Essential Question: I can identify text structures. (problem/solution, cause/effect, description, compare/contrast, poetry structure (beats, alliteration, lines, stanza).
Literature
Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, and repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song. Skills: Poetry RL.2.4
Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. Skills: Text Structure RL.2.5
Speaking and Listening
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. SL.2.5
Essential Question: I can read and comprehend.
Literature
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 2 through 3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. RL.2.10
Information
By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, in the grades 2 through 3 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. RI.2.10
2nd Grade Review Skills:
Literature
Story Elements
Point of View Introduction to Poetry
Informational
Text Features
Point of View/Author’s Purpose
3rd Grade Readiness Skills:
Writing
Complete Sentences Paragraph Writing
Comprehension
Providing Text Evidence Active Reading Strategies QAR
Reading Fluency Tiered Vocabulary