Learning Goals Access Points Weekly Assignments Essential Understanding: Concrete: Students will answer questions based on photographs or illustrations. Representation: Students will differentiate between maps, charts, and photographs. Essential Question: What information does a map give me? LAFS.6.RI.3.AP.7b Summarize information gained from a variety of sources, including media or texts. LAFS.6.W.1.AP.3a Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters. LAFS.7.RI.4.AP.10b Use a variety of strategies to derive meaning from a variety of print/non-print texts. LAFS.7.W.1.AP.3a Orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing the narrator and/or characters. LAFS.8.RI.3.AP.7a Identify and evaluate advantages of different mediums. LAFS.8.W.1.AP.3a Orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters. Weekly Assignment 12: Identify what medium is best used for presenting certain types of information (maps, charts, photographs). Letter: n Communication Words: she-her-hers Story: RW Grade 2 - LR: Government Rules LA: Proper Nouns Writing: Final - Narrative Essential Understanding: Concrete: Students will match information with a claim it supports. Representation: Students will engage in a friendly debate with their peers. Essential Question: What facts support my argument? LAFS.6.SL.1.AP.3b Summarize the points an author makes. LAFS.7.SL.1.AP.3b Evaluate the soundness or accuracy of reasons presented to support a claim. LAFS.8.SL.1.AP.3a Evaluate the soundness of reasoning and the relevance and sufficiency of evidence provided in an argument. Weekly Assignment 13: Present an argument for or against a stated claim & comment a peer’s claim (The Frontier time period is the best time to live). Letter: l Communication Words: you-your Story: RW Grade 2 - LR: The Life of a Homesteader LA: Opinion Words Writing: Draft - Informative
Learning Goals Access Points Weekly Assignments Essential Understanding: Concrete: Students will identify examples of pronouns. Representation: Students will explore situations where nouns that can be replaced by pronouns. Essential Question: What pronoun can I use for my teacher? LAFS.6.L.1.AP.1b Identify and use pronouns accurately in writing. LAFS.7.L.2.AP.3a Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely by eliminating wordiness and redundancy. Weekly Assignment 14: Underline the pronouns in the story and/or replace nouns with pronouns. Letter: r Communication Word: don’t Story: RW Grade 2 - Workshop: Soccer Friends LA: Pronouns: I, You, He, She, It We, They Writing: Edit - Informative Essential Understanding: Concrete: Students will recognize a comma. Representation: Students will investigate how commas affect sentences. Essential Question: When do I use commas? LAFS.6.L.1.AP.2a Use commas, parentheses and/or dashes in writing to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements. LAFS.6.W.1.AP.1e Provide a concluding statement or section that follows the argument presented. LAFS.7.L.1.AP.2a Use commas to separate coordinate adjectives. LAFS.7.W.1.AP.1f Provide a concluding statement or section that supports and summarizes the argument presented. LAFS.8.L.1.AP.2a Use punctuation (e.g., comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break. LAFS.8.W.1.AP.1f Provide a concluding statement or section that supports and summarizes the argument presented. Weekly Assignment 15: Find commas in a series in the story (p.9). Letter: u Communication Word: not Story: RW Grade 2 - LR: Where Are They Going? LA: Commas Writing: Final - Informative
Learning Goals Access Points Weekly Assignments Essential Understanding: Concrete: Students will answer questions based on photographs or illustrations. Representation: Students will use evidence to draw conclusions about their text. Essential Question: What information do these illustrations give me? LAFS.6.RI.1.AP.1a Use textual evidence to support inferences. LAFS.6.W.1.AP.1a Write an introduction that introduces the writer’s claim within an argument. LAFS.7.RI.1.AP.1a Use two or more pieces of evidence to support inferences, conclusions or summaries of text. LAFS.7.W.1.AP.1a Produce an introduction that introduces the writer’s claims and acknowledges alternate or opposing claims. LAFS.8.RI.1.AP.1a Use two or more pieces of evidence to support inferences, conclusions or summaries of text. LAFS.8.W.1.AP.1a Provide an introduction that introduces the writer’s claims and distinguishes it from alternate or opposing claims. Weekly Assignment 18: Draw conclusions (inferences) based on text evidence and illustrations. Letter: j Communication Word: now Story: RW Grade 2 - Workshop: Dive Teams LA: Adjectives Writing: Final - Persuasive Essential Understanding: Concrete: Students will identify a problem a character has. Representation: Students will use graphic organizers to analyze texts. Essential Question: How do the characters solve the problems? LAFS.6.RI.2.AP.5c Determine the structure of a text (e.g., chronological order, cause/effect, compare/contrast, and problem/solution). LAFS.7.RI.2.AP.5c Determine the structure of a text (e.g., chronological order, compare/contrast, cause/effect, and problem/solution). LAFS.8.RI.2.AP.5c Determine the structure of a text (e.g., chronological order, compare/contrast, cause/effect, and problem/solution). Weekly Assignment 19: Use a graphic organizer to describe the problem (plot) and the solution (how the characters solve the problem) in the text. Letter: i Communication Word: slow Story: RW Grade 2 - Workshop: Dive Teams LA: Suffix –ful, -ly Writing: Draft - Persuasive