Week

Weekly Theme

Main Selection

Phonics/Spelling Skill

Comprehension               Strategy

Grade 2 Unit 1

1

School Days

David's New Friends

short /a/a, /i/i

Analyze Story Structure

2

Making Friends

Mr. Putter & Tabby Pour the Tea

short /e/e, /o/o, /u/u

Analyze Story Structure

3

Firefighters at Work

Fighting the Fire-TFK

short /a/a, long /ā/a_e

Summarize

4

Being Yourself

Meet Rosina

short /i/i, long /ī/i_e

Summarize

5

Coming to America

My Name is Yoon

short /o/o, long /ō/o_e

Summarize

Week

Comprehension             Skill

Fluency

Paired Selection Title

Paired Selection                Strategy & Skill

Grade 2 Unit 1

1

Character and Setting

Have students pay attention to the punctuation in each sentence

Who's Who At School?

Text Feature: Photos and Captions

2

Plot

Have students pay attention and copy your intonation and emphasis when reading words that have special type

Rules of Friendship

Text Feature: List

3

Main Idea and Details

Have students pay attention to the pronunciation of the vocabulary words

Text Feature: Parts of a book

4

Main Idea and Details

Have students pay attention to the pronunciation of the vocabulary words

You-Tu

Literary Elements: Rhyme

5

Make and Confirm Predictions

Have students pay attention to the pronunciation in each sentence. Have students pay attention to the tempo

New Americans

Text Feature: Graphs

Week

Weekly Theme

Main Selection

Phonics/Spelling Skill

Comprehension               Strategy

Grade 2 Unit 2

1

Plants Alive!

Tiny Seed, The

short /u/u, long /ū/u_e

Summarize

2

Animal Rescue

Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up, A

blends /sl/sl, /dr/dr, /sk/sk, /sp/sp, /st/st

Summarize

3

A Hospital Visit

A Trip to the Emergency Room-TFK

long /ā/ay, ai

Summarize

4

How Animals Grow

Farfallina and Marcel

long /ī/i, igh, ie, y

Generate Questions

5

Staying Fit

There's Nothing Like Baseball

long /ō/o, oa, ow, oe

Generate Questions

Week

Comprehension             Skill

Fluency

Paired Selection Title

Paired Selection                Strategy & Skill

Grade 2 Unit 2

1

Draw Conclusions

Have students pay attention to the punctuation in each sentence

Plant Parts

Text Feature: Diagrams and Labels

2

Sequence 

Have students pay attention to the pronunciation of the vocabulary words

The Puppy

Literary Elements: Similes

3

Sequence 

Have students pay attention to the pronunciation of the vocabulary words

Text Feature: Using the Library

4

Make Inferences

Have students pay attention to the punctuation in each sentence.  Have student pay attention to the tempo

Butterflies

Text Feature: Illustrations and Captions

5

Make Inferences

Have students pay attention and copy your intonation and expression

Students Stay Fit at School

Text Feature: Graph

Week

Weekly Theme

Main Selection

Phonics/Spelling Skill

Comprehension               Strategy

Grade 2 Unit 3

1

Telling Stories

Head, Body, Legs: A Story From Liberia

long /ē/e, ee, ea, ey, y

Monitor Comprehension: Reread

2

Safety First

Officer Buckle and Gloria

long /ū/u, u_e

Monitor Comprehension: Read Ahead

3

Creatures Old and Older

Meet the Super Croc - TFK

digraphs /ch/ch; /sh/sh; /th/th; /hw/wh

Monitor Comprehension: Adjust Reading Rate

4

Curtain Up!

 The Alvin Ailey Kids: Dancing As a Team

digraphs /ch/ch, tch; /sh/sh; /th/th

Visualize

5

On the Farm

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

blends /scr/scr-, /spr/spr-, /str/str

Visualize

Week

Comprehension             Skill

Fluency

Paired Selection Title

Paired Selection                Strategy & Skill

Grade 2 Unit 3

1

Cause and Effect

Have students pay attention to the punctuation in each sentence

Telling Tales

Text Feature: Drop-down Menu

2

Use Illustrations

Have students pay attention and copy your intonation and emphasis when reading words that have special type

