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1 2 nd Grade Reading Benchmarks Map Week Unit Reading skills Writer s Workshop High Frequency Words Vocab RI2.4 M T W Th F Aug Aug Reader s Workshop First Days Reader s Workshop first days 8/ Reader s Workshop first days Sept Reader s Workshop first days Phonics: Writing: Start Launching Unit. Within the first 6 weeks, complete 6 Traits Unit and 7 days of Writing a complete sentence. every, near, add, food, between own, below, country, plant, last, school, father, keep, tree, never, start, city, earth, eye, light thought, head, under, story, saw, left, don t, few, while, along, might, close, something, seem, next hard, open, example, begin, life, always, those, both, paper, together; got, group, often, run, important, until, children, side, feet, car Listen, habit, expectations turn and talk, partner, journal, book talk, abandon, signal fiction, non-fiction, character, problem, solution, setting, element, log, glossary. graphic, text feature, table of contents, index, reread, chunks, predictions, vowel, consonant, synonym Conf. of Inst. Labor Day School Faculty Meeting Day First day kids Sept Ask questions/identify Main Idea and Supporting Details mile, night, walk, white, sea, began, grow, took, river, four main idea, support, detail, pattern, endangered, habitat, species, explorer, clues Bench marks Unit 1 Start Sept Ask questions/identify Main Idea and Supporting Details carry, state, once, book, hear, stop, without, second, late, miss main idea, support, detail, pattern, endangered, habitat, species, explorer, clues 9/28-10/ Ask questions/identify Main Idea and Supporting Details idea, enough, eat, face, watch, far, Indian real, almost, let main idea, support, detail, pattern, endangered, habitat, species, explorer, clues Grading Period end

2 Speed/pacing-fast, slow, varied Week Unit Reading Skills Writer s Workshop High Frequency Words Vocabulary Oct Visualize/Analyze Character Within next 6 weeks, Narrative Unit above, girl, sometimes, mountain, cut, young, talk, soon, list, song Analyze, character, visualize, traits, feelings, changes, relationships, insects, startled M T W Th Fri Oct Visualize/Analyze Character (Vocabulary: idioms) being, leave, family, it s, afternoon, body, music, color, stand, sun Analyze, character, visualize, traits, feelings, changes, relationships, insects, startled Oct Visualize/Analyze Character Pausing- Short Pause question, fish, area, mark, dog, horse, birds, problem, complete, room Analyze, character, visualize, traits, feelings, changes, relationships, insects, startled Fall Break school Oct Importance/Identify Sequence of Events knew, since, ever, piece, told, usually, didn t, friends, easy, heard identify, sequence, purpose, events, life cycle, roots, trunk, digestive system, illustration Fall Break school v Importance/Identify Sequence of Events Vocabulary: Captions order, red, door, sure, become, top, ship, across, today, during identify, sequence, purpose, events, life cycle, roots, trunk, digestive system, illustration v Importance/Identify Sequence of Events Inflection/Intonation-Pitch short, better, best, however, low, hours, black, products, happened, whole identify, sequence, purpose, events, life cycle, roots, trunk, digestive system, illustration Trimester 1 ends

3 Week Unit Reading Skill Writer s Workshop High Frequency Words Vocab M T W Th F v Synthesize/Analyze Story Elements Within 3rd 6 six, Prompt Writing and Begin n-fiction measure, remember, early, waves, reached, listen, wind, rock, space, covered Parent Teacher Conferenc es- school kids v Synthesize/Analyze Story Elements Catch Up/Other Writing fast, several, hold, himself, toward, five, step, morning, passed, vowel Thanks-giv ing Break 11/ Synthesize/Analyze Story Elements Dec Synthesize/Analyze Story Elements Fluency Skill: Inflection/Intonation- Pitch ) true, hundred, against, pattern, numeral, table, north, slowly, money, map Dec Winter/holiday Writing Dec , 28-1 SCHOOL WINTER BREAK Winte Break Winter Break r

