Second Grade: Second Quarter Unit Guide

Social Studies
Science

Matter
Research Piece
Have the children work in inquiry
circles to investigate the properties of
matter and record their fndings in a
journal.
Informational/Explanatory
Writin
Create a Venn diagram to compare
and contrast two objects using
properties of matter. rite a
paragraph to summari!e the
information.
Routine Writin
"o you like to cook# rite a
paragraph describing the changes
ingredients go through when cooking
your favorite food and the variables
that cause these changes.
$ath %anguage &rts
Word Study
'uilding Vocabulary( %essons )*++
Common ,ref-es and Su.-es
!anuae
/eading /esponse 0ournal*
Select an image from a te-t
and e-plain why you think the
author included it in the te-t.
rite a paragraph e-plaining
how te-t features have helped
you become a better reader of
informational te-t
Compare and contrast
information given in two
di1erent te-ts on the same
topic"
Readin
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Quarter Mentor
$exts
Informational %ocus
&'# extended
informational texts
(') thematically
connected short texts:
content topics 2from
social studies3
science3 math
health3 and the arts 4
!iterature %ocus
& extended literature
text
#'( thematically
connected short texts:
narratives 2including
fables3 folktales3 or
fairytales4
Short literary te-ts
poems
Writin
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Quarter %ocus
Ma*or %ocus
Informati+e/Explanator
y %ocus e-amining a
topic and conveying ideas
Minor %ocus
Short research
connections may be
shared research on a
topic or theme connected
to the unit
Routine Writin such as
a response to a short te-t
or an open*ended
question
,arrati+es recounting a
single event or several
loosely linked events
2continuous progression4
W-R.S/-P I,I$I0$I1ES
5stablishing /eading and riting orkshop
/outines and ,rocedures
'alanced %iteracy
&ssess /eading %evel
,ati+e Georians
Research Piece
Have the children work in inquiry
circles to investigate di1erent 6ative
7eorgian groups including Creek3
Cherokee3 and Sequoyah.
Informational/Explanatory Writin
Select a geographic setting 26ew
5chota3 8rail of 8ears3 or 9klahoma4
and e-plain why it was signifcant
during the relocation of 6ative
7eorgians.
Routine Writin
rite a paragraph comparing
clothing3 transportation3 or
communication of 6ative 7eorgians
with 7eorgians in today:s society.
2ase $en
Routine Writin
;n math journal(
rite a paragraph to e-plain
how addition and subtraction
are related.
"raw a model to represent an
addition or subtraction
problem and write a narrative
to e-plain the process.