Grade _2 Unit: __1__ Lesson: __1__

Overarching
Questions:

Question 1- What is a perfect pet like?

Question 2- How do pets' body parts help them live? (i.e. nose for breathing, claws for
scratching)
Question 3- How do you care for a pet?

Text 1

Text 2

Billy,the Pet Bird

Animals, Animals (E, H,K)

Journeys ELL Reader

1.1 Task 1 Sequence of Events
Use transition words (first, next,
last) when retelling

ReadingA-Z.com
2.1 Task 1 Science -Identify Living
Things (vs non-living)
Tell how they use their parts to live

1.2 Task 2 Infer/Predict

What might happen next? Cite
evidence.

2.2 Task 2 Science- Animal Traits

Identify parts of animals that help
them eat, drink and breathe.

Additional Resources/ Links

ReadingA-Z.com ELL Resources: Picture

Cards, Animals, Pets;
"Animals, Animals" Guided Reading
Plan with resources. Discussion Cards

for Higher Order Questioning.

Online sorting game:
http://www.firstschoolyears.com/science
resources/games/ourselves/living/
living.htm

Culminating Assessment (True Narative Writing) : about My Pet OR The Pet I Want.
Make an Illustration showing My Pet OR The Pet I Want; Label parts for eating, drinking, breathing, moving.
Write a story about how you care for the pet. Use details about the pet's traits (eating, drinking, etc.)

Grade _2 Unit: __1__ Lesson: __2__

Overarching
Questions:

Question 1- What are some things that families like to do together?

Question 2- Do families in different countries have different celebrations?
Question 3- Do families in different countries celebrate any customs the same way?
Question 4: Are any family traditions in the US like another country's traditions? If so, why?

Text 1

Text 2

Birthdays Around the World

Friends Around the World (H,K,P)

Journeys ELL Reader

1.1 Task 1 Compare & Contrast
Use comparison words: alike, same,
both different
1.2 Task 2 Question
Who, What, When, Where, Why and
How

ReadingA-Z.com
2.1Task 1 Social Studies- Compare
family traditions and customs.
Share a family tradition or special
food.
2.2 Task 2 Social Studies-Compare U.S.
cultures in family traditions, customs,
and holidays. Share a family tradition.

Additional Resources/ Links

Read Aloud Library book: "Me on the

Map" by Joan Sweeny. Walks you
through using a map and a globe.
ReadingA-Z.com Guided Lesson Plan
with activities and resources. Discussion
Cards for Higher Order Questions.

2.3 Task 3 Social Studies-Compare how

maps and globes depict information.
Locate the countries from the texts on a
map and also a globe.
Culminating Assessment (Research Writing).
Use a Graphic Organizer and the two texts to make a T-Chart listing the countries and celebrations in both texts. Some parts
might be written in to scaffold this research writing.

Grade _2 Unit: __1__ Lesson: __3__

Overarching
Questions:

Question 1- What do pets need to be healthy and happy?

Question 2- What traits do baby animals get from their parents?
Question 3- What are some ways pets help their owners?
Question 4-What are the stages of an animal's life cycle?

Text 1

Text 2

Cats

Chickens in My Backyard

Journeys ELL Reader

1.1 Task 1 Author's Purpose
Why do authors write? DIscuss,.
1.2 Task 2 Analyze/Evaluate
How do you decide what details are
important?

ReadingA-Z.com
2.1 Task 1 Science -Identify physical
characteristics passed on by the
parent.
2.2 Task 2 Science -Use a graphic
organizer to show the characteristics
passed on by the parent.
2.3 Task 3 Science- Tell the life cycle of
an animal (chicken, cat, dog).

Additional Resources/ Links

ReadingA-Z.com Guided Reading

Lesson Plan with resources, for
"Chickens in My Backyard".
Discussion Cards for Higher Order
Questioning.
Animals & babies:
http://www.manythings.org/wbg/
animal_babies-jw.html
Life cycles:
http://schools.dcsdk12.org/educa
tion/components/screpbook/
default.php?secondetailid=128972
Videos: discoveryeducation.com

Culminating Assessment (Opinion Writing) Use a graphic organizer to write an opinion statement telling: Which pet is
better, a cat or chicken? Tell 3 reasons, with supporting details, to support your answer. Write a closing statement telling
your opinion. Share your opinion and reasons with the class. Make a class T-Chart combining reasons for liking Cats vs.
Chickens as Pets.

Grade _2 Unit: __1__ Lesson: __4__

Overarching
Questions:

Question 1- How do good friends act?

Question 2- How do good citizens help each other with problems?
Question 3- Can you make bad times better with a good deed?

Text 1

Text 2

Flora the Fly Saves the Spiders

Mike's Good Bad Day (I)

Journeys ELL Reader

1.1 Task 1 Cause & Effect
Work with a partner to illustrate and then
explain a cause and effect relationship. Use
words: because, so

1.2 Task 2 Summarize

Stop to tell important events that have
happened as you read.

ReadingA-Z.com
2.1 Task 1 Social Studies -Good citizens
help others. Tell about what was
good and bad about Mike's day.
2.2 Task 2

Additional Resources/ Links

ReadingA-Z.com, Guided Reading

Lesson Plan, "Mike's Good Bad Day",
with resources. Discussion Cards for
Higher Order Questions.
Foldables:
http://bainbridgeclass.com/
causeandeffect.pdf

Culminating Assessment (Writing complex sentences with because or so that show cause and effect.) Make a Cause and
Effect Foldable that shows Cause and Effect sentences about events from both texts. Illustrate the sentences.

Grade _2 Unit: __1__ Lesson: __5__

Overarching
Questions:

Question 1- How is a school like a community?

Question 2- Can we learn from people who are different in our community?
Question 3- Can we use attributes of shapes to make animal puzzles?
Question 4- Is Geometry useful in every day life?

Text 1

Text 2

Foster's Famous Farm

Li's Tangram Animals " (G)

Journeys ELL Reader

1.1 Task 1 Story Structure
With a partner, retell the characters, setting and
plot of Foster's Famous Farm

1.2 Task 2 Visualize

Picture what is happening next.

ReadingA-Z.com
2.1 Task 1 Social Studies -Culture of a
community
Learn about a geometry puzzle from a
far away place, China.

2.2 Task 2 Social Studies- People and

places in a community:
You can help people who are new
to your community. They can
benefit you.
2.3 Task 3 - Math -Geometry -Work
with shapes and their attributes, to
make tangram animals.

Additional Resources/ Links

ReadingA-Z.com, Guided Reading

Lesson Plan, "Li's Tangram Animals",
with resources. Discussion Cards for
Higher Order Questions.
Videos- Discoveryeducation.com

Culminating Assessment (Personal Story Writing) Use geometric shapes to make a tangram animal (like in "Li's Tangram
Animals". Make an animal that would be a "scarecrow" in a garden. Write about how you saved the day because your
"scarecrow" saved the garden's vegetables. Use the words: first, next, then and, last to tell the events.

Grade _2 Unit: __1__ Lesson: __6__

Overarching
Questions:

Question 1- What are animal homes like?

Question 2- How do bees work together to make honey?
Question 3- How do animal homes help them survive?
Question 4: What stages do animals go through as they grow?

Text 1

Text 2

Bees at Work

What Lives in This Hole? (H,K, N)

Journeys ELL Reader

1.1 Task 1 Text and Graphic Features
Headings help you understand
information. Ask and answer
questions with partners about the
photographs.

ReadingA-Z.com
2.1 Task 1 Science-Compare and
Contrast animals and how they
survive
Cite evidence from book's photoraphs to
support.

1.2 Task 2 Question

Think of questions as you read. Find
evidence to answer your questions.

2.2 Task 2 Science-Animal Traits

Every animal grows and goes
through stages.

Additional Resources/ Links

ReadingA-Z.com, Guided Reading

Lesson Plan, "What LIves in this Hole?",
and resources. Discussion Cards for
Higher Order Questioning.
Videos: DIscoveryeducation.com

Culminating Assessment (Writing an Informational Paragraph) Write an informational paragraph about what animals might
live near a garden. Write a topic sentence and then 3 facts with details about animal homes near a garden. Write a closing
sentence.

Grade _2 Unit: __1__ Lesson: __7__

Overarching
Questions:

Question 1- What can you learn from planting a garden?

Question 2- What are the stages of a plant's life cycle?
Question 3 - Where do seeds come from?

Text 1

Text 2

Luz and the Garden

Grow Tomatoes in 6 Steps

Journeys ELL Reader

1.1 Task 1 Conclusions
Students identify 2 or 3 details from story. Then
use details to orally draw a conclusion.

ReadingA-Z.com
2.1 Task 1 Science- Identify stages of a
plant's life cycle.
All living things have in common: birth, growth,
reproduction, death.

1.2 Task 2 Analyze/Evaluate

Find details that support the conculsion.

2.2 Task 2 Science - Describe seeds and

where they come from. Label the Life
Cycle of a Tomato Plant. Tell the story of
it, from Seed to Seed.

Additional Resources/ Links

ReadingA-Z.com, Guided Lesson

Plan, "Grow Tomatoes in 6 Steps",
and resources. Discussion Cards for
Higher Order Questioning.
Videos: Discoveryeducation.com

Culminating Assessment (Writing a Friendly Letter) - Use a graphic organizer to plan a friendly letter to thank Li for helping
with your garden. Talk about the problem when animals living nearby were eating the new tomatoes. Thank him for the
scarecrow idea for the garden. Offer to share some garden tomatoes with him. Illustrate the letter with a picture of your
"tangram scarecrow" (from Lesson 5) in your healthy garden.

Grade _2 Unit: __2__ Lesson: __8__

Overarching
Questions:

Question 1- How can storms be dangerous?

Question 2-When can wind be important?

Text 1

Text 2

The Wind

I Fly Hot Air Balloons

Journeys ELL Reader

1.3 Task 1 Main Idea
CITE evidence
1.4 Task 2 Visualize

ReadingA-Z.com
8.2 Task 1 How do they stay
up?
Tell what is needed
8.3 Task 2 Usage
I can explain how wind is
important.

What might happen next? Cite

evidence.
[

Additional Resources/ Links

SCIENCE; OBJECTS IN THE SKY/ ATMOSPHERE
Hhttp://science.lotsoflessons.com/4seasons.htm/http://
www.weatherwizkids.com/
Reading A-Z, picture cards, Oxford dictionary.
http://www.firstschool years.com/science

Culminating Assessment (Writing) Use foldables to show cause and effects of wind. Illustrate how wind is important and
write 5 sentences stating your opinion.

Grade _2 Unit: __2__ Lesson: _9

Overarching
Questions:

Question 1- How can stories help you learn a lesson?

Question 2- Why have these stories been retold over the years?

Text 1

Text 2

Additional Resources/ Links

Legend of the Indian

Paintbrush

SOCIAL STUDIES: CULTURE

How People Get Fire?

Journeys ELL Reader
1.5 Task 1 Characters- what are they
like? What do they do?

1.2. Summarize
Stop and tell important events
that have happened as you read.

8.4 Task 1 Can explain the importance

of learning about other diverse
cultures and their traditions.
8.5 Task 2 I can write a paragraph
about a specific belief shared from
one generation to another.

Book: Legend of the Indian

Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola
Reading A-Z.com ELL resources:
picture cards, Animals
www.Aesopsfables.com
www.tnhistoryforkids.org/people
National Amerian Folktales.

Culminating Assessment (Writing) write a comparison of the animals in How People Get Fire and Legend of the Indian
Paintbrush.