Fire Safety

Text Feature: Floor plan

3

Summarize

Have students pay attention to the pronunciation of the vocabulary words

Text Feature: Choose/Narrow a topic for research

4

Summarize

Have students pay attention to the pronunciation of foreign words

You'll Sing A Song

Literary Elements: Alliteration and Rhythmic Patterns

5

Cause and Effect

Have students pay attention and copy your intonation and emphasis when reading words that have special type. Have students pay attention to the tempo

Farming Corn

Text Feature: Calendar

Week

Weekly Theme

Main Selection

Phonics/Spelling Skill

Comprehension               Strategy

Grade 2 Unit 4

1

Animal Needs

Splish! Splash! Animal Baths

r-controlled vowels /är/ar, /ôr/or

Generate Questions

2

Animal Survival

Goose's Story

r-controlled vowel /ûr/er, ir, ur

Generate Questions

3

Helping Planet Earth

A Way To Help Planet Earth--TFK

variant vowel /ů/oo, ou 

Generate Questions

4

Wild Weather

Super Storms

variant vowel /ü/oo, ui, ew

Monitor Comprehension: Reread

5

Habitats and Homes

Nutik, the Wolf Pup

variant vowel /ô/au, aw

Monitor Comprehension: Adjust Reading Rate

Week

Comprehension             Skill

Fluency

Paired Selection Title

Paired Selection                Strategy & Skill

Grade 2 Unit 4

1

Compare and Contrast

Have students pay attention to the punctuation in each sentence

Ant and Grasshopper

Literary Elements: Characters and Setting

2

Cause and Effect

Have students pay attention to the punctuation in each sentence

Baby Owl Rescue

Text Feature: Map

3

Description

Have students pay attention to the pronunciation of the vocabulary words.

Text Feature: Changes in print (include sidebar)

4

Make and Confirm Predictions

Have students pay attention to the pronunciation of the vocabulary words. Have students pay attention to the tempo

It Fell in the City

Literary Elements: Repetition and Word Choice

5

Make Inferences

Have students pay attention and copy your intonation and expression

Wolves

Text Feature: 1: Parts of a book, Use resources and references, Use resources and references

Week

Weekly Theme

Main Selection

Phonics/Spelling Skill

Comprehension               Strategy

Grade 2 Unit 5

1

Life In the Desert

Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale

diphthong /ou/ow, ou

Summarize

2

Play Time!

Pushing Up the Sky

diphthong /oi/oi, oy

Visualize

3

Exploration

Columbus Explores New Lands--TFK

schwa /ə/a

Summarize

4

In the Garden

Ugly Vegetables, The

consonants /n/gn, kn; /r/wr; /m/mb

Summarize

5

Our Moon

Moon, The

hard/soft consonants /k/c, /g/g; /s/c, /j/g

Summarize

Week

Comprehension             Skill

Fluency

Paired Selection Title

Paired Selection                Strategy & Skill

Grade 2 Unit 5

1

Author's Purpose

Have students pay attention and copy your intonation and expression when reading words that have special type

The Sonora Desert

Text Feature: Chart

2

Problem and Solution

Have students pay attention and copy your intonation and expression

Getting to Know Joseph Bruchac

Text Feature: Interview

3

Main Idea and Details

Have students pay attention to the pronunciation of the vocabulary words

Text Feature: Media Center: with Internet search engines

4

Sequence 

Have students pay attention to the punctuation in each sentence

Soups from Around the Globe

Text Feature: Written Directions

5

Classify and Categorize

Have students pay attention to the pronunciation of the vocabulary words and proper nouns. Have students pay attention to the tempo

Night Comes

Literary Elements: Personification and Imagery

Week

Weekly Theme

Main Selection

Phonics/Spelling Skill

Comprehension               Strategy

Grade 2 Unit 6

1

Count on a Celebration!

Mice and Beans

endings -dge, -ge, -lge, -nge, -rge

Analyze Story Structure

2

Creating Stories

Stirring Up Memories

r-controlled vowels /är/ar; /âr/are, air

Analyze Text Structure

3

Worlds of Art

Music of the Stone Age--TFK

r-controlled vowels /ûr/er; /îr/eer, ere, ear

Analyze Text Structure

4

Inventors Then and Now

African-American Inventors

r-controlled vowel/ôr/or, ore, oar

Monitor Comprehension

5

Other People, Other Places

Babu's Song

r-controlled vowels /īr/ire, ier; /ûr/ure

Monitor Comprehension