Unit

1
Exploration

Reading
Street
(Common Core)

2nd Grade

By Michelle Fu
ltz

The Twin Club

Unit 1, Week 1
Main Selection, pp.26-43
Paired Selection, pp.48-49
Question of the Week: What can we learn by exploring different communities?

Phonics: short vowels and

consonants

Language: alphabetize
Spelling:
rock
sack
list
tag
desk
rib

Text-Based Comprehension
*Character and Setting
*Monitor and Clarify

Fluency

job
mess
sad
dust
chop
drum

*Appropriate rate

Writing and Conventions

*Trait: conventions
*Mini-Lesson: personal narrative
*Conventions: sentences

High Frequency Words and Selection Vocabulary

beautiful

country

friend

front

someone

somewhere

cousins

meadow

parents

promise

Amazing Words

investigate
perch

rural

founders

urban
muttered

downy
unanimous

Exploring Space
With an Astronaut

Unit 1, Week 2
Main Selection, pp.58-71
Paired Selection, pp.76-79
Question of the Week: What can we learn by exploring space?

Text-Based Comprehension

Phonics: Long vowels VCe

Language: positional words
Spelling:
page
size
late
race
nose
fine

*Main Idea and Details

*Text Structure

huge
rice
space
mice
blaze
vote

Fluency
*Accuracy

Writing and Conventions

*Trait: sentences
*Mini-Lesson: expository nonfiction
*Conventions: subjects

High Frequency Words and Selection Vocabulary

everywhere

woman

machines

live

move

work

astronaut

experiment

gravity

world
shuttle

telescope

Amazing Words

ascend

descend

orbit

universe

enormous

journey

launch

meteorite

Henry and Mudge

And the Starry Night

Unit 1, Week 3
Main Selection, pp.88-103
Paired Selection, pp.108-111
Question of the Week: What can we discover by exploring nature?

Phonics: consonant blends

Language: synonyms
Spelling:
stop
hand
clip
twin
strap
brave

stream
breeze
nest
ask
mask
state

Text-Based Comprehension
*Character and Setting
*Story Structure

Fluency
*Accuracy and Appropriate Rate

Writing and Conventions

*Trait: organization
*Mini-Lesson: realistic fiction
*Conventions: predicates

High Frequency Words

father

straight

couldn't

bear

mother

build

love

drooled

lanterns

shivered

snuggled

Amazing Words

galaxy

tranquil

wildlife

fledglings

detective

fascinating

secure
slimy

A Walk in the

Desert
Unit 1, Week 4

Main Selection, pp.120-139

Paired Selection, pp.144-147
Question of the Week: What can we learn by exploring the desert?

Phonics: inflected endings

Language: alphabetize
Spelling:
dropped
excited
lifted
hugged
smiled
talked

dropping
exciting
lifting
hugging
smiling
talking

Text-Based Comprehension
*Main Idea and Details
*Important Ideas

Fluency
*Appropriate Phrasing

Writing and Conventions

*Trait: word choice
*Mini-Lesson: brief report
*Conventions: declarative and
interrogative sentences

High Frequency Words and Selection Vocabulary

cactus

animals

early

eyes

full

warm

water

climate

desert

coyote

harsh

Amazing Words

arid

landform

precipitation

extinct

ledge
dunes

haven
forbidding

The

Strongest
One

Unit 1, Week 5
Main Selection, pp.156-173
Paired Selection, pp.178-181
Question of the Week: How does exploration help us find answers?

Comprehension

Phonics: consonant digraphs

Language: synonyms
Spelling:
that
when
them
itch
wish
what

*Skill: Facts and Details

*Strategy: predict and set purpose

Fluency

shape
chase
patch
math
whale
bunch

*expression and intonation

Writing and Conventions

*Trait: conventions
*Mini-Lesson: Play Scene
*Conventions: imperative and
exclamatory sentences

High Frequency Words and Selection Vocabulary

gone

learn

often

pieces

though

together

very

dangerous

gnaws

narrator

relatives

Amazing Words

delicate
resist

inquire
stun

sturdy
genius

exhibit
satisfaction

Guided Readers for 2.1

Unit 1, Week 1:
The Twin Club

Unit 1, Week 2:
Exploring Space

BL: Country Mouse and

City Mouse
OL: The New Kid
A: County Friends,
City Friends

BL: All About

Astronauts
OL: An Astronaut
Space Walk
A: Look At Our Galaxy

Unit 1, Week 3:
Henry and Mudge
BL: Camping with Pup
OL: Camping at
Crescent Lake
A: At Home in the
Wilderness

Unit 1, Week 5:
The Strongest One

Unit 5, Week 4:
A Walk in the Desert
BL: Desert
OL: Desert Animals
A: The Hummingbird

Notes:

BL: Too Many Rabbit

Holes
OL: Glooskap and
The First Summer
A: The First People
To Fly
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