4 Week Unit Reading skill Writer s Workshop High Frequency Words Vocab M T W Th F Jan Make Connections/ Make Inferences farm, pulled, draw, voice, seen, cold, cried, plan, notice, south inference, connection, tall tale, community, narrator, urban, teamwork, volume, backbone Jan Make Connections/ Make Inferences sing, war, ground, fall, king, town, I ll, unit, figure, certain inference, connection, tall tale, community, narrator, urban, teamwork, volume, backbone Grading Period ends Jan Make Connections/ Make Inferences Inflection/Intonation: Volume Within next 6 weeks, finish n-fiction and begin Persuasive field, travel, wood, fire, upon, done, English, road, halt, ten inference, connection, tall tale, community, narrator, urban, teamwork, volume, backbone School MLKDA Y Jan Fix-Up Monitoring/Summarize Information fly, gave, box, finally, wait, correct, oh, quickly, person, became summary, monitor, strategy. neighborhood, country, continent, rain forest, culture, post card Fix-Up Monitoring/Summarize Information shown, minutes, strong, verb, stars, front, feel, fact, inches, street, summary, monitor, strategy. neighborhood, country, continent, rain forest, culture, post card Fix-Up Monitoring/Summarize Information Inflection/Intonation: Stress decided, contain, course, surface, produce, building, ocean, class, note, nothing summary, monitor, strategy. neighborhood, country, continent, rain forest, culture, post card School

5 Week Unit Reading Skill Writer s Workshop High Frequency Words Vocab M T W Th F Make Inferences/Make Predictions rest, carefully, scientists, inside, wheels, stay, green, known, island, week prediction, clue, evidence, antonym, should, harvest, picnic, root, stem, selfish School - Preside nts Day Make Inferences/Make Predictions less, machine, base, ago, stood, plane, system, behind, ran, round prediction, clue, evidence, antonym, should, harvest, picnic, root, stem, selfish 2/29-3/4 (Istep) 7-3 Make Inferences/Make Predictions Phrasing-High Frequency Word Phrases This 6 weeks, persuasive. boat, game, force, brought, understand, warm, common, bring, explain, dry prediction, clue, evidence, antonym, should, harvest, picnic, root, stem, selfish 2 nd Trimester Ends Mar 7-11 (Istep) 8-1 Importance/Compare and Contrast though, language, shape, deep, thousands, yes, clear, equation, yet, government compare, contrast, determine, measure, transportation, past, present, inventor, goods, anthem Mar (iread) 8-2 Importance/Compare and Contrast filled, heat, full, hot, check, object, am, rule, among, noun compare, contrast, determine, measure, transportation, past, present, inventor, goods, anthem Mar Importance/Compare and Contrast Expression, Anticipation, Mood power, cannot, able, six, size, dark, ball, material, special, heavy compare, contrast, determine, measure, transportation, past, present, inventor, goods, anthem School- Good Friday Mar. 28-Apr, 1 Catch- up/review/ Student Needed mini lessons Apr 4-8 SCHOOL SPRING BREAK Spring Break Spring Break

6 Week Unit Reading Skill Writer s Workshop High Frequency Words Apr Make Connections/Identify Cause and Effect fine, pair, circle, include, built, always, around, because, been, before Vocabulary Words cause, effect, tornado, citizen, laws, litter, recycle, furious, cruelty, base word M T W TH F Apr Make Connections/Identify Cause and Effect buy, call, does, first, five, found, gave, goes, its, made cause, effect, tornado, citizen, laws, litter, recycle, fairness, cruelty, base word Grading Period end Apr Make Connections/Identify Cause and Effect (idioms) Expression, Characterization, and Feelings Expository Unit in the last 6 weeks. many, off, away, pull, read, right, sit, sleep, tall, their cause, effect, tornado, citizen, laws, litter, recycle, fairness, cruelty, base word Make Inferences/Draw Conclusions these, those, upon, use, very, wash, which, why, wish, work conclusion, volunteer, Investigate, rescue, barrel, suspicious, culprit, mystery, impressive, vacant Make Inferences/Draw Conclusions would, write, your, myself, pretty, under, eight, laugh, seven, long conclusion, volunteer, Investigate, rescue, barrel, suspicious, culprit, mystery, impressive, vacant June Make Inferences/Draw Conclusions Expression-Dramatic Expression please, pretty, every, about, favorite, another, together, always, been, through conclusion, volunteer, Investigate, rescue, barrel, suspicious, culprit, mystery, impressive, vacant Memori al Day School Third Trimester Ends Last student day) Last Day teachers (pending make-up days)

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