ELA

Knowledge: This domain introduces students to classic fairy tales and tall tales, along with the important lessons they teach. It builds on earlier learning and prepares students for future story study. The first half focuses on fairy tales, reviewing elements of fiction and revisiting familiar stories like “The Fisherman and His Wife,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” and “Beauty and the Beast.” The second half explores tall tales such as “Paul Bunyan,” “Pecos Bill,” “John Henry,” and “Casey Jones,” introducing the American frontier setting and the concept of exaggeration. This domain reinforces earlier knowledge and lays the groundwork for learning about Westward Expansion. 

Skills: Unit 1 will be a review for students who completed the Grade 1 CKLA program. In Unit 1, students will review:  a number of spellings from Grade 1 with an emphasis on consonant sounds; one-and two-syllable words; and a number of high-frequency Tricky Words. They will also read new decodable stories from the Unit 1 Reader, The Cat Bandit.

Math 

In this unit, students represent and solve story problems within 20 through the context of picture and bar graphs that represent categorical data.  Students will build toward fluency with addition and subtraction. 

Social Studies/ Science

Unit Description: A community is a place where people live, work, and play. There are many different places in a community to do these things, such as houses, restaurants, and parks. People in a community also work together to solve problems. Urban, rural, and suburban are three types of communities each with their own characteristics. Students will also look at the different types of maps that can be used, read a map, and determine which map they would need based on the information they are trying to gather. Lastly, we will look at Earth and the different landforms/ bodies that can be seen.