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Second Grade Year Overview


week	Phonics Word Families	Sight Words & Vocabulary	Reading Comprehension Strategies & Skills	Language and Writing	Main Text	Math	Social Studies	Science
Week 1	Review Consonant and Vowel Sounds	none	none	• Writing Your Name • Introducing Yourself • Following Directions	Teacher’s Choice	Classroom Rules and Expectations	Classroom Rules and Expectations	Classroom Rules and Expectations
Week 2	Short Vowels & Consonants	someone, somewhere, friend, country, beautiful, front	• Character & Setting • Monitor & Clarify	• Why Speak/Listen • Sentences • Personal Narrative	The Twin Club	Fluently Add and Subtract within 20	Community Rules	Scientist Skills
Week 3	Long Vowels CVCe	everywhere, live, work, woman, machines, move, world	• Main Idea & Details • Text Structure	• Be a Good Speaker • Subjects • Expository Nonfiction	Exploring Space with An Astronaut	Fluently Add and Subtract within 20	Making Choices	A Scientist’s Tools
Week 4	Consonant Blends	couldn’t, love, build, mother, bear, father, straight	• Character and Setting • Monitor & Fix Up	• Purposes of Media • Predicates • Realistic Fiction	Henry and Mudge	Work With Equal Groups	Roles at School	Answers and Data
Week 5	Inflected Endings –s, -ed, -ing	water, eyes, early, animals, full, warm	• Main Idea & Details • Text Structure	• Declarative & Interrogative Sentences • Narrate a story in sequence • Brief Report	A Walk in the Desert	Work With Equal Groups	Roles in Your Community	Properties of Matter
Week 6	Consonant Digraphs -ch, tch, sh, th, wh	together, very, learn, often, though, gone, pieces	• Facts & Details • Monitor & Fix Up	• Present a Dramatic Interpretation • Imperative & Exclamatory Sentences • Scene from a Play	The Strongest One	Addition Strategies within 100	The Choices You Make and You	Solids, Liquids, Gases
Week 7	Review	Review	• Review	• Review	Teacher’s Choice	Addition Strategies within 100	Review	Solids, Liquids, Gases
Week 8	r-Controlled Vowels ar, or, ore, oar	family, once, pull, listen, heard, break	• Cause & Effect • Summarize	• Give/Follow Instructions • Nouns • Narrative Nonfiction	Tare and Tiree	Fluently Add within 100	Needs and Wants	Testing Materials
Week 9	Contractions n’t, ‘s,‘ll, ‘m	laugh, great, you’re, either, certainly, second, worst	• Author’s Purpose • Text Structure	• Purposes of Media • Proper Nouns • Biography	Abraham Lincoln	Fluently Add within 100	Service Workers and Their Jobs	Design a Structure
Week 10	r-Controlled Vowels er, ir, ur	enough, toward, above, ago, word, whole	• Facts & Details • Background Knowledge	• Ask & Answer Questions • Singular/Plural Nouns • Expository Nonfiction	Scarcity	Subtraction Strategies within 100	Producing and Consuming Goods	Properties of Matter Review
Week 11	Plurals -s, -es, -ies	people, sign, shall, bought, probably, pleasant, scared	• Cause & Effect • Story Structure	• Recognize/Explain Purposes of Media • Plural Nouns • Fairy Tale	The Bremen Town Musicians	Subtraction Strategies within 100	Trading for Goods and Services	Changing Matter
Week 12	Long A a, ai, ay	door, behind, brought, minute, promise, sorry, everybody	• Compare & Contrast • Inferring	• Give/Follow Instructions • Possessive Nouns • Folk Tale	One Good Turn Deserves Another	Fluently Subtract within 100	Making Choices About Money	Changing Matter
Week 13	Review	Review	• Review	• Review	Teacher’s Choice	Fluently Subtract within 100	Review	Different States of Matter
Week 14	Long E e, ee, ea, y	science, shoe, won, guess, village, pretty, watch	• Author’s Purpose • Questioning	• Make Introductions • Verbs • Animal Fantasy	Pearl and Wagner	Solving Word Problems	Life Then and Now	Reversing Change
Week 15	Long O o, oa, ow	picture, school, answer, wash, parents, company, faraway	• Draw Conclusion • Visualize	• Solve Problems • Verbs with Singular and Plural Nouns • Friendly Letter	Dear Juno	Solving Word Problems	Learning About the Past	Observing Matter
Week 16	Compound Words	today, whatever, caught, believe, been, finally, tomorrow	• Compare & Contrast • Summarize	• Summarize Information • Verbs for past, present, & future • Narrative Poem	Anansi Goes Fishing	Work with Time	Stories from the Past and Present	Changes to Matter Review
Week 17	Long I i, ie, igh, y	their, many, alone, buy, half, youngest, daughters	• Sequence • Predict/Set Purpose	• Give a Description • More about verbs • Realistic Fiction	Rosa and Blanca	Work with Time	Technology Then and Now	Plants and Animal Parts
Week 18	Comparative Endings -er, -est	only, question, clothes, money, hours, neighbor, taught	• Fact & Opinion • Inferring	• Describe Media Techniques • Verbs: am, is, are, was, were • Organization	A Weed is A Flower	Work with Money	Technology Analysis	Plants, Animals, and Habitats
Week 19	Review	Review	• Review	• Review	Teacher’s Choice	Work with Money	Technology in Our Community	Relationships in Habitats
Week 20	Final Syllables -le	perfect, pond, splashing, clearing, crashed, spilling, traveled	• Draw Conclusions • Background Knowledge	• Describe Media Techniques • Adjectives and Our Senses • Friendly Letter	A Froggy Fable	Numbers to 1,000	Dealing with Disagreement	What Plants Need
Week 21	Vowels oo, u	bumpy, harvest, vine, fruit, root, smooth, soil	• Sequence • Important Ideas	• Make an Announcement • Adjectives for Number, Size, and Shape • Expository Nonfiction	Life Cycle of a Pumpkin	Numbers to 1,000	Dealing with Disagreement	Testing What a Plant Needs
Week 22	Diphthongs ou, ow, oi,oy	grains, substances, texture, materials, particles, seeps	• Fact and Opinion • Question	• Speak Well • Comparative and Superlative Adjectives • Short Expository Report	Soil	Addition Strategies within 1000	Location and Maps	Plants’ Reproduction
Week 23	Syllable Patterns	balance, canyons, coral, rattle, slivers, sway, whisper	• Plot and Theme • Visualize	• Describe Media Techniques • Adverbs that tell when and where • Narrative Poem	The Night the Moon Fell	Addition Strategies within 1000	Earth and Its Features	Develop a Model for Plants
Week 24	Vowels oo, ue, ew, ui	awaken, mountain, rainbow, cliffs, prize, suffer, volcano	• Plot and Theme • Monitor/Clarify	• Give an Oral Summary • Adverbs that Tell how • Thank-You Note	The First Tortilla	Subtraction Strategies within 1000	Earth’s Features and Us	Relationships in Habitats Review
Week 25	Review	Review	• Review	• Review	Teacher’s Choice	Subtraction Strategies within 1000	People Around the Earth	Landforms
Week 26	Suffixes –ly, -ful, -er, - or, -ish	burning, masks, station, building, quickly, roar, tightly	• Fact and Opinion • Important Ideas	• Identify Cultural Characteristics • Pronouns • Narrative Nonfiction	Fire Fighter	Measuring Length	Being a Good Citizen	Bodies of Water
Week 27	Prefixes un-, re-, pre-, dis-	annoy, shrugs, signature, complain, mumbles, P.M.	• Cause & Effect • Visualize	• Give a Demonstration • Singular & Plural Pronouns • Realistic Fiction	Carl the Complainer	Measuring Length	Rights as Citizens	The Water Cycle
Week 28	Silent Consonants	chased, practice, treat, chewing, dripping, grabbed, wagged	• Plot & Theme • Background Knowledge	• Listen for Facts & Opinions • Using I and Me • Journal Entry	Bad Dog, Dodger!	Operations with Length	Our Leaders	Earth’s Water
Week 29	Ph, gh, ck, ng	climbed, exploring, wondered, adventure, truest, clubhouse, greatest	• Character & Setting • Ask Questions	• Maintain Focus in Narrative Presentation • Different Kinds of Pronouns • Animal Fantasy	Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores	Operations with Length	Our Values	Create a Model of Earth
Week 30	Aw, au, augh, al	idea, signmaker, townspeople, afternoon, blame, important	• Main Idea & Details • Monitor and Fix Up	• Identify & Speak to Audience • Contractions • Humorous Fiction	The Signmaker’s Assistant	Graphs and Data	Government and Me	The Earth’s Land and Water Review
Week 31	Review	Review	• Review	• Review	Teacher’s Choice	Graphs and Data	Graphs and Probability	Ways the Earth Changes
Week 32	Inflected Endings	field, plate, threw, bases, cheers, sailed	• Compare & Contrast • Monitor and Clarify	• Use Vocabulary to Express Ideas • Using Capital Letters • Realistic Fiction	Just Like Josh Gibson	Graphs and Data	Culture in Our Community	How the Earth Changes
Week 33	Abbreviations	America, birthday, stars, flag, freedom, nickname, stripes	• Author’s Purpose • Summarize	• Evaluate Advertisements • Question Marks • Descriptive Poem	Red, White, and Blue: The Story of the American Flag	Shapes and Their Attributes	What We Celebrate	Fossils and the History of Earth
Week 34	Syllables –ion, -tion, - ture	basket, collects, present, aunt, bank, favorite	• Draw Conclusions • Questioning	• Listen to a Description • Prepositions • Invitation Letter	A Birthday Basket for Tia	Shapes and Their Attributes	Cultural Stories	Changes to Earth’s Land
Week 35	Suffixes –ible,-able, -ness, -less	cattle, cowboy, heard, campfire, galloped, railroad, trails	• Sequence • Text Structure	• Identify Written Conventions • Commas • Compare and Contrast Text	Cowboys	Shapes and Their Attributes	Two Cultures	Preventing Erosion
Week 36	Prefixes mis-, mid-, micro-, non	assembly, microphone, rallies, election, slogan, speeches	• Facts and Details • Predict & Set Purpose	• Listen for Speaker’s Purpose • Commas in Compound Sentences • Persuasive Statements	Grace for President	Review	Review(Government)	Changes to Earth’s Land Review
Week 37	Review	Review	• Review	• Review	Teacher’s Choice	Division Concepts and Facts	Review	Review
Week 38	Review	Review	• Review	• Review	Teacher’s Choice	Review	Review	Review