2nd Grade
Unit 5 Module A: Pioneering New Ideas and
New Worlds
Late February - Mid March: 3rd Trimester
2nd Grade
Unit 5 Module A: Pioneering New Ideas and
New Worlds
Late February - Mid March: 3rd Trimester
Module Overview
Readers understand that texts on the same topic have similarities and differences.
Writers understand that opinions need strong reasons to support them.
Learners understand that personal journeys can affect historical events.
How do readers benefit from reading different texts on the same topic?
How do writers use reasons to support their opinions on a topic?
Readers will compare and contrast main ideas from two texts on the same topic.
Writers will state an opinion and support it with reasons.
Learners will explain how personal journeys can affect the history of communities.
Opinion Task: Write About Lessons Learned
Children will think about some of the lessons that we can learn from Johnny Appleseed: use what you have, share what you have, and respect nature. Children will choose one of the lessons and write their opinion about why they think the lesson is still important to follow in today’s world.
Standards Addressed
The highlighted evidence outcomes are the priority for all students, serving as the essential concepts and skills. It is recommended that the remaining evidence outcomes listed be addressed as time allows, representing the full breadth of the curriculum.
Evidence outcomes in bold are those that are expected to be mastered in trimester 3
Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media. (CCSS: SL.2.2) *
Tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences. (CCSS: SL.2.4)
Create audio recordings of stories or poems; add drawings or other visual displays to stories or recounts of experiences when appropriate to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings. (CCSS: SL.2.5)
Use content-specific vocabulary to ask questions and provide information. *
Evidence outcomes in bold are those that are expected to be mastered in trimester 3
Prioritized Evidence Outcomes:
Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic .(CCSS: RI.2.9)*
Supporting Evidence Outcomes:
Demonstrate use of self-monitoring comprehension strategies: rereading, checking context clues, predicting, questioning, clarifying, activating schema/background knowledge to construct meaning and draw inferences.
Recount stories, including fables and folktales from diverse cultures, and determine their central message, lesson, or moral. (CCSS: RL.2.2)
Describe how words and phrases (for example: regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song. (CCSS: RL.2.4)
Identify how word choice (for example:sensory details, figurative language) enhances meaning in poetry.
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2-3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. (CCSS: RL.2.10)
Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. (CCSS: RI.2.1) *
Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text. (CCSS: RI.2.2)
Know and use various text features (for example: captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. (CCSS: RI.2.5) *
Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. (CCSS: RI.2.6) *
Explain how specific images (for example: a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text. (CCSS: RI.2.7)*
Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text. (CCSS: RI.2.8)
Adjust reading rate according to type of text and purpose for reading.
By the end of year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2–3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. (CCSS: RI.2.10)
Foundational Skills:
Distinguish long and short vowels when reading regularly spelled one- syllable words. (CCSS: RF.2.3a) *
Know spelling-sound correspondences for additional common vowel teams. (CCSS: RF.2.3b) *
Read multisyllabic words accurately and fluently.
Decode regularly spelled two-syllable words with long vowels. (CCSS: RF.2.3c) *
Decode words with common prefixes and suffixes. (CCSS: RF.2.3d) *
Identify words with inconsistent but common spelling-sound correspondences. (CCSS: RF.2.3e) *
Read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words. (adapted from CCSS: RF.2.3f)
Read grade-level text with purpose and understanding. (CCSS: RF.2.4a)
Read grade-level text orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression. (CCSS: RF.2.4b)
Use context to confirm or self-correct word recognition and understanding, rereading as necessary. (CCSS: RF.2.4c) *
Read grade-level text accurately and fluently, attending to phrasing, intonation, and punctuation. *
Compare formal and informal uses of English. (CCSS: L.2.3a)
Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. (CCSS: L.2.4a)
Determine the meaning of the new word formed when a known prefix is added to a known word (for example: happy/unhappy, tell/retell). (CCSS: L.2.4b) *
Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root (for example: addition, additional). (CCSS: L.2.4c) *
Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (for example: birdhouse, lighthouse,housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark). (CCSS: L.2.4d) *
Create new words by combining base words with affixes to connect known words to new words. *
Use glossaries and beginning dictionaries, both print and digital, to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases. (CCSS: L.2.4e)
Identify real-life connections between words and their use (for example: describe foods that are spicy or juicy). (CCSS: L.2.5a)
Distinguish shades of meaning among closely related verbs (for example: toss, throw, hurl) and closely related adjectives (for example: thin, slender, skinny, scrawny). (CCSS: L.2.5b)
Determine which strategies should be used to decode multisyllabic words.
Evidence outcomes in bold are those that are expected to be mastered in trimester 3
Prioritized Evidence Outcome:
Write pieces on a topic or book that state opinions and give supporting reasons. (CCSS:W.2.1)
Supporting Evidence Outcomes:
State an opinion. (CCSS:W.2.1)
Supply reasons that support the opinion. (CCSS:W.2.1)
Use linking words (for example: because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons. (CCSS:W.2.1)
Provide a concluding statement or section. (CCSS:W.2.1)
Grammar & Conventions:
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences (for example: The boy watched the movie; The little boy watched the movie; The action movie was watched by the little boy).
Spell high-frequency words correctly.
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Use an apostrophe to form contractions and frequently occurring possessives.
Generalize learned spelling patterns when writing words (for example: cage → badge; boy → boil).
With guidance and support from adults and peers, focus on a topic and strengthen writing as needed by revising and editing.
With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.
Identify a specific question and gather information for purposeful investigation and inquiry.
Ask primary questions of depth and breadth.
Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. (CCSS: W.2.8)
Assessments
Assessments listed below reflect a balance of both formative and summative options, providing teachers and students with information relative to mastery of module and unit goals in reading and writing.
Student Prompt:
Think about some of the lessons that you can learn from Johnny Appleseed, such as use what you have, share what you have, and respect nature. Choose one of the lessons and write your opinion about why you think the lesson is still important in today’s world.
Remember to:
introduce the lesson you choose.
state an opinion about the lesson.
supply reasons that support your opinion.
use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons.
provide a conclusion.
*Administered AFTER Module 5B
2nd Grade Unit 5 End of Unit Assessment (Student Copy)
2nd Grade Unit 5 End of Unit Assessment Scoring Guide
Texts
Texts listed below reflect the full series of reading materials designed to build background knowledge within the Unit theme.
Anchor Text:
John Chapman: Planter and Pioneer
(trade book)
Lexile 550L
Informational Text
Supporting Text:
Johnny Appleseed
(Text Collection V2)
Lexile 470L
Informational Text
Sleuth:
“Journey to Freedom” Lexile 540L
“A Journey North”
Lexile 530L
Aligned Texts for Small Group & Additional Reading
Seed by Seed
(Available for check out through District Media Services)
Foundational Skills