Theme: Growth and Change

Grade: 2 Unit: 2

Information Literacy Skills

Theme Information Research Literacy Skills Opportunities Week 1  Comprehensio  Main Writing: n Strategy: How-to Poster Plants Summarize  Other: Approaching: Plants You Meet Author/Illustrator Eat Alive!  On Level: Amazing Plants Comprehension Eric Carle Beyond: Power-Packed Skill: Plants! Draw Conclusions Main Selection The Tiny  Fluency Seed Word Automaticity Vocabulary/Comprehension: Echo-Read Plant Power! Science Link: Plant Parts Choral Reading Repeated Reading: Decodable Reader: Luke’s punctuation Tune/Growth and Change Read Aloud:  Literature Informational Fiction Legend Nonfiction Article  Reference/Research Skills Organization Proofread  Graphic Organizers Chart 154T, 183N Web 157E, 183D  Technology

 Grammar Nouns Week 2  Comprehensio  Main Writing n Strategy: How-To Paragraph Animal Summarize  Other Approaching: Whale Watch Meet On Level: Save the Tigers Rescue  Beyond: Bald Eagle Alert Comprehension Author/Photographer Main Selection: A Harbor Skill: Joan and Richard Hewitt Seal Grows Up Identify Sequence of Vocabulary/Comprehension: Events A Whale is Saved!  Fluency Science Link: The Puppy Word Automaticity Decodable Reader: The Rescue Echo-Read: Read Aloud: A Thousand pronunciation Pails of Water Choral Reading Repeated Reading

 Literature Nonfiction Poem Nonfiction Narrative

 Reference/Research Skills Ideas  Graphic Organizers Chart 188K Web 191E, 213D List 213N Poll 217A  Technology

 Grammar Plural Nouns Antonyms Capitalization and commas Similes

Week 3 A  Comprehension  Main Writing Strategy Summarize Report Hospital  Other Approaching: Hospital  Comprehension Helpers Visit On Level: Stay Healthy, Stay Skill: Happy! Identify Sequence of Beyond: It’s Easy to be Events Healthy! Main Selection: A Hospital  Fluency Visit Word Automaticity Vocabulary/Comprehension: A Ride to Help Echo-Read Test Strategy: Author and Choral Reading Me Repeated Reading Decodable Reader: The Main Ways We Get Food  Literature Read Aloud: A Special Trade Nonfiction Article Narrative

 Reference/Research Skills Using a Dictionary Generate questions: about hospitals  Graphic Organizers Chart 218K, 229E Web 221E  Technology  Library Card Catalog Author Title Subject Keyword

 Grammar Proper Nouns Homophones Abbreviations

Week 4 How  Comprehension  Main Writing Strategy Friendly Letter Animals Generate Questions  Other Approaching: Little Bat  Comprehension Meet Author/Illustrator On Level: Hermie the Hermit Grow Crab Skill: Holly Keller Beyond: Pip the Penguin Make Inferences Main Selection: Farfallina &  Fluency Marcel Word Automaticity Vocabulary/Comprehension: Echo-Read: tempo Leo Grows Up Choral Reading Science Link: Butterflies Decodable Reader: Repeated Reading Monarchs Take Flight Read Aloud: The Ugly  Literature Duckling Fantasy Nonfiction  Reference/Research Skills Using a Thesaurus  Graphic Organizers Chart 230K, 257N Web 233E, 257D Venn Diagram 263A  Technology  Text Features Illustrations and Captions  Grammar Possessive Nouns Synonyms Week 5 Staying  Comprehension  Main Strategy Writing Fit Generate Questions Explanation Approaching: Tom’s Tryouts  Comprehension Skill  Other On Level: Harry’s Game Beyond: The Laughter Club Make Inferences Meet the Main Selection: There’s  Fluency Author/Illustrator Angela Nothing Like Baseball Word Automaticity Johnson and Eric Vocabulary/Comprehension: Echo-Read Velasquez Brian Gets Fit on the Field Choral Reading: Science Link: Lincoln School intonation News: Students Stay Fit at School Repeated Reading: Decodable Reader: Three punctuation Goats and a Troll Read Aloud: Max  Literature Realistic Fiction Newspaper Article Fiction  Reference/Research Skills Using a Dictionary: multiple meaning words  Graphic Organizers Chart 264K, 285N Web 267E, 285D, 291A  Technology  Text Features Graph

 Grammar Plurals and Possessives Apostrophes Week 6 Review and  Test Strategy Assess Author and Me  Comprehension Approaching: Draw Conclusions On Level: Beyond: Sequence Main Selection: Make Inferences Vocabulary/Comprehension:  Refer ence / Research Science Link: Skills

 Technology  Text Features Diagrams Labels Using Library Illustrations Graphs

Unit Theme: Growth and Change

Project: Research an animal

Student Questions: In what ways do you grow and change? What are some other

living things that grow and change? How would your life be different if you

didn’t grow and change?

Research Component Activities Skills Materials Appreciation Unit stories and Student realizes the need discussion for information after a viewing, reading, listening or other type of sensory experience. Presearch State the problem  Create a Students establish a focus and Identify needed Venn by developing an overview information Diagram of the topic and exploring Write a sentence to relationships. summarize topic. Search Identify Resources  List sources Students plan and for Finding for implement a search Information information strategy by identifying  Interview information providers, selecting information Use text features resources and tools, and seeking relevant information. Interpretation  Use Venn Synthesis Students interpret the Diagram to information they have prioritize gathered to make new their findings meaning. They assess the usefulness of their information and reflect on the information to develop personal meaning. Communication  Speaking Students apply their Make presentation Representing with information to construct at Growth and visuals, media, and present their new Change Fair pictures and photos knowledge.

Evaluation Teacher Checklist, Students think about and p.295 K evaluate both their process and their product during research and at the conclusion of research. Task Skills Procedures/Products  Know how to use  Use the mouse  www.macmillanmh.com/reading a mouse. word processing program  Grade 2 Unit 2 Computer Literacy Lesson  Create documents  Use a mouse  Same as above with the help of and keyboard the mouse and keyboard  Save and name a  Save a  Same as above document document to a file