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