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GATE 2nd grade students become Story Makers & Helpers. They use curiosity, imagination, research, technology, teamwork & kindness to create stories, discover information, solve simple problems & teach others.Â
Their identities, interestes, feelings & strengths
Characters, settings, events, dialogue & endings
People, places, animals & discoveries
Classroom & school needs
GATEway to Learning helps students see every question as a doorway to a new idea by exploring:
Safe & creative uses of technology
Kind leadership & helping
Nature & environmental responsibility
Future possibilities
What can my picture show?
How can I tell a story?
Who is in my story?
Where does my story happen?
What happens first?
What happens next?
How does my story end?
What can I find out?
How can I help?
How can I be a kind friend?
How can I use technology safely?
What can I teach?
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
• Create stories with characters, settings, events, dialogue, and closure.
• Draw, act, talk, write, record, and publish ideas.
• Use a simple writing process: plan, make a first draft, improve, and share.
• Create multimodal texts using at least two modes, such as words and pictures or words and audio.
• Ask questions and gather information from teacher-selected sources.
• Record information using drawings, labels, keywords, and short sentences.
• Explain learning in their own words.
• Use digital tools safely and responsibly.
• Work with partners and small groups.
• Notice simple problems and suggest helpful ideas.
• Practice kindness, persistence, flexibility, listening, and responsibility.
• Demonstrate leadership by helping, teaching, sharing, and encouraging others.
• Reflect using simple statements such as “I liked…,” “I learned…,” and “Next I will…"
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