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Unit Name: Earth in ActionUnit pacing: Quarter 4: March 23rd- April 17th
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Unit Overview and Enduring UnderstandingsUnit 7: Earth in Action
In this unit, students will build foundational skills to increase their word recognition and reading accuracy. Students will continue to use previously learned knowledge of information texts to identify and explain main topics using multi-paragraph texts. This will be helpful as they learn to add more information to their own informative writing pieces.
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Essential QuestionsIn what ways can frozen water change the shape of the land?
Why do earthquakes occur?
How do earthquakes change Earth’s surface?
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Content DomainEssential StandardsSupporting StandardsConceptsSkillsStrategies/ModelsVocabularyEvidence of MasteryAssessmentsDistrict Aligned Resources
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Unit 7- Earth in ActionFoundational Skils2.RF.3

Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding one syllable or two syllable words

*See notes for details on parts of 2.RF.3 parts a-f		2.WF.1
2.WF.2
2.WF.3

*See notes for detailed standards
grade-level phonics
word anaylsis skills
one syllable words
two syllable words		know
apply

Unit 5, Lesson 5
• /oi/ spelled oi and _oy

Unit 6, Lesson 1
 The ough Spelling Pattern

Unit 6, Lesson 2
• Silent Letters

Unit 6, Lesson 3
• The ough Spelling Pattern
• Silent Letters

Unit 6, Lesson 4
• Contrast /͝/ with /oo/
and /ō/ with /ow/

Unit 6, Lesson 5
 Contrast /͝/ with /ū/ and
/aw/ with /ow/		vowels
vowel sounds
decode
identify
recognize
high frequency words		SWBAT apply grade level phonics by reading and writing words using the given phonics skill.

SWBAT recognize and read irregulary spelled words. 		Progress Monitoring
Fluency Reads
Spelling
High Frequency Words		Open Court
Fundations
LETRS
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Reading Elements and Comprehension Strategies2.RI.2

Identify and explain the main topic of a multi-paragrpah text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text		2.RI.3
2.RI.10
2.RL.4
2.RF.4
2.SL2
2.L.4.a-e
2.L.5.a-b
2.RI.4




main topic for a
multi-paragraph text

specific paragraphs		Identify and
explain

focus		identify
explain
main topic
multi-paragraph
SWBAT identiy the main
topic of a multi-paragraph
text.

SWBAT explain the main
topic of a multi-paragraph
text.

SWBAT focus on details
from paragraphs in the
text to help them
understand the main
topiic. 		Galileo
CFA for 2.RI.2		Open Court (Unit, Lesson that cover this comprehension stanard):

U2, L2- A River of Ice
*Poetry- Dunes

U2, L4- All About Earthquakes
*Poetry- Hurricane
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Writing2.W.2
Informational
Explanatory		2.W.6
2.W.7
2.W.8
2.SL.1.c
2.L.2

*See notes about detailed standards		informative
explanatory
topic
facts/definitions
points		write
use
develop

Graphic Organizer Ideas:
T-Chart
Spider Web		informative
facts
definitions
understanding
organize
graphic organizer
notes		SWBAT develop an understanding of informative facts based on an informational text.

SWBAT organize facts using a graphic organizer or note taking.



Teacher will assess graphic organizer or notes taken to ensure they include informational facts and that they are organized accordinging to the given directions by the teacher.
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Considerations2.RI.2 The units and lessons listed below are for stories in Open Court that have assessments that address the comprehension standard. (Each one states how many of the questions on the assessment are
about that standard)

Unit 1, Lesson 2 (2 questions)
Unit 2, Lesson 4 (2 questions)
Unit 3, Lesson 2 (1 question)
Unit 4, Lesson 3 (1 question)
Unit 5, Lesson 2 (3 questions)
Unit 5, Lesson 4 (1 question)

Please keep the following 2 standards in mind as you are going through the ELA Units and be sure to include them where applicable!

2.L.1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
2.L.1.a Use collective nouns (e.g., group).
2.L.1.b Form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns (e.g., feet, children, teeth, mice, fish).
2.L.1.c Use reflexive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves).
2.L.1.d Form and use the past, present, and future tenses of frequently occurring regular and irregular verbs (e.g. sat, hit, and told).
2.L.1.e Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified.
2.L.1.f Use interjections (e.g., Yes! That is mine; Yes, that is mine!)
2.L.1.g Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences using frequently occurring conjunctions (e.g., and, but, or, yet, so).
2.L.1.h Identify and use declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.
2.L.1.i With assistance, link sentences into a simple, cohesive paragraph that contains: a main idea, supporting details, and a conclusion.

2.L.3
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
2.L.3.a Compare formal and informal uses of English.
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