Unit 2

Unit 1- Classification of Animals

Unit Summary:  

The Reader for Unit 2 is entitled Rattenborough’s Guide to Animals. Although it is a nonfiction reader, Rattenborough, a fictional character, is the narrator that guides students through the factual information to make the text more accessible to students. Students who received Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA™) instruction in Grade 1 will likely remember Rattenborough as the narrator for the Animals and Habitats domain.

This Reader consists of selections that explain how scientists classify animals. Students will learn about the characteristics of living things and how scientists classify living things using these characteristics. Students will take home text copies of the chapters in the Reader throughout the unit. Encouraging students to read a text directly related to this domain-based unit will provide content and vocabulary reinforcement, along with fluency practice.

Grammar

In grammar, students will review nouns, verbs, adjectives, subjects, predicates, fragments, and run-on sentences. Students will also be introduced to abstract nouns and discover the difference between concrete and abstract nouns in sentences. Students will write compound sentences by adding subjects and predicates to simple sentences.

Morphology

During the morphology portion of the lessons, students will learn the prefixes un–, non–, re–, and pre–. Students will discuss how adding prefixes changes the meaning of root words and how the parts of speech of words may change. Students will have opportunities to apply their knowledge of these words during oral and workbook activities.

Spelling Words- Spelling will begin in Unit 2

During the spelling portion of the lessons, students will review adding suffixes such as –ed, –ing, and –es, as well as whether to double the final consonant when adding the suffixes. Challenge Words will be added to each spelling list. Students will review alphabetizing to the second and third letter in preparation for learning dictionary skills.

Unit 2 Lesson 10

dine dined dining

smile smiled smiling

prepare prepared preparing

translate translated translating

rake raked raking

tire tired tiring

file filed filing

vote voted voting

raise raised raising

quote quoted quoting

Unit 2 Lesson 5

ship shipped shipping

patch patched patching

rub rubbed rubbing

finish finished finishing

grab grabbed grabbing

hop hopped hopping

plan planned planning

discuss discussed discussing

stretch stretched stretching

submit submitted submitting