RL.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. RL.2.2 Recount stories including fables and folktales from diverse cultures and determine their central messages, lessons or moral. RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. The Principals New Clothes by Stephanie Calmenson Jamaica s Find by Juanita Havil Two Mrs. Gibsons by Toyomi Iqus Chester s Way by Kevin Henkes Imogene s Antlers by David Small My Rotten, Red-Headed, Older Brother by Patricia Palacco Lilly s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes Tuesday by David Wiesner The Snowman by Raymond Briggs Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl The Raft by Jim LaMarche George and Martha by James Marshall * Additional scaffolds, supports, resources, and tools can be found in the district Grade 2 Unit 1: - Character 1.5 Readers retell a story by describing the characters and setting, problem and solution. 1.8 The author does not always tell you how a character feels but readers have an idea from studying the pictures and the words. Grade 1 / Big Books Look Out the Window Good News Mother Duck s Walk Just Like Me Tran and the Beautiful Tree Grade 2 / Big Books Are We There Yet? What Fine Gardeners Barge Cat Ibis and Jaguar s Dinner Grade 3 / Big Books The Bird Who Ate Too Much Rosita s Robot Diego Saves the Planet Making a Difference The Moneybag Grade 4 / Class Collection Texts Unit 1 American Journeys: A New Land, A New Life Historical Unit 2 Across the US: How Water Came to Dry Lands Folktale Unit 3 Our Changing Earth: Grand Canyon Mystery Realistic Unit 5 The Early Americas: Hoof Prints in a New Land Fantasy Unit 6 Under the Canopy: Our Rain Forest Home Realistic Unit 7 Golden Opportunities: How I Saved Closets and Made Money Humorous Unit 7 Inside Our Bodies: Visiting Chef Jeff s Nose Fantasy Grade 2, Unit 1 Select Leveled Readers Focused on Characters Level A Dad and I Level C Chico Level D Pablo s Fiesta Level E Omar s Surprise Level E Will You Play with Me? Level E I Speak English and Chinese Level F Diego s Moving Day Level H The New Girl Level K Dora s Soapbox Car Level K Yun s Visit Level L Grasshopper Learns a Lesson Level L Practice Makes Perfect Level M Fun for Everyone Level N Finding Talent Level O Mr. Kean s Garden Level Q Dora s Time to Shine Level R Keeping Up with Claire Grade 3 Level M A Job for a Day (plot/story problem, conflict, and sequence of events) Grade 3 Level L Practice Makes Perfect (understanding character and setting, retelling story events and key facts) Grade 2 Level K Dora s Soapbox Car (identifying problem and solution, understanding characters) Character Map Graphic Organizers Character Analysis Activities September 2014 Grade 2 page 1
RI.2.1 Readers ask and answer questions (who, what, where, when, why, and how) to understand key details in a text. RI.2.2 Identify the main topic of a multi-paragraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text. RI.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to grade 2 topic or subject area. RI.2.5 Know and use various text features (captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, and electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. RI.2.6 Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. Treasures Informational Nonfiction Leveled readers (In order of Lexile Level): Three American Heroes - 2.1 Week 4 Family History - 2.1 Week 3 People at Work - 2.4 Week 3 Inside Caves Nature s Artwork -2.3 Week 5 Our Statue of Liberty - 2.3 Week 1 Computers Then and Now - 2.2 Week 5 Communities Across America - 3.2 Week 3 Treasures Anthology selections Family Farms Then and Now - Unit 1 Week 3 New Americans In Texas - Unit 1 Week 5 Where in the World is Tanzania - Unit 2 Week 1 Henrietta Chamberlain King - Unit 2 Week 2 Same Story Different Culture - Unit 2 Week 4 Grade 2 Unit 2: Non- - My Role in the Community 2.4 Writers learn different ways to organize their text by looking at various mentor texts. 2.7 Writers share what they know about a topic by writing different kinds of pages: diagram page, glossary page, different kinds of... how to...what is. 2.10 Writers convey information to readers by drafting and labeling a diagram page. 2.13 Writers organize their information by writing paragraphs with clear topic sentences, facts, and concluding sentences. Grade 1 / Unit 3 Manipulative Chart, Chant Poster, Picture Cards, Concept Poster Good News (Big Book) Grade 1 / Unit 8 Tran and the Beautiful Tree (Big Book) Grade 3 / Unit 6 Diego Saves the Planet (Big Book) Grade 3 / Unit 7 Picture Card 1: Community Manipulative Chart, Chant Poster, Concept Poster, Newcomer Book Making a Difference (Big Book) Leveled Readers / Community Level A My New School Level B We Are Working Level E Making a Park Level F Classroom Rules Level G We Can Be Helpers Level K Biking Safely Level P Working for the Government Grade 2, Unit 2 Grade 2 Level L The Wonderful Water Cycle (use of diagrams in text) Grade 2 Level L Our Garden (glossary, comparing and contrasting information) Grade 2 Level K Tarantulas (headings) Grade 2 Level I Desert Clowns (index) Grade 3 Level O As Time Goes By (headings and subheadings) Grade 3 Level O The Rainy Day Adventure (table of contents and chapter titles) Grade 3 Level K Teamwork Saves the Day (theme) Grade 3 Level M A Job for a Day (context clues and sequence of events) Scholastic Resources about Community September 2014 Grade 2 page 2
RL.2.2 Recount stories including fables and folktales from diverse cultures and determine their central messages, lesson or moral. Grade 2 Unit 3: Fables & Folktales 3.2 Fables have special characteristics, like: one to three characters, usually animals with human characteristics, short stories, and teach a moral or lesson. RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. RL.2.4 Describe how words and phrases (e.g. regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem or song. 3.14 Readers understand what it means to compare and contrast. Here s how: Compare and contrast words and themes. Ask: How are the same? How are different? RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the story. RL.2.6 Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including speaking in a different voice for each character when reading a dialogue aloud. RL.2.9 Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (i.e. Cinderella) by different authors or from different cultures. Aesop s Fables Fables by Arnold Lobel The Girl Who Wore Too Much: A Folktale from Thailand by Margaret Reed McDonald and Yvonne Lebrun Davis Moon Rope: A Peruvian Folktale by Lois Ehlert and Amy Price Tales by Gerald McDermott Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest Jabuit the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa The Emperor s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen The Principal s New Clothes by Stephanie Calmenson Grade 4 / Unit 2 How Water Came to Dry Lands Folktale p24-29 (Class Collections) Grade 5 / Unit 3 The Loveliest Song of All Folktale pp10-19 (Class Collections) Grade 3 / Unit 2 The Bird Who Ate Too Much (Big Book) Grade 3 / Unit 8 The Moneybag: A Tale from Korea The Elephants Boast (3.5 week 4) Leveled Readers Fables / Folktales Level L The Sparrow s Gift Level L Grasshopper Learns a Lesson Level L The Legend of the Bluebonnet Level O The First Rainbow Level O The Goat and the Rock Level P Why the Moon is Ivory Grade 2, Unit 3 Grade 1 Level B Yes, We Can! (rhythm) Grade 3 Level N Save the Birds (rhyme, rhythm, and alliteration) Grade 3 Level N Rosa s Rebozo (descriptive language and imagery) Grade 4 Level N Getting to Know your Neighbors, (comparing and contrasting plots, settings, and characters) Grade 4 Level O Ask the Veterinarians, (comparing and contrasting) Grade 1 Level F Ready, Set, Pedal (sequencing) Aesop Fables Videos September 2014 Grade 2 page 3
Grade 2 Unit 4: Non- - Reading Across Informational Texts Common Core Grade Level Standards RI.2.5 Know and use various text features (captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. 4.1 Readers locate specific topics in the text by using various text features (e.g., contents, indexes, sub headings...) by asking: What text features help you locate? How do they help you? RI.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to grade 2 topic or subject area. RI.2.7 Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text. RI.2.8 Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text. RI.2.9 Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic. Treasures Informational Texts (from Unit 5) Teacher s Manual Pages Pg. 168-170 Growing and Changing Plant Parts by Pilar Jacob pp. 174-175 Plant Power pp. 208-209 Garden City Treasures Informational Nonfiction Leveled Readers (Lexile level order) Plants you Can Eat - 2.2 Week 1 The World of Plants - 2.5 Week 1 All about Tomatoes - 2.5 Week 2 All About Pumpkins - 2.5 Week 4 From the Farm to You (from Treasures Time for Kids) - Oct. 2010, Edition 2-Harvest Unit 5 Week 2-Issue #7 (all about seeds and plants) Poetry Resources Links in a food chain Plant poems Mentor Texts: Are Trees Alive by Debbie Miller The Seasons of Arnold s Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons 580L Take a Tree Walk by Jane Kirkland 4.4 Readers figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words/phrases by looking for illustrations and captions that help determine meaning. 4.5 Readers find the meaning of unfamiliar words by using glossaries, computer dictionary, and other resources. Identify unknown words by asking: What we are able to infer the word means? What does the glossary tell us? 4.12 Readers compare connections between different texts, poetry, or videos on the same topic. Here s how: Look at different text to compare similarities Ask how are similar? Grade 2 / Unit 4 What Fine Gardeners by Brenda Parkes (life cycle of a plant, plant needs) Manipulative Chart: parts of a plant and needs of a plant Vocabulary Cards 37-48 Shared Writing Card, explaining how a diagram works (RI.2.7) Grade 3 / Unit 5 Future Space Explorers, using context to define words in text (RI.2.4) (see grade 3 teachers guide U119) Leveled Readers / Plants Level D Planting and Growing Level J Plants We Use Grade 2, Unit 4 Grade 2 Level E Sylvia Hops Home (reinforcement of life cycle) Grade 2 Level N My Frog Log (reinforcement of life cycle) Grade 2 Level L The Wonderful Water Cycle (diagrams in text) Grade 2 Level L Our Garden (glossary, comparing and contrasting information) Grade 2 Level K Tarantulas (headings) Grade 2 Level I Desert Clowns (index) Grade 3 Level O As Time Goes By (headings and subheadings) Grade 3 Level O The Rainy Day Adventure (table of contents and chapter titles) Grade 3 Level O Where are the Prairie Dogs? (supporting an idea with reasons) Grade 3 Level H The Living Desert (comparing and contrasting) Common Core Extension, Grades 3-5, Section 15 (supporting compare and contrast) September 2014 Grade 2 page 4
RL.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. RL.2.3 Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges. RL.2.6 Acknowledge differences in the points of view of characters, including speaking in a different voice for each character when reading dialogue aloud. RL.2.9 Compare and contrast two or more versions of the same story (e.g. Cinderella stories) by different authors or from different cultures. RL.2.10 By the end of the year read and comprehend literature including stories, and poetry, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiency, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. Possible series to use: Julian, Dream Doctor by Ann Cameron Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel by Nikki Grimes Dymonde Daniel by Nikki Grimes Horrible Harry by Suzy Kline Judy Moody by Megan McDonald Stink by McDonald Little Bill by Cosby Willimena Rules by Valerie Wesley Polk Street Kids by Patricia Reilly Giff Katie Kazoo by Nancy Krulik Junie B Jones by Barbara Park Pinky and Rex by James Howe Arthor s chapter books by Marc Brown Jigsaw Jones by James Preller Bailey School Kids by Debbie Dadey Andy Shane by Jennifer Richards Jacobsen Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows Cam Jansen and the Mystery of... by David Adler Mr. Putter and Tabby by Cynthia Rylant Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne * Additional scaffolds, supports, resources, and tools can be found in the district Grade 2 Unit 5: - Studying Characters Across Series 5.4 Readers notice details about how characters look, feel, and act by thinking about: how a character looks, what a character says or thinks, what the character does, how the character feels. 5.11 Readers understand what it means to compare and contrast books within a series. Ask: How are and the same? How are and different? Leveled Readers Several Rigby leveled readers, though not part of a series, tell various different stories about the same characters. Leveled readers below are grouped by similar characters. Characters: Omar, Dora, Carlos Level C Chico Level D Cold Day, Hot Chocolate Level E Omar s Surprise Level F Mom s Salsa Garden Level G A Mystery on Penn Street Level H Grandma Alma s Special Room Level J A Big Mess Level K Dora s Soapbox Car Level M A Job for a Day Level M Away From Home Level N Dora s Decision Level O Grandma s Project Level P The Math Master Level Q Dora s Time to Shine Level R Under Lock and Key Level T Lost in a Cave Grade 2, Unit 5 Supplemental Resources Characters: Jen, Yun Level C This is my Family Level E I Speak English and Chinese Level F Grandma s Birthday Level H So Much to Do Level I Little Dragon Boats Level K Yun s Visit Level L Practice Makes Perfect Level M Fun for Everyone Level N Getting to Know your Neighbors Level S No Fair Grade 3 Level H The Living Desert, (comparing and contrasting) Grade 3 Level K Teamwork Saves the Day Grade 4 Level L The Craft Stick Project, (dialogue) Grade 4 Level M Away From Home, (understanding character and setting) Grade 4 Level N Getting to Know your Neighbors, (comparing and contrasting plots, settings, and characters) Grade 4 Level O Ask the Veterinarians, (comparing and contrasting) September 2014 Grade 2 page 5