Grade _2___Unit # __2___The Big Ideas ___

Launch

Unit Time Frame: 10/15/15 12/1/15

Key Learning: Good readers use words and images to clarify and understand the authors message. Good writers use
resources and tools to inform the reader and convey a message.
UEQ: How can good readers identify the main idea/moral of fiction and nonfiction text?
Concept

LEQ1

1. Distinguish
between long and
short vowels
when reading
regularly spelled
one syllable
words.
2. Identify words
with inconsistent
but common
spelling sound
words.
CORRECTION:
Identify words
with inconsistent
but common
spelling-sound
correspondences

Main Idea
RI2, SL2

Lesson/Moral
RL2

Understanding
Information
RI7, RI5, RI4,
L4a

Informative
Writing
W2, W8, W6,
W5, L1d, L1f

How do I
determine the
main idea of a
non-fiction text?
(RI2)

How do details
help me
determine the
moral/lesson of a
story from a
different culture?
(RL2)
1. Define fable
and folktale
2. Define
moral/lesson
3. Recount
important
events in a
story
4. Use events to
Infer the
moral/lesson
of a text

How can I use

images in order
to help me better
understand what
I read?
(RI7)

How can I use

information from
provided
resources to learn
about a topic?
(W8)

1. Analyze
images
including
photographs,
charts,
diagrams,
etc.
2. Determine
how the
image
supports
information in
the text
3. Determine
how the
image adds to

1. Identify and
record
information
provided in
source 1
(might include
graphic)
2. Identify and
record
information
provided in
source two
(might include
graphic)
3. Use
information to

1. Define main
idea
2. Identify details
within a
paragraph
3. Use details to
determine
main idea of
paragraph.
4. Use main idea
of paragraphs
to identify
main idea of
entire text.

LFS template adapted by Sherrie Clark/Pam Nolte

HOTS:
Constructing
support

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Culminating Activity

AP topics
(skill
breakdown)

Word Study and

Fluency
RF3a, RF3e,
RF3d, RF3f,
RF4a, RF4b
How does word
study build
fluency?

Grade _2___Unit # __2___The Big Ideas ___

Compare/contras
t moral of one
story with
another

3. Decode words
with common
suffixes.
4. Recognize and
read grade
appropriate
irregularly spelled
words.

Assignme
nt

Academic
Vocabular
y (From
text. If
using
Storytown
, Robust
vocabular
y from
the text).

Domain
Specific

information in
the text

answer a
specific
question
*Students will use
this information in
an informative
writing piece.

1. Read _____ and

determine the
main idea of
full text.
2. Read ____ and
determine the
main idea of
each
paragraph in
text.

Read ____ and

determine the
lesson or moral.

Read _____ and

determine what
the author is
trying to convey.

Use resources to
answer a
question.

Main Idea
Paragraph

Retell, recount,
moral, fable,
folktale

Illustrations

Resources

MCWs
List 11: new,
sound, take, only,
little, work, know,
place, year, live
List 12: me, back,
give, most, very,
after, thing, out,
just, name, good,
sentence, man,
think, say

LFS template adapted by Sherrie Clark/Pam Nolte

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LEQ2

How do I identify
key details from
an audio or video
presentation?
(SL2)

AP topics
(skill
breakdown)

1. Identify details
in a
presentation.
2. Retell or
explain
information
presented.

LFS template adapted by Sherrie Clark/Pam Nolte

How do readers
use print and
electronic text
features to
locate and
understand
information?
(RI5)
1.
Identify
text features and
purposes
(captions,
indexes,
electronic
menus, and
icons)
2.
Explain
how a these
features help
understand a
section of text.

How do I write to
inform a reader
about my topic?
(W2, W6)

1. Introduce topic
in a complete
sentence
2. Use
information
from resources
to develop a
point on the
topic
3. Use
information
from resources
to include a
fact or
definition on
the topic
4. Use resources
to include
another fact or
definition on
the topic
5. Provide a
concluding
statement or
section
6. Revise

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Teachers may
have students
revise for
compound
sentences
based on
instruction of
next LEQ
7. Use
technology to
produce and
publish
technology type
can be
determined by
teacher
Assignme
nt

Academic
Vocabular
y (From
text. If
using
Storytown
, Robust
vocabular
y from
the text).
Domain
Specific

Read _____.
Explain how ____
text feature
helps you
understand the
text.

Media

LFS template adapted by Sherrie Clark/Pam Nolte

captions,
indexes,

Topic sentence,
facts, opinion,

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LEQ3

AP topics
(skill
breakdown)

Assignme
nt

LFS template adapted by Sherrie Clark/Pam Nolte

electronic
menus, and
icons

conclusion,
revise, edit,
publish, produce

How do I
figure out
what an
unknown
word means?
(RI4, L4a)
1. Identify the
topic of the
text
2. Identify words
that are
unknown
3. Use
sentences
and words
around the
word as a
clue to its
meaning
(sentence
before,
sentence
word is in,
sentence
after)

How can I
produce and
expand
compound
sentences?
(L1f)
1. Define and
identify
compound
sentences
2. Produce
compound
sentences
3. Expand
compound
sentences
HOTS: Error
analysis

Read the simple

sentences and
create a
compound
sentence.

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Academic
Vocabular
y (From
text. If
using
Storytown
, Robust
vocabular
y from
the text).
Domain
Specific
LEQ4

AP topics
(skill
breakdown)

Assignme

LFS template adapted by Sherrie Clark/Pam Nolte

Compound
Sentence
How do I use
past tense of
irregular verbs
correctly?
(L1d)
1. Define
irregular
verb.
2. Identify
irregular
past tense
verbs in
text.
3. Form and
use
irregular
past tense
verbs in
writing.
Write sentences

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Grade _2___Unit # __2___The Big Ideas ___

nt
Academic
Vocabular
y (From
text. If
using
Storytown
, Robust
vocabular
y from
the text).
Domain
Specific

LFS template adapted by Sherrie Clark/Pam Nolte

with correct past

verb tense.

Irregular past
tense verbs

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