Week 2 FOCUS STANDARD ESSENTIAL CURRICULUM CONTENT MATERIALS / RESOURCES ACTIVITIES / ASSESSEMENTS NOTES Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. fictional elements ACADMEIC VOCABULARY: character, setting, problem, solution, climax, Short reading text: Fly Fly – plot- Unit 4 leveled readers My Rows and Piles of Coins- Unit1- character and setting leveled readers Scholastic News ReadWorks selections Minipage selections Guided Reading Novels: Chocolate Fever My Father's Dragon Plain and Tall Read Aloud Owl Moon Inch by Inch The Wednesday Surprise Swimmy Materials: Ready NC instruction- Lesson 1
FOCUS STANDARD ESSENTIAL CURRICULUM CONTENT MATERIALS / RESOURCES ACTIVITIES / ASSESSEMENTS NOTES . Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections. cause and effect ACADMEIC VOCABULARY: Because, Since, So, As a Result, event, cause, effect, etc. Short reading text: The Gardener- Unit 3 leveled readers Wings- Unit 4 leveled readers Scholastic News ReadWorks selections Minipage selections Guided Reading Novels: Stone Fox How To Train Your Dragon Because of Winn Dixie Molly’s Pilgrim Frindle Read Aloud The Stray Dog Crow Boy Miss Nelson is Missing A River Ran Wild Poetry Materials: Ready NC Instruction- lesson 4 Week 7
STANDARD ESSENTIAL CURRICULUM CONTENT MATERIALS / RESOURCES ACTIVITIES / ASSESSEMENTS NOTES . Determine the meaning of and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. Read grade-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. author's craft ACADMEIC VOCABULARY: purpose of- … (ellipsis) & --- (dash) to take a break in speaking or character didn't finish thoughts italics- voice changes, character thoughts, title for proper noun figurative language- simile, metaphors, idioms, personification, onomatopoeia dialouge- how to read it. Foreshadowing- giving as to what might happen Short reading text: Scholastic News ReadWorks selections Minipage selections Guided Reading Novels: My Father's Dragon Champion of the World Poetry Read Aloud Chicken Little Blueberries for sal The Ghost Eye Tree The Biggest Bear Lon Po Po The Keeping Quilt as a Cricket Poetry Materials: Week 9
FOCUS STANDARD ESSENTIAL CURRICULUM CONTENT MATERIALS / RESOURCES ACTIVITIES / ASSESSEMENTS NOTES . Identify and know the meaning of the most common prefixes and derivational suffixes. Decode words with common Latin suffixes. Decode multisyllable words Context ACADMEIC VOCABULARY: Short reading text: Any Scholastic News ReadWorks selections Minipage selections Guided Reading Novels: Any Read Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughter Sylvester and the Pebble Stellaluna Poetry Materials: Ready NC Instruction- lesson 12 Ready NC Instruction- lesson 9 Week 4 FOCUS STANDARD ESSENTIAL CURRICULUM CONTENT MATERIALS / RESOURCES ACTIVITIES / ASSESSEMENTS NOTES
. Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by the in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting) Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur). Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, distinguishing literal from nonliteral language. Illustrations- purpose to text and what it about text Figurative language- ACADMEIC VOCABULARY: Simile, metaphor, alliteration Short reading text: leveled readers Scholastic News ReadWorks selections & lesson Minipage selections Guided Reading Novels: Danny Champion of the World How to Train Your Dragon Read Aloud Poetry Materials: Ready NC Instruction- lesson 21 NC instruction- lesson 17 Week 5 FOCUS STANDARD ESSENTIAL CURRICULUM CONTENT MATERIALS / RESOURCES ACTIVITIES / ASSESSEMENTS NOTES
Week 8&9 *two week unit FOCUS STANDARD ESSENTIAL CURRICULUM CONTENT MATERIALS / RESOURCES ACTIVITIES / ASSESSEMENTS Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain how their actions contribute to the sequence of events By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poetry, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band independently and proficiently. . Fables/tall tales/ myths ACADMEIC VOCABULARY: Fables, myths, lessons/morals Characteristics of fables- personification of animals, selections, very few humans, lesson learned that can be applied to real life Short reading text: Two Bad ants-Unit 6 Ben Franklin Proverbs- Unit 1 Purple Coyote- Unit 4 Beauty and the Beast- Unit4 The Hare and the Tortoise – Unit 2 Scholastic News ReadWorks selections Minipage selections Guided Reading Novels: Mightier than the Sword- World Folktales for strong Boys Fables Fairy Tales & fables African Myths & Folktales Read Aloud Poetry Materials: Common Core Coach- lesson 1