Second Grade – Unit 2
Then & Now
(6 Weeks)
Essential Questions | “I Can Statements” & Assessments | Instructional Activities | Lesson Resources |
1. What are informational text structures? | This means I can use knowledge of informational text structure to identify main topics and purpose of text. | -use text features to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently -identify the author’s main purpose of a text -compare and contrast the most important points in two texts on the same topic | Unit 2 Introduction Lesson: Then and Now Shared and Independent Opinion Writing |
2. What is literature (narrative) story text structure? | This means I can use knowledge of story text structure to analyze the central message. This means I can research and write informational text | -understand and explain the elements of Folktales -understand varied voices of characters -understand and explain the elements of Fables -recount/retell familiar stories, including fables and folk tales
-compare folktales, fables, and fairy tales -describe overall story text structure and central message, lesson, or morale -describe how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action -identify the main topic of a paragraph -understand distinct characteristics of Tall Tales -research a real person in the 1800s and do a class presentation -use information texts to answer “who, what, where, when, why, and how” | Compare & Contrast Two Folktales Comparing Fables and Folktales Comparing Folktales and Fables Lesson Plan |
3. What are collective nouns, reflexive pronouns, and irregular plural nouns? | This means I can understand and use nouns correctly. | -understand and use proper, collective, and irregular plural nouns in writing -name and use reflexive pronouns -use capitals correctly when writing for proper nouns, specifically holidays, product names, and geographic places | Suggested Texts ***** Additional Resources - Collective Nouns |
4. What are prefixes and suffixes? | This means I can make new words when a known prefix or suffix is added to a known word. |
-discover prefixes and suffixes when reading grade-level texts -form many new words using known roots, bases, and prefixes | |
5. What is the purpose of an adjective or an adverb? | This means I can use adjectives and adverbs to expand and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences. | -write simple sentences about life today -expand the simple sentence by adding descriptive words (adjectives for nouns or adverbs for verbs) -write compound sentences about life in the past -expand the compound sentences by adding descriptive words (adjectives for nouns or adverbs for verbs) |
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6. What are apostrophes? | This means I can use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives. | -understand and use apostrophes to form contractions in verbs and pronouns -understand and use apostrophes to form possessives | Frequently Occurring Contractions
Contraction Games (Type contractions into “Search” Click on Contraction Game) |
7.What knowledge is needed to read second-grade words? | This means I can use spelling-sound correspondence, identify syllable structure (including two-syllable words), and understand the pattern in irregularly spelled words. | -use spelling-sound correspondence in reading and writing -decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels -identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences -recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words -determine the meaning of words and phrases | Aligned Resources for 2nd grade Phonic/Word Study Scope |
Utah State Core Curriculum Standards: SCIENCE
Enduring Understanding: Physical Science. Students will gain an understanding of Physical Science through the study of the forces of motion and the properties of materials while observing falling objects. |
Essential Questions | “I Can” Statements & Assessments | Instructional Activities | Lesson Resources |
8. What are the different characteristics of rocks? | This means I can describe the characteristics of rocks. | -identify the author’s purpose when reading suggested texts about rocks -compare and contrast multiple texts about rocks to determine the specific points being made in each text -explain how smaller rocks come from breakage and weathering of larger rocks -describe rocks using terms that explain their parts (e.g., crystals, grains, cement, etc.) -participate in large and small group discussions about rocks, following agreed upon rules for discussion | Lesson Plans (See the lesson “Rocks, rocks everywhere” |
9. What makes objects fall? | This means I can describe properties of materials and the forces of motion that act upon them. | -observe a variety of falling objects and describe the difference between speed of fall for each object -communicate observations that similar objects of varying masses fall at the same rate in small group discussions | Lesson Plans (See the gravity lesson) Gravity and Falling Objects Lesson Plan |