selection B: Wind Power Ideas; Specific
Strategy: Paragraph Structural Analysis: and Titles
Text Features: Genre: Informational Vocabulary
Paired Selections Clues Analyze Author’s
Photos With Text/Expository Write About
Genre: Informational Text Purpose
Captions, Reading: Analyze
Title: “The Power of
Subheadings, A: “A Solar House” Point of View
Water”
Diagram, Labels O: “A Solar House”
Lexile: 650L E: “A Solar House”
B: “A Solar House”

Week 3 Title: “Teamwork in Short Text: Dive Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Summarize Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: above, brother, attach, collect, Phonemic Pronunciation Writing Trait: Ideas: Weekly:
Space” Teams Workshop: exploration, follow, listen, month, deliver,experiments, Awareness: Identify Supportive Details Research a place
Skill: Main Idea and Skill: Main Idea and Key Details
Weekly Concept: Purpose: Prior important, machines, soft, something,song, nations Syllables; Phoneme you’d like to travel
Genre: Informational Lexile: 660L Key Details Grammar Skill:
Main Selections Knowledge; prepare, repair, who’s, wind Segmentation and and explore with a
Team Up to Explore Text/Expository
Genre: Informational Main Selection Genre: Genre: Informational Text Connections of Ideas result, scientific, Blending; Phoneme
Adjectives That
team. What jobs will
Compare
Strategy: Summarize Text/Expository Informational Text/ teamwork Addition and need to be done?
Essential Question: Expository
Titles: Literature
Grammar
Deletion What job will each
Why is teamwork Strategy: Summarize A: Digging For Sue Anthology: What Additional Domain
Mechanics: team member have?.
Title: Astronaut O: Digging For Sue Makes This Text Words: astronaut, Grammar Skill:
important? Skill: Main Idea and
Handbook E: Digging For Sue
Apostrophes
Complex?; Sentence satellites, Adjectives That
Key Details
B: Digging For Sue Structure; Specific Compare Write About
Lexile: 790L Vocabulary
Text Features: Vocabulary Reading: Analyze
Paired Selections Genre: Strategy: Structural Analysis:
Photos With Paired Selection Text Features
Informational Text Greek and Latin Contractions/
Captions, Map, Genre: Informational
Roots Possessives
Labels Text/Narrative A: “Ancient Ship Discovered!”
Nonfiction O: “Ancient Ship Discovered!”
E: “Ancient Ship Discovered!”
Title: “Teamwork to
B: “Ancient Ship Discovered!”
the Top”
Lexile: 720L

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Grade 2 • Unit 6 • Scope and Sequence

Big Idea: Read Aloud Reading/ Literature Leveled Reader Access Complex Vocabulary High-Frequency Oral Vocabulary Phonics Fluency Skill Writing Research
How on Earth? Writing Anthology Main Selection, Text (ACT) Words Words Words Unit 6: Informative/
Workshop Main Selection, Paired Selection Explanatory Writing
What keeps our world Comprehension Paired Selection Summary; Research
A: Approaching Level
working? Report
O: On Level
E: ELL
B: Beyond Level

Week 4 Title: “Keep the Short Text: The Life Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Summarize Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: against, anymore, charity, image, Phonemic Intonation Writing Trait: Weekly:
Change!” of a Dollar Bill Workshop: invented, money, complete,enough, popular, portrait, Awareness: Organization: Strong Where does money
Skill: Connections Skill: Connections Within a
Weekly Concept: Organization; Genre prices, purchase, river, rough, symbol Phoneme Conclusions come from and
Genre: Informational Lexile: 660L Within a Text: Problem Text: Problem and Solution
record, system, sometimes, stranger, Segmentation; where does it go?
Money Matters Text/Expository
Genre: Informational
and Solution
Main Selection Genre:
Literature Anthology:
value, wort terrible, window Phoneme
Grammar Skill: Adverbs
Organization; Specific and Prepositional
Strategy: Summarize Text/Expository Main Selection Genre: Informational Text Substitution;
Essential Question: Informational Text/
Vocabulary; Genre Additional Domain Phrases
Phoneme Reversal
How do we use money? Strategy: Summarize Titles: Words:
Expository Grammar Mechanics:
A: How to Be a Smart Shopper credit cards Phonics/Spelling
Skill: Connections Capitalization
Title: Money Madness O: How to Be a Smart Shopper Skill: Vowel Team
Within a Text: Vocabulary
E: How to Be a Smart Shopper Syllables Write About Reading:
Problem and Lexile: 780L Strategy:
B: How to Be a Smart Shopper Analyze Text
Solution Paragraph Clues Structural Analysis:
Paired Selection Connections
Paired Selections Genre: Myth Comparative
Text Features: Genre: Fiction/Myth
Endings: -er, -est
Photos With Titles:
Title: “King Midas and (with spelling
Captions, Graph, A: “The Golden Fleece”
the Golden Touch” changes)
Labels, Subheadings O: “The Golden Fleece”
Lexile: 720L E: ”The Golden Fleece”
B: “The Golden Fleece”

Week 5 Title: “Give Me a Short Text: “A Box Strategy: Summarize Strategy: Summarize Reading/Writing Vocabulary Words: afternoon, ahead, flash, igloo, moat, Phonemic Expression Writing Trait: Word Weekly:
Brown Box,” “Music of Crayons,” “What Workshop: Purpose; create, dazzling, anyone, everything, orchestra, snore Awareness: Choice: Strong Words Explore poetry and
Skill: Point of View Skill: Point of View
Weekly Concept: Sends Me” Story is This?,” “The Lack of Prior imagination, pretended, Phoneme Addition; a poet’s use of
Grammar Skill:
Ticket” Main Selection Genre: Main Selection Genre: Fiction Knowledge seconds scientist, somehow, Phoneme imagery.
The World of Ideas Genre: Poetry
Poetry throughout, trouble, Substitution;
Adjectives and Adverbs
Lexile: NP Titles: Literature Anthology: Additional Unit Level:
Strategy: Summarize wherever Phoneme Grammar Mechanics:
Essential Question: Genre: Poetry
Title: “Books to the A: Matt’s Journey What Makes This Text Academic Words:
Sentence Punctuation
Research Skill:
Segmentation
Where can your Ceiling,” “I’ve Got This O: A Fantastic Day! Complex? blend, Visual Displays
Strategy: Summarize Covered,” “Eating E: A Fantastic Day! Phonics/Spelling Write About Reading: and Multimedia
imagination take you? While Reading” B: A Day in Ancient Rome
Vocabulary
Analyze Point of View
Skill: r-controlled Presentations
Skill: Point of Viewt Strategy: Metaphors
Vowel Syllables
Lexile: NP Paired Selections Genre: Unit Project: Self-
Text Features:
Poem Structural Analysis: select and develop
Rhyme Paired Selection
Three (or more) from options for unit
Genre: Poetry Titles:
Syllable Words research projects.
A: “Autumn Leaves,” “The
Title: “Clay Play,”
Orchestra”
“Crayons
O: “A Butterfly Life,”
Lexile: NP “Circus Day”
E: “Pablo and I,”“My Tiny
Friend”
B: “Lost and Found,” “My
Magic Car”

Week 6
Review and Assessment